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u or O u EUGENE, ORE. Final Princess Dance For Sharon Cutsforth Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 15, 1957 74th Year, Number 23 i PRINCESS SHARON CUTSFORTH The fourth and final princess the court, driving wheat and hay dance in the pre-fair and rodeo series will be held Saturday night at the fair pavilion in honor of princess Sharon Cutsforth of lone. The dance is given under the sponsorship of Willows grange of lone. Stately princess Sharon, 18, the daughter of Mrs. Don Heliker, lone, and O. W. Cutsforth, Lex ington, stands five foot five, and like the other members of this year's royal court is a blonde. She is a graduate of lone high school this year and has made plans to enter the University of Oregon this fall. At lone high school she was editor of the school paper her junior year and editor of the an nual as a senior. She was a mem ber of the girls' league, chorus, volleyball and baseball teams all during high school. Like most other members of Pioneer Days to Be Parade Theme "Pioneer. Days" will be the theme for this year's Morrow county fair and rodeo, and the same idea will be carried out In the annual parade on Saturday, August 21, it was revealed this week. Organizations and busi nesses planning to enter floats in the parade are being urged to make their float theme coincide with the overall parade theme, it was said. The merchants committee of the chamber of commerce will again have charge of providing prize money for the various par ade divisions, and C. E. McQuar rie, committee chairman, said Wednesday that a full list of di visions and prize money will be announced next week. o New Superintends Has Arrived in lone Dallas Shockley, new superin tendent of the lone school, is now in lone preparing for the open ing of school on September 2. He was formerly principal of the grade school at Athena for three years and prior to that he taught in the Athena school for two years. Mr Shockley is married and has three children, a girl who will enter the first grade this year, a boy four years old aijd another girl one and one-half years. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Portland, his wife is a native of Portland, and Battle ground, Washington was Mr. Shockley's home. o BARBER SHOP SOLD Steve Howard has sold the Heppner Barber Shop to Bill Ed wards of Pendleton. Edwards will take over the operation of the shop immediately. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hamner and children of Gresham were visiting her relatives in Heppner this week. trucks and herding cattle are all in a days work for Princess Shar- jon. Outside activities and inter ests include charcoal drawing and making shell jewelry and she has won prizes for both in open class exhibits at the fair. She was a 4H club member for two years, a three-year grange member and a pennant bearer n the rodeo parade. She likes to ride and dance and the piano is another of her hob bies. Having a princess in the fam ily is not new in Sharons case for two of her sisters have served on former royal courts, Faye In 19-19 and Vesta in 1948. Providing the music for Princ ess Sharon's dance will be John ny K's orchestra of Pasco and the group will feature Bert Wells, of KEPR-TV fame. Admission price is $1.50 per person. Though this is the final princ cess aance, tne toiiowing weeK will feature the Queen's dance and two rodeo dances are sched uled for Friday and Saturday, August 30 and 31. o Oregon "History Mystery" Feature New in Gazette Times Beginning this week this pa per will present a weekly "Hist ory Mystery" feature about an article of historical interest. A picture of the article with clues as to the identity and origin will be given. See how good a guesser you are on each week.s object. The name of the object, what it was used for, and other notes of interest will be printed upside down in case you don't identify the object shown. This entertaining feature is presented for its educational and interest value by the Gazette Times in cooperation with the Oregon Historical society. The society is continually seaching for items of historical interest. If your home contains an article that you believe would make a good Mystery object, write to the Oregon Historical So ciety in Portland. Describe the article and give as much inform ation about it as possible. (): BAND PRACTICE CALLED Band practice for high schol students will start Monday. Aift ust 19 at 6:30 p.m. The grade school band will start their pract ice Tuesday, August 20 at 9:00 a.m. GRASS FIRE CONTROLLED Heppner firemen were called out Sunday afternoon to control a grass fire on a vacant lot ad joining the Episcopal church. There was no damage. Weekend visitors at the Bill Scrivener home were Mr. and Mrs Arleigh Berger, Monte and Kelley of Forest Grove ... Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'DonnelL Jr., and Mr and Mrs. P. W. Ma honey, Eob and Shannon and Di ane McCurdy have returned frfom a weeks fishing at Priest Lake, Idaho. 35 Bushel Average Certain For 195? County Wheat Crop As the 1957 harvest comes clos er to its end, continued reports verify that Morrow county is ex periencing the heaviest crop in its history. hilo complete figures can not yet be compiled, Al Lamb, manager of the Morrow County Grain Growers, said Wednesday that wheat will undoubtedly av erage 35 bushels to the acre and barley 40 bushels the greatest per-acre production in the coun ty's history. As indication of the amount of grain grown in the county can be seen from the quantity being handled by the MCGG. Lamb said that by the end of harvest the co-op expects to handle slightly over 3,000,000 bushels of wheat and barley. Added to this will be about another half mil lion bushels now going into farm storage. Last year the MCGG handled 2,600,000 bushels during harvest which was the biggest year the co-op had had up to that time. Lamb said there had been no serious storage problem even with the extremely heavy crop. Over 800,000 bushels have been shipped out by rail and barge and hauling is still going on, but no problem is forseen and no wheat has had to be ground-stored. Ab out 75,000 bushels per day are still coming into the elevators at Ruggs, Heppner, Lexington, lone and McNab with the North Lex ington facility the only one clos ed down. m Heppner Experiencing a r i j lii c voidest jummer In Over 40 Years This summer, unless Old Sol sneaks in a Sunday punch some time within the next couple of weeks, will pdobably go down in local weather records as the "coldest" in the, history of the weather bureau, observer Len Gilliam reported this week. The highest temperature rec orded so far this summer was a 92 on July 6 with most of the daytime highs during the past couple of weeks being in the high 70's and low 80's. Eighty degrees was the highest recorded here during the past seven days. In the more than 40 years that records have been kept in Hepp ner the previous low maximum temperature was 93 which was set well over 20 years ago Gilliam said. Normally the mercury will get into the 100's for at least a few days each summer. o School Teaching Staff Complete The Heppner school board Tuesday night completed hiring its staff for the coming year and announced that Tom Hughes, a former graduate of Heppner high chool and a graduate of Linfield College in 1952, has accepted the position as 8th grade teacher and assistant high school football coach. Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr. will teach half days in the elementary school. Another part-time teach-1 er will be Mrs. James Mallon who will be high school girls phys ical education teacher. Hughes, who is the son of Mr and Mrs. Joe Hughes of Heppner, comes here from Fossil. He is married and has four children. In other business the board awarded Rosewall Motor Comp any the service and maintenance contract for school buses for the coming school year; Turner, Van Marter and Bryant the bus insur ance contract and the Union Oil Co. the fuel oil contract for next year. Dean Connor was appointed asLommMW mPPt.n Mondav noon a fufl time custodian and tne board approved a change in title tr (nAr D.ntf kUk lui uujuuii i mil iiuiu iiiti aiiiwuj vice-principal to principal. Raymond French presided at his first meeting as board chair man having been named to that position at the last meeting of the directors. Mrs. Mary Van Stevens, The Dalles, former mayor of Heppner, was visiting over the weekend at the Claude Graham home. Mr. and Mrs Roy Kirk, Hepp ner high school teachers, have returned from Pullman, Wash Itigton where they spent the summer. ttir rj? ft M 11 r um. MRS. T. H. (JENNIE) LOWE, twin sister of Will G. Hynd who died last week, passed away Wed nesday in Portland. Photo was taken on her 87th birthday. Death Takes Second Twin Within Week Just one week to the day after funeral services were held for her twin brother, Will G. Hynd, Mrs. T. H. (Jennie) Lowe died at her home in Portland.; Death came Wednesday afternoon, August 14 after a lengthy illnes.. Until Mr. Hynd's death on Aug ust 4, he and Mrs. Lowe had been Oregon's oldest set of twins. They would have celebrated their 89th birthday on Soptembr 22. Mrs. Lowe was born September 22, 1868 at Low Butterby county, Durham, England and she came to Oregon in October, 1913. Her twin brother came here several years ahead, arriving in Heppner in 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe had four children, all bom in Eng land, though they all now Jive in Oregon or Washington. Funeral services will be hold from St. Peter's Episcopal church 82nd and Pine streets in Tortland, at 3 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Portland Surviving are her husband, two sons, Bill and Bob Lowe of Hepp ner; two daughters, Mrs. Henry Krebs Sr., Arlington, and Mrs. Emory Lehman who lives in Washington, and four grandchild ren. She also leaves three broth ers, David Hynd, Heppner, Charles and Jack Hynd, Pendleton, and a sister, Mrs. M. L. (Maggie) Case of Tendleton. o Rules Given For Morrow County Derby Members of the rodeo com mittee today reminded local res idents who might be planning to enter the Morrow county derby, one of the top contests in the fair and rodeo show, that rules gov erning the event require that any horse to be run in the event must have been owned by a resident of the county for at least six months, and that it shall have been kept in the county for a like period. The rule governing the rider ol the horse states that the rider must be a resident of the county, a member of the family or the owner and he must be at least 14 years of age or older. o ROYAL COURTS ARE CHAMBER GUESTS Queen Christine Swaggart and her court of Morrow county fair and rodeo princesses and their (Chaperone, Mrs. Don Heliker, I Wpro pupstu at the rhamhw nf draft OFFICE CLOSED ' The office of the tri -county Sel ective Service in Condon will be closed from August 15 through August 23. Regular office hours will be resumed August 26 at 1 p. m. o Mr. and Mrs. Marion Harnett and son, Melvin, of Lebanon, left Thursday after spending ten days at the home of her mother, Mrs. Henry Scherzlnger. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dutton and four children of Eugene were here last week as guests of Mr and Mrs. Claude Graham. I I i I ; -.4 - . "! 4 Special Awards Added for Fair; Earlier Opening Date Emphasized As fair time grows near, plans and arrangements for one of tlie host fairs yet, materialize. A num ber of incentives for drawing more exhibits in some depart ments have been added while ;fll divisions have been checked through making additions to in clude everything produced and made by Morrow county farmers and humsmakers. Among the special events this year is a sweepstakes award for the best hay exhibit. This is hoped to draw many more hay exhibits including legume, grass-legume mixed or grain. Added in that de partment this year is ensilage; cither grain, alfalfa -grass, corn or sorgum. The w li e a t sweep stakes will again be offered. In the saddle horse division a special award given for the champion working horse added this vear. Both in the halter and perform ance classes are Shetland ponies upto and including 44 inches and other ponies under 50 inches. The National Needlecraft cro cheting award will be given this year again. A special hand en graved cup will be awarded the entry judged the best crocheted article in the fair and special ribbons will also be given. The Oregon Wheatgrowers League is again sponsoring the cake bak ing contest with a yellow cake made with a solid type fat and whole eggs being the exhibit re. quired this year. First place win ner will be eligible to enter the state bake-off for the $100 state award. Date Change Noted Special attention is called to the change in fair dates this year with 4-H activities starting on Two New Members Named to Rural Board Two new mebers have been ap pointed to the rural school beard to bring that group up to seven members, as is required by n new law passed by the last legisla ture. Dewey West, Jr. of Boardman ju.tg nnnnint,H rpnnnllv ffi twn year term and Tuesday night theK'U1'1 the IKf tlont lf c 'joard named Gailand Swanson. by lh rf 'Stion of E L. Mort lone, to a one year term. Both on, wh? had beC" P'ousjy ap. men have had over a dozen years j polntod manager. Morton left to experience on local school boards. lnake a PlUn. wit th,e Tsall Other members of the ryrai Business Administration in Idaho. board are J. J. Nys, Heppner; Al onzo Henderson, Lexington; James Henderson, Irrigon; Adrain Bechdolt, Hardman and Fredrick Martin, lone. o County Picnic Again Planned During Fair The chamber of commerce will again co-sponsor the annual county picnic held on Saturday noon of the fair week, it was an nounced Monday at the group's meeting. The Heppner Civic League will assist the chamber in preparing and serving the food. The chamber and the county court jointly sponsor the picnic for all fair and rodeo visitors and ocal residents. It is held at the court house park. The group instructed the sec retary to write a letter of apprec iation to county agent'N. C. And erson for the column he wrote re- cently on the need for adequate farm fire prevention. The article appeared in th August 1 issue the Gazette Times. BIG SPILL This trailer carrying wheat from the Ruggs elevator of the Morrow County Grain Growers to the Paterson Ferry dock flipped over Sunday night south of Heppner when the big truck owned by Willcmctte Hauling and driven by Don Lapham, Port land, took to the ditch to miss an oncoming car which rounded a turn on the wrong side of the road. The driver managed to get the truck back on the road but the trailer tipped spilling consid erable wheat and damaging the vehicle. The car did not stop. (GT Photo) Tuesday, August 27 and open class exhibits and judging be ginning on Wednesday, August 28. With this early starting date the fair will be finished on Fri day in place of Saturday. With this stepped up schedule the 411 style revue will be held on Wed nesday eening. the 4-H pig scramble and fat auction sale on Thursday evening and the special night show on Friday evening. During the past number of years these special events have been held one night later in the week. A full schedule of judges are now lined up and can be an nounced. Judging 4 H home eco nomics contests and exhibits will be Mrs. Kimball Tellefson, Herm islon, and JVlrs Russell McKinnon, Four Morrow Men Named Directors Of New Bank A special stockholders meeting of the Bank of Eastern Oregon was held last Friday night at Arlington just prior to the open ing Saturday morning of the new Heppner branch of the bank, and four Morrow county men were named directors of the organiza tion. Chosen by the stockholders were Arthur A. Allen, Boardman; Gar land Swanson, lone; Howard Bry ant and Frank Anderson of Hepp ner. The other directors are Mari on T. Weatherford, Arlington, president; Earl P. lloag, John W. Krebs, D. L. Lemon; and L. C. Buchner. Stockholders present at the meeting expressed pleasure with the wide spread of repre sentation of the board. The new Heppner branch open ed Saturday in temporary quart ers with many persons viewing the concern and the numerous bouquets of flowers sent by well wishers. Acting manager of the Heppner branch is Wm. F. Siewert. He Siewert has had 15 years bank ing experience in Minnesota, Ida ho and with the Commercial Bank of Oregon at Hillsboro which was merged with the United States National of Portland. He was as sistant manager with them at the time he accepted the position here. He will be assisted by Harv ey D. Wright, well known in Heppner. New equipment installed last week is a Bell and Howell micro filmer which films automatically all checks either on the local bank or other banks handled through here. This service will make it possible for customers to get a photostatic copy of all checks in case of loss of the orig inal. Building Plans Readied It was announced this week that plans and specifications for the new building were reviewed by the board of directors recently and it is planned to call for bids immediately with the opening date set for 7 p.m. August 26. Plans call for a start of construe ofltion shortly after September 1, c-fficials said. I I III Hi i " j'-n i . - 111 ' .1 . , v Hi', . Pendleton. Both have judged tnese exnions in pasi years ai me fair. Judging open class home economics exhibits will be Mrs. L. J. Marks, Fossil; Mrs. John Parker, Pendleton; Mrs. Vera fl exander, Pendleton assisted by Mrs. McKinnon. Miss Alma Rohr man, Pendleton will be the flow er judge. L. J. Marks, Fossil, will judge 4-H livestock exhibits and contests, and the horse show on Friday. Charles Gallon, LaGrande will judge miscellaneous 4-H ivestock, open class horticulture, poultry and rabbits, farm crops and livestock. All judges are qualified and are on the Oregon State Fair as sociation judges list. All have Judged here in past years with the exception of Mrs. L. J. Marks and Charles Gallon, La Grande. Entries for booths at this year's fair are coming in slower than in past years. In the commercial booth class Glen Way of Hepp ner Electronic Service, Heppner Pine Mills and Jim Allen repre senting the New York Life Insur ance company have made reserv ations. Organizational booths have been reserved by the Rhea Creek Grange, Morrow County Cowbelles, and the Morrow Coun ty Health Association. Those who wish booths are urged to contact N. C. Anderson, secretary, soon so that booth space might be ar ranged. o 48 Youngsters Complete Training Swimming classes ended Wed nesday at the Heppner pool and instructor Larry Dowen reports that 90 youngsters toog beginners lessons and 30 Intermediate In struction. Of that group, 28 be ginners and 20 intermediate pas sed their tests. Classes have been held five days a week since early in June. Beginners who completed the course are: Eric Andreson, Mark. Brown, Chris Brown, Greg Krel meyer, Kerby Bailey, David Ma theny, Jerry Wagoner, Gary Dick, Vickie Kreimeyer, Patti Collins, Linda Heath, Judy Jones. Bob Harris, Mike Sweek, Meredith Webb, Wayne Evans, Dean Rob inson, Ronnie Jones, Steve Petty John, Diane Warren, Linda Thompson, Marglee Murray, Ron Chrisman, Mark Murray, Brenda Young, Nancy Cleveland, Betty Angell, Rogenla Wilson. Completing the intermediate classes were Bruce Thomson, Ann Jones, Ted Turner, Judy Schmidt, Karen McMurdy, Marl ene Fetsch, Dianne Schaffitz, Barbara Blake, Rodney Ayers, Gary Dowen, Cheryl Bellenbrock, Tim Driscoll, Bob Massey, Rose ann Myers, Carol Oslund, Patty Mahon, Jay Ball, Larry Heath, Bill Snyder, Laura Sumner. o County Bond Sales Continue to Climb Word has been received here today by county chairman Jack Bedford that sales of United States Treasury Department Sav ings Bonds in this county in July were $9,910, compared with $5, 220 last year. "Series E and II Bond sales for the state of Oregon were con sidered quite satisfactory by Sav ings Bonds officials" said Bed ford. "Sales last month for the state were $2,918,409, down $274, 568, or 8.6 from last year. While sales were somewhat lower, they are off less percentage-wise Tor July than for the year to date, which will no doubt keep Oregon in a better position percentage, wise than is the nation as a whole." EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday. August 27 at the court house be tween 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. WEATHER The Heppner weather station reports for the past week: Hi Low Thursday 79 51 Friday 79 51 Saturday 79 47 Sunday 76 45 Monday 75 47 Tuesday 78 46 Wednesday 80 45 Rainfall for the week, none; for August, .14; for the year, 10.27 inches.
