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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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