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LIBRARY u or o EUGENE , ORE DTPS TOPI TBM1 m: ? - - '5. : J vfrsoC .-.A . .. .- : i -, d P If I f n H I . , J Conies Or . Hennnpr. Orpnnn Thurcrinv AnnncOR lQR r p i i NEW GRANDSTAND and announcer's booth will add over 400 seats to the seating capacity of facilities at the rodeo arena The new stand 1) located on the north side of the field and is ' directly behind the chutes which will give holders of tickets for these seats an excellent view of all rodeo activities. All seats in this new grandstand are reserved, while all seats in the old grandstand and bleachers on the south side of the field will be used for general admission ticketholders. All facilities have been proclaimed in excellent shape for the opening show Saturday afternoon. (GT Photo) 3 Pertwrnmes Scheduled; Mew Events Added Jo SEiw Three big rodeo performances Saturday ' afternoon, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon will J show off the talents of well over 100 of the northwest's top ama teur cowboys who will compete for $1325 in prize money at the 1958 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo. Opening performance will be Saturday afternoon and a full, fast show has been promised by Floyd Jones, rodeo committee chairman. Included in the pro gram will be bareback riding, bulldogging, calf roping, Morrow county amateur calf roping, flag races, bull riding, pony races and others. Always one of the top events of the Morrow county show will be the Northwest amateur bucking contest which formerly was a part of the Pendleton Round-Up and was transferred here four years ago. It always attracts the top amateur cowhands from sev eral states who are eager to win the top prize of a hand made saddle, made and awarded by Hamley and Company of Pen dleton. The finals of this event will be held Sunday afternoon. Another event, which has been missing from the Morrow county show for the past several years is the bull riding and from early indications it will be necessary to limit the number of entries, so great is the interest of the cowboys in this event. Local Amateurs Beady One of the most popular local events of the entire show will be the Morrow county amateur calf roping, sections of which will be presented at all three shows. The first prize in this event is a hand made saddle presented by Heppner Pine Mills and made by Hamley and Com pany. The second prize is a belt given by Ella's Grill and a buck le from Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company. Third prize is a wes tern hat from Wilson's Men's Wear. A purse of $100 for the Morrow county chariot race (Saturday night) has been put up by the Heppner Odd Fellows lodge and the Heppner Elks lodge is again sponsoring the $275 purse for the Morrow county derby which will ho run Sundav afternoon. The $1325 in purses which has been set up for prize money win be divided, $500 for Nortnwest saddle "bronc; calf roping, cow milking, bull dogging and bare back riding each $75; wild horse race $100; and other races take up the balance. Entrance fees vary from $10 for the Calgary roping and the wild horse race to $35 for the Northwest ama teur bronc riding. WEATHER Hi 91 93 93 94 100 98 Low 60 60 57 59 62 62 Prec. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Tr Wednesday 88 52 Rainall or the wefek, trace; for August .01; for the year 10.58 Inches. -.,,.,. -. . JM lp1wll1flC, A popular event of Friday will be the horse show which will be held in the arena throughout the day starting at 9 am. A big feature of this show will be the junior calf roping contest with special prizes being offered by local businessmen. They will be; first prize, belt buckle presented by Jack Van Winkle; second, pair of spurs presented by J C Penney Co; and third, a belt presented by Lindsay Leather. Tickets Still Available A big feature of the rodeo will be the new grandstand recently completed on the north side of the arena. All seats in this stand will be reserved and committee officials guarantee that persons Registration For School Next Week All new students to the Hepp ner school may register next week at the school offices. The grade school registration will be Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept 2-3, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm and all entering first graders are to register Thursday Sept 4 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. All high school students new to Heppner should register Fri day Sept 5 from 9 am to 12 noon and from 1 to 4 pm. Other stu dents who wish to make changes in their schedules may do so the opening day of school, Mon day, Sept 8. ' Regular school hours, from 8:45 am to 3:45 pm, will prevail on the opening day and lunch will be served. Physical exams are needed for entering freshman and first gra ders. No Fun Out of This Year's Show Marcia Jones, seven-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Jones, isn't going to enjoy much of this year's ro deo even though her dad Is chairman of the rodeo com mittee and arena director. She's in Pioneer Memorial hospital with a broken hip. Tuesday she went out to the barn with her dog on her folks' ranch on Rhea creek to see her horse. The dog nipped at her horse's heels, the horse kicked at the dog, and Marcia was in between. She is recovering from the injury but won't get to see her Dad do his stuff. HOLIDAY MONDAY Just a reminder! Monday is Labor Day, a legal .holiday. HAS HEART ATTACK Frank Turner, who suffered a heart attack on Sunday, is re ported to be getting along sat isfactorily, but will have to re main at home for several weeks. Mrs Bert Bleakman of Hermls- ton was in Heppner on Tuesday. in these seats will get the best view obtainable in "any" rodeo arena in the country. The new stand is immediately behind and above the chutes where every action can be watched. Tickets for these reserved seats are call ed "Buckaroo seats" apd are still available at the Bank of Eastern Oregon and will be sold from a downtown booth Saturday morn ing. Remaining tickets will be available at the. gate ticket of fice, but those desiring these seats are urged to buy them ahead of time, if at all possible. Members of the chamber of com merce will have charge of ticket sales for all three shows. Ring and Hutzel of Wilbur, Washington will furnish the ro deo stock and most of this big string of top rodeo animals have already arrived in Heppner. Arena director will again be Floyd Jones who is also chair man of the rodeo committee; Marion Green is rodeo secretary and other members of the com mittee are John Eubanks, John Newman, Bill Smethurst, Al Fetsch and Jack Loyd. Windy West of Moses Lake, Washington ; will again be the announcer and the names of times, judges, etc will be announced at show time. Rodeo entry books will close at 5 pm Friday and stock will be drawn for the entire show immediately thereafter. ; This en- try deadline will also ' apply to the Morrow county derby, it was announced. ! Saturday Attack Takes E E McFadden; Services Tuesday Funeral services were held at Hope Lutheran church Tuesday for Edward Ernest McFadden, 54, who passed away suddenly Aug ust 23. Mr McFadden was fish ing along the Columbia river in north Morrow county when stricken with an attack. Mr McFadden was born in Hamilton, Missouri August 7, 1904 and was married to Clarice Null QJNeal in Boise, Idaho Aug ust 26, 1946. Services were conducted by the Rev John Rydgren with Mrs Ver non Munkers and Mrs Lowell Harris as vocalists accompanied by Mrs C C Carmichael. Honor ary pallbearers were George Ir- vin, George Hermann, Dean Hunt and Mike Saling with Oris Pad berg, Cecil Jones, W E McMillan Frank Robinson, Adolph Majeske and Ken Marshall serving as act ive pallbearers. Interment was in the Lexington I O O F cemetery, He is survived by his widow of Lexington; one step-daughter, Inez 0"Neal Frost of Fossil and an adopted son Frank McFadden of Lexington. Creswick Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. MRS JOHNSON DIES Mrs Bertha Johnson of Hepp ner passed away at her home this morning (Thursday). She Is survived by one son, Vic Johnson, and funeral arrange ments are pending. A full obituary will appear in next week's Gazette Times. Weather During Past Week Hits Record High Mark A very mild weather front passed over Morrow county Mon day afternoon accompanied by strong winds and a half-dozen drops of rain to bring the first slight reduction in temperatures that residents have been able to welcome In almost a full month. The actual cooling effect was minor, but even that was wel come relief from 'the 100 degree weather of Sunday." The Sunday high of 100 de grees equalled the summer high record set late in July, and all other days during the past week found the mercury in the offic ial government thermometer at the Heppner weather station climbing into the high 90's. Fol lowing the mild storm which kicked up considerable dust and set several forest fires in the Blue Mountains north of Pendle ton, Tuesday's high was only 88 degrees. Down 10 degrees from Monday and 12 from Sunday. Should anyone question that this summer has set an all-time record for heat, a check of high temperatures recorded at Hepp ner since the start of summer on June 21 should prove convin cing. Between June 21 and Aug ust 27 there have been two days with high temperatures of 100 degrees; 32 days when the mer cury was In the 90's; 23 days in the 80's; only seven when it stayed in the 70's and on only two days, during tlut- tlme did it remain down In the 60's. Those two days were June 29 and 30 when the maximums were 66 and G9 (Br-r-r-r!) To add to that record, on the four days just prior to the start of summer the mercury climbed to the high 80'S on one day and into the 90's on the other three. Average Way Up A check of the high tempera tures recorded here since the start of summer shows that the average high temperature since June 21 has been 87.9 degrees. The average for the first 27 days of August however, far outdid that figure It has been 93.3 de grees hot. Fires Flare During Week Several more range and grass fires flared up during the strong windstorm late Monday and though they covered considerable territory, they did only minor damage. The first started on the Alex Hunt ranch east of Lexington and burned grass there and on the adjoining Majeske ranch. It burned around several buildings but firefighters succeeded in sav ing them. Also on Monday a fire started at the Howard Eubanks ranch near Morgan on the Morgan-Ar lington road from an incinerator Continued on Page 8 IT'S THEIR BIG WEEKEND Queen Pat Steagall of the 1958 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo and her royal court will be seen Saturday at the big rodeo parade and Saturday and Sunday afternoons when they make dramatic appearances during the grand entry parade at the rodeo. With the Queen are. left to right, princesses Ann Bell Coleman, lone; Karen Valentine, Heppner and Joann Brosnan, Heppner. Volume Of Fair Sets New Show miditu I I til MORROW COUNTY was rpresented at the Youth Range camp held recently at the Fremont National Forest near Lakeview by, left to right Albert Osmin and Ned Clark both of Heppner, Richard Watts, Boardman and Jerry Anderson, Heppner. Grand Parade, Picnic Set Saturday Morning The grand rodeo parade which starts at 10 o'clock Saturday morning and a public picnic at the court house park will be the top Saturday morning events for fair and rodeo visitors to Hepp ner. Well over $500 in prize mon ey for parade entries is expected to draw a large number of floats, parade chairman William Smeth urst said early this week, and it Is understood that several en tries will be forthcoming from out-of-county. Top money prize for a parade winner will be the grand sweep stakes of $50 which will be awarded to the best county float in the parade. Other money priz es await float winners in three divisions. There are also divis ions for juveniles, riding groups, family groups and many others. Again this year all youngsters of grade school age or younger who take part in the parade will receive a 6ilver dollar. Smethurst said that he has word that several riding groups and royal courts will take part in the parade. Elsewhere in today's paper is a map showing lineup, positions for all parade entries and officials have asked that all entries be in place by 9:30 Saturday morn h ' y fl A ij ! i - -4 la ing so that judging can be com pleted before the start of the pa rade. Members of the Main Street Cowboys from Pendleton will serve as parade judges. Following the parade the coun ty picnic will again be held at the court house park under the joint sponsorship of the county court and the chamber of com merce. Harley Young is chair man for the event. Members of visiting bands and royal courts will be guests at the affair. The picnic is open to every body, visitors and townspeople alike. A complete lunch will be served to only the visiting courts and band members, but there will be ample free Ice cream, cof fee and punch for everyone. Rodeo Dances to be Friday and Saturday Two rodeo dances are planned this weekend to keep fair and rodeo goers occupied during the evenings. They will be held Fri day and Saturday nights at the fair pavilion. Johnny K's orchestra will pro vide popular western music both nights. V, i 75th Year, Number 25 Exhibits Record Livestock Numbers Take Big Jump; Winners Named Greatly expanded display facil ities proved their worth this week when the influx of entries in practically all divisions came close to swamping superintend dents and Judges. The increase in some divisions ran as much as seven times greater than last year. All 4-H divisions showed the greatest increase in Interest with the hog division claiming a re cord with 103 animals. Both 4-H and open class dairy divisions have many more entries than In past years, and in fact, every fair division with the exception of flowers and grain, has record ed more entries than in any for mer year. Fair officials had particular trouble In finding enough dis play space for the hogs, and poultry, and this year without, the addition of the new wing to the pavilion building, inside display space would have been at a premium, officials said. Commercial and organization booths have taken up all avail able space making it necessary to move the ever-growing fruit and vegetable displays into the dance hall end of the building. All 4-H home economics dis plays and demonstrations are in the new addition to the pavilion which was completed only one day before the opening of the fair. Canning and other open class divisions also got many more entries than in past years, but the additional building space available this year made it pos sible to give all ample display room. All divisions of livestock re corded a big increase In entries, fair secretary N C Anderson re ported, but officials are still trying to figure why, with the big wheat crop harvested this year, that entries in the grain divisions should be lower than last year. The hot weather Is blamed for the shortage of flow ers, however this display is still large. Auction Sale Thursday One of the most popular events of the entire fair, the 4-H fat stock auction sale will be held in the 4-H arena tonight (Thurs day) starting at 7:30 and there will be nearly double the num ber of animals placed on sale than were last year. Wednesday it was certain that there will be 20 steers, 18 pigs and over 3o lambs to go to the highest bidders. Prior to the sale the an nual pig scramble is scheduled and at least a dozen of the little porkers will try to escape the grasp of eager youngsters. Auct ioneer for the fat stock sale will be Don Wink of Northwest Live stock Commission of Hermlston. All fair superintendents and officials expressed great pleasure with this year's show and felt confident that it far outclasses any to ever be presented here. Winners Are Listed Some of the winners of a few of the 4-H divisions and spec ial contests were available prior to presstime this week. Follow ing is an Incomplete HsU Wheat League caKe DaKing contest, Mrs Douglas Drake, first, Mrs Ron Haguewood, second, Mrs J R Huffman, third. 4-H wool sewing contest, Kar en Lundcll, first. 4-H home economics judging contest, Linda Heimbigner, first; Grace McKinney, second; Mar dine Baker, third. Junior division judging don tests, Jean Martin, 1st; Judy Smith, 2nd; Elaine Laird, 3rd; Diana Pettyjohn, 4th. Senior di vision Judging contests, Linda Heimbigner, 1st; Grace McKin ney, 2nd; Mardine Baker, 3rd; Janice Martin, 4th. (Continued on Page 8)
