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Highlight D-U Parade
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CORONATION Queen Pat Stocgall is crowned with her royal
a,hito strtonn hv Hpnnti?r Mavor Bill Collins at coronation cere
monies Saturday night fol'.cwing the annual Dress-Up parade.
The queen, hsr princsssos Jcccia Srosnan, Karen Valentine and
inn Reiio rsiomoii. and thir chacorone, Mrs Al Fetsch were
nresented with corsages. In the background is Bruce Lindsay
who served as master of ceremonies for the affair and parade
announcer.
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DRESS-UP PARADE HORSEPLAY included a tug of war between
teams from the east and wast sides of Main street and the
initiating of a big dunk tank for use by local citizenry who
forgot to wear, prope -attire. Shown climbing out after
having had the honor of being the first to hit the water is Phil
Elakney, chairman of the merchants committee, sponsors of the
progiam. Since then he has been wearing his western clothes
and" fair and rodeo tie. Thd east side team won the fast-action
tug of war and most of the team members got at least a little
wet from the fire hose that was used for the center line.
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dunir tank was Kav (Kononen) Cox
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who was still blowing bubbles when this photo was snapped.
It wasn't planned that any women were to be victims but ap.
parently some of Mrs Cox's friends (?) thought differently. Sev
eral others from the big crowd who watched the Wranglers
sponsored Dress-Up parade found the bottom of the tank be
fore the night was over. Following the downtown activities the
Queen's dance was held at the fair pavilion (GT Photo)
Additional Exhibit
Space To Attract
Many New Entries
Lots of new facilities and am
ple room for all exhibits will be
ready for fair-Roers next Tues
dav when tho 1958 Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo opens its doors
to the public. Early indications
nr that this vear's bis show will
attract even more exhibitors than
entered in last year's record
event.
Tuesday morning at 9 am will
see the closing of all 4-H entries
and many of the 4-H judging
contests will be held during the
day. All open class entries must
be in place by 9 o clock weanes
dav mnmine with the exception
of flower exhibits which have an
additional hour before the dead
line. Many 4-H home economics
dntnnnstrations and ludgings are
slated for Wednesday including
judging for the style revue, 4-H
and FFA livestock. The always-
nnnnisr 4.H Die scramble and
fat stock auction sale will be
held at the sale pavilion at 7:30
pm Thursday, August 28.
A laree addition to the fair pa
vilinn huilding is expected to be
enough completed by next week
that it will be in use, inougn
some of the final finishing work
may have to wait until the fair
is over. This new building will
be used to house the 4-H nome
economics exhibits and all 4-H
Homnnstratinns will be held
here.
Countv aeent Nels Anderson
said today that interest is high
in fair booths, both commejciai
and organizational, and that the
mimher of entries in the new
wheat division is expected to be
much greater than in past years.
Manv new erain display boxes
have been built during recent
months and grain superintendent
Kpnnpth Smouse states that these
HicniavQ will he placed in the
main pavilion and, are expected
to create considerable interest.
Anderson said the he expects
ahnnt the same number of live
stock entries as last year except
for 'a hip increase In the num
ber of hoes to be shown. A big
part of this Increase is expected
to be in 4-H classes.
tj fair nr rodeo events are
scheduled for this coming week
end to avoid conflict with the
Shrine All-Star football gamei
scheduled Saturday night in Pen
dleton.
Judges Named
The names of judges for the
various fair divisions were re
vpaled this week. All of the home
economics judges have judged
here in past years, but this will
be the first year for the live
stock and crop judges. They are:
Mrs Russell McKennon, Pen
dleton, and Mrs Kimble Tellef
son, Hermiston, 4-H home eco
nomics; Mrs John Alexander and
Mrs John Parker, both of Pendle
ton, and Mrs L J Marks, Fossil,
open class home economics; Wil
liam J Farrell, Canyon City, 4-H
livestock and contests; Ernest J
Kirsch, Condon, poultry, rabbits,
grain, hay and vegetapies; ivuh
Davis, Olex, open class livestock
and saddle horses.
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 21, 1958
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75th Year, Number 24
Three Saturday Accidents Injure 8;
Nice Slate Traffic "Crack-Down"
One-Car Accidents
Add to Growing
loll in County
Eight persons required hospit
alization or medical treatment
over the weekend as the result
of injuries sustained in three sep
arate single car accidents eariy
Sunday morning in this section
of Morrow county. None were
seriously injured, however.
The first wreck occurred short
ly after midnight Saturday when
a par driven bv Larrv Aneell of
Heppner overturned In the gravel
near the top or the run soutn or
the Hemmer Slaughter House.
Angell was only slightly bruised
but his passenger Konnie uray,
also of Heppner sustained severe
facial cuts which were treated
by a local physician. Angell was
cited into justice court and
charged with reckless driving.
Less than an hour later four
lone youths were taken to Pio
Memorial hospital bv am
bulance and private car when the
car in which they were riding
left the road a short distance
below, Lexington and 'overturned
Tnlnre'd were Lee Hams who re
ceived a broken shoulder; Wayne
Hams, a cracked nose and facial
cuts; Ellis Ball, driver of the car,
a hrnken nose and cuts; -and
Bruce Rigby who received bruis
es. All were released after treat
ment.
According to investigating of
floors. Rail stated that he fell
asleep at the wheel. The Car was
a total wreck.
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Thp most serious accident of
the night put Gerald Swaggart
and wavne Wilson in the hos
pital with very painful but not
serious injuries.
Swaggart's car, a new Mercury,
ctrnnlr a concrete bridge abut
ment three miles east of Hepp
nor nn the Hinton creek highway
at ahnut three o'clock Sunday
morning and it was nearly two
hours before the two men were
found by a passing motorist who
sent in a call for the ambulance
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COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED is this late model car in which
Gerald Swaggart and Wayne Wilson were Injured early Sun
day morning when it struck a bridge abutment east of Heppner.
Both were hospitalized with painful but not serious Injuries
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SATURDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT TOLL included these two cars in
which six young people were riding In the foreground is ine
rrtv driven Kv Ellis Ball of lone who, alona with three passen-
aers, suffered hurts when it left the road below Lexington and
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overturned. In the backgrouna is me car in wnicn i.ay n
cell and Ronnie Gray were riding when it overturned on a grav-
elled road near Heppner. ni raawf
Street Numbers
iNow Going Up
and police
According to reports the car
mprtnrncd after it hit the bridge
.ii.n,,'nrt snilled easoline caught lire.
The fair will ciosa oiiu-muji , i - ,
Jnal afternoon and again this Swaggart was able to put out
year no admission will be charg
ed for entrance to any of the
fair buildings.
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"Invasion" Slated
Of Pendleton For
Fair-Rodeo Publicity
Pendleton and many of the res
idents of Umatilla and adjacent Heppner's new street numbers
counties will know the Morrow j finally arrived from the manu
County Fair and Rodeo is on , acturcr tns week and the first
without a doubt-by the timeof them wag lnstaled Wednes-
V7hLt,Pn ! ' -owntown c,on by
members get back from Pendle-1 M C Huggett. who has charge
ton next Wednesday. ..... j of the complete renumbering and
The group, which will include installation of the figures,
nearly all fair and rodeo offlc- Every nouse ancj building in
ials and members of the royal , arrv a new num.
court, will invade Pendietrri ior, , make it much
easier for residents and visitors
tn locato businesses or homes.
The numbers will be installed
by Huggett and each resident
will be advised of his new ad
dress. Several streets will be re
named in the near future, to
eliminate present duplication..
The entire numbering project
is expected to take several weeks.
a Tniind of events that will in
elude two radio broadcasts and
a luncheon meeting with the
Pendleton Rotary club.
The "invaders" will appear on
the KUMA Coffee hour shortly
after 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, then go immediately to ra
dio station KUBE where they will
be guests on the Heppner Party
Line program. At noon they will
put on the Rotary club program.
A lot of fun is in store and by
the time the crew gets back from
iimiHik fnimtv. there will be
the fire and then . lifted the
wrecked machine off Wilson
whose clothes were saturated
day's paper.
And . . . There's No
Admission Charge
Two young lads Tuesday
found a simple way to go
swimming and still save the
15 cents it would cost them
to get Into the swimming
pool They spent some time
paddling around In the big
dunk tank up on Main street
for use In fair and rodeo act
ivities. The tank is seven feet
across and filled with about
three feet of water making
an Ideal swimming pool for
small lry though that
wasn't the original idea
Both men men received cer-
phral concussions and sever cuts' .
about the face. Wilson had a
fractured vertebrae and both
Higher Soil Bank
Payments for '59
Set For County
PENDLETON Stcpped up Ore
gon participation in the Soil
Bank's conservation reserve pro
gram was predicted here Tues
dav with announcement that
navments to Oregon farmers
would be increased more than
Some 50 state and county agri
cultural leaders ironed out de
fractured vertebrae ana l o h ew proBrarn design-
multiple "v"e"MXVed to add 154,000 Oregon acres
were released from the hospital nrnrarn next vear. Ore-
Wednesday. ; has 72i0oo acres under
Wilson is a memDer 01 uie,-" ... .. ior i,h
arm-vl forces and while on leave nira" " -
" . ...lit i serve Droeram.
was helping bwaggarx wmi ,,,., f the program was
vesting.
The car was completely aemoi
ished. '
.'an announcement that Oregon's
' I average annual payment rate for
I land nut In reserve will be $16.00
".compared to the present $12.00
rnto
I Approval of the new Oregon
'rate in Washington v iues-:
- day was announced by Joseph i
v. McBurnev. Gaston iarmer,
Special Hours Set
For Local Pool
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nouncea ior me nn .,..- - .. A ....,..
nvf in in a imihi n nil ml ljic o.m.w -,--
ming P,1u" 7cV.Hll,.Hn and Conservat
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ON EAST TEAM Len Ray
Schwarz. a member of last
vear's HeDrmer High Mustangs
who will be a member of the
East team at Saturday's Shrine
All-Star football game at Fen
dleton. He is the only mem
ber of the squad from Morrow
countv. Game time is 8 pm
with the Dageant scheduled
earlier.
WEATHER
CABIN ENTERED
A sleeping bag, blankets and a
onffcp not were stolen sometime
Kt in anvhodv's mind last week from a Willow creek
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Janice Martin Attends
Eugene Workshop
Janice Martin, daughter of Mr
and Mrs Randall Martin, is in
Eugene attending a conference
for editors of school papers and
year books.
ShP Is editor of the Hehisch,
Heppner high schopl paper, for
the coming year.
that the Fair
full swing
The Al Fetsch family
cationing at the coast
and Rodeo is in i cabin owned by Herman Green
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missing Sunday. Entrance was
is va-! gained by jimmying tne caoin
door.
tn avoid conflicts with
fair and rodeo programs and
other events.
Saturday. Aug 23 the pool will
be open from 10 am until 2 pm
only as a great many persons
a. riL.i All
plan to attend xne annne w
Star football game that even
ing at Pendleton.
On Saturday, Aug 20 the pool
will open immediately following
the afternoon rodeo performance
anH rpma In oDen until 7:30. Sun-
it will open aner
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th show and remain open un
rn.. ution Portland, who ! til R nm. On other days regular
has been visiting and working hours will prevail,
at the home of Mr and Mrs Mer- It is also planned to keep the
ritt Gray for a month, will re-1 pool open an extra week until
turn to her home Wednesday. I September 7 if weather permits.
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oi Stahil Wat on and
ion committee, and Arnold Budt- Thursday
ker, Portland, ASC state admlnl-.( Friday
strative officer. , Saturday
The national rate now $10.00-1 Sunday
will be boosted to $13.50 as the Monday
USDA shoots for 12 million acres ruesaay
i Ua nrntrram next vear. werinesaav
The Pendleton meeting, first In j Rainfall for the week, none; for
nt four scheduled August .01: for the year 10.58
throughout Oregon during the inches.
next two weeks, reviewing the :
new program with county ASCi Mr and Mrg Oliver Creswick
committeemen, ASC office mana-1 and amll were at Suttie Lake
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camped at Ochoco
where they fished.
Accident Rate -
Climb Brings
Police Warning
All local law enforcement of
ficials this wek served notice
that they are cracking down on
motorists who violate traffic
laws, particularly those relating
to speeding and reckless driv
ing, in an effort to stop tne rap
idly growing traffic toll in the
county.
The three additional single-
car accidents which occurred in
this area Saturday night brought
forth the above warning from the
sheriff's office, Heppner and Ore
gon State Police.
Sheriff C J D Bauman Wednes
day pointed to the ever-growing
list of accidents which dur
ing the past 90 days has given
Morrow county probably the
worst traffic record of any coun
ty in the state.
A check of the accident reports
carried in the Gazette-Times
since June 24 shows that there
have been at least 14 major traf
fic accidents In the county since
that date, and 13 of the 14 have
been single-car wrecks many of
which police have attributed to
excessive speed. It Is also thought
that at least four more wrecks
have occurred In the county dur
ing that period but that reports
were not filed locally.
The casualty list for the 14
accidents shows that two per
sons Uipro killed. 22 received var
ying degrees of injuries, and six
others who were in me wrecKeu
cars were uninjured.
All available local officers and
extra state police from the Ar
lington office have been paint
ing on Saturday nights for the
past several weeks and an all
out effort is slated for the future
to apprehend traffic law offenders.
Bull Riding Is
Added To Full
Rodeo Program
Rodeo fans will see one of the
best shows ever put on In Hepp
ner when they attend the per-
formances of the Morrow county
Fair and Rodeo Saturday, Satur
day night and Sunday, August
30 and 31, rodeo committee chair
man Floyd Jones said this weeK.
Of ton Interest to followers of
the favorite cowboy sport are the
reserved "Buckaroo" seats in xne
ropontiv constructed new grand
stand on the north side of the
big arena. The stand is located .
directly behind and above the
newly Installed bucking chutes
and will afford rodeo goers the
best possible view of all arena
ovpnta All seats in this stand
are reserved and tickets are now
on sale at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon.
Added to this year's list oi pop
ular rodeo events will be bull
riding, an event which has been
missinu from the Droeram for the
past three years. A good number
of top cowboys nave aireaay in
dicated that they plan xo enter
this event.
Of course, one of the biggest
parts of the show will again be
the Northwest Amateur Bronc
Riding contest, which was trans
ferred to the Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo several years ago from
the Pendleton Round-Up. utner
events which will draw top cow
hands and many local entries
will be the wild horse race, the
always-popular Morrow county
derby, the chariot race, and the
famed Morrow county amateur
calf roping.
Rodeo officials announced ear
ly this week that It will be nec
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