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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 19, 1954
71st Year, Number 23
SCHOOL SITE VOTED
Elks Donate Funds
For Lighting
Of Rodeo Field
Fair And Rodeo
Grounds Readied;
Dress-Up Parade Set
Considerable progress was
made this week on plans to in
stall lights on the Heppner rodeo
field, chamber of commerce com
mittee members report.
One of the biggest hurdles,
that of raising the necessary
money, appeared at least parti
ally jumped, when trustees of
the Heppner Elks lodge offered
to donate half the necessary
money for the installation. It Is
expected that the total Cbst will
run in the neighborhood of $11,
000 which will make the Elks
donation about $5,500, C. W.
Rosewall committee chairman
announced. The rest of the
money may be raised through
season ticket sales, issuance of
interpst-free bonds or other plans.
The committee also expressed
the hope that possibly some of
the labor of preparing, and erect
ing the poles and installing the
lights may be donated which will
serve to reduce the total cost.
The committee has received
several sets of plans for the field
lighting and as soon as final ar
rangements can be worked out
they hope to order the necessary
equipment. It is doubtful that
the lights" can be ready for the
first two Heppner high school
home football games, Sept. 17,
and 24, but is hoped that they
can be ready for use in time
for one or two games later.
The present plan calls for suf
ficient lighting for night football
and softball though not enough
fnr tcpu lar baseball which re
quires considerably more light.
There will be plenty, however,
for other events, such as horse
, shows, races, etc.
Heppner's rodeo field is the. roping event, which was held for
scene of considerable activity as the first time last year.
workers are setting ready lor tlie.&aaaie lop rn
uirr nnntv vhnw Sent. 4 and D
The fair pavilion and grounds
have been getting their fall "face
lifting" to serve their part in the
show which runs from Sept. 2 to
4.
The rodeo committee announ
ced this week that the rodeo
grounds are now being prepared
for the two-day show which Will
find some of the country's top
cowboys, and plenty of local tal
ent too, performing for the
crowds. Christensen Brothers of
Fuppne will furnish the rodeo
stock and Mel Lambert, also of
Fuwne. will announce the Sat
nrdav and Sunday shows. Chris
tnnspn Brothers are noted lor
thpir string of rodeo stock
having furnished animals for the
Oregon State Fair lor many
vpars. as well as for the Pen
dleton Round-Up, the Puyallup,
Wash, fair, the Lewiston, iaano
show, the Ellensburg, Wash,
rodeo, in addition to many of
the big California rodeos.
The rodeo events this year will
include all those so popular in
past years with the exception of
the wild cow milking. This event
has been dropped but a rfbbon
roping event has been scheduled
in its place, Harold Erwin, arena
director has announced. Top in
terest as far as local performers
are concerned, will again be the
Morrow countv amateur calf rop
ing which is open only to ama
teur ropers who live within the
pnllnt V. There will also be a jun
ior Morrow -county amateuralf
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The winner of the county ama
teur calf roping will receive a
handsome saddle donated by tne
Heppner Lumber Company and
made by Joe Snyder, former
Heppner saddlemaker. Second
award in the event is an en
graved sterling silver belt buckle
given bv the Tum-A-Lum Lum
ber company, and a western hat
presented by Wilson s Men s
Wear will co to the third place
winner. Jack's Chevron fetation
is giving a silver buckle to the
winner of the junior roping, with
the J. C. Penney company offer
ing a set of roping spurs to the
second place winner. With the
spurs will go a set of straps
made and donated by Ken Green,
Heppner saddlemaker.
Again this year the top ail-
around rowbov will receive a
sterling silver and gold bolt
buckle given by the Heppner
hotel. A tronhv for the winner
of the flag race has been offered
by Farley Motor company.
Fair buttons have been on saie
for nearly two weeks, and the
rodeo committee announced tnai
resprvpd seat tickets for the rodeo
will be placed on sale within a
few days. General admission
and grandstand rodeo tickets will
be available at the gates during
rnden nerformances.
The Wranglers, sponsors of the
popular cowboy breakfast, ser
ved Sunday morning at the fair
grounds, are now making plans
for that event with Dimples Mun
kers general chairman for the
breakfast which' last year drew
nearly 50o hungry customers.
Dress-Up Parade Set
The first big event of rodeo
week will be the annual Dress
Up parade which will be held on
Friday night, Aug. 27 in down
town Hennner. This event will
be under the direction of the
Heppner Lions club and will in-;
elude the coronation of Queen
Grace Miller and the presenta-j
tion of her royal court. Following
the parade and coronation there
will bL several special dance ;
numbers presented by students of
Etta Shepard, dancing instructor
and several special costume
numbers presented by the Hepp
ner Square Dance club, ine
Queen's dance at the fair pavil
ion will conclude tne evening.
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Princess Christine Swaggart
Redding Man Joins
Mill as Controller
Keesling W. Thayer this week
joined the organization of the
Heppner Lumber Company as
controller, C. W. Kraft, president
revealed this week.
Mr. Thayer, who will have
charcre of the accounting activi
ties of both the Heppner and the
Elgin mills, comes with a nie
time of experience in accounting
and in thp lumber industry, ne
comes here from Redding, Calif,
where he was engaged in public
accounting work and prior to
that was auditor for the Ross
Lumber Company at Medford.
He is now residing at the Fly
ing A Motel and he and Mrs.
Thayer will make their home in
Heppner.
Final Princess Dance
Set for Saturday Night
The final Princess dance lead
ing up to the main events of the
Morrow county fair and rodeo,
and honoring in turn the four
princesses in the royal court will
be held Saturday night at the
Heppner fair pavilion for Chris
iinp Swacsart who is being spon
sored by the Lena Community.
Princess Christine, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Swaggart of Butter creek, is a
five foot. one-quarter inch blue
eyed blonde and is a junior at
Heppner high school. She is an
avid horsewoman and has been
riding almost since she could
walk. She started riding in races
. tho n7P of 10 vears and indi-
that her first love is a
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Princess Christine will ride her
own registered thorobred mare
Polly Swag, which was given to
her by her grandfather following
the death of her former horse,
Skeeter Bill. She has broke seve
ral hnrp5 including her own
Thunderstorm Brings
Heavy Rain, Lightning
The thunderstorm which hit
Heppner and this section of Mor
row county early Sunday morn
ing brought an assortment of
rain, hail and lightning which
did only a small amount of dam
age to crops but put a temporary
stop to most harvesting opera
tions. The storm hit early in the
morning and dropped .48 inch of
rain at Heppner. Ligmning
$290,000 BOND
VOIE SET FOR
SEPTEMBER 10
In one of the most decisive
votes in many years the voters of
the Heppner scnooi ciismct tai
urday said "yes" in a loud voice
when they approved the Proek
Devin site as the location for a
new grade school building. The
vote was 320 yes, to 2G no.
The overwhelming majority
for the location immediately
north of the present school pro
perty caused the board to take
immediate action in calling for
another election to place before
the voters the question of a $290,
000 bond issue with which to fi
nance construction of the badly
needed building. The bond elec
tion has been set for Friday, Sep
tember 10, the earliest possible
date when it will conform to
necessary legal requirements.
The board members expressed
gratification at the Saturday
vote.for while it drew about 100
less voters than did a recent bond
election to build on the Tum-A-Lum
site, the heavy majority in
favor of the proposal gave xnc-
board strong indication that the
general public favored its pro
posed plan.
In calling for the $200,000 bond
issue with which to construct n
new building, the board indicat
ed that it hoped to be able to
build an 10 or 12 classroom and
multipurpose room building for
that amount. Flans will be drawn
for the 12 room building with
an alternate included in the call
for bids which would reduce the
rooms to 10 should the cost run
more than the money available.
The board must also purchase a
small amount of additional
ground, culvert Htnton creek
where it flows through the pro
perty, do considerable leveling
and filling and make arrange
ments for traffic control on D
street which runs between the
present school and the Prock-Do-vin
land. It is not presently
planned to close or replace the
street, but control traffic by the
means of lichts or special signs.
At at least an additional $25,
000 or $30,000 would be needed if
the street were to be moved.
Saturday's favorable vote was
the first of two steps needed to
assure the district the ultimate
release of $50,000 in state basic
school support funds which were
withheld August 1 by the state
because the district had not pro
vided proper housing facilities for
its students. According to infor
mation from the state board, ap
proval of the requested bond Is
sue will bring an immediate re
lease of the money to the district.
Saturday's vote was the fourth
held in the district in an attempt
to get a building program under
way. One previous site was re
jected, and another approved,
but a bond Issue for the latter
was badly defeated early last
month at a special election.
Architects are now preparing
pirns for a building for the Prock
Devin site so that if the bond is
sue receives voter approval, bids
can be called on construction
with the least possible delay. At
least three and possibly more
classes will be forced to meet in
churches or other temporary
quarters at the start of school
early next month and the board
desires to get actual construction
started as early as possible if
funds are made available, though
the building could not be com
pleted in time to serve during
much, if any, of the coming
ichool year, it was said.
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NEW FIBE EQUIPMENT This unique invention of Ja'cU Loyd, local
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company manager, might well save many
acres of grass or grain In tuture lires. Loyd, who noticed that
i ahnrtnna f uip atk at anv field or grass
mere was uiwujs u du. . -
tire, built this rack and on it hung a 50 gallon drum filled with
water and wet sacks. When the need arises, he merely backs the
pickup, which has a lift bed, under the rack, hoists the bed a few
inches which raises the barrel off the hook and heads tor the Ue.
The rack and drum hangs tn the lumber company yard on Mam
. i : ito Spweral local residents have sug-
sireer reuuy ii uumtu.-
gested that the fire department designate the equipment as Truck
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Boulden Named
New Polio Head
Rev. Lester Boulden, pastor of
the Heppner Methodist church
was named Tuesday night as
president of the Morrow county
chapter of the National rounua
tion for Infantile Paralysis, at a
meeting of chapter officers and
members.
Assisting Rev. Boulden will be
Floyd Sayers, vice president;
Mrs. James Ware, secretary, .and
Robert Ferrell, treasurer. The
same board of directors will serve
another year, it was announced.
TV. are the postmistresses in
Lexington, lone, Boaruman ana
TrHiTim: Mrs. Jack Loyd ana a
representative of the IWA CIO in
Heppner. He has not yet neen
designated by the union.
The group made plans for an
intensive drive to raise funds
during the special two-week
i.-mcriipiicv March of Dimes
fhivp now beinL' held in the
county and the nation, and sties
prf Hip need of obtaining addi
tional funds with which to fight
the dreaded disease. It was
pointed out that county funds
nm at a vorv low point, due both
to the outlay for patient care
within the county during tne past
vnar and the loaning of a con
siderablp amount of local money
m Hin National Foundation, i lie
hpaw incedence of polio in the
nation this year has depleted the
Foundation's funds' and necessi
tated the emergency drive.
Special envelopes requesting
donations are to be placed in the
mail within the next few days, it
w,i Kaid.
A special benefit baseball
game is planned for Sunday at
the rodeo field, to raise money, it
was announced this week.
Heppner Man Injured
By Accidental Shot
rtiftnn Swan. Heppner, was
nainfullv but not critically in
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jured late Sunday wnen ne vas
accident lv shot in the chest with
a 22 caliber rifle while showing
the gun to his wife at their home.
Swan was bent over at the time
of the shot, and the bullet entered
his chest lust below the heart
pnntinuini? downward through
the abdomen and lodging in his
hin. Attcndinc phvsicians report
that he is making satisfactory
nrocress at Pioneer Memorial
hrmnital wherp he was immedi
ately taken for treatment.
Swan is employed by Morrow
county.
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and several Shetland for others. I strikes in two or more sections of
Thmitrh thev are her first
love, horses are not her entire
life, for as any girl who lives on
a farm, she helps, une or ncr
jobs is to spot trucks during har
vest. She is also active in 4-H
work, having had two years of
cooking and sewing. For activi
ties, her other favorites are danc
ing and swimming,
nuke Warner and his orchestra
will provide the music for Satur-
iirai : """'-. hinh wm Ktart at
rodeo, saying "I would ratner go ud, u
tea rodeo than any place else". 1 10 o'clock.
town resulted in several burned
out telephones and local disrup
tions of power in several places.
Some hail accompanied me
storm and there were reports
from both Eightmile and the But
ter Creek sections of some dam
age to unharvested wheat. The
extent of the losses is not yet
known.
The storm brought to .63 inch
the total rain to fall here over
the weekend, all of It coming
from similar storms.
Food Demonstration
Contest for 4-Hers
Set For Local Fair
All 411 cookery club members
will have an opportunity to take
part in the baked food demon
stration contest at the 'county
fair. Mrs. Maud C. Casswell,
county agent, home economics,
states that there will be divisions
for both individuals and teams.
Besides bread baking, this con
test could include all other kinds
of baked food, even macaroni
and cheese. Girls are judged on
their demonstration rather than
on the baked food itself.
Oregon is on of the six states
that have been picked for the
baked food demonstration. Mor-p-irls
that are work
ing on cookery demonstrations
are looking forward to entering
this demonstration contest.
Special Dimes Drive
Benefit Baseball
Game Set Sunday
A benefit baseball game be
tween the Ione-Heppner Junior
legion team and the "Mule
skinners," an aggregation ol
local ex-big and little league
diamond stars, will be held on
Sunday at 2 p. m. at the Hepp
ner Rodeo field, team manager
Floyd Sayers announced today.
The game will be played to
raise funds for the Emergency
March of Dimes drive now be
ing held throughout the nation
to raise money for polio aid.
No admission will be charged,
but donations will be taken
during the game.
The two teams have played
one previous game, but no
score was made known, pro
bably to save one squad or the
other embarassment It promi
ses to provide plenty of enter
tainment. Both teams are sponsored by
the Heppner Legion Post
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Saturday Rodeo
Parade Plans Set;
Divisions Listed
Phil Rlaknev. chairman of the
chamber of commerce rodeo pa
rade committee revealed today
that plans. for the annual Satur
day parade are progressing rap
idly and said that divisions will
be handled similar to last year's
parade.
Plans call for three sections,
one for organizations, one for in-,
dividual and group entries and
another for juvenile entries.
Under the organization section,
first, second and third prizes will
be awarded for juvenile, adult,
and business entries with this
section judged 25 percent on
dea, 25 on participation and 50
percent on decoration.
The second section will include
awards for the best mounted
cowboy and cowgirl, oldest cow-
bov and cowgirl, youngest cow
boy and cowgirl, best organized
and conducted riding club, best
comic and the best family group.
This section will be judged 25
percent on originality, 25 on ap
pearance and 5o percent on per
formance. In the juvenile division first,
second and third prizes will be
awarded for the best child's float,
best pet best juvenile cowboy and
juvenile cowgirl. Judging in this
section will give 50 percent lor
originality, 25 for performance
and 25 percent for decoration.
A list of the prize amounts and
further information will be re
leased next week.Blakney said
today.
County Taxes to
Show Reduction
Of $110,000
Approximately $110,000 less
local taxes will be collected next
year in Morrow county, it was
revealed this week by Mrs. Joe
Hughes, county assessor who has
ust completed preparation of tne
annual statement of taxes.
Total valuation in the county
showed a drop from last year, as
was previously announced, but
to offset this, so did the tax mill-
age. General taxes to be levied
amount to 18.5 mills as against
'''5X11 mills for this vear. Most
of this reduction comes from the
elimination of the special 5 mill
hospital construction levy which
was for one year only.
The rural school levy snowed a
reduction too, dropping from 33.5
mills this year to an average of
30.8 mills in most districts. Spe
cial levies in some of the county
districts will add to mat in spe
cial cases, the statement showed.
In most other instances the tax
levy remained approximately the
me as last vear. One excep
tion was the .088 mill per acre
levy for forest fire patrol wnicn
showed an increase from .005
from last year. The assessor
pointed out that this was due to
the necessity of bringing this as
sessment up to a current basis.
This year the assessment is for
one and one-half years, rather
than for a single year which ac
counts for the increase. The as
sessment for fire patrol has al
ways lagged one year behind
until last year when a similar
assessment plan was used.
Greatest drop in valuation
came in the personal property
classilicailon wnicn snows a
total of $2,178,160 compared with
$3,021,310 last year. Part of tnis
loss was made up witn a gain in
real property of $375,000.
The report also shows a few
less cattle, sheep, hogs, and
horses in the county, but regis
ters an increase 140 chickens in
the county and 50 additional
stands of bees. Cattle dropped
from 22,557 to 2l,383 and sheep
and gKifs from 2(1,778 to 26,145.
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Commercial Club
Formed at Boardman
New Physician Tokes
Up Practice Here
Dr. C. M. Wagner this week an
nounced the association with
him in the Heppner Clinic of Dr.
Stanley J. Kirk of Los Angeles.
Dr. Kirk and his wife and two
year old son arrived last week
and are living In one or tne cn
nic apartments.
Dr. Kirk, who has been prac
ticing in Los Angeles, is a gradu
ate of the College of Medical
Evangelists there. Mrs. Kirk is
also a rjhvsician. but does not
plan to practice here at least for
the present.
BOARDMAN The business
men of the city and community
met Monday evening In the
Grange hall for the purpose of
oreanizintr a Commercial t luo
The following officers were elec
ted to serve the coming year.
President, Mr. George V.'eise;
Vice-president, Bud Phaneuf;
Secretary, Ray Anderson; Treas
urer, Dewey West Jr.
Meeting night is to be the third
Monday of each month, at 8 p. m.
at the Greenfield Grange hall.
Registration Set
For Grade School
The Heppner grade school will
begin classes September 7 at 8:45
a. m. with registration of pupils
to take place at that time, Clar
ence Johnson, principal announ
ced this week.
All first grade pupils are asked
to report to room B-2 In the main
building for registration pur
poses and parents of first grade
children are asked to bring or
send with the pupil a birth cer
tificate so the age of the child
may be accurately extended on
the school records.
Parents of first grade pupils
are also reminded tnat tneir
children should have a physical
examination and the results en
tered on the Oregon Pupil Medi
cal record. These medical re
cords have been distributed to all
present and prospective first
graders previously. The exami
nation should be accomplished
and the record should be on file
at the county health office prior
to the beginning of school. Par
ents of first grade children who
have moved into the community
recently may obtain the record
forms from the school office, the
county superintendent of school's
office, the county health otrice or
the Gazette Times, Johnson said.
All other grade school pupils
new to the school system should
report to the office of the grade
school principal for registration.
Other pupils may go directly to
their rooms.
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Mrs. Leonard Attends
T. B. and Health Meet
Mrs. Mervin Leonard of Lex
ington has returned from Ash
land where she attended the
State Tuberculosis and Health
Ass'n institute as Morrow county
representative.
The Institute was held on the
campus of Southern Oregon Col
lege of Education.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Williams
and Mike spent the weekend
visiting In Baker.
Kindergarten Opens
On September 8
The Javcec Ette kindergarten
committee announced this week
that the kindergarten will open
Sept. 8 at the civic center build
ing with Mrs. Grace Drake as Instructor.
The erouo has also called a
meeting of the kindergarten
hoard and mothers of children
who may be enrolled for Friday,
Aug. 20 at 8 p. m. at the civic
center.
FOOTBALL COACH HERE
Mr. and Mrs. James Mallon this
week moved into the Gomillion "
house on Chase street. Mallon
comes here from lone where he
served as football coach. He has
taken over his duties here as
football coach at Heppner high
school,