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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday August 18, 1955
72nd Year, Number 23
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.