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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Miss Leta Humphreys and Mrs.
Clem Stockard were in Seattle
last week attending market
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown and
children left Saturday for Burns
and the Steen Mountains for a
weeks vacation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.