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North Morrow Fair
Opens at Boardman
The North Morrow county Fair
will be held this weekend, Aug.
27-29, at the fair grounds in
Boardman, the second year at its
new location.
The program for this year's
fair, following its opening on
Thursday, will consist of the
main judging on Friday with a
style revue at 1:00 p.m. and a
pig scramble following that.
Saturday morning, Aug. 29 at
' 10:00 will be the big parade, with
prizes given for the best floats.
Saturday afternoon attractions
will be the Old Timers fiddler
contest, the bicycle parade and
horse racing, consisting of a re
lay, stake, musical and rope rac
es. The North Morrow county fair,
Welfare Head to
Arrive in September
The 'new administrator for the
Morrow county public welfare
commission is George E. Werner,
of Bend. He and his wife are ex
pected to arrive in Heppner about
Sept. 8. Mrs. Les Wyman will re
main in the office as clerk-stenographer.
Werner is taking the place left
vacant by the resignation of Mrs.
Clara B. Gertson who had held
this position for 19 years.
Mrs. Gertson is to be state or
ganizer for the Degree of Honor
lodge and will travel through the
eastern Oregon territory. She will
continue to make Heppner her
home.
William Smythe, field repre
sentative of the State public wel'
fare commission was in Heppner
last week and at this time Wern
er was hired to fill the vacancy.
TOO CLOSE
FOR COMFORT
R. L. Sandvig, Heppner, last
Sunday evening found out what
it feels like to be struck by light
ning, and is alive to tell about
it.
While returning from Pendle
ton the bolt struck his car near
Cutsforth corners, burning off
the tip of his radio aerial, leav
ing burned spots on the car top
and Riving him a small burn on
one leg.
Even though it was raining the
flash set grass along the road
afire wnon it jumped Irom the
car. Bob Cunningham, also of
Heppner, witnessed the strike
fion his car traveling behind
Sandvig's and he said it looked
like the whole car was afire.
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BOOTH FEATURES COUNTY
For the second straight year
at the Morrow County Fair therel
will be a Morrow county booth,
"Do You Remember When,"
dealing with pictorial and ma
terial history of this county.
The community is urged by
Mrs. John Graves, superintendent
of the Home Economics section of
the fair, to bring in items or
pictures of other times and other
days for display. More informa
tion may be available by con
tacting Mrs. Karl Miller of Lex
ington, who is in charge of the
booth.
This year's booth with addi
tional space, is scheduled to be
differently arranged than last
year's.
WATER STRUCK AT 355 FEET
Hynd Brothers said that A. P.
DeRosia, well driller, had struck
an ample supply of water at 355
ft. on the south part of their Tim
berline ranch.
HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION
Registration for high school
students will take place on Thurs
day, Sept. 3. from 9 until 4 in the
Heppner high school.
WSCS TO MEET SEPT. 2
The WSCS of the Methodist
church will meet on Sept. 2 -at j
8:00 p.m. with Mrs. Harry Duvall.
Mrs. Oliver Creswick will be co-hostess.
MEET "MISTER RODEO"-
Many Years
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HEPPNER'S "MISTER RODEO" HAROLD ERWIN
, which was reorganized in 1946
following its closure during the
'war, has been held in the school
j gymnasium in Boardman until
1952 following purchase of land
! from George Gustin in 1950. The
' main building, which measures
40 x 100, was completed in time
1 for last year's fair.
Permanent display tables and
new housing for stock, chickens
and rabbits have been construe
ed for this year's presentation.
Two new kitchen electric ranges,
donated by the Ladies Aid, Home
Economics and Tillicum clubs are
ready for use.
Officers and directors of the
1953 North Morrow county Fair
are Clyde Tannehill, president;
! Mrs. Ralph Skoubo, secretary;
Mrs. Ronald Black, treasurer;
Mrs. Ida Slaughter, director from
Irrigon; William Forthman, di
rector from Boardman, and Wil
Hard Baker, advisor.
Heppner "Without"
As Lightning Causes
Electricity Failure
Pacific Power & Light company
crews worked until past mid
night Sunday locating and re
pairing damage from the severe
lightning and hail storm which
knocked out electric service for
about seven hours, according to
J. R. Huffman, local manager.
Principal damage was the de
struction of a "spill gap" on a
switch at the small substation
serving the Heppner Lumber
company. Huffman said a heavy
lightning surge had destroyed
this protective device used to pre
vent lightning damage to power
equipment.
Service was restored shortly af
ter midnight, with help from Pa
cific's Hermiston district. The
lightning damage also caused
power interruptions for shorter
intervals at Condon, Fossil, Ar
lington and lone, Huffman said.
Football Practice
Under WayatHHS
Practice for the Heppner high
school 1953 football team got un
der way Monday afternoon with
nearly 20 of a probable 30 some
hovs turning out.
This year's squad, according to
Steve Trukositz, Heppner coach,
will consist of about the same
number as the 1952 team, pick-
transfer to equal the five gradu
ating seniors.
Trukositz expects to have a full
squad by the first of next week
in order that, with prospects of a
lighter squad than last year, they
can be worked into top shape by
Sept. 18. the date of the first
game. Early turn-outs are being
put through loosening up- drills
with some fundamentals.
The candidates for this year's
team includes this Incomplete
list of names. Senior members of
the squad will include Bill
Hughes. Russ Taylor, Ron Currin,
Terry Thompson, Dick William
son, Jim Green and Jim Wight
man. Juniors include Wayne Lamb,
transfer student from Puyallup,
Wash., Ralph Marlatt, Larry
Mollahan, Lyle Jensen, Jerry
Haguewood, Dick Kononen, Jim
mie Hayes, Jack Monagle, John
Brosnan, Pete Slocum and Pete
Andresen. Sophomores will be
Lance Tibbies, Mike Monahan,
Jim Monahan, Joe Privett, Fred
Lynch, Wayne Soward, Eddie
Brosnan, Stephen Green and Skip.
Ruhl.
Incoming freshman candidates
for the football team are Jerry
Dougherty, Ed Olson, Dick Apple
gate and Dean Connor.
IONE MAN HOME ON LEAVE
Walter C. Bergstrom YN3, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Berg
strom of lone, is home on a 30
day leave from the Navy. He has
been stationed at Pearl Harbor
for the last two years. He reports
at Seattle September 13 for re
assignment to Com. Western Sea
Frontier.
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Single Copies 10 cents
1st Grade Classes
Due for Churches
As Schools Open
Preparations for the opening
of schools for Monday, Sept. 7 in
Heppner are nearly complete, ac
cording to II. C. Reed, superin
tendent, as the buildings under
go final overhaul and arrange
ments are made to hold first
grade classes in the Episcopal
and Methodist churches of Hepp
ner. For the present, classes for the
first grade will be held in the
church buildings and in the
school building, in the case of
one combination firstand second-
grade class. Bids will be
opened tomorrow at 8:00 p. m.
for the building of the 28 x 52
construction which will be, also
temporarily, used for first-grade
classrooms when it is complet
ed. One more instructor has been
added to the school during the
past week. He is Stanley II. Holm
Jr. of Portland who will teach
mathematics in the high school.
This leaves only two vacancies
still to be filled.
Four classrooms are now re
decorated, along with the floors
of both the boy's and girl's lava
tories on the main floor, in what
Reed terms the Dr. Harmon tech
nique. This, added to the paint
ing and redecorating of halls,
brings the cleaning up process
near completion.
Additions to the schools include
new chairs and tables for the
study hall and new desks to
complete the required number
for the sixth, seventh and eighth
grade rooms.
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County Picnic Due
For Saturday, Aug. 5
The annual Morrow county pic
nic sponsored by the Heppner-
Morrow county chamber of com
merce and the county court on
Saturday, Sept. 5, at noon on the
courthouse park will go on as
scheduled again this year, it has
been announced.
-'.Villi imc jju'uiic invited, with
the only stipulation that they
bring their lunches, the spon
sors will furnish coffee, ice cream
and punch.
Queen Elise and her royal
court and other visiting royalty
will be present at the picnic,
which precedes the opening of
the first day of the rodeo.
Hospital Addition
Approved by Council
The advisory council of the
Oregon State Board of Health, at
a meeting on Aug. 7 on hospital
survey and construction gave its
approval of a $14,050 grant to
assist in construction of, a 15
bed addition to the Pioneer Mem
orial hospital.
The State Board of Health must
now okay the grant before ac
tion can be indertaken for build
ing. They are scheduled to take
the matter under consideration
for final approval on Sept. 25.
Preliminary plans for the build
ing of the addition are now being
drawn up. Final plans will be
completed and bids taken when
and if approval is given..
WATER EVERYWHERE,
AUG. HAS HAD ENOUGH
You've been tramping through
water since Sunday evening
Now here's how much there's
been. Sunday evening and early
Monday a.m. provided a neat .54
inches, according to Heppner
weather recorder, Len Gilliam.
And just to keep things sloshy
Tuesday's drizzle amounted to .15
Inches and Wednesday's to .26
inches. Anybody have enough?
to Show Gives Harold Erwin Deserved Title
Probably the best known pers
on connected with the Morrow
county Rodeo, both to the local
people with whom he must work
and the riders and cowboys who
come from all over the west, is
Harold Erwin the man who has
appropriately been named Hepp
ner's "Mr. Rodeo."
His interest and participation
In Morrow county's big show goes
back nearly to its beginning 30
years ago and so strong has been
his attachment to it during those
years he has missed taking part,
In one form or another, in only
two or three of them. In earlier
years he took part in the Rodeo
as a performer, riding in various
events, later on, helping as pick
up man or any of the other behind-the-scenes
jobs that is ne
cessary to a good show, yet ones
which bring Httle fame. Since
DRESS-UP PARADE, QUEEN
DANCE OPENS FAIR DAYS
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QUEEN ELISE
ROYALTY ON REVIEW
Friday's Dance Presents
Queen Elise Bauernfeind
With the crown of her royal
office as queen of the 1953 Mor
row county Fair and Rodeo safely
in place, Queen Elise Bauern
feind will be honored following
her coronation on Friday evening
at the "Queen's Dance" in the
Heppner Fair pavilion.
The crowning ceremonies will
take place immediately follow
ing the Dress-Up parade tomor
row in front of the Heppner hotel,
with the JayCees in charge. The
dance will start at 10 p.m. and
last until 2 a.m.
Queen Elise, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bauernfeind of Mor
gan, was a 1951 princess in the
court of Queen Ingrid Hermann
of lone. She was sponsored by
the Willows Grange of lone.
A sophomore at Oregon State
college Queen Elise is 19 years'
old. She was born and raised in
Morgan. She stands a petite 5'
3 y'-i" tall and her light -brown,
nearly blond, hair is comple
mented by a pair of brown eyes.
As a senior at lone high school
Queen Elise was secretary-treasurer
of the student body and
valedictorian of her graduating
class. In 1951 she was the lone
Legion Auxiliary representative
to the Girls' State at Salem. She
won scholarship honors in both
her sophomore and senior years.
Horses perhaps rank as tops
on Queen Elise's list of hobbies.
A better-than-average rider, she
has been riding since she was
five years old, and proceeds to
break her own horses. She be
longs to the Heppner Wranglers
riding club.
those days, Harold has continued
to be a part of the Morrow County
Rodeo in progressively more im
portant positions such as an
nouncing, not only the rodeo, but
horse shows, parades and many
other events; as a member of
the rodeo committee, and since
1917 as arena director the big
gest job of them all, for under his
direction the show has won the
name of being one of the snap
piest and best managed of any
of any of the smaller rodeos in
this section of the west. Some of
its events, which have been
copied by even the big shows,
have been started and develop
ed by him.
The work of being "head man"
starts long before the opening
day of the show with such things
as winter time planning of the
events that will attract many of
fcette
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August
Queen Elise will appear during
ttie Rodeo on her own horse
'Spice", a five-gaited sorrel
gelding; and in the parades on
a three year old part Arabian
sorrel, "Quiz" belonging to Eb
Hughes .
Sewing, at which she is especi
ally adept, dancing, and even
swimming claim much of Queen
Elise's activities. She is expert
enough at the former to make all
her own clothes.
When she returns to Corvallis
to begin her second year at Ore
gon State, Queen Elise will live
in the new home economics ex
tension house, "Azalea House" on
the OSC campus.
Outside school activities have
been a jwrt of Elise's life too,
for she has been an active 411
member and a charter member
of the Order of Rainbow for girls
in Heppner, for which she was
Worthy Advisor. She also partici
pated as Grand Color Bearer of
the Grand Assembly of Rainbow
girls in 1953.
The music of Rod Esselstyn's
orchestra will be featured at
Queen Elise's dance.
With Queen Elise in her all
white traditional costume will be
her court, Princess Carol Ann
Wiglesworth, Princess Beth Ball,
Princess Wilma Hug and Princess
Pat McMillan, in their all-blue
outfits. Admission will be $1.50
per person.
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Rev. and Mrs. John R. Reeves
who are on an extended visit in
Nebraska, expect to be home by
Sunday, Aug. 30.
the west's toD cowboys, stock
contracts, arrangements for ne
cessary officials and help, and
such little things as making
certain that the field is in just
(he proper shape to get the best
out of the stock and riders a
seemingly trivial job, yet one
which often requires his personal
supervision even to driving the
tractor between shows to be cer
tain that the field is smoothed
, out just to his satisfaction. He has
1 often contended that if the field
j isn't right, neither the horses or
the stock will work as they
1 should.
I Harold Erwin will again this
' year fill the top spot in the local
show, but for the first time in
many years he won't ride to the
front on his equally well known
horse. Chief, for after 18 years
of rodeoing and cowpunching,
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HEPPNER POW
RELEASED TODAY
Cpl. John L. Smith, 22, Heppner,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Smith, was released today from a
prisoner of war camp at l'anmun
jon in Korea, according to a re
port Wednesday from the Associ
ated Press.
Smith, nicknamed "Louie"
who attended school in Heppner,
entered the service on March. 6,
1919. He was captured on Dec. 12,
1950, and had been a POW since
that time.
The last letter written by the
boy, received in the last few days
of April, 1953, was dated Dec. 21,
1952. At that time, and as far as
his parents know, his rank was
PFC.
Three of Smith's four sisters
live in the vicinity of Heppner;
They are Hazel Smith, a younger
sister living with her parents,
Mrs. Adine Stone and Mrs. Max
i mo Warren. Another sister, Mrs.
Alberta Wilson, lives in Dallas,
Oregon.
Overjoyed by the news that
their boy will soon be coming
home, Mr. Smith exclaimed he
would lie so happy if "he can
have his hunting partner back
by deer season." The probability
is that the boy will lie on his
way home immediately.
Junior Legion Team
Wins in Final Game
The Junior Legion team evened
ui) the two-game series with the
Muleskinners by beating them
7 6 Sunday at the Rodeo grounds.
The oldsters won the first game
on Aug. 9 by 14-3.
Two ' Lotion " pitchers, - Jerry
Dohcrfy and Ernie Drake, kept
the losers down to only six hits
as their teammates were rack
ing up a total of 11.
Trailing by three runs the clos
ing inning of tiie game saw the
Muleskinners rally for two and
then fall short of tieing the score.
The Legion rally came in the Gth
inning when they combined four
hits for as many runs.
Leadinc hitter of the game was
Skip Ruhl with three singles in
four (rips to the plate.
Rodeo Reserved Seat
Tickets Now on Sale
Reserve seat tickets for the
Morrow county Rodeo on Sepl. 5
and 6 are now on sale at the
First National bank in Heppner
during banking hours, 10:00 a.m.
until 3:00 p.m. weekdays and
from 10 until noon on Saturdays.
Reserve tickets will also be
sold on Friday and Saturday eve
nings, Aug. 28 and 29, in booths
set up on Main street. Price on
these tickets is $2.50.
LICENSE EXAMINER DUE
A drivers license examiner wil
be here in Heppner on Tuesday,
Sept. 1 between (he hours of 9:30
a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the county
courthouse, according to an an
nouncement received from the
! Secretary of State's office.
! Persons wishing original licen-
; ses or permits to drive are asked
again to me uppui .moos wi-u
ahead of the scheduled closing
hour in order to assure time for
completion of the. required tests.
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Chief last fall went over the
"Great Divide." Harold said re
cently that he might have to run
the show "afoot" this year. "I'm
just about lost without that old
horse."
Rodeos and rodeoing has not
been just a profession with Hepp
ner's "Mr. Rodeo," it is really his
first love for his sole compensa
tion for all the many hours of
work he puts into the show each
year, is just the satisfaction of
seeing another "even better"
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
go down in the history books.
He is not indispensible, as no
man is, yet the value of his judg
ment and extent of his knowl
edge as a rodeo director does not
go unnoticed. It was appropri
ately summed up by a member
of the Morrow County Fair Board
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70th Year. Number 24
Annual Parade
Starts Activities
Friday Evening
Here we go! Fair and Rodeo
week goes off with a hang to
morrow evening at 7:00 p.m.
with the annual Iress-Up parade
under the direction of the Hepp
ner JayCees, followed closely by
the coronation of Queen Elise.
The Dress-Up parade, which of
ficially opens the nine days in
which western attire of some
sort is a must, will form in front
of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber co.
and then move up Main street.
Formation for the parade will
consist of (he colors, with Harry
Hinges carrying (he American
flag; the Heppner high school
band led by the new bandmaster,
James R. Wilson; Queen Elise and
her royal court, mounted and fol
lowed hv an escort of pennant
bearers, and the Heppner Wrang
lers riding club.
The parade will return down
Main street with the band falling
out in front of the hotel for a
short concert while the rest of
the participants disband. Further
entertainment preceding the cor
onation of (he queen will be of
fered by the Heppner Square
Dance club as they perform two
dances The crowning of Queen
F.lisp will take place in front of
the hotel immediately following
the entertainment. The queen
and her court will then particip
ate in a session of public square
dancing on 1he street, with Les
Grant and Bunny Steers calling,
before continuing to the Fair pa
vilion for the "Queen's Dance."
With Fair and Rodeo week of
ficially opened and the horse
trough awaiting un-western folk,
the next several days will lead
up to the opening of the Morrow
county Fair on Thursday, Sept. 3,
and ultimately (o one of the big
events of the Rodeo, the annual
horse .show sponsored by the
Wranglers on Friday afternoon.
With Fair button as admission,
the horse show will consist of
halter class events starting at
10:00 in the morning and per
formance class or working ev
ents starting at 1:00 in the after
noon. Howard Bryant will act as
rinir master for thp classes and
Emil Muller of Pendleton will do
the judging. Entries for (he horse
show close Wednesday, Sept. 2,
at 8:00 p.m. The show Is open to
all Morrow county horses.
Also Friday afternoon, one of
the new events of this year's
Rodeo, the Junior calf roping will
take place. For contestants 14
years and under, the junior rop
ing will consist of one roping for
each individual.
To cap Friday's program at the
horse show, the first round of a
two-calf average for the Amateur
calf roping contest will be run
off. Each contestant will rope a
calf at this time and then rope
his second try on either Satur
day or Sunday, the program ho
ing split in order that time may
be available for the two-calf av
erage. There's lots of things to remem
ber and lots of events to attend
during this year's Fair and Rodeo,
but here's one that is a must.
Sunday, Sept. 6, from 7 a.m. to
10 a.m. the Wranglers will again
sponsor the never to-be forgotten
"Cowboys Breakfast." Ham and
eggs, hotcakes, hash brown po
tatoes, coffee and milk, and all
you can eat of everything, will
be served at the Wranglers club
house to all comers for only $1.25
per plate for adults and 50 cents
for kids.
Fire in Lexinoton
Does $1,000 Damage
A fire on Friday morning
burned a storage shed belonging
to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nichols of
Lexington, destroying approxim
ately $1,000 worth of tools,
chairs, extra equipment and oth
er personal effects.
A puff of smoke from the shed,
only a few yards from the main
house, was noticed by a neigh
bor about 5:30 a.m. By the time
he reached the Nichols house and
awakened them the fire was out
of control.
The Nichols and several neigh
bors who came to help could only
watch the shed burn when they
were unable to get enough pres
sure to get water on the blaze.
There is no explanation for the
fire, according to the Nichols.