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LIBRARY U OP 0 EUGENE , ORE. fbtwwc mmtttt Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 26,' 1954 71st Year, Number 24 Roads in Heppner Lexington Areas To Get Gravel After working over a year at the quarry near the North Lex ington elevator, the county rock crusher is being moved this week to a new location near the head of Clark's canyon about five and one-half miles west of Heppner. The county court revealed that during the north Lexington oper ation the crusher cut over 92,000 yards of gravel and the road crew rebuilt and rocked more than 84 miles of county roads in the area. Another 3,100 yards of rock was sold to 59 purchasers for private use. From the new Clark's Canyon setting the county crew expects to rebuild and gravel 35 miles of roads stretching from the Heppner city limits to Lexington and into the Rhea Creek section. The county court also revealed that the Rogers Construction company, holders of the contract for oiling 7.77 miles of the Rhea Creek road from Jordan to Keck canyon are now working two nine-hour shifts and are placing base rock on much of the road. The county has contracted with the Rogers company to oil an other .8 mile of the road at the end of the state project which will give oil to the junction with the Clark's canyon road. The original 7.77 miles is being fi nanced with both state and county money. The contract for the first section calls for its completion by Sept. 15. o Chamber Members Get Tour of Local Creamery Monday Chamber of commerce mem bers toured the Morrow County Creamery plant Monday for their regular meeting program. Claud Cox, owner of the plant, conduct ed the tour and then furnished members with samples of the company's ice cream products for their luncheon dessert. Cox spoke briefly to the group prior to the tour of the plant, telling some of the history of the operation which was started here in 1916 and has been operated by him since that time. He said that he has recently turned down two offers to sell the operation to outside interests, preferring to keep it under local management. In pointing out the various operations of the creamery which manufactures butter, numerous ice cream products and ice. Cox pointed out a recent state depart ment of agriculture report of la boratory analysis of ice cream samples taken regularly to check sanitation and butterfat content of his products. His ice cream products showed a bacteria count of from -3000 to GOO0 bacteria per mililiter, far under the state standard of 50,000. The creamery buys cream from suppliers in Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler and Grant counties and supplies dealers in most of these areas with some of its largest outlets being in Condon and Fos sil. Chamber members also heard a progress report on the Herren . t : .. .. .u : J . j vancing rapidly according to Orville Cutsforth who recently purchased much of the land and is now improving it. Cutsforth said that a big fire place has already been built with money donated by the Elks lodge, and that many other improve ments are under way. A non-profit corporation is now being form ed and he plans to turn the area over to it for management with in a short time. It is planned to select directors for the corpora tion from the Elks, Masons, IOOF 4-H clubs, Morrow county Hunt ers and Anglers and the Cuts forth family. He said "much work remains to be done and that volunteer labor would be greatly appreciated. o - Younq Gridder Jumps Gun-Now is Casualty Dickie Robison, Heppner eighth grade student, who would almost rnther play football than eat, was going to get the jump on fall practice sessions by getting in a little extra workout Monday. He got the practice, all right, but overdid it and broke his collar bone. He became a casualty just one day before regular practice was to begin. Mr. and Mrs. James Driscoll and family spent last week at McCall, Idaho. I? i. : I u. I - , r . ' r ' - . : . , , ' . .iS - . i QUEEN GRACE MILLER Friday Dance Presents Queen Grace Miller Miss Grace Miller, queen of the 1954 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, will be the guest of honor Friday night at the Queen's dance at the Heppner fair pavil ion following her coronation at the annual Dress-Up parade to be held earlier in the evening. The dance is the last of the series of dances leading up to the activities of fair and rodeo week. Queen Grace, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller of Boardman and will be a sophomore at Eastern Oregon College of Education at La Grande this fall, was a rodeo princess two years ago. She is an excellent horsewoman and will appear on her own horse during the Dress-Up and rodeo parades and during the shows. Her rodeo activities, coupled with her duties at home have kept her mighty busy during the past few weeks, for she aids her father, who operates a large po- IN KOREA Cpl. Richard E. Hughs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Er nest Hughs of Irrigon, drives a medium tank with the anti tank company of the 1st Ma rine division. Mrs. Ola Holloway Dies at Waitsburg Mrs. Ola Holloway, Waitsburg, Washington and former resident of Lexington passed away Sat urday August 21. The funeral ser vices were held Tuesday, Aug ust 24 at Waitsburg with inter ment at Walla Walla, Washing ton. A son, Dallas Ward, Boulder, Colorado and a daughter, Mrs. Velle Winkey, of Corvallis, at tended the funeral. Those from this area going were Mrs. Edna Turner, Heppner; Miss Merle Carmichael, Earl Warner and C. C. Carmichael all of Lexington and Ralph Jackson, The Dalles. o EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday, August 31 at the court house from 9.30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m., the secretary of state's office an nounced today. ' 1 4 f , ' i J, X-M - - t 'tin i! '1 t i.,iif tliwuima n-'r irrmiiil sir ivv- v M m 'iv . 1 - K : .. :- V ": '- JK v r . J V t - ... i " " . - t , ... " Vv i, , ' , , , tato farm near Boardman, during harvest and potato picking has been at its peak during the past several weeks. Queen Grace's dance will be gin at 10 o'clock Friday with modern music supplied by Duke Warner and his orchestra. Waterspout Causes Only Small Damage Some land damage was caused last Thursday night when a thunderstorm dropped heavy rain fall on limited sections of the county.. The storm which reached wa terspout proportions in a few places struck in tiie Sand Hollow, upper Blackhorse and North Lex ington areas, caused considerable washing of summerfallow land at a few points along its route. Mud covered the Lexington-Her-miston highway in two or three places and caused minor damage on several ranches. Weather during the past week has not provided much joy to local ranchers in the higher areas who are still trying to com plete their harvesting. Though little genrral rain has fallen, the heavy overcast and low tempera tures have prevented many from continuing work except on a limited scale. During most of the week the mercury has stayed in the 50s and low 60s with the sun coming out only on few occasions. o Three County Gridders to Play In Shrine Game Among the members of the East All-Star Shrine football team who will see action Satur day night at Pendleton in the! annual Shrine East -West foot ball game are two lone, one Heppner and one Spray high school students. The two lone gridders are Duane Baker, back, and Herb Peterson, end. Heppner's team member is Jim Green, a guard, and Mickey Tovcy, another back field man. comes from Spray. The sijuad, made up of the top "B" school athletes of Eastern Oregon, has been pacticing for the past two weeks on the East ern Oregon College of Education campus at La Grande under the direction of coaches John Com isky, Union, and Jerry Disch of Moro. Game time is 8 p. m. Saturday at Pendleton's Round-Up park. The event is sponsored by the Shrine clubs as a benefit for the Shrine hospital for crippled child ren in Portland. A large crowd from this area is expected to at tend as all tickets allotted to this section have been sold for several weeks, it is reported. I i, ti Friday Queen High School Registration Set For Sept. 2 and 3 Registration of all Heppner high school students will be held on Thursday and Friday Sept. 2 and 3, from 8:30 to 10:30 and both afternoons, E. J. Dobbie high school prircipal announced this week. Dobbie urged all students to register during the two days even though they may start school late and he emphasized that all seniors must contact him person ally that he can check with each one on graduation requirements. It was also announced that all students entering the 9th grade this fall must have a physical examinations prior to the start of school. As announced last week by grade school principal Clarence Johnson, elementary registration will be held at 8:45 Tuesday, Sept. 7, the opening day of school. Physical examinations and birth certificates are required of all entering first graders, too, It was .announced. School officials said this week that advance information indi cated that at least six outside classrooms would be needed for the lower grades, with the possi bility that it may take seven to house the students. As last year, two basement rooms, the two temporary rooms adjoining the gymnasium and at least the Methodist and Episcopal church rooms will be required. Should the number of first graders ex ceed expectations, it may be necessary to hold classes in a third church. It was also announced that Mrs. Mildred Hanna has been signed to teach the third grade. She will replace Mrs. Leslie Grant who has moved to Arlington. o Two Morrow Teachers On OEA Committees Two Morrow county educators have been appointed to commit tees of the Oregon Education As sociation for the coming year. These twenty-four statewide committees will provide the im petus for the action program of the association in determining its goals for public education in the state of Oregon. Among those participating from Morrow county are creden tials: Mrs. Bessie Barnett; and rural education and school re organization: Gene Inskeep. o Miss Leta Humphreys and Mrs. Clem Stockard were in Seattle last week attending market week. v Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown and children left Saturday for Burns and the Steen Mountains for a weeks vacation. t ' k , -V, 1 9 a SHRINE EAST TEAM-High school gridders who will play on the East team Saturday at Pendleton in the Shrine East-West All Star football game include three high school students from lone and Heppner and one from Spray. Shown (standing left to right) John Comisky, Union, coach; Elroy Sutton, Stanfield Arlen Franklin, Weston; Duane Baker, lone; Tim Tolan, Echo; Mickey Tovey, Spray; Jerry Disch, Moro, coach; kneeling are Jim Green, Heppner; Herb Peterson, lone and Queen La Donna White of Enterprise. Night Dress-Up Parade, Dance Opens Fair Week DIMES DRIVE BENEFIT GAME DRAWS A BLANK, ANOTHER ATTEMPT DUE Sunday's special Emergency March of Dimes benefit baseball game between the Junior Legion team and an aggregation of local baseball "ex" greats, turned in an excellent performance, but couldn't attain the goal they had set that of raising money fur the special drive. The main cause of the diffi culty was a remarkable lack of attendance caused by the draw ing power of the Heppner Roping club whoese members were prac ticing in an adjoining field. The attendnce at the ball game was so small the teams didn't Prize Money Awaits Winners Of Rodeo Parade Nearly $400 in cash and mer chandise awaits winners in the grand Rodeo parade Saturday, Sept. 4, Phil Blakney, chamber of commerce merchants committee chairman, revealed today. His committee traditionally handles the arrangements for the event and provides the prize money which is donated- by local busi nesses. Blakney said a grand sweep stakes prize of $50 is again being offered this year with first, se cond and third prizes 'of $25, $15 and $5 for each of the juvenile, adult and business sections of the organization division' of the parade. The best cowboy will receive a bridle donated by Ken Green, Heppner saddlemaker. Other awards Include: best mounted cowgirl, $7.50; oldest cowboy, certificate for a pair of Levi's oldest cowgirl, $3.50; youngest cowbov, Levi's; youngest cowgirl, $3.50. ' First and second prizes of $50 and $25 will be awarded the best organized and conducted riding club; the best comic will receive $7.5o an the best family group, $7.50. In the juvenile section prizes of $7.50, $3 and $3.50 will be awarded in each of the following divisions: child's float, best pet, best juvenile cowboy and best juvenile cowgirl. As in the past, the fair board will give each child of grade school age or under $1 for par ticipating in the parade. Eight of the nine parade jud ges have been named, Blakney said. They include Milton Mor gan, Monument; Oscar Peterson, lone; Mrs. Noel Dobyns, lone; Stewart Ilardie, Condon; Lewis Batty, Kimberly; Mrs. C. C. Car michael, Lexington, Berl Akers, lone; and Howard Reed, Heppner. William Smethurst is general parade chairman. !. . ( ? V;- V V -f ' . ) v v j , ;;; I even bother to take up a collec tion. To square themselves with the March of Dimes committee and the baseball team members, the roping club this week announced that it is going to hold a special benefit performance of its top cowhands next Sunday at 3 p. m. in an attempt to raise the money that wasn't raised hist Sunday. Members said that they will take up a collection from the audience and that the participat ing ropers are planning on donat ing at least half of their win nings to the drive. They plan to run two go arounds of jackpot roping during the afternoon. Oh yes, at the baseball game the Jr. Legion had little trouble in downing the Mulcskinnors 5 to 1, though their efforts went for naught. o County Shares in Predatory Allocation Thirty-two counties will share in $30,000 allocated by the state department of agiculture for pre datory animal control in Oregon during the 1954-53 fiscal year. Last year 31 counties participat ed. Fundft earmarked for each county will be available to the extent that counties appropriate matching funds for predatory ani mal control, which is conducted by the state in cooperation with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice. Livestock predators taken in participating counties under the cooperative work in llJ53-54 num bered 9,931. according to M. E. Knickerbocker, chief of the de partment's division of animal in dustry. Hunters brought in these ani mals during the year ended June 30: Coyotes, 3,537; Bobcats, 1,709; Bears, 117; Fox, 330; Mountain Lions 20; miscellaneous animals, 4,218. Morrow County received $850 from the fund. ARRANGE FOR SEAL SALE Mrs. Mervin Leonard and Mrs. Jack Bedford were in the north end of the county early this week arranging for community chair man for the annual TB and Health association annual seal sale. Douglas Mullarkey, publisher of the Burns Times Herald, Burns, Oregon was an overnight visitor In Heppner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hill oi Pendleton visited Mr. and Mrs. Dick Meador over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner left Sunday for Portland where they were joined by the Harvey Mil lers and all went to the coast for a week's vacation. : W : n J Annual Parade, Coronation to Start at 1 p. m. Fair week activities will get under way in Heppner Friday evening with the annual Dress Up parade under the direction of the Lions club, followed by the coronation of Queen Grace Miller a special program of entertain ment and the Queen's dance later in the evening. The Dress-Up parade which of ficially opens the nine days of special activities during which western attire of some form is a requirement for local residents, will form at 7 p. m. at the north end of Main street and move through town. The coronation platform will be near the Hepp ner hotel and most activities of the evening will take place there, Queen Grace and her court will ride in the parade which will in clude mounted color and pennant bearers, the Heppner school bands under the direction of James Wilson and members of The Wrartglers, Heppner riding club. The platform program will include the coronation, a-short band concert, special tap dance, a roping number by a Hermlston student of Etta Shepard, local dancing instructor, special de monstration dance numbers by the Heppner Square Dance club and a public street square dance with music furnished by Roy Quackenbush and other local musicians. The Queen's dance will follow at the fair pavilion starting at 10 p. m. All the Dress-Up parade events have been scheduled for Friday night this year to avoid conflict with the East-West All Star Shrine football game at Pendle ton Saturday night. Vigilantes to Work The Lions club, which is this year handling the arrangements for the parade and other events of the week, announced that they plan to enforce the long-standing policy of requiring all local resi dents to appear in western attire during the week following the Dress-Up parade. The vigilantes, members of the Lions club, will be operating dur ing the Dress-Up parade and plans call for a short Kangaroo court to be included as part of the evening program with the main purpose of this session to aid in the sale of fair buttons. Kangaroo Court Scheduled The vigilante group said how ever, that next week they will go to work In earnest and will have a stockade and watering trough placed on the Hotel corner In which they will put offenders until time for the Kangaroo court trial, The main court will be held at 12:45 Tuesday with the "Judge" Frank Turner presiding. The vigilantes have warned that persons not in We-tern attire can expect sentences of "the water cure" from the judge. Fair Grounds Ready The fair grounds and buildings have been prepared for use and the first events of the week will start on Wednesday with the ludging of 4 H agricultural ex hibits, 411 dairy and swine judg ing. AH open class entries must be in by 9 a. m. Thursday, Sept. 2 with many events scheduled for that day leading up to the 4 II style revue In the evening. One of the big events of Friday will be the horse show which is sponsored by The Wranglers and will start at 1:30 p. m. The show was included in the program for the first time last year and was very well received. It is expected to draw a good crowd. Admls- I sion to the event will be by fair 3. I, ..14,,., ! IJUUUll. Another top event of Friday will be the 41! pig scramble and fat stock auction at 7:30 in the 1 4-H arena. Other main events include the rodeo on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and numerous other popular activities, a complete elsewhere in today's paper. Mrs. Altha Kirk of Hermiston was a visitor in Heppner Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Huddleston and daughter Karen of North Hollywod, Calif., visited at the home of his sister and family Mr. and Mrs. Boy Orwlck, last week.
