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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1959)
LIRA:r u or , o pening Rodeo Nearly All Divisions Record Entry Increases Expanded display facilities at the fair grounds were having a hard time keeping up with an even greater number of fair entries which were still pouring into the grounds late Wednes day. All divisions, from livestock to commercial displays are expec ted to show a final count that will be bigger than in any prev ious year, and fair secretary N C Anderson said Wednesday that requests for commercial booth space have outrun the supply and that at least two displayers had to be turned away. In the 4-H livestock divisions there are more beef and sheep entered than last year and about the same number of hogs. The open class livestock was still coming into the grounds late Wednesday and this section pro mises to provide the best dis play of animals ever shown here. Also notable for Its jump in entries Is the 4-H dairy division where there are over 20 animals. Almost the entire fair pavil ion building, including the dance hall section is being utilized tor display space, which indicates that these entries will far out number anything offered fair viewers in previous years. Hundreds of workers were hard at their jobs late Wednes day getting booths ready for ac tual opening of the fair this morning, and division superin tendents were receiving hun dreds of entries in the various divisions including home can ning, needlework, produce and many more. The flower entry deadline was not until this morning, but superintendents in this department expected a large number of entries and were mak ing plans to handle them. Centennial Exhibit In keeping with the Centen nial theme of the fair, the var ious county extension units have prepared a series of exhibits of old time home furniture and household items. Each unit has been responsible for preparing a separate room of a model early day home and this display is certain to prove to be one of the fair's major attractions. A few of the 4-H demonstrat ions were being held Wednesday but most of the 4-H entries and all open class entries were be ing judged starting this morn ing making it impossible to ob tain any results before press time. The Judging of the open class livestock will be held tonight (Thursday) starting at about 7:30 under the lights at the live stock arena. This judging has been changed until the evening with the expectation that it will draw a larger crowd. Also scheduled for tonight at 8pm will be the 4-H style revue in the main pavilion. This event always draws one of the fair's largest crowds. Auction Due Friday Night The horse show will take place in the rodeo arena all day Fri day, and Friday night the lar gest number of fat stock in the history of the fair will go on sale at the fat stock auction. Ander son said yesterday that 20 steers, 31 lambs and 22 pigs are slated for the sale which will be cried by Don Wink of Northwest Live stock Commission, Hermiston. The pig scramble will preceed the sale and at least 12 pigs will be up for "grabs." A farm machinery exhibit will also be an addition to the 1959 fair. Mr and Mrs Seth RIed and four children of Prescott, Wash were Sunday visitors at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs Paul Koenlg. Copies 10 Cents inhibits Overflow Display 4 ,iuSCv :;:..;- rjwv g& ,, - sSfi, - V ' v?'"''" v U THEIR BIG WEEKEND Queen Sharon Cutsforth. center, and her four princesses will reign over this weekend's fair and rodeo activities and will appear at all rodeo performances as well as Street Parade, Picnic Due Saturday Morning The grand rodeo parade which starts at 10 o'clock Saturday morning and the public picnic atthe court house park will be the top events Saturday morn ing for fair and rodeo visitors to Heppner. Over $400 in prize money for parade entries is expected to draw a large number of floats, parede chair man William Smethurst said this week, and a great majority will be based on the Centennial theme. Top prize money for a parade winner will be the grand sweep stakes prize of $50 which will go to the best county float entered. Other prize money awaits float winners in three divisions and there are also divisions for juv eniles, riding groups, family groups, best comic and many others. Again this year all youngsters of grade school age or younger who take part in the parade will receive a silver dollar. Elsewhere in today's paper Is a map showing the lineup pos itions for all parade entries and officials ask that all entries be in place by 9:30 Saturday morn ing so that judging can be com pleted before the start of the parade. The Main Street Cow boys of Pendleton will judge the parade entries. Following the parade the county picnic will be held at the court house park, sponsored jointly by the chamber of corn- Weekend guest at the home of Mr and Mrs Paul Jones was Miss Margaret Barber of Port land. Guests visiting at the home of Mrs Harry Duvall this past week are Mr and Mrs Raymond Kirk of Springfield, Mo. While here, Mrs Duvall and the Kirks at tended the Centennial and also visited Victoria, B C, returning to Heppner by way of Seattle. Mr and Mrs Robert Abrams and two children were at Mount Adams on Saturday. GAZETTMIM merce and the county court. County judge Oscar Peterson is in charge of the affair. Everyone is welcome to the picnic, townspeople and visitors alike, it was emphasized. A com plete lunch will be served to only visiting courts and band members, but there will be free ice cream, coffee and punch for everyone. Willow Dam Survey Money Hinges on President's OK Senator Wayne Morse this week advised county Judge Oscar Peterson that while no specific amount was provided in the re cent senate and house approp riations committee bill for the resurvey of the Willow Creek dam, that sufficient money was included in the measure under general investigations to make the survey possible. The public works appropria tion bill has been approved by both houses of congress and the conference report was also ap proved and now awaits the pres ident's signature. Morse said that if the presi dent approves the report, the Corps of Engineers will review the projects to be surveyed and will determine the specific pro jects to be undertaken. Morse stated that he had written to the chief of engineers strongly urging that $18,400 of this fund be allocated to the Willow Creek study. WEATHER Prec. .02 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall for the week, .02; for August, .13; for the year, 7.75 Inches. HI - Low 68 44 69 50 74 51 77 47 83 45 83 42 84 58 Show Se Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 27, 1959 in Saturday's parade. The princesses are, from left, Judy Cochell, Lexington Grange; Susan Partlow, Tillicum club, Boardman; Janice Martin, Lena; and Joan Moe, Rhea Creek Grange, Hearing Said Near In School Suits - District atto rney Robert Abrams said this week that a hearing will probably be held early next week in Heppner by circuit Judge William W Wells, on the three suits filed by resi dents of Hardman, Lexington and Boardman which seek to prevent any proposed change In the operation of three county schools. The suits asked for a tempor ary restraining order which would prevent the county school board from transferring students from one school to another for classes. Abrams said he had been told the order has been signed by judge Wells, but that he, as representative of the school board, had not yet been served with the order. He said that the board and administra tion has been complying with such an order, however, In an effort to prevent further diffi culties, though such compliance is making it extremely hard to arrange for the opening of school on September 8. The suits seek to prevent clos ure of the Hardman grade school, transfer of the Lexington 5th through 8th grades to Heppner and lone, and the transfer of the Boardman 7th and 8th grade to Irrlgon. Rev Patrick Gaire To Leave Soon for Post at Baker The Rev Patrick J Gaire was honored Sunday with a farewell potluck picnic at the court house lawn with about 150 persons at tending. Father Gaire was presented with a stereophonic portable phonograph. He will reside in Baker where he will be writing the history of the Catholic church in Ore gon. The Rev Raymond Beard of Milton-Freewater, will be here September 1 to replace Father Gaire. 76th year, Number 25 Space Rodeo Reserved Sear Tickets Still Available Reserved seat tickets for the two afternoon rodeo per formances are on sale at the Bank of Eastern Oregon and they may be obtained there until Saturday morning. Special sections in both the north and south grand stands are reserved this year and the ticket price has been reduced to $2.50, 50 cents un der last year's price. These tickets will be on sale at the main gate during both performances, but tick et sellers urge everyone to buy their reserved seat tick ets prior to gate time, to save time and inconven ience. Brand Place Mats Placed on Sale by County Cow Belles Brand place mats, prepared by the Morrow County Cow Belles, went on sale this week and they are expected to sell rapidly. Mrs Don Robinson did all of the at tractive art work while a com mittee of Cow Belles did the necessary research. Ninety-four brands belonging to county cattlemen are shown on the mats and only members who had paid their 1959 member ship dues got their brands re corded. Each member was asked to contribute $1 to cover the cost of the mats and printing and this money Is still needed and should be sent to Mrs Floyd Jones. The Morrow County Live stock Growers also helped with the project by donating part of the money. The idea behind the mats is to encourage the eating of more meat. They are being sold to commercial establishments but the Cow Belles hope that indi vidual families will also use them. The mats can be seen In the Cow Belle booth at the fair and may be ordered from Mrs Floyd Jones. Mr and Mrs Bob Parker were weekend guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Philip Blakney. ForS Top Cowhands Due To Show Stuff at Three Performances One of Eastern Oregon's fast est rodeo shows will get under way Saturday afternoon at 1:15 when some of the coast's top cowhands will compete for $1325 in prize money and several spec ial prizes and trophies. Weekend rodeo fair calls for three performances, Saturday, afternoon and night and Sunday afternoon. Saturday's performance, states Floyd Jones, rodeo committee chairman and arena director, will include bareback riding, bulldogging, calf roping. Morrow county amateur calf roping, cow boy and cowgirl races, pony races and others. Always one of the top events of the Morrow county show will be the Northwest amateur buck ing contest which formerly was a part of the Pendleton Kound Up and was transferred here five years ago. It always attracts the top amateur cowhands from sev eral states who are eager to win the top prize of a handmade Registration in County Schools Due Next Week A schedule of school regis tration times and school opening dates was announced this week by the county's various schools. All will start regular classes on Tuesday, Sept 8. At Heppner, junior and senior high school students will regis ter Thursday afternoon, Sept 3 and freshmen and sophomores will register Friday morning. Sept 4. Heppner elementary students will register Thursday and Frl day mornings, Sept 3 and 4. First graders and students new to the Heppner elemen t a r y school must register and first graders must be accompanied by a parent and have evidence of birth date. Elementary students who attended school at Heppner last year need not re-register. They have been assigned to rooms and a list of their names will be on room doors. School will officially open Sept 8 and will be in session all day. Buses wil make their regular runs and the school lunch pro gram will be in operation. Stu dent lunches will again be 25 cents for a complete meal and those who wish to bring their own lunch may buy milk in the lunch room. Superintendent Jack Flug at Boardman and Jess Young, Irri- gon principal announced tnat registration for all Boardman and Irrlgon high school pupils, except those being transported from one community to another, will be at 9 a m, Sept 3. School buses in both communities will make their regular runs that Thursday morning. Irrlgon high school pupils will leave from the school at 9 a m to go to Boardman for regis tration. The Irrlgon buses will pick up these high school pupils on their regular run. The bus will leave Boardman with the 7th and 8th grade pupils for reg istration at Irrlgon. They will be returned to Boardman at 10:30 and the Irrlgon high school pu pils brought back from Riverside high school at 11:30 a m. At Lexington all students in the first four grades are to reg ister on Thursday morning, Sept 3. lone high school registration will also start Sept 3 at 1 p m for freshmen and sophomores, and on the following day at 1 o'clock for juniors and seniors. First graders will register on the first regular day of school, Sept 8 and these students, as well as high school freshmen are required to have physical exam inatlons. Forms for these exams may be obtained at the school office. School buses and the lunch program will operate on the first regular day of school, Sept 8. Teachers will report for work Sept 1 and all county teachers will meet in Heppner Wednes day, Sept 2 for a county work shop. Heppner teachers will be available Thursday and Friday In their rooms for conferences with" parents if they have any problems they wish to discuss concerning their children and school- aturday saddle, made and awarded by Hamloy and Company of Pendle ton. The finals of this event will be run Sunday afternoon. Local Ropers Due One of the most popular local events of the show will be the Morrow county amateur calf roping, sections of which will be presented at all three shows. A complete go around of this event will be run during the Saturday night performance. The first prize in this event is a hand made saddle presen ted by the 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 Co. The third prize is a western hat from Wilson's Men's Wear. A purse of $100 for the Mor row county chariot race on Sat urday night has been put up by the Heppner Odd Fellows lodge and the Heppner Elks lodge is putting up a $275 purse for the Morrow county derby which will be run Sunday afternoon. A total of $1325 In prize money, plus entry fees will go to the winners of the various events and entry fees vary from $10 for the wild horse race and Cal gary roping to $35 for the North west ' amateur bronc riding. Reserved seat tickets for the Saturday and Sunday afternoon shows are now on sale at the Bank of Eastern Oregon or they may be obtained at the gate. The rodeo committee announced that special reserved seat sections have been provided in both grandstands. This Is a change from last year when only the North, or Buckaroo stand was reserved. Stock for the show is being provided by John Van Belle of Outlook, Washington, and much of it arrived in Heppner early this week. Johnny Lee Williams of Kinzua will be the announcer for all performances. Members of the rodeo commit tee who are handling all ar rangements for the show are Floyd Jones, chairman, John Eu banks, Charlie Daly, William Smethurst, Al Fetsch and Les Wyman. Marlon Green is rodeo secretary. Rodeo entry books will close at 5 p m Friday and stock will be drawn for the entire show immediately thereafter. This entry deadline will also apply to the Morrow county derby, It was stated. Horse Show Entry List Longer Fred Mankln, known to many as tne iatner oi tne Morrow county horse show, one of the top events of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, stated early this week that he has received many entries for the Friday show. He said indications are that the number may equal last year's record high of 220 entries. All entries closed Wednesday night Mankln has moved his trailer house to the fair grounds where he spends many hours of every day working on the show. He has served as superintendent for the past 12 years and he recalls that the horse show started with only five or six entries. He also noted the improvement in horseman ship and the quality of the an imals. Many rules and regulations of the show this year have been adopted from larger shows be cause of the competition in re cent years. Much of the success and growth of the horse show has been attributed to Mankln by local horsemen. Healy's Jet champion perfor mance horse the past two years, will not be In this year's show as it was Injured a few days ago. FORMER HEPPNERITE VISITS OLD HOME Marcus Gunn of Sacramento. Calif, and his nephew, Henry Wunsch, New York, son of Mary Gunn, visited last week with old friends in Heppner. Mr Gunn Is a native of Hepp ner, his father being a black, smith here many years ago. Both his parents were drowned In the flood, and he has not lived here for 56 years, though he has vis ited on occasion.
