LIBRARY U OF 0 EDGINE . ORE Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday,, September 10, 1953 70th Year, Number 26 rflows tudents Four Heppner School Ove Biok n Large 1st Grade Requires Use of Churches for Room Kids, kids and more kids! Tie Heppner schools were bulg ing at the seams this week and spilling over into two church barements as school got under way Monday with a first day in crease of 13 students over last year's peak enrollment. The number showing up on the first day this year was 429 students, , which compared with a peak of 41C last year. On the surface, the 13 increase might not appear as serious, but a check of where the increases came, by grades, shows a big jump in the elementary grades, particularly in the first grade where GO students are entered. This starting group is presently divided into three classes with 18 housed in the Episcopal church under the direction of Mrs. Tur ner, 19 at the Methodist church under Mrs. Flower and 23 at the school building being taught by Mrs. James Sumner. These children are transported to and from the churches at noon for lunches and those going by bus are returned to the school in the afternoon to await bus depar tures. A breakdown of the grades show the following: 1st 60 (3 classes) 2nd 35 3rd 47 (2 classes) 4 th 30 5th -41 (one full fifth and one combination 4th and 5th) 6th 30 7th 30 8th 25 In the high school there are: Freshman 37 Sophomores 42 Juniors 33 Seniors 20 The total registration in the first eight grades is 297, and In the high school 132. This compares with 282 and 134 for last year, but it is known that there are be tween 10 and 20 students who have not yet registered due to harvest work, state fair compe tition or illness. Superintendent H. C. Reed said Wednesday that the present classroom arrangement is tem porary for a couple of weeks until registration is complete and a workable plan can be figured out. "Actually, he said, "we need two more teachers and two more classrooms to be able to handle the students". One of the biggest jams is in the second grade where 35 children are housed in one room. In order to handle the 6th, 7th and 8th grades, where much of the in crease is still due, Reed said he planned to departmentalize the three grades in order to cut down on the size of the classes. This however, will require another tecaher in this division. The heavy registration in the lower grades, particularly among the starting first -jgraders, was expected, and it was hoped to have the temporary wing built on the gymnasium under construc tion by this time, but delays in getting plans complied will stall completion of this until about December. When completed it will be used to house two of the three 1st grades for the rest of the year and then will be used as a band room. State regulations will not permit its use for ele mentary classrooms for longer than the current emergency per iod, which points to the need for an immediate start on the plan ning for an entirely new elemen tary school to relieve the pressure on the old building which now houses all 12 grades. Services Held Monday For Leathers Baby Graveside services were held Monday at lone for Patricia Ann Leathers, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Leathers of lone. She was born August 28 and died Sept. 4 at the Pioneer Memorial hospital. She is survived by her parents, one brother James, a twin sister, Nancy Lee and three other sisters, Marilee, Renee and Daleen. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Pape of Portland were here during the week looking after their farm in terests two miles south of Hepp ner. They have leased their land to Albert Fetch, who's been work ing it for the past four years. POW John L. Smith Due to Arrive in San Francisco Today According to word received by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William C. Smith of Heppner, Cpl. Jchn L. Smith, who was recently released from a pri soner of war camp in Korea, will arrive by ship in San Frencisco today (Thursday). It is expected that Cpl Smith will be processed im mediately at San Francisco and will be free to continue on to Heppner within one or two days. Word of his release from POW camp was received here two weeks ago. He had been a prisoner of the Torth Ko reans since December, 1950. It is understood that seve ral Heppner organizations are planning a special welcome for Cpl Smth when he arrives home. n Thirty Pre-School Children Register For Kindergarten Thirty five-year olds registered Tuesday morning at the Heppner civic center for the Jaycee-Ette sponsored kindergarten, club offi cials said Wednesday. Several more are expected within the next few days to bring the regis tration even higher. Mrs. Douglas Drake is again teaching the pre-school class as she has done during the past two years. Jaycee-Ette kindergarten board members said that any five year old child who has not been regis tered will be picked up by mem bers if parents will call either Mrs. Jack Loyd, Mrs. John Preif fer or Mrs. Bill Barratt. A few toys, dolls - and other suitable playthings are still need ed by the kindergarten and Jay-cee-Ettes asked that anyone hav ing such things to donate to please contact any member of the board. Firemen Answer Four Alarms Over Weekend Heppner firemen got a series of workouts over the past weekend with four alarms turned in Satur day and Sunday. Two of them were false alarms, but one blaze caused considerable damage. Most serious damage wasj caused Sunday evening when an electric motor on a big refriger ation compressor at the Heppner Market burned out filling the store and the apartments above with acrid smoke. The fire was confined to the motor which operated the freezing unit for the lockers. A new motor was found before any lockpr foods were de stroyed by thawing. The other fire , Sunday morning was confined to grass and weeds on the Ivan Cox place at the south end of town. No damage resulted. The false alarms came during the Saturday afternoon rodeo and just at the conclusion of the Sun day show and caused quite a scramble among volunteer fire men, several of whom were per forming at the rodeo grounds. o Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Carter and three children spent Sunday night and Monday in Walla Walla where they attended a family reunion. l K V y, jj ' 1 X . ' . . i'f" i FASTEST CALF ROPER in the Morrow county amateur calf roping was Floyd Jones who is shown here with his mare "Lucky" and the saddle she helped him win. Floyd said, "Lucky should get the credit, she did most oi the work," but his fast time indicated that he too, knew very well that his roping and tieing had lots to do with his winning. The saddle was made by Joe Snyder and pre seated by Heppner Lumber Company. (GT Photo) Morrow 4-H Girls Grand Champions At State Fair At the Oregon State Fair this week, Morrow county's three girl canning judging team composed of Joan Marie Graham, Patsy Wright and Sally Palmer, came out grand champions. This is the first time Morrow county has entered a team in this event and they competed with eleven counties in the blue and red ribbon groups and several in the white ribbon group. Other judging teams entered were in the clothing contest with Sharon Rill, Judy Thompson and Shirley peck emerging with a red ribbon. In the foods judging contest white ribbon was won by Diane Grant, Helen Graham, and Carol Ann Anderson. On Tuesday Mardine Baker of lone was in the cake baking con test and the results are not yet known. She competed with 28 other contestants. On Thursday Jean Marie Graham will enter the bread baking contest; Diane Grant the pie making demonstra tion and Sharon Rill the clothing ' demonstration. j i On Friday Shirley Peck, Patsy , Wright, Janice Martin and Janet Wright will be in the style revue land Saturday Sally Palmer will enter the wool sewing contest. I Sylvia Boylen of Irrigon will give a demonstration of flower ar- rangements. ' ' A tour of the capital building was arranged for the 4-H dele gates from Morrow county and they were conducted through the building by Paul Gammell for mer Heppner resident. o Two Heppner Girls Leave For Stephens Hundreds of "Stephens Susies" , from each of the forty-eight states and from twenty foreign countries and territories will converg on Columbia, Mo., 'by t:ain, plane and car for the open ing of the fall term at Stephens i College on September 13. I Soon after their arrival Step hens students will be officially .welcomed by President Thomas ' A. Spragens in a convocation ,which will mark the beginning of the one hundred twenty first year since the founding of the school in 1833. Registered as a new student is Miss Dorothy French, daughter of Mrs. Rose Francis of Heppner. Returning to resume her stu dies will he Miss Eleanor Rice, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice. n Social Security Representative Due Persons who have worked at least HA years after 1950 in jobs covered by social security will be able to get monthly social secur ity payments for themselves and their families if they reach age 65 and retire before the middle of 1954. For more information about this and other problems relating to Social Security the field rep resentative from La Grande soc ial security office will be in Hepp ner at the City Hall on Thursday, September 17th, between the hours of 9:00 a. m. and Noon to assist residents of this area. - - i i : . i . . - ,l . . - ' '- ' ' " '" 1 ' ' ' ' ' TOP PARADE ENTRIES are shown in this group of pictures taken during Saturday' grand parade. Upper left is the grand sweep stakes winning float entered by the Rhea Creek Grange, upper right is winning float in the commercial division entered by Phil's Drugs. Lower left photo shows the entry of the Pacific Power and Floyd Jones Wins Top Award in Amateur Roping Floyd Jones, Heppner, proved himself to be the top local cow boy as he walked off with the grand prize of the, saddle in the Morrow county amateur calf rop ing during he rodeo last week end. Only a few seconds behind him in total time in the same event was Cornett Green who placed second to win the bridle and the breast collar, and Charlie Daly who placed third to win a west ern hat. The amateur roping, always one of the top events of the rodeo, brought out 20 local hopefuls who each did their best to out-do their neighbor in roping and tieing Tuckers big Angus calves. Other winners of the very suc cessful two-day show were Bare back riding,: Jerry Norwood, best average with day money going to Norwood and Verle Hammock. Saddle bronc riding; Jackie Wright who also split day money with Bill Wickland. Bull riding; Howard Harris best average with day money going to him and Jessie Hooper. Professional calf roping: E. V. Dorsey took best average, though he placed second both days to Vic Williams and Lem Boughner. Bull dogging: Ike Fernandez best average and he also took top day money one day and third the other. Dale Johnson took top day money the second day. Wild cow milking: Smokey Kaiser first E. V. Dorsey second and Max Nogel third. All Around Winner Winner of the belt buckle for best all-around cowboy was Jerry Norwood who placed well in three major events. In the junior amateur calf rop ing, a new event this year, Lee Palmer of lone won the Belt Buckle for the fastest time, Eddie Brosnan got the spurs for second place. Other winners were the Ukiah riding club in the flag race; Gerald Swaggart, Oscar George and Bob Steagall in that order in the revived Morrow county derby run Sunday; and in another new event, the plowhorse derby Homer Hager barely edged out Bill Weatherford to take first place. Many comments were heard that this year's rodeo was one of the best presented in many years and though final admission figures are nat yet available it is thought that attendance figures would be up slightly from last year, rodeo officials said, o Mrs. E. R. Huston had as over night guests on Saturday Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Chidsey and daughter Melba and husband of Silverton. They are former Heppner resi dents. On Sunday night she had as guests Walter Stuart, Jr. and Mr. Foster of Albany. wj v - r du;.-..tttHI,fi ' f Fair Livestock Winners Named The weatherman smiled ami thousands of people turned out to see one of the finest fairs and rodeos held in Morrow county.' A complete compilation of ad missions is not yet available, but it is thought that attendance was equal to, or slightly belter than last year, fair officials indicated.! Although produce and crop 'x-' hibits didn't quite compare with last year, due in a large part to the weather this year, the heavy number of excellent 4-H club and school exhibits more than made up for their lack. All available space in the fair pavilion was taken. I Top interest, as always, was in' the 4-H and F. F. A. livestock entries and many top quality, beef, lambs and hogs were shown' and sold at the fat stock auction Friday night. Winners in the various divisions wer:e I Grand champion beef, Dick Ek- strom, which brought 40c and was bought by the Heppner Elks. Reserve champion beef, Duane Baker, 36c bought by the Morrow County Grain Growers. j 1st places went to Shirley Peck whose 4-H beef brought 28c; and, Neil Beamer's F. F. A. beef which! brought 34c. Pnnd rhfimtiim triOn Mflf. dine Baker, 55c bought by Ber nard Doherty. " Reserve Champion sheep, Judy Thompson, 45c bought by P. W. Ma honey. Firsts for sheep were won by, Kenneth Smouse and Mickey Van1 Schoiack and both brought .'IGc. Grand champion hog was shown by Ronald McCabe and it brought 4Gc from Art Stefani. j Showmanship Winner The trophy for top 4-H show man went to Duane Baker of lone and the top 411 livestock, judge was Alvin McCabe whq with Dickie Ekstrom and Bill Brannon! of the lone Livestock club will be Morrow county's judging team at the Pacific International next month. ' In open class entries ex hibiting, Floyd Worden received the trophy for the best entries. WORK STARTS ON NEW SCHOOL WING Work was started this Thurs day morning on construction of the new wing for the Heppner school gymnasium. When com pleted it will be used to house temporarily two elementary classrooms. MeCormaek Construction com pany of Pendleton has the con tract. C. W. BARLOW INJURED C. W. Barlow, county clerk, re-j ceived serious injuries to one leg Thursday morning when he got j entangled in a power lawn mow- er at the court house. Barlow was treated at Pioneer Memorial hospital and will be ' taken to Walla Walla to a spec-' ialist. 1 T ,i lit""' I". i, . . . . r i -M m - ! ..... .. . ..... . , ait jl - v V. ... . Light ccmpany, a new hydraulic "tree trimmer" truck which at tracted much attention among the crowds even though it didn't win an award. The two small cuts show Gene Morris, Rodeo clown who performed during the parade as well as at the Rodeo, and the top money winning comic entry of Rosewall Motor Company. (GT Photos) Mrs. Eva Bellenbrock Dies Suddenly Here, Services Held Sunday Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon for Eva Bellen brock, 53, who passed away at her home in Heppner Sept. 3. Mis. Bellenbrock suffered a coro nary attack as she was getting into her car in front of her home in Ninth Heppner and died im mediately afterward. Mrs. Bellenbrock was born Feb. Hi, I !( H) and had lived most of her life in this vicinity. The family had moved here from Monument about a month ago. Surviving besides her husband Conard Bellenbrock, is one son, Donald; her mother, Mrs. Susie Hughes; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Furlong, Port Orchard, Wash., and Mrs. Zella Clark, Portland; one brother Pete Hughes and a grandson and granddaughter. Services were held at Phelps Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Earl L. Soward officiating. Inter ment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Fair Board Head, Other Adults, Join Kids With Mumps An epidemic of mumps this week continued to lay low quite a number of Heppner children and was beginning to spread to romp of the parents. The afflict ed in both age groups suffered probably as much from having to miss the fair and rodeo last week as they did from the mumps, ac cording to many reports. The illness kept many students from registering on the first day of school, but one parent, Steve Thompson, chairman of the fair board, whoso son Terry, also is swollen, wilted until the fair was over to come down with them. Many other adults also have the mumps, but a complete list of their names is not available. Sewer System Nearly Done, Council Hears Discussion of bills and matters concerning the sewer system and disposal plant took up all the city council's time Tuseday night during its regular meeting. Engineer Gilbert Groff was pre sent to explain the progress of the convtruction and stated that with the exception of a few lat erals, cleanup, street repair etc., (lie sewer lines were practically completed. The plant is also done except for a few minor items. The council had hoped to be able to start issuing permits im mediately to allow individuals hookup to the sewer, but Groff Advised that it would be better to wait another week or two until all testing could be completed. o Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tetz o Monmouth, former Heppner resi j dents, were visiting in Heppner! over the weekend with their daughter arid family Mr. and Mrs. William Labhart. 1 2 Grand Sweepstakes Von By Grange Many hundreds of persons gathered in downtown Heppner Saturday morning to witness the annual Fair ond Rodeo parade and to see the Rhea Creek Grange win the sweepstakes award for entering the best float. The Grange entry also placed first in the adult roup. float di vision, followed by the Legion Auxiliary and the Soroptimist club. Best business float award went to Phil's Drug, followed by Leathers & Walker and Rosewall Motor company. The prize for the best juvenile group float was won by the Rain bow Girls entry, with second place going to the 4 H clubs and third to the Campfire Girls. In the riding section Buck Lieuallen, Pendleton was judged the best mounted cowboy and Ida Lee Chapel es best mounted cow girl. Other winners were: oldest cowgirl, Lonnie Lowden; oldest cowboy, C. A. Pequit; youngest cowboy, a Jepsen boy; youngest cowgirl, Judy Gammell. Best organized riding club was won by the Evergreen Riding Club of Uklah, second place in this group went to the Umatilla Sago Riders. Best family group was won by the Eb Hughes fam ily and Rosewall Motor company won first for the best comic entry. In the juvenile division the Judges had quite a time making decisions and, as usual, finding out the names of some of those entered. The following list is incomplete as to the children's first names, hut is as accurate as the judges could make it. Child float, Bugs Bunny was Here, Dar rell Diek;second, Covered Wagon, Edgar Morris boy; third, Little Red Hen, name unknown. Best pet entries were won by Russell Elde, Nancy Kay Moyer and a Nels Anderson boy. Best juvenile cowboys wene Joe Halvorsen, a Crabtree boy and Jimmie Steagall. Best juvenile cowgirls were Judy Sherer, first and Sandra Eubanks and Linda Halvorsen who tied for second. County Health Nurse Resigns Position Miss Martha Tapanainen, Mor row county health nurse for the past one and one-half years, re signed her position here effective Oct. 1. It is understood that she has accepted a similar position else where but she was not in her office this week for confirmation or information on where she will locate. SUFFERS INJURIES Meredith Webb, 4 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webb Jr. was painfully injured Monday when she was kicked in the hip by a horse. She Is re ceiving treatment at Pioneer Me morial hospital.