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LI IRARY 0 OF 0 Saturiayltodeo Dance epper Presents Queen Carol ... r Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday August 18, 1955 72nd Year, Number 23 Sinter 1 Queen Carol Miss Carol Ann , Wiglesworth, queen of the 1955 Morrow county Fair and Rodeo will be the guest of honor at the fair and rodeo Queen's dance to be held at the fair pavilion. Her dance will be the last of the series of dances which have presented in turn the members of Queen Carol's royal court. The dance will open at 10 p. m. following Queen Carol's coro nation at ceremonies to take place In downtown Heppner fol lowing the annual dress-up pa rade. The queen of Morrow county's big show is 17 years old, a brown- eyed light brunette who Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Walter R. Wiglesworth, Butter Creek ranchers. Queen Carol was a for mer princess of the fair and rodeo County Tops Bond Quota For Year At the end of July, Morrow county had become the third in Oregon to go over its 1955 quota of savings bonds sales, according to word received by Jeff Carter, Morrow county savings bonds committee chairman. Sales of E and II bonds in this county last month were $67,189, bringing the total sales for the year to date to $304,413. The county quota was $289,000. According to Carter, savings bonds sales in Morrow county have been running about two and one-half times what they were last year, for one of the outstand ing sales achievements in the entire state. Carter has also been advised by state chairman Ted Gamble of the Oregon savings bonds committee that this state led the entire nation in its percentage increase of savings bonds sales for the first-half of this year as compared to the same period in 1954. Sales of the United States treasury's popular E and II sav ings bonds have increased in Oregon by about forty percent. Next highest percentage of in crease was in Florida, with thirty two percent. National sales at the end of June were fourteen percent ahead of those for the first-half of last year according to Gamble. Carter announced that Oregon ians purchased another near record volume of E and II bonds in July, with sales amounting to $3,997,909. This represents a 5.8 increase over July of 1954, which was by far the best month of the entire year. H bond sales last month were over the $1,000, 000 mark for the fourth time this year. Other members of -the county bond committee are Delmar Jor dan, Jack Flug and Jack Bed ford. Heppner Bands Called For Rehearsals Norman Peters, Heppner school band instructor this week issued an urgent call for all band stu dents to report for rehearsals which started the first of the week. Peters pointed out that both the elementary and high school bands are to play during the fair and rodeo and that prac tice sessions are needed. Rehearsals are scheduled for 10 a. m. and 1 p. m. daily Monday through Friday until September 1. More than 100 students were members of the bands last year, but so far only eight have re ported for rehearsals, Peters said. .... g. . . a5 f Ann Wiglesworth in 1953 and is the second member of her family to be so honored. Her older sister, Dorothy was a princess here in 1949. Queen Carol Is an excellent horsewoman whose favorite pas time is riding and she says she has loved horses for as long as she can remember. She is a mem ber of the Wrangler's riding club and has taken an active part in many of their events. She gradu ated last spring from Echo high school and was chosen valedic torian of her class. She has also been active in 4-H work the past two years. Indicitive of the queen's riding ability is the recent announce ment that she has won the Wrangler's point system award for members 13 through 17 years of age. The award, a silver belt buckle, will be given her for all aiound proficiency in the club's events during the year. Quen Carol comes from a fam ily of Morrow county pioneers for both of her grandparents came to this area in the early 1900's. On her mother's side of the family, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schmidt, settled in Sand Hollow in 1904. while her great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wiglesworth came to Heppner in 1901 and settled on the Butter Creek ranch. This year's queen plans to con tinue her education at Eastern Oregon College of Education at La Grande where she will major in secondary education. Music for the queen's own dance will be furnished by Gene Rietmann's orchestra which will start the night's festivities at 10 p. m. Organization of Golf Club Started Prospects that Heppner and Morrow county residents may be able to play golf on their own course appeared much brighter this week following a mestnig on Tuesday night of about 20 inter ested golfers, The group, which has been con sidering the possibility of build ing a course, announced that it has been offered a lease on a 20 acre tract of bottom land owned by Thomas Wells located less than one-half mile west of Hepp ner. The land is easily adaptable for use as a golf course and plans are now being made to have the area mapped and a course laid out. Those present Tuesday night voted to incorporate the organi zation as the Willow Creek Coun try Club and set the membership fee at $25 for either individual or family memberships, with dues of $2.50 per month to be assessed after January 1, 1956. . Preliminary plans call for a nine hole course' with sand greens to start with. Turf greens will be built as rapidly as funds become available. It is planned that members will do a big part of the actual construction work on the course in an effort to stretch available funds as far as possible. A planning committee was ap pointed Tuesday to prepare plans; and a membership committee is now at work contacting interest ed persons. By Wednesday near ly 30 persons or families had in dicated willingness to belong to the club and several hundred dollars in membership fees had been collected. Temporary chairman is Rev. Francis MeCormack and secretary-treasurer is Bradley Fancher. V Weekend Ora A. Lundquist Killed in Wreck On Echo Highway Ora A. Lundquist, 47, of Hepp ner was instantly killed about 10:30 Sunday night when the car in which she was riding left -the road and overturned about one quarter of a mile west of Echo on the Echo-Butter Creek highway. Driver of the car, Rav M. New ton of Pendleton suffered serious injuries and is under tr3atment at a Pendleton hospital. According to reports the car went out of control and over turned coming to a stop on its top. uotli occupants were thrown out of the vehicle. Ora "Sandy" Lundquist was born November 10, 1907 in Indi ana and came to Oregon about nine years ago. She had made her home in Heppner for over four years. Funeral services were held at Burns Mortuary in Hermiston on Tuesday at 7 p. m. with Rev. A. E. Davis officiating. The body was shipped to Buchanan, Michi gan for burial. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Robert Woolstenhulme, for merly of Heppner but now living at Sheridan; and Mrs. Dorothy Zakrzewski, South Bend, Indiana; two brothers, Commander W. P. Skinner, Salem, Oregon and Ralph Skinner, Buchanan, Michi gan. Final services will be held Fri day at Buchanan. Other Wrecks Numerous Buster Botts, 25, of lone was in volved in two accidents early Sun day, first walking into a car as it rounded a curve at an inter section in lone about 1:20 a. m. and followed by the total wreck of his 1954 Mercury while "being taken to the Pioneer Memorial hospital for treatment of arm in juries received in the first acci dent. The Botts' car, driven by Billy Griffin, Lexington, a soldier sta tioned at Camp Hanford, turned over several times on highway 73 between Lexington and lone when a right rear tire blew out on a curve. Neither of the men were injured. J Kelly Kirk Adams, 17, Echo,' was driving the car which Botts walked into at lone as he start-1 ed across the street to notify C.' J. D. Bauman, county sheriff, that he had run over a dog. No one was held. Another accident occurred Sat urday night when Hugh O' Rourke, 67 Heppner, driving a 1948 Chevrolet sedan and Loy LaVern Keene, 16, lone driving a 1949 Ford, collided on highway 207 five miles south of Heppner about 10:45. No one was injured and damage to both cars was minor. Two or three other minor acci dents were reported over the weekend but accident reports have not yet been filed at the sheriff's office. Kinzua Wins National Forest Timber Bid The Kinzua Corporation of Kin zua was the successful bidder on 490,000 board feet of National Forest salvage timber at an oral auction held at the Heppner for est office Monday. The timber, which is in the vi cinity of Sunflower Flat in the Heppner district of the Umatilla National Forest is overmature, high risk timber being salvaged in accordance with forest service policy. The successful bidder paid $35 per thousand for Ponderosa pine. Parochial School To Open in Heppner The Heppner Seventh Day Ad ventist church announces this week that it plans to conduct a parochial school at its combina tion church and school building just off Water stret. The school will be conducted for children in grades one through eight on a tuition basis. Gilbert Moore, a recent gradu ate of Walla Walla college, Is under contract to be the teacher for the coming year. o Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferrell and daughters, Judy and Nancy will leave Sunday for a weeks vaca tion in The Dalles and at the coast. : Accidents Tab One Life, Dress-Up Parade, Queens Dance Scheduled for Saturday Evening 1956 Crop Rex Whea Penalty 20c With the announcement last weekend by the U. S. Department of Agriculture of a 20 cents per bushel discount on Rex wheat for the next year, there has been a big run on seed of other varieties by farmers who have grown Rex in the past. The 20 cent discount for Rex was announced by the USDA to discourage planting of the vari ety which has poor milling qualities. Morrow county will probably feel the effects of the order more than any other county in the country as nearly 50 percent of all wheat grown here has been Rex. Gilliam county also grows a heavy percentage of the va riety. The secretary of agricul ture announced several weeks ago that some varieties of hard-to-mill wheat would be subject to discount, but according to re ports many farmers didn't think that it would apply to the 1956 planting or that the discount would be as great. In 1954 Rex was seeded on 54,- 720 acres compared to 32,590 acres of Elmar, 13,820 of Turkey, 9,980 of Orfed, S,0?J of Brevor and 3,000 acres of miscellaneous va rieties in Morrow county. The Heppner ASC office reveal ed today that the official USDA bulletin on the discount states that because these (Rex and other wheats grown elsewhere) varieties are difficult to deter mine from threshed samples of wheat, the price support regula tions for the 1956 program will provide for producer certification regarding undesirable varieties similar to certifications now made by a producer that he pro duced the wheat and produced it in the current crop year. The identifcation of the variety of wheat going under price support will be the producer's responsi bility based on his knowledge of the varieties he seeded and har vested. Additional information on the Rex discount will be found in the County Agent's column on page 2. Rev. Cecil Rudeen Missionary to Speak At Nazarene Church Rev. Cecil Rudeen, missionary for the Church of the Nazarene in Nicaragua, will speak at the Sun day evening service, August 21 at the lone Church of the Naza rene. Rev. Rudeen is a graduate of the University of Idaho and was a newspaper editor at Idaho Falls before going into the missionary work. He has served as pastor of Nazarene churches in Potlatch, Idaho and Ephrata, Wash. He first went to Nicaragua in 1946 where his work included teach ing, preaching and editing. Rev. Rudeen was accompanied to the states by his wife and their four children. They will make their home in Troy, Idaho while here. 1 1 ' I' j Value Days Due This Weekend in Heppner The merchants of Heppner this weekend are again offering many rpecial bargains to shoppers of this section of Eastern Oregon during the third of their 1953 series of Heppner Value Das The special selling cent is spon sored by the merchants commit tee of the chamber of commerce. As part of the special event, a free kids show will be presented at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Star Theater and the city of Heppner will again cooperate with mer chants to allow free parking dur ing the two day event. Two pages of special buys ap pear in today's paper. Divisions, Awards Announced For Rodeo Parade Nearly $100 in cash and mer chandise prizes is ready for win ners in the grand rodeo parade to be held Saturday morning, Sep tember 3, it was announced this week by Jeff Carter, chairman of the chamber of commerce mer chants committee which handles the airangements and prizes for the event. The prize money is donated by local businesses. Again this year a grand sweep stakes prize of $50 is being of fered along with first) second and third prizes of $25, $15 and $5 for each of the juvenile, adult and business sections of the organi zation division of the parade. The best cowboy will receive $7.50. Other awards include, the best mounted cowgirl, $7.50; old est cowboy, certificate for a pair of Levi's; oldest cowgirl, $3.50; youngest cowboy, Levi's; young est cowgirl $3.50. First and second prizes of $50 and $25 will be awarded the best organized and conducted riding club; the best family crouo will receive $7.50 as will the best comic. In the juvenile section awards of $7.50, $5 and $3.50 will be given in each of the following divisions: child's float, best pet, best juvenile cowboy and best cowgirl. As is traditional the fair board will give each child of grade school age and under $1 for tak ing part in the parade. William Smethurst is General chairman for the parade and he said that early indications were that a lamer erouo of floats and other entries is expected. Judges will be announced later. Lexington Church Gets New Pastor Rev. Norman Northrup, 21, this week accepted the pastorate of the Lexington Church of Christ and Congregational church. He will replace Rev. Lewis Wetzel who resigned recently to accept the pastorate of the Jeffers Gar dens Community church near Astoria. Rev. Northrup is a graduate of Northwest Christian College in Eugene and has served as pastor at the Waterville, Oregon Chris tian church; the Scotts Mills church and served for 13 months as youth director of the Vaughn Christian church near Eugene, lie also served under B. Ross Evans, state evangelist for Chris tian churches. He is a native of eastern Washington, having been raised at Colville. Mrs. Northrup is also a gradu ate of Northwest Christian col lege and is a pianist and song leader. Rev. Northrup will take over his duties September 11. o Mrs. Robert Wheeler, Pendlo ton, was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Newt O'Harra at Lexing ton. Mrs. Wheeler is a sister-in-law of Mrs. O'Harra. JACK RISER, well known Port land wrestler, who is scheduled .., to show his talents at Saturday night's benefit bout at the rodeo field in Heppner. The matchs are being sponsored by the chamber of commerce. Second Wrestling Bout to Present Irampolin Group The second rodeo field lighting benefit wrestling match will be held Saturday night under the lights, it was announced this week by Jack Loyd, chamber of commerce committee chairman who has planned the program. It is to start at 8:30 immediately following the Dress-Up parade and will be over In time for the spectators to attend the queen's dance later in the evening. Headliners on the evening's card will be a one hour, or best two out of three falls, tag team match which will pit Doug Dono van and Henry Lenz against a team of Jack Klser an Jon Arjon. There will also be two special 15- minute preliminary matches of one fall and as an added attrac tion, promotors Jack and Maury Kennedy of Pendleton will pre sent The Olympians, a very well known three member trampolin troup. The trampolin artists have recently appeared in many of the west's top supper and night clubs and are acclaimed as one of the top comedy-acrobatic teams of its kind in the country. Donovan is well known in Heppner, having wrestled here with his brother at the first show presented under the field lights. His partner in the tag team, Henry Lenz, hails from California where he has won fame as a heavyweight. Jack Kiser is bill ed as the pride of St. Johns in Portland and has wrestled for many years in the northwest. His team partner, Jon Arjon, hails from the east coast. Tickets are on sale from all chamber of commerce members or may be purchased at the gate. Forest Fire Put Out; Woods Are Very Dry A small fire on the Heppner- Spray highway near Porter creek was controlled by a woods crew of the Eastern Oregon Logging company that discovered the blaze Wednesday evening, Aug. 10 on their return from work, Wayne West, district ranger on the Heppner district of the Uma tilla National forest, reported. Cause of the fire was undeter mined. Extreme caution should be used in the woods as the forest is very dry and fire conditions are critical, West said. Slash areas are closed to the public during the fire season and only those with legitimate business are permitted in the closed areas, West added. STUBBLE BURNS A few acres of grass and stub ble burned Wednesday morning along highway 207 between Hepp ner and Ruggs. It is thought the fire started from a tossed cigar ette. Damage was negligible. Hurt Two Annual Parade, Coronation to Start at 7 p. m. The first major events of the 1955 Morrow county Fair and Rodeo will be held Saturday night with the annual Dress-Up parade starting the evening, fol lowed by the coronation of queen Carol Ann Wiglesworth, a pro gram of wrestling and acrobatic events and the queen's dance. The Dress-Uo parade which traditionally opens the week or more of activities leading up to the fair and rodeo will start at 7 p. m. at the north end of Main street it was announced this week by Bill Smethurst, parade chairman. Participatinc in the parade will be the queen and her court and members of the Wrangler's riding club. At the conclusion of the parade Queen Carol and her four princesses will appear on a downtown plat form for coronation ceremonies which will be conducted by Jack Bearord, president of the Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. The Dress-Up parade has been scheduled one week ahead of the usual date to avoid conflict with the East-West All Star Shrine football game which will be held Saturday, August 27 at Pendlo- ton. According to plans, a short program of old time music and other entertainment will be nre. sented immediately following the coronation and it Is possible that a kangaroo court will be held at that time to promote the sale of fair buttons. Wrestling Scheduled Immediately following the cor onation program the second in a series of rodeo field lighting bene fit wrestling matches will be held under the new lights at the field. The show Is being put on under the auspices of the chamber of commerce and will also present a well-known trampolin acro batic troup, The Olympians, from Seattle. The matches are to start at 8:30 and will conclude In time for spectators to get to the annual Queen's dance which will be held immediately afterwards at the fair pavilion. Music for the final dance of the princess and queen series will be furnished by Gene Rietmann's orchestra from lone, it was an nounced by Jack Van Winkle, chairman of the dance commit tee for the fair board. Residents Reminded Of Burning Ordinance The continuing warm weather and consequent increasing fire hazard this week prompted a warning from Heppner fire chief C. A. Ruggles that a city ordi nance fordlds the burning of anything except papers, and those In commercial quantities only. Also that all burning must be done in an approved inciner ator. The ordinance states that the owner of an incinerator will be held responsible for what is burn ed in an Incinerator and that burning will be prohibited if any substance is burned other than that permitted. So far this summer Heppner has been free of serious fires, but continued caution is urged as continued dry weather increases hazards. POTLUCK TO HONOR ANDERSONS A potluck picnic will be held on the court house lawn Sunday August 21 at 1:00 p. m. In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Anderson. Each person is to bring their own table service besides a pot luck dish. All friends of the Andersons are cordially Invited, o Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle and family and Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Gardner and family returned Sunday from a week's vacation at Priest Lake, Idaho.
