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Coronation, Dress-Up Parade
Scheduled for Saturday Evening
Plans For
2nd Bank
Are Stymied
Arlington Bank
Directors Plan
Appeal of Ruling
Directors of the Gilliam County
Bank of Arlington revealed this
week that state superintendent of
banks A. A. Rogers has rejected
their request to be allowed to
establish a branch bank in Hepp
ner.
L. C. Buchner, vice-president
and cashier said that the direc
tors were disappointed at the re
jection but stated that they are
maKing plans to appeal the rul
ing to the state banking board
which consists of the governor,
secretary of state and state treas
urer.
Buchner said that the refusal
was based on the grounds that
Heppner was not in the tributary
trading area of the home bank at
Arlington and therefore could not
be allowed. The directors plan
to appeal on the basis that other
banks have been granted the
right to establish branches out
side their primary area and cite
the examples of the First Nation
al Bank of Portland, The United
States National bank, both of
which have branches throughout
Oregon; and a state bank with
headquarters in -Hillsboro which
has branches in Hood River and
Tillamook. They plan continuing
attempts to be allowed to estab
lish a branch here.
Buchner said the state bank
examiner indicated that the Gil
liam county bank might be al
lowed to establish a branch at
lone if desired, but what action
the directors might take on such
a plan is uncertain.
The Arlington bank announced
in May that it was making ap
plication for a Heppner branch
and at that time expressed the
hope that it could be in operation
by September. The bank was es
tablished at Arlington 11 years
ago and officers are Marion
Weatherford, president; Earl
Hoag, vice-president; L. C. Buch
ner, vice-president and cashier;
John Krebs and B. L. Lemon di
rectors. Encephalitis
Outbreak Misses
County Horses
Ed Ring, stock contractor for
the Morrow county fair and
rodeo, sent word this week that
all his hrses have been vacci
nated for equine encephalitis
which has been reported among I
animals in Umatilla and Union
counties.
County agent N. C. Anderson
said Wednesday that so far there
have been no cases of the di
sease among horses in this area,
but said that the supply of vac
cine is very short. Local drug
stores had a small amount of vac
cine on hand when the outbreak
came but are now completely
sold out. They don't expect to be
able to get more for at least two
weeks.
Hot Weather Again
Strikes County
Genuine summer weather re
turned to Morrow county this
week as the mercury climbed to
an official 95 degrees in Heppner
Monday. Sunday, saw the ther
mometer reach 91 and Tuesday's
high was 90 degrees. Minimums
for the past few days have all
been in the high 50's or 60's.
Tuesday clouds covered most of
the area but only served to in
crease the heat as the higher
humidity did nothing to lower
the temperature. Scattered lightn
ing storms have been reported in
the mountains but the forest ser
vice office in Heppner reported
that it has had no fires during
recent days. The . government
weather forecast calls for more
scattered lightning storms, how
ever. One fire was reported on state
land on the Van Duzen place on
Wall creek Monday night, but it
was controlled after it spread
over about 15 acres.
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QUEEN PATRICIA WRIGHT
Saturday Rodeo Dance
Honors Queen Patsy
Miss Patrkia An.; Wright, cele
brated queen of this year's Mor
row county fair and rodeo, will be
honored at her own Queen s
dance Saturday night following
her coronation earlier in the even
ing during the Dress-Up parade.
The dance is the last in the series
of royalty dances which preceed
the opeing of the fair and rodeo.
Queen Patsy, as she is known
to hundreds of county residents,
though she prefers to be called
Pat, has gained much unexpect
ed though certainly not undeser
ved, recognition during the past
summer. She is a 10-year 4-H
club member and as a result of
many activities in that organiza
tion was chosen to attend the na
tional 4-H summer camp at
Washington, D. C. While there
she, along with a 4-H boy from
Iowa, were selected to appear on
recent national Firestone Tire
and Rubber company television
and radio program as represen
tatives of the nation's 4-H boys
and girls. She is the first Mor
row county fair and roaeo queen
to be so honored.
Queen Pat completed her 10
years in 4-H work last fall and
during that time completed a
total of 20 home economics and
livestock projects in addition to
two years of junior leadership
work in the clubs. Her list of fair
awards received during the past
10 years is impressive and though
her projects have been varied,
clothing is her favorite. She has
carried that project for seven
years and as a result makes a
great many of her own clothes.
She made the dress she appeared
in on her TV program. Her mo
ther has been her clothing club
leader and Mrs. Wright has re
cently completed 10 years as a
4-H club leader.
Patricia has counselled at 4-H
camps and has taught many
classes at camp. She has at
tended three state summer
schools and has been active in
the Oregon State college 4-H
clubs. She has had a great Inter
est in the International Farm
Youth Exchange program and
serrved as county co-chairman
for that program. She met many
of the delegates to come to Ore
gon on that program and has
worked to help raise money for
it. ' Her campus 4-H club work
has included being coordinator of
a state 4-H annual with the jun
ior leader clubs of the county.
She has received several scholar
ships because of her 4-H work.
Queen Pat is a graduate of
Heppner high school where she
was chosen salutatorian of her
class. She was active in the
school band, a member of the
annual and paper staffs, Nation
al Honor society, held class of
fices including student body sec
retary ner senior year; was
chosen homecoming queen when
a senior.
She has completed her fresh
man year at OSC where she has
been registered in home econo
mics. She says however, that she
is considering changing her ma
jor to the school of science. Her
plans for the future are still in
definite. Her college activities
have been many and include be
ing social chairman of her house,
a member of the home economics
club, campus 4-H club and is one
of 32 freshman girls who was
chosen for next year's "Talons",
a service honorary for sophomore
girls. Even with all this, she
earned a 3.2 grade point during
her freshman year.
The blonde, 5 foot, 7 inch queen
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Wright who lives on a
7,000 acre Hereford cattle ranch
near Ruggs. She has one sister,
Janet, 16, who is also a blonde.
Queen Pat will be seen during
the parade and the rodeo riding
her uncle's sorrell horse, Cricket,
and she and her four princesses
have been kept mighty busy this
summer traveling and riding at
other rodeos and shows in East
ern Oregon.
During this summer, when she
wasn't traveling between her
home and Washington, D. C. or
New York, Pat has been help,
ing her parents on their ranch.
She is a good cook and also rated
by her father as an excellent hay
hand.
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THE 43 ROOM HOTEL HEPPNER has been purchased by Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Van den Biesen of Portland from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
M. Kaffesieder, also of Portland who has owned it since 1945. The
hotel has been operated by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sanders Sr. who
have managed it for the past 11 years... Van den Biesen'g said they
planned considerable redecorating but did not know whether
they would operate it themselves or on lease. They are former
hotel and restaurant operators in Montana (GT Photo)
Pre-Fair Program
And Parade to
Start at 7:30
The final pre-fair and rodeo
events which lead up to Morrow
county's big show August 29
through September 2 will be held
this Saturday night opening with
the annual Dress-Up parade
scheduled to start in downtown
Heppner at 7:30.' It will be fol
lowed by the presentation of the
royal court and the coronation
of Queen Patricia Wright. Final
event of the evening will be the'
Queen's dance at the pavilion.
The annual Dress-Up parade
which formally opens fair week
will be under the direction of the
Wranglers with Howard Bryant
in charge of the event. All Wrang
ler members and other groups
planning to take part in the
parade are asked by the chair
man to gather at the north end
Nobody Wanted
A Swell Time-
For a while Tuesday and
Wednesday it appeared that
the Dress-Up parade and coro
nation program might either
have to be postponed or be
staged without its star perfor
merQueen Fatsy. Her doctor
thought she was coming down
with the mumps I
Late Wednesday, however,
further medical ..examination
determined that she wag suffer
ing only from a glandular dis
turbance which had symptoms
similar to mumps.
That announcement brought
great sighs of relief from not
only Queen Patsy but also pa
rade and coronation chairmen.
of Main street near the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company by 7
o'clock Saturday evening.
The coronation of Queen Patsy
will be held on a platform in
front of the Heppner Hotel and
the program is under the direc
tion of the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce.
A short program is planned with
several musical numbers to be
presented by the Heppner high
school band. Chamber president,
Phil Blakney will officially crown
Miss Wright.
To be presented along with the
queen will be princesses Pat
Steagall, Lexington; Janet Myers,
of Lena; Sue Coleman of lone
and Maxine Sicard of Boardman.
This year's Dress-Up parade
has again been set ahead one
week from its usual date because
of the Shrine All-Star football
game which will be held in Pen
dleton August 25.
Final event of Saturday even
ing's program will be the annual
Queen's dance which will start
at 10 o'clock at the fair pavilion.
A top five piece orchestra from
Kennewlck, will provide the
music, it was announced by Jack
Van winkle, chairman of the
dance committee for the fair
board.
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Mrs. Venice Styles of Portland
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Josie
Jones of Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Connor of
Fallon, Nevada were Heppner
visitor Wednesday. O'Connor was
a former J. C. Penney Co. mana
ger here.
Farmers Still tavesiicig One
Of County's Biggest Crops
Farmers are still hauling what
appears to be one of the largest
crops of wheat and barley ever
produced in Morrow county, ac
cording to preliminary figures
taktm while harvesting is still
going on In most sections.
Preliminary figures compiled
Wednesday by Al Lamb, mana
ger of the Morrow County Grain
Growers showed the average per
acre of wheat grown by the co
op's members to be approximate
ly 28 bushels. Barley has run
about 30 bushels to the acre.
Lamb said that grain Is still
coming in to all the.MCGG ele-
vators at the rate of about 60,
OCX) bushels a day with Ruggs,
Heppner and Lexington receiv
ing the most.
In the total amount of wheat
handled by the Grain Growers
it appears that they will receive
more this year than at any other
time in the history of the co-op,
Lamb said he expects, that by
the time harvest is completed
Social Security
Payments High
Over $10,000 per month is be
ing paid to Morrow county resi
dents who are beneficiaries of
Social Security, the chamber of
commerce was told Monday by
John A. Miller, field representa
tive for the Social Security ad
ministration from La Grande
Miller explained how Social
Security has been expanded since
it was first authorized In 1936
and said that today nine out of
10 workers in the county are
covered. Most self-employed per
sons are also covered under its
provisions. He told that bene
fits now run from $45 per month
minimum per person to a maxi
mum individual benefit of $108.50
per month. The family maximum
is now $200. He said that work
ers now have disability benefits,
under certain conditions, as a
result of recent changes in the
law.
Miller was accompanied by
Bill Ross, another field represen
tative from the La Grande office.
New County Map
Being Prepared by
Highway Department
Bob Swain, from the traffic
engineer's office of the state
hiphwav donartment. Salpm Is
currently mapping all of Morrow
county in preparation for the pre
paring of a new complete map of
the area.
The new maps will show all
state and county roads, bridges,
culverts and drainages and will
include all recent improvements.
All city and town streets will also
be shown, county judge Garnet
Barratt reported.
Swain is being assisted by
Harry Tamblyn and the work is
expected to take about six weeks.
SEVERAL NEW DIVISIONS OFFERED AT
FAIR; GROUNDS READIED FOR CROWD
With the Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo less than two weeks
away, activities at the grounds
are picking up momentum and
those concerned with the actual
administration of the fair and
rodeo are checking last minute
preparations.
Little building has been done
at the grounds this year as fa
cilities have been improved con
siderably to take - care of In
creased exhibits over the past
several years. At the rodeo
grounds new chutes of a perma
nent modern construction which
will facilitate quicker movement
of rodeo stock and speed up the
events have been completed this
summer.
Grounds are In the best shape
ever. At the fair grounds exhib
its will be expanded into the
dance pavilion end of the fair
pavilion and will take care of the
crowded conditions which have
existed as exhibits have in
creased. This year all youth
activity exhibits such as 4 -H,
FHA, and FFA will be housed In
the dance hall end. This was
made possible by the canceling of
the Friday night dance, which In
the past has been poor financi
ally. Several changes have been
made in the fair this year In
cluding an earlier entry date.
This year the fair will open offi
cially on Wednesday noon, Aug
ust 29 in place of the original
Thursday morning as in the past
years. This will give superinten
dents Wednesday morning to get
entries in place and will enable
judges to have an extra half day
of judging time so that ribbons
can be put In place for the fair
going public. 4-H club entries
will close at 9:00 a. m. Wednes
day morning, with a number of
4-H home economic actlcities be
they will have received around
2,500,000 bushels of wheat and
barley and that there will be
another 500,000 to 600,000 bushels
in farm storage which they will
receive later. This is about one-
half million bushels more than
the big crop year of 1948.
The overall crop average in
the county for both wheat and
barley will run between 29 and
A RECORD?
80 Bushel Average
Tops Wheat Yield
That this year's wheat har
vest has been one of the best in
the history of the county has
been proved by many reports
of 40 to 45 bushel yields, but
one field in the Sand Hollow
area probably can claim the
all-time local record for dry
land farming.
O. W. Cutsforth reports this
week that one 177 acre field
yielded 80 bushels to the acre
of Elmar wheat. He said that
a very close check was kept on
the field and that figures act
ually showed slightly over an
80 bushel average.
"I'll settle for 80." Cutsforth
said. 'That's the best I've ever
gotten."
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County Republicans
Plan Fund Drive;
Urge Registration
County Republicanc this week
anounced plans for a fund drive
to meet their quota of $1600 set
by the state Republican central
committee to meet campaign ex
penses of candidates who are
running In the general election.
The county committee has set
plans of raising one dollar from
each registered Republican In the
county which will be enough to
nearly meet the quota. Fifteen
percent of the money wilt be
kept In the county for local use.
The names of all precinct com
mltteemen and women in the
county are listed below and of
ficers expressed the hope that
volunteer workers would contact
their local committee members
for assignment as block workers
etc. They are; South Heppner.
Olive Hughes; North Heppner,
Rachel Dick and Robert Penland;
Hardman, Mrs. Walter Wright;
Irrigon, Marguerite Houghton;
lone, Margaret Troedson and
Henry Peterson; Lexington, Lu
cille Peck and Don Hatfield;
. Boardman, Dewey West Jr.
u was pointed out tnat any
committee member will accept
donations for the fund.
The committee also urged all
county residents to check their
registration and pointed out that
ir a voter has not voted in at
least one of the last two elections
(a primary or general) or had
moved Into a different precinct,
he must register before he will
be allowed to vote at the No
vember general election.
ing held during the morning.
A new addition at this year's
fair is that of the "dollar dinner
contest" which will be judged
during the entire day Wednes
day. In hopes to encourage more
poultry exhibits, Mrs. W. W. Wea
therford has arranged with the
fair board for feeding and water
ing poultry this year. Mrs Wea
therford believes that this should
be an added attraction to poultdy
exhibitors and Is looking for
ward to an increase in numbers
in that department. New addi
tion in the hay and grass division,
with Alvln Bunch as superinten
dent, is the best bale of legume
hay which will be judged sepa
rately from grain hay and grass
legume mixed.
The grain division has .been
revised and will include, this
year, a special lot of cleanest
sample direct from the combine,
uncleaned. This Is expected to be
a large drawing card from far-
mers who boast of the best job of
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thrashing on their farm. A sweep
stakes trophy will be awarded
this year to the champion wheat
exhibitor through the courtesy of
Morrow County Grain Growers.
Safflower and field corn have
been added to the grain division
for 1956. The National Needle
craft crochet contest, which pro
vides a special hand engraved
cup for the best crocheted article
in the fair and the Oregon Wheat
Growers League baking contest
started last year, offer competi
tion in the home economics de
partment. This year's cake bak
ing contest provides for a butter
cake with the first place winner
eligible to enter the state bake
off at the annual Wheat League
meeting for the $100 prize.
In the 4-H club division, a new
contest was provided this year for
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30 bushels to the acre. Lamb
stressed that these figures are
subject to correction later, inas
much as there is much harvest
ing still going on, but the final
figure isn't expected to change
greatly.
Storage facilities are expected
to be able to handle all grain
that is harvested from now on,
though the MCGG now has about
300,000 bushels stored on the
ground at the North Lexington
elevator.
Some ranchers in the lower
end of the county have already
completed harvesting, but it is
expected to be about September 1
before work will be completed in
the higher elevations.
The July hot weather seeming
ly did not hurt grain In the
lower sections of the county, as
it was more advanced, but there
have been a few reports of
pinching in the later sections
where the wheat was still green
when the heat hit.
Dates Set For
Registration in
Heppner Schools
Heppner school officials an
nounced this week that registra
tion of new students and first
graders will be on Tuesday after
noon, Sept. 4 and students who
attended Heppner schools last
year on Wednesday morning,
Sept. 5. Classes will be held all
day Wednesday. .
Parents are requested to accom- ,
pany first graders for registra
tion which may also be done on
Thursday and Friday, August 30
and 31, it was revealed. It was
also announced that parents with
special registration problems may
consult superintendent Joe Stew
art at any time during the week
of August 27 to 31.
Teachers have called to report
August 30 and 31 to get rooms,
lesson plans, books, etc., in order
and then will be excused for the
fair. A teacher's workshop will
be held on Tuesday, Sept. 4.
L. L. Robbins, vocational agri
culture Instructor attended the
school board meeting last week
to discuss an advisory committee
for the agricultural program and
the board selected a committee of
five farmers who will advise Rob-
bins as to what they believe are
the most important aspects of the
program. Howard Cleveland,
chairman of the school board,
N. C. Anderson, county agent,
and Tom Wilson, soil conserva
tionist will act as consultants to
the committee.
All school bus drivers have
been signed for the coming year
and It was announced that the
two new buses will be put on
the Lena -Butter creek and the
Clark's canyon runs. Physical
examinations In addition to
health certificates will be re
quired for all bus drivers.
The board awarded the con
tract for bus Insurance for the
coming year to Ruggles Insur
ance company. Other contracts
were awarded to Union Oil Co.
for fuel oil; Rosewall Motor com
pany for bus maintenance and
to Dick's Richfield station for bus
service for the year.
Board chairman Cleveland an
nounced plans to attend a meet
ing this week of the rural school
board to discuss setting up a
policy of tuition for students who
wish to attend Heppner schools
from outside the district.
8-Year Old Girl Hit
By Wheat Truck
Karen Ramsey, eight-year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Ramsey of Heppner, was Injured
Friday afternoon when she was
struck by a wheat truck on the
highway near the western city
limits of town.
According to Elwynne Peck,
driver of the truck which belong
ed to Alvln Bunch, the girl rode
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(Without warning and he was un-
able to keep from hitting her.
She was taken to the Pioneer Me
morial hospital by ambulance
where she was treated for con
cussion, facial cuts and possible
broken ankle.
WEATHER BALLOON
FOUND NEAR IONE
Leo Crabtree Tuesday found a
weather balloon and attached
radiosonde equipment In a
wheatfield on the Bob Rietmann
ranch south of lone.
According to markings the bal
loon had been sent up from the
Yakima Firing Range on March
14, 1956 and the finder is asked
to return the equipment to the
Lexington Signal Depot, Lexing
ton, Ky. The equipment was
slightly battered but not destroyed.