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L I 8RARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. b h r ir r w e m Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 3, 1959 ' TX2k , 1V TP 4j ' k .. Copies 10 Cents 76th year, Number 26 A G AZET J IQhQ it. SWEEPSTAKES FLOAT An old covered wagon float completely covered with pink and white paper flowers won top money for the Heppner Soroptimist club Saturday. Miss Susie McQuarrie. ik paper 8Kn "c wjumua euiry. l - m ' -. ... . - 1 1 " - - t . -I SADDLE WINNER Rod Murray of Heppner receives his Hamley saddle from Fair and Rodeo princess Joan Moe for making the best time in the Morrow county amateur calf roping. The saddle was donated by Heppner Pine Mills. (GT Photo) NW SADDLE BRONC ENDS IN TIE; RIDE-OFF DUE AT R-UP Hod Murray of Heppner was winner of the coveted Hamley saddle in the Morrow county amateur calf roping at the rodeo, but who will be able to claim amateur saddle bronc champion won't be decided until Sept 17 at the Pendleton Round-Up. Mac Griffith and Vern Evans, both of Heppner wound up this event in a tie. In the finals of this event held Sunday afternoon, both Mac Griffith and Evans marked 168 points for the'r rldeftwith the result that long and serious, and occasionally quite heated discus sions were held by at least 100 cowboys, judges, timers and ro deo officials. To settle the ques tion it was suggested that the two ride off the tie, but Evans declined to do so immediately because he had injured a foot in his final ride. Numerous suggestions were made on how to finally deter mine who would claim the title and the saddle and it was finally agreed Tuesday that the two winners will ride off the tie at the Round-Up on Sept 16 and 17. Evans and Griffith will ride two horses apiece, one Wednesday and one Thursday and these horses will be saddled out in the arena as were the original Northwest bucking horses. The two day show attracted a large crowd who watched well over 100 cowboys and cowgirls perform in nearly perfect rodeo weather. There were numerous spills and plenty of thrills, but no serious injuries to any of the contestants. Top money winners were: Calf roping Dick Powers. Neil Beamer. Cow milking Eddie Hagen, Dick Powers, Jack Plumlee. Morrow county amateur calf roping Saddle, Rod Murray; money, Mac Griffith, Bill Healy. Bulldogging Gary Porter, Mac Griffith, Max Nogle. Mrs Albert Connor Passes Saturday, Services Monday Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Hepp ner Christian church for Mrs Mary Elizabeth Connor, who passed away Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Memorial hospital following a short illness. She was 50 years of age. Mrs Connor was born July 30, 1909 in Heppner and had lived her entire life here. She is survived by her hus band, Albert; two daughters, Col leen Williams, Portland; Darlene Drake, Forest Grove; five sons, Morgan, Keith, Nelson and Dean of Heppner, and Gary of Spring field, and eight grandchildren. She also leaves her mother, Mrs Alma Morgan, Heppner; three sisters, Mrs Robert Campbell Heppner; Mrs Harriet Evans, Spray; Mrs Juanita Sprouls, Con don; and one brother, Marvin Morgan of Naches, Wash. The Eev Charles Knox offic iated at the final rites and In sonic cemetery. Creswick Mort uary In charge. ana iiower covered parasol rode (GT Photo) Calgary roping Eddie Hagen, Bud Ingram. NW Amateur Top money winners were Mac Griffith, Gary McQuinn, Vern Evans. Bareback Mac Griffith, Don Dixon, Don Griffith. Bull riding Dave Elford, For rest Rhinehart Jr., Sidney Britt. Morrow county derby Wayne Papineau, John Eubanks. Marion Finch. - Wild horse race Ron Currin, Fred Holly, Curley Angell, Joe Yocam. Chariot race Ray Papineau, Morris McCarl, Russell Dolven, Veto Sinks Dam Money Money for the resurvey of the Willow creek dam apparently went out the window Wednesday when the House of Representa tives failed by one vote to over ride President Eisenhower's veto of the public works appropriat ions bill. Late last week the President had vetoed the measure taking exception to several new starts which were included in the bill by congress against the admin istration's wishes. Representative Al Ullman, In a telegram to the Gazette -Times said Wednesday that the vote seriously endangers funds for the Willow creek flood control pro ject, but that he will do every thing possible to salvage the project. Mrs Eliza Barratt Dies Wednesday, Rites to be Friday Mrs Eliza A Barratt, a resi dent of Heppner for many years, died late Wednesday in a Salem nursing home. She celebrated her 89th birthday three weeks ago. Mrs Barratt was born Aug 10, 1870 in Arbroath, Scotland and came to this country in June 1899. She was married to W B Barratt that same month. Mr Barratt passed away Oct 13, 1937. She was a member of the Hepp ner chapter OES, and worked in the Episcopal church. She is survived by one son, J G Barratt of Heppner; 3 daugh ters, Mrs E C Relman, Corvallis; Mrs Fred Hodecker, Redmond, and Mrs John Hetzel of Salem, grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Services will be held Friday at 1:30 at the Virgil Golden Mor tuary in Salem and burial will be in the Rose City View ceme terj in Portland. Registration Friday For Kindergarten Registration for kindergarten pupils will be Friday, Sept 4 from 1 to 4 p m at the former Elaine George house. A registration fee of $10 plus the first month's tuition of $7.50 will be due upon registration. Court Quashes Failure fo Post Bond Reason For Dismissal Circuit judge William W Wells Monday dismissed a restraining order against the Morrow county school board when he allowed a motion to quash the injunction because a bond had not been posted when the restraining or der was issued August 14. The motion to quash the in unction was made by P W Ma- honey and Robert Abrams, at torneys for the school board. The Injunction that was quash ed had seriously handicapped the school board and school of ficials in their plans to prepare for the opening of schools next Tuesday by preventing them irom moving equipment from one building to another, or trans ferring students to different schools. The injunction and suit chal lenging the constitutionality of the state school reorganization law had been brought against the board by groups of residents in Hardman, Lexington and Boardman In an effort to prevent closure of one school and the transfer, of students to various other schools in the county, John Kottkamp, Pendleton, at torney for the groups of resi dents who had brought the suit, was advised by judge Wells to confer with the court to deter mine the amount of bond, legally known as an undertaking, if he wished to continue tho case. The undertaking is eoual to the costs anti disbursements that might e incurred by the defendants. Mahoney contended that the undertaking should be at least $30,000, saying that this would include the $24,950 which had been sought by the board, but rejected by voters, to keep all schools operating as requested in the suit. Kottkamp asked the court to allow the plaintiffs time to sup ply the undertaking before the hearing recessed, to save the time of another hearing, but judge Wells ruled this would not be following proper pro ceedure. The judge suggested that Kottkamp confer with the court on the amount of the un dertaking and then file appli cation for another injunction. Monday's hearing was for the board to show cause why the temporary injunction should not be made permanent. Tuesday the board's attorneys filed a demurrer contesting the legal consistency of the plain tiff's complaint on the grounds that several causes of the suit have not been properly united, that the complaint does not state fanto MifftninH x . i Z7.r..rrl'e,,w cunty abut i89- she I .. T "; 3nd that ?e sult taught in various county schools utij vuiuuieiiueu Willi" ,, 7,1 :v e, V"mu "y sxaiute. u a , ine,the time of the Heppner flood school board is now proceeding wnn us pians to make the nec essary and planned school clos ures and student transfers for the opening of school next Tues day. Monday's hearing was held in circuit court in Pendleton. KIDS - SCHOOL STARTS TUESDAY! Classes in all Morrow county schools will open next Tuesday, Sept 8 with a full day scheduled. Buses will make their regular runs on all routes and first Hep pner high classes will take up at 8:40 in the morning. All schools have planned a full day of classes, with regis tration in most classes already taken care of. WEATHER Hi Low 80 55 76 50 71 47 74 45 79 50 75 42 74 44 week, none; Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday ly Pies, 3 Injured In Wbirf Wrecks v .v-;" - V ' ' 1 ' . 7 ., - ' t V 4 s IV BABY KILLED IN CRASH Seven tne seat oi tnis car foreground), ine parked car was struck by a loaded gravel truck (rear) which had lost its brakes while coming down slaughter house hill at the western city limits of Heppner. The car was completely demolished and the truck badly damaged. See story below. (Photo by Mickey Van Scholack) A series of traffic" accidents over the past weekend brought death to a 7 months old baby and put three other persons in the hospital with Injuries. Killed instantly late Saturday afternoon was Peggy Marie Sha fer, 7 months old daughter of Karen Shafer, Stanfield, and Melvin Shafer, Adams. She was lying on the seat of a car parked on Riverside Ave at a point where the slaughter house hill road joins the street and was crushed when a loaded gravel truck which had lost its brakes Death Claims Addie Binns, 97 Mrs Addle Conlee Binns, 97, died Sunday at Pioneer Memor ial hospital where she had been a patient for over four years. She was thought to be the sec ond oldest resident of Morrow county. Mrs Binns was born Feb 10, 1862 In Iowa and came to Mor- for many years and also in Mult- nomah county for some tlme. At in 1903 she and her husband, Al Binns, operated a grocery store located on the present site of the Heppner Hotel. It was destroyed In the flood. Her hus band died in about 1922 and her one son passed away in about 1940. She was a member of Ruth chapter OES, Heppner, having been initiated In 1897, and was also a member of the Rebekah lodge. Her only surviving relatives are a daughter-in-law, Mrs Ha zel BinnSj Bremerton, Wash; and three nephews, T H Conlee and Charles Conlee of Fossil, and G E Conlee of Van Nys. Calif. Funeral services were held this afternoon (Thursday) at the Heppner Masonic hall with the Rev Charles Knox officiating and Ruth Chapter OES assisting. Bur ial was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery with Creswick Mort uary In charge of arrangements. Businesses to Note Monday Holiday All city, county, state and fed eral offices and practically all businesses will be closed Mon day in observance of Labor Day. Heppner, Lexington and lone post offices will neither receive or dispatch mall on Monday. School Restraining Order r in im i Jj.-'s.-.--..Wf v r.T.n 1 -iwMinii-minriiMlu-iii1'fiiriiiii n mi i r iiiin months old Peggy Shafer was Ion the hill rolled ovex the car. I The truck was driven by Roy Culver of Pendleton who was not hurt. Also injured in the accident was Culver's wife who was hos pitalized with lacerations, bruis es and a dislocated jaw. The baby's mother was taken to the hospital suffering from shock. According to the truck driver, he was coming down the hill with a load of gravel when the truck's two-speed read end went out and the motor died caus ing him to lose his brakes. He met one car on the hill but suc ceeded in waving it off the road only to continue on down the hill and crash into the car park ed squarely at the end of the road. Mrs Culver, Mrs Shafer and the baby were waiting for Culver to arrive. According to reports, Mrs Sha fer was several feet away from the car talking with another truck driver at the time of the accident, and Mrs Culver had just stepped out of the parked vehicle when she saw the run away truck coming and tried to jump to safety. Neither woman had any opportunity to save the baby. Funeral services were held Wednesday In Pendleton for the infant. Graveside Rites Held for Mr Sandlin Graveside services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Hep pner Masonic cemetery for A A Sandlin, 57, Drain, Ore. who died Aug 29 at Cottage Grove. He was a brother-in-law of A L Osmin of Heppner. Mr Sandlin was born June 26, 1902 at Gans, Oklahoma and was married to Bessie Osmin Owen In 1930 at The Dalles. He made his home for 30 years at Drain where he was In the real estate and auto court business. He is survived by his widow, Bessie, Drain; one step-son Frank Owen, Elgin; five grandchildren; three brothers, N B Sandlin, Los tine; W J Sandlin, Oklahoma City; H C Sandlin of Weston. STILL IN HOSPITAL Danette Wagner, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Wagner, Myrtle Point, former operators of O'Don nell's Cafe In Heppner, Is still in Sacred Heart hospital in Eu gene after suffering serious head injuries several weeks ago when she fell from a horse. She has regained consciousness after be ing in a coma for two weeks but Is still unable to talk. killed late Saturday as she lay In Other Wrecks Numerous In an accident early Saturday near lone, Paul Pettyjohn Jr. of lone was hospitalized with bro ken ribs and lacerations when his car overturned on the high way east of town. Dee Jones of lone is In Pioneer Memorial hospital with a broken neck which he received when his car went out of control early Monday morning about a mile east of Lexington and overturn ed after striking a bank on the upper side of the road. One of the most unusual acci dents occurred Saturday night in Heppner though no injuries re sulted. James Morton of Pendle ton was driving his car north on Court street near the high school turn toward the fair grounds when a door came open. Morton leaned over to close the door, missed his grab and fell out of the car. He sat In the middle of the street and watched his car continue on down the street and bounce out of sight down In the grade school playground. He wasn't hurt and his car was only slightly damaged. County Youngsters Place High in State Horse Show Three Morrow county 411 club members and their horses com peted in the state 4-H horse show at the Oregon State Fair, Mon day with about 130 top horses entered from Oregon counties. Diana Fulleton, age 13, was one of the two contestants in the finals for the Junior horse manship. She lost the title to Bob Levy. Pendleton. About 40 were . In this class. Diana was one of six to compete for the state showmanship In the junior division. She placed in the blue ribbon group in this class. Joe, her quarterhorse was used In both contests. Bob Fetsch, a contestant in the senior division placed in the red ribbon group in showmanship and horsemanship using his horse, Copper. Linda Valentine in the Intermediate group placed in the red ribbon group in both showmanship and horsemanship with her horse Goble. The club members were a warded the honor to compete In the contest through their plac Ings at the 4-H Morrow county fair and rodeo horse show. Diana Fulleton was an alternate for (Continued on Page 8) lone Flower Show to Feature Young Fashions A children's fashion show will be a special feature of the sixth fall flower show and silver tea of the lone Garden Club to be held at the lone Legion hall, Sunday, September 13, from 2 to 5 p m. The style show, to be presented by the lone extension unit, will include the latest fashions for the young set, ages one through twelve years. Chairman Is Mrs Louis Carlson. The flower show schedule in cludes several new classes for junior gardeners, as well as in the arrangement' and table-set ting sections. The sweepstakes award will be presented to the winner of the most blue ribbons by Mrs Ralph Thompson of Heppner, last year's winner. There will also be an award for sweepstakes in the Junior gard eners, according to Mrs William Rawlins, general show chairman. The show, expected to be one of the largest In the club's 10 year history, will observe stan dard flower show practice of the National Council of State Garden Clubs. Any amateur gardener Is invited to exhibit, and everyone is cordially invited to attend the show. Soroptimist Float Wins Parade Sweepstakes Prize The Heppner Soroptimist club float, an old covered wagon which was decorated with pink and white paper flowers to carry out the Centennial theme of the parade, won sweepstakes and first place division awards at Saturday's grand rodeo parade. The crowd which watched the long procession acclaimed it one of the finest and longest parades in many years with a great num ber of old time entries attracting much attention. Other winners included: busi ness floats, Heppner Pine Mills, first; Degree of Honor, second; Bruce Motors, third. Adult or ganizations: Soroptimist Club, first; Mothers club, second; and Bailey Bros, third. Juvenile or ganization float winners were the Rainbow Girls, first and the Heppner FFA. Best riding club was the Hepp ner Wranglers with the 4-H Rough Riders coming second. Best comic, Farley Motor Com pany; best mounted family group, the James Valentines; best mounted cowgirl, Randy Richards; best mounted cowboy, Clyde Nutting; Oldest cowboy, Frank S Parker; oldest cowgirl, Katie Currin; youngest mounted cowgirl, Carmen Papineau. In the Juvenile division, child's floats, Alfred Drake, first, second, unnamed; third Jimmy Schaffltz; best pet, Susan Drake, Margaret Green. Kathleen Ayers. Best Juv enile cowboy, Frank Halvorsen, Rick Johnson, Terry Hughes. Best juvenile cowgirl, Marcla Linnell, Erna Lynn Winchester, Sheila and Carla Luclana. Heppner high school band placed first in the band section with lone winning second. Chamber of commerce treasur er, Don Pyle, said today that any of the winners who have not received their checks for par ade prizes may pick them up from him at the First National Bank. lone Council to Revise Ordinances lone mayor Charles O'Connor at Tuesday night's city council meeting appointed Mrs Robert DeSpaln, Roy Lindstrom and Omar Rietmann on a committee to revise and bring up to date the city's after-hours ordinance. Other ordinances will also be studied and revised. The council also decided to do some street patching and Install additional stop signs in town. Mrs Tom Sumner of Arlington were visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs J C Sumner last week.