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U. S AIR FORCE KELICOPTER landed just behind Pioneer Memor
ial hospital Monday afternoon to 'transfer five men from the Con
don air bass who were injured in an auto accident Saturday night
(see story below). The ambulance plane settled gently to the
grouna within ZOO feet of the back entrance to the hospital.
INJURED MAN is being loaded on
by air medical technician. A2c
. riper, Pendleton, the pilot (left)
nician Vill O'Harra, (center).
Jured men to Pendleton cn its
f erred to a C47 transport for
nospitai at rairctiua Air Base at
wa3 Dr. Smith, flight surgeon from Fairchild base.
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"WHIRLYBIRD" lifts gently from the ground on its first trip to
Pendleton. It took three men the first trip and two on its second.
The helicopter can accommodate six men on stretchers in an
emergency, but the seriousness of the injuries required mofe room
than is allowed with a full passenger cargo. The ship circled
over Heppner before lnading at the hospital and it attracted a
sizeable crowd of interested persons, many of whom had never
examined such a plane at close range. Both the helicopter and
the transport plane are based at Fairchild field in Spokane.
(GT Photos)
FIVE ARE INJURED IN SERIES OF
LOCAL WEEKEND CAR ACCIDENTS
A rash of weekend accidents
caused serious injuries to five
men from the Condon air force
base, and damaged at least five
cars in four separate accidents
Saturday night and Sunday.
The air force men were injured
early Sunday morning when a
car in which they were riding
went off the road about one mile
south of Hardman on the grade
into Rock Creek. It was demol
ished. Brought to Pioneer Me
morial hospital in three ambu
lances were Alfred Laicer, 17,
Portland, who suffered a com
pound, shattered fracture of the
right leg; Arthur Miller, 19.
Madtusaville, Tenn., severe head
lacerations and broken nose;
Walstein Dofflemyer, 21, Swoop,
Va fractured left leg and multi
ple contusions; Ronald Vantosky,
19, Pittsburgh, Pa., severe scalp
lacerations; and Thomas Love,
20,.Montgomrey County, Mo. com
pound fracture of the right leg,
severe scalp and face lacerations
and miMple contusions.
The accident was discovered by
state policeman William Labhart
who happened on to one of the
men along the highway when he
was seeking help. The men were
brought to Pioneer Memorial hos
pital in three ambulances, the
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board this Air Force "egg-beater"
L. T. Schrumm (right), Lt Bill
and hospital lab and X-ray tech
The plane took three of the In-
first trip, where they were trans
the rest - their trip -to the army
Spokane. Other man in the crew
Morrow county ambulance, one
from the air base and. one from
Condon.
According to the police report,
Love was driver of the car. It
was owned by he and Miller.
All the men were seriously in
jured with Love listed as being
hurt the worst. Their conditions
were fair to good when trans
ferred Monday by helicopter and
air force transport plane to the
Air Force hospital at Spokane.
Other weekend accidents in
cluded a multiple car crash Sat
urday night west of Pendleton.
Eight cars were involved, with
two of them belonging to local
residents. They were Lincoln
Nash of Heppner and Lloyd How
ton, lone.
Early Sunday morning a brand
new car owned and driven by
Gaylord Salter of lone was con
siderably damaged when the
driver went to sleep and the
machine overturned between
Lexington and the Lex airport
Salter was not hurt.
Sunday afternoon a car driven
by Paul Barnett, lone, went out
of control on the slippery high
way just west of Heppner and
went into the ditch. Damage was
not great and Barnett was not
injured.
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NEW, ENLARGED
SATURDAY NIGHT
SHOW PLANNED
, With three top flight perform
ances scheduled for Saturday
afternoon and night and Sunday,
rodeo enthusiasts can look for
ward to a big weekend of enter
tainment, rodeo committee chair
man Floyd Jones indicated today.
Stock began arriving early this
week, and a last, full program
has been completed.
The Saturday afternoon show
will present schedule of events
including bareback riding, calf
roping, pony races, bull dogging,
wild cow milking, flag races and
many others. One of the top
events will again be the north
west bucking contest which was
given to the Morrow county show
the first time last year by the
Pendleton Round-Up. It attract
ed a great number of top ama
teur cowhands at its first pre
sentation here and is expected to
do as well or better' this year.
Top prize for this event is a hand
made saddle, made and awarded
by Hamley and Company of Pen
dleton.
One of the most popular events
of the entire show is the Morrow
county amateur calf roping
which will be held during both
the Saturday and Sunday shows.
First prize for this event is a
hand made saddle given by Hepp
ner Pine Mills and made by
Tarrell Saddlery of Heppner. Se
cond award is a belt given by
Ella's Grill and a buckle by Turn-
A-Lum Lumber Co., and third
place prize Is a western hat from
Wilson's Men's Wear.
In the Morrow county junior
calf roping, first prize is a belt
buckle from Jack Van Winkle,
second, pair of spurs from J. C.
Penney Co., and third a belt from
Tarrell Saddlery
Trophy for the riding clubs
flag race is given by Farley
Motor Co.
Saturday Night Show Good
A greatly increased program is
being planned for the Saturday
night show which will be held
under the lights. On tap will be
one complete go-around the
Morrow county amateur calf
roping; a wild horse race that
lways provides plenty of action;
Calgary roping event, which
was held here for the first time
last year and created much inter
est.
Also new to the Saturday night
show will be the Morrow county
chariot race which promises to be
plenty wild and western. The
boys who plan to enter this event
have been practicing for some
time and the two-lap race is
expected to provide some of the
evening's top entertainment.
Admission to the Saturday
night show will be $1.00 for
adults and 50 cents for children
with no seats reserved.
Purse Increased
Following a joint meeting on
Tuesday night of the fair and
rodeo committees, officials an
nounced that the purse for the
chariot race will be increased to
$115. In addition to the $50
donated by the Heppner Odd Fel
lows lodge, Les Wyman donated
$15, the Hermiston Sales Yard
$25 and Wink's Sales yard, $25.
The chamber of commerce will
have charge of program sales
during all three rodeo perform
ances and Paul Koenlg will have
charge of ticket sales for the
Willow Creek Country Club. Buck
Lieuallen will be the official race
starter with Harry Dinges and W.
W. Weatherford as race judges.
Gerald Swaggart will be in
charge of the calf chutes and will
also act as chute flagman. Don
Greenup will furnish the cows
for the wild cow milking event.
The committee decided that
children under 12 years of age
who participate in the Saturday
morning parade, will be given a
ticket instead of a silver dollar.
The ticket will be redeemed after
the parade for $1.00.
Rodeo queens and their courts
are expected from John Day,
Ukiah, Hermiston and Pendleton.
Several other courts have also
been extended Invitations.
The sound system for the pa
rade and the rodeo will again be
furnished by Empire Machinery
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SCENE OF ACTIVITY Though the Morrow county fair and rodeo grounds wen practically empty when
this picture was taken last weekend, they present a different sight today as crowds started pour
ing in to Heppner to attend the big five-day show. Grounds and buildings are in excellent shape
and Increased facilities have been provided to give additional show space. Even then, the main
pavilion and livestock barns are filled with exhibits and animals. (Photo by C. A. Ruggles)
Parade and , Picnic
On Saturday Fare
The main rodeo parade at 10
o clock in downtown Heppner
and a public picnic at the court
house park are main items of
Interest to fair goers Saturday
morning. The big prize list for
parade entries is expected to draw
a large number of floats and
special entries, William Smet
hurst, parade director, said this
week.
A grand sweepstakes prize of
$50 will be awarded to the best
float in the parade, and other
big cash prizes await float win
ners in three divisions. There will
be other divisions for juveniles,
riding groups, family groups and
others.
The chamber of commerce is
providing the prize money and
members of Pendleton's famous
Main Street Cowboys will serve
as judges for all entries. Several
outside riding groups have indi
cated they will be here for the
parade and there will be at least
four visiting royal courts present.
Smethurst said early this
week that all entries are asked
to be in place by at least 9:30
Saturday morning. Elsewhere in
today's paper is a map showing
the area where the parade will
form.
The parade route will also be
changed this year with the route
to be up Main street to May, east
to the court house, North on
Court street to the fair grounds
where the line will disband. In
past years the parade has doub
led back along Main steet, but
heavy traffic congestion brought
the route change for this year.
Picnic At Noon
Following the parade the
county picnic will be held at the
court house park with all royal
courts and visiting bands are to
be special guests. The picnic is
sponsored jointly by the county
court and the chamber of com
merce, and chamber president,
Phil Blakney, today reminded
visitors that complete lunch will
be provided for only visiting
courts and bands. Coffee, punch
and ice cream will be plentiful
for everyone, however.
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Wranglers To Again
Serve Sunday A. M.
Cowboy Breakfast
The Wrangler riding club will
again give their popular cowboy
breakfast Sunday morning at the
club house on the fair grounds.
Dimple Munkers Is in charge of
the crew of fine cooks and gave
assurance that there will, be
plenty of genuine cowboy 'food
for all comers. Last year the club
fed over 500 persons.
Breakfast will be served from
7 to 10 a. m.
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County Schools Set to
Open for Fall Term
The Lexington school will open
at 9 a. m. September 4, it was
announced today by school of
ficials. Buses will run on open
ing day but the cafeteria will
not start operating until Wed-
Lnesday.
The teaching staff will include
Mrs. Alyce Waddell, first and
second grades; Mrs. Juanita Car
michael, third and fourth; Mrs.
Richard Meador, fifth and sixth;
Serge Coval, seventh and
eighth. High school teachers
will be Bob Mathews, coach. Mrs.
Nola Coval Mrs. Bill , Weather
ford and Dale Waddell, principal.
Custodian will be Leonard
Munkers and bus drivers are
Rev. Norman Northrup, Mrs.
Ethel Dunbar, Mrs. Eldon Pad
berg, and Mrs. Leonard Munkers.
Gladys Van Winkle will cook and
Myrtle Marshall will be assist
ant in the cafeteria.
Chamber Plans
Wednesday Football
Booster Breakfast
The chamber of commerce an
nounced Monday it will not hold
its regular weekly meeting next
Monday noon due to the Labor
Day holiday, but will instead
have a breakfast meeting Wed
nesday morning, Sept. 5 at 7 a. m.
The meeting will be in the form
of a booster breakfast promoting
the first home high school foot
ball game which will be played
next Friday night against Wal
lowa, The chamber is also promoting
the sale of season tickets for all
home football games, the pro
ceeds from the ticket sale to
go into the field lighting fund,
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Firemen Fight Grass
Blaze Wednesday
Heppner's first major grass fire
in nearly two years occurred
shortly after noon Wednesday
and required nearly two hours of
work by firemen to control.
The fire started on the Tom
Fraters property near the west
ern city limits of town Just off
Linden Way and burned over
more than two square blocks of
grass before being controlled.
Two small sheds of the Fraters
property were completely de
stroyed and the house caught fire
several times. Also threatened
were other houses, barns and
buildings in the immediate area.
Damage wa9 not great.
The fire apparently started
from sparks while children were
digging a play fox hole. It was
fanned by a strong wind.
73rd Year, Number 25
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The high school will have four
teachers this year, which is the
first time for several years there
will be four. A well rounded
program is planned for all bran
ches and grades, it was announ
ced. The local P-TA has already
started its work with the teach
ers' reception being planned for
Friday, Sept. 7 at the gymnasium.
A teacher's meeting has been
called for Friday at 10 a. m. and
the county health nurse will be
present to talk to the group.
The lone schools will also open
on Tuesday. Buses will run their
regular routes and registration
will be from 9 to 11:30. Buses
will return children to their
homes at 11:30. A faculty meet
ing is set for Tuesday afternoon
at 1 o'clock. Regular classes will
start Wednesday morning.
' Heppner schools will open one
day later, on Wednesday at .8:45'
when all pre-registered students
will have the opportunity to
change their registration to cor
respond with the new schedule.
Incoming first-graders will be
able to register either today, Fri
day or Tuesday.
The newly remodeled cafeteria
will not be completed by the
opening of school, superintendent
Joe Stewart announced, so child
ren must either bring lunches or
make other arrangements for a
short time.
Special Rules Set
For Horse Races
Rodeo officials and judges to
day announced rules which would
be in effect for all horse races
during this weekend's show. The
rules have been set up in an ef
fort to speed up start of the
races, Harry Dinges, Bill Wea
therford and Buck Lieuallen,
starter, announced.
The rules are: 1 All races shall
be run on the track as outlined
by markers.
2 Penalties will be imposed
on the horse for 1) crowding, 2)
cutting in front of a horse with
out 1-horse length clearance, 3)
whipping another horse or rider,
or 4) in any way interfere with
another horse.
3 All entries for races must
be ready when race is called so
as not to cause delay. Horse will
be left out if not ready when
called.
Mrs. William Tibbies of Us
Angeles, California Is visiting
here with her son and daughter-in-law,
Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Tib-blei.
All Divisions
lake Advantage of
Increased Space
Visitors to this year's fair will
view the greatest number of dis
plays in the show's history, as
exhibitors poured in Wednesday
with an ever-growing number of
entries in all classes and divl
slonnsjs. Some of the divisions which
have shown the greatest increase
are the needlework and produce
sections, the 411 beef and sheep
divisions, and commercial and
organization booths. Open -class
livestock entries have boon heavy
and an unusual Interest has been
shown in the wheat, hay and
grain sections. All small live
stock divisions are also well fil
led, making It a certainty that
the 195(5 fair is the largest ever
held here.
Of top interest tonight (Thurs
day) is the 411 style revue which
will be held at 8 p. m. in the
fair pavilion. The numerous 411
club contests have been held
throughout Wednesday, " and
judging in these divisions, as
well as 4-H home economics sec
tions will be completed by this
afternoon so that all awards will
be in place on winning entries
by today. AH judging of open
class entries has also been com
pleted. Sale Friday Night
One of the highlights of the
fair is always the 411 and FFA
fat stock auction sale which will
be held at 7:30 Friday evening
at the 4-H arena. An early
count Indicated that there will be
at least 17 steers, 22 lambs and
7 pigs put on sale. N. C. Ander
son said Wednesday that the
quality of the animals to be auc
tioned is higher than at any time
in recent years.. Don Wink will
be auctioneer.
The market price for beef Is
expected to be 24 to 25 cents,
which is at U'ast one cent above
last year. As in the past, there
will be no limit on bids for grand
and reserve champion animals,
but bidding on other stock will be
limited to 10 cents over market
price.
The annuaj pig scramble will
be held in the arena just prior to
the fat stock sale.
Display Space Doubled
The fair board this year doub
led the amount of general dis
play space available by allow
ing use of the entire fair pavilion
building for this purpose. As a
result the number of commercial
and organization booths is great
ly increased and the additional
room has made possible much
better display of all exhibits.
Superintendents Wednesday ex
pressed much pleasure with the
number of new needlework,
home produce and flower exhibits
which have been entered and
said that the 1956 show offers
a much more well-rounded dis
play than in previous years. An
other division which has drawn
considerable interest is the cake
and cooking sections.
Of primary Interest to all the
youngsters is the carnival, and a
new show started setting up on
the grounds early this week. It
is the Playland Shows of Port
land and it offers a big variety
of rides for kids of all ages.
Only one rodeo dance will be
held this year, on Saturday night.
The Friday night dance was
dropped because the dance hall
end of the pavilion has been
taken over for exhibits. Music
will be furnished by Ken Knott
of Portland, a well known orches
tra which has played here on
many previous occasions. Persons
interested in dancing, will be
able to enjoy themselves Friday
night, however, as the Heppner
American Legion will have a
public dance at the Legion hall.
Music to be supplied by a Pen
dleton orchestra. ,
Other weekend events which
are expected to draw interested
crowds, though not directly a
part of the fair, are the Wranglers
cowboy breakfast served Sunday
morning at the clubhouse on the
fair grounds, the three rodeo
shows, the main rodeo parade
Saturday morning, and the county
picnic at Noon Saturday at the
court house park.
A complete program appears
elsewhere In today's paper.
Creek Water Not Good
For Drinking,
Children Are Warned
Parents and children were re
minded this week that lt Is often
dangerous to drink from outside
water taps, especially in the area
along Willow creek.
The reason for the warning Is
that many persons living along
the stream pump from the creek
for Irrigation purposes and the
water taken directly from the
creek with no filteratlon is very
impure. Several children have
been seen recently drinking from
such outside faucets.
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