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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1960)
lit ait o or t cugcnc. ORE. Area Planning Commission Called Back fo Work ! i ,1 1 U IT A u A rv Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, August II, 1960 Hardly more than a week after member of the projd six county planning rommlulon had voted ia abandon further at- tempt to organize, chairman 10 CcntS Ota ft f fVf Mij m f , trr.iu ,uttu w- ,n. Judge, called another meeting to J get the organization back to' work. j Members from Umatilla. Mor-, row. Gilliam. Waco and Hoodj River counties are meeting hU afternoon tThursday) at th Umatilla county court house y i i . along with representatives from IllA MflTP rflTPM the various rwrt commission and Inu 1 ivMU lUllvJI local planning croups. j r fi it Judge Peterson said Wednes-1 KlrUPC hflW I IH day that there Is n much Interest, -"UX.VJ JllUfl Up as ever In the development of f iii the area and In getting an area I JPT VJPPUODfl Dlanninff mmmlulnn nrmnlinl Vlwl IIVWIIVIIU The group last week had voted to make no further attempts to get started because of the wran Gazette-Tim Err 77th Year, Number 23 Coronation Slated Saturday Night Susan Partlow Two more forest fires, prob ably the result of last week' gle between the state tax com- wlM f'ectrlc storm, showed up mission and the Wasco county ln tr Heppner area of the Blue board of equalization over the Mountains over me wecKcna. dui evaluation of the Harvey Alum Inum Company plant at The Dalles. Members said at that time that they felt the contro versy indicated the state had an unfavorable tax climate for new industry so their efforts would lie wasted. Apparently an attempt will be made to Iron out the difficulty at today's meeting In Fendleton for Robert Tarr of the state de partment of planning and de velopment, and Charles Mack, a member of the state tax com mission will be present. Judge Peterson said something definite must come out of to were controlled before they reached major proportions. The first, and largest of the blazes occurred late last week near Tonto Springs, southeast of Tupper. and burned over about 160 acres of grass and Juniper before being corralled by the state and forest service crews. It was thought to have been started by a former lightning strike. About 35 Kinzua Corporation crew men, along with men from the state forest fire suppression crew and others, fought a fire which broke out Sunday morn ing on the ridge between Willow day's meeting and that a pro- and Rhea creeks about three gram will be set up. The group miles below Cutsforth Park. This expects to make arrangements to fire covered between 40 ana 43 hire an experienced planner to acres of timber before being come In and help get the work stopped. The ground firefighters started. All Interested counties 'were aided on this blaze when had previously indicated that two loads of borate were dropped funds were available for the first by planes from La Grande. The year's budget for the commls- j smoke from this fire was plainly t "Tj sion, and after it is operating It visible from Heppner and it at- 'hiffi I niiniKia tnr fWa1 rr-rrt manv nprsons who have I'k-fci lau uuvuiih; ciibiutv w vu . .. - - - -j I monies. cabins ln that vicinity. When last week's meeting a mild dry lightning storm ( f f I ill w Id II M 1 , 4 .'.',vATV J-wf broke up, It was understood that came over the area Tuesday the group could be recalled at naht. but there have been no any time by the chairman and rcports of any strikes or new Judge Peterson said then tnat ne fres predicted theirs would not be! one more casualty of last a permanent stand to drop the week's lightning storm came to whole idea. - . lieht this week when Don Rob Nine days later the group is jnson 0f the Kirk and Robinson again at work to bring Industry ranch near Heppner, reported the and development to the area ioss cf a $600 registered calf. The along the Columbia river. animal had been killed instantly by a lightning bolt. The weather throughout most of Eastern Oregon has continued , hot and dry during the past week adding to the critical lire con ditions that have been prevalent during the whole summer. RON PHAIR Ron Phair Talks Farm Problem at Heppner Meeting Rrn Phair. Klamath Falls farmer and Republican candidate for Congress from the 2nd dis trict conducted a farm forum here Tuesday night. Introduced by attorney Bob Abrams, Phair told Heppner farmers that he would "never try to kid folks into thinking there is any snap answer to the farm problem." He hit the Democratic leadership for "peddling the old, false line that you can spend your way to pros perity." "Somebody pays for everything," he said, adding that it is "concern for t e future of our children and their children in this country which must be first, always." Fresh from conferences with Vice President Nixon, Phair said that he believed the Vice Presi dent would institute a farm pro gram which will "eliminate sur plus grain within three to five years," keeping enough surplus for emergency needs. Following the initial state ment by Phair, a two-hour dis cussion explored Morrow county farm problems. Phair said that his findings here would go "direct to Nixon," for his atten tion. He said "Mr Nixon will annnnncp the new GOP farm program in late August or early September on a nation-wide broadcast Wool Payments For '59 Completed A total of $89,980.08 has been paid to Morrow county wool growers in the form of payments earned in the national wool pro gram for the 1959 marketing year, according to David McLeod, of fice manager of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office. The payments were earned on marketings of wool and unshorn lambs during the year from April 1, 1959, through March 31, 1960. On the wool the rate of pay ment is 43.2 percent of the grow ers net proceeds from wool marketings, or $43.20 per $100 re ceived. For unshorn lambs, the rate is 75 cents per hundred weight for the live-weight of lambs sold. There is a deduction from each growers payment to provide a fund used In promoting the sale of wool and lamb. This deduc tion, authorized by growers ln a referendum, amounts to one cent a pound for shorn wool and 5 cents a hundredweight for un shorn lambs. The wool program, authorized by the national wool act, Is de signed to increase the annual wool output of the united States to a total of 3000,000,000 pounds, This is done by means of in centive payments which bring the average price received by growers for wool to 62 cents per pound. Payments made now are-for applications received up to May 1960. The 1960 marketing year will continue until March 31, 1961, and payments for market ings during that period will be made next summer. QUEEN SUSAN PARTLOW Queen Susan Due For Honors at Dance The queen of the I960 Morrow Euck. Countv Fair and Rodeo. Miss The queen is a member of Susan Partlow, will be honored Good Shepherd Lutheran church at her Queen's Dance Saturday where she teaches a Sunday night at the fair pavilion ln school class. Heppner. Hers will be the final ' in school Susan was a very dance before the opening of the active student having been a yell annual show on August 23. (leader for four years, secretary Oueen Susan, the daughter of of her senior class, vice presl- Mrs LaVerne Partlow and John dent of the band in which she Partlow of Boardman, Is 17 years played the drums, was a mem old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall ber of the annual staff, the Pep and has beautiful light brown ciub, GAA and was chairman hair and dark eyes. She Is of the Dimes Drive for River- . . . I 1 U 1 very lond or norses ana or s'ue iuBu t,nuui. working with all kinds of an-1 After a busy and exciting sum imals. She broke and trained her mer, she will go to St Louis, first mare when she was only Mo where she will attend an 12 years old and as queen, will airlines school. ride her own permanent regis-1 r,.,...' Sll5Bn was a Drincess lercd four year old quarter horse, ast year ,n Queen Sharon Cuts- iforth's court. She Is sponsored by Jess Beardsley, 71, Former Heppnerite, Dies in Portland the Boardman Tillicum club. Music for Saturday's dance will be provided by The Leon nigs of Heppner. To Receive Crown During Program Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Queen Susan Partlow of Hoard man will advance lo full regal title Saturday evening when she will receive her official crown. her royal white Stetson, at pocll coronation program to bo held In downtown Heppner in a departure from long standing tradition, there will be no dress up parade this year to preoeed the coronall-in and the Queen's dance whl 'h follows later In the evening. The parade has for many years been under the direction of the Wranglers. but president Jim Valentine said his week that the earlier than- usual date for the event, coupled with late harvesting has made it Impossible to gather enough horses and riders to put on a creditable parade. In place of the parade, a pro gram of popular music and street dancing will follow the coro nation ceremony which will start at 8 p m on a stand In front of the Heppner Hotel. Queen Susan, and her court of prin cesses, Charlene Jones of Lex ington; Marjorle Peck of Rhea Creek; Sharon Crabtree of lone and Geraldlne Swaggart of Lena will make their first public ap pearance at that time. Each of the girls has been the guest of honor at her own princess dance during recent weeks, and Queen Susan will be feted at her Queen's dance later Saturday evening. Following the coronation by Heppner mayor William C Col Iins and presentation of the girls and fair and rodeo officials, the Leonnlg family of Heppner will play for a public street dance. There will be both round and square dancing and the public is invited to participate. The coronation ceremonies will be under the direction of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce. FAIR DAYS APPROACHING, EXHIBITORS ARE REMINDED With Its Murnm County In Fair Trail Horse Rules Announced A change in the Morrow county fair premium list under the saddle horse division was an nounced today by Fred Mankln, division superintedent. In the premium list the de scription for section 3-B, trail horse class under the perfor mance division was incomplete, School Band Practice Funeral services were held Tnpsriav In Portland for Jess Beardsley, 71, who died Sunday q Mart AligUSt ID at St Vincent's hospital ln Port-) land. The instrumental music pro- , . r, . i era m of the Heppner schools will Mr Beardsley was born Feb 5" 20. 1889 at Arlington and had "uu.. Z. i. ' -.-sj.- ,r l Arnold jweioy, instructor, ine oeen a rewuw.1 ui ni.c i 10. , , fc , , fl many years until moving to Port- ; p ..... a and for the Information of Inter ested persons should read as fol- h7enUre period S th. and Kod oi ly Id Ij (iim.il rhitHor i urged t i-u ntui-tt ihoufchl In jUmsir. I arU l'4t in thU rr I .1Um N C AndctM'ii. county rtirrMMuti i.U an t wnn-tsry th Ulr etiromittcf, "TU fair U (tanned tt anuiation I everyone, fnm lb )our.fi-t t the oldft All hould Un to exhibit If our f4ir W la U the t!;i:-t and bct -t. There are tldM- for moot an thing that n one can think of Included In the premium lut. In addition to the Kplrtt of competition and the atl. faction uf earning tevog nltlon for ihM? with quality r hibltt, the premium can ro vide ome extra jending money for thee rxhlbiiorV. ayt An dcrott. Actually while the fair doen not get underway officially until August 23 It I predicted that there will tie a lot of activity between now and this opening Reservations for booths, for In- utance, have been the grrateiit )ct. With tbe rnthunUsm that has leen hown toward this year's them "Fairy Tale Lane.' many booths will start to be Kb aped up next week. Several organizations have met recently to plan floats along this same heme with many IntoreMlng Idea reported. Hoth booths and floats are bound to attract much attention with old Mother Hub bard. The Pled Piper. Little Boy Blue. Little Miss Muffet, or scores f other possible fairy tales de cloixtl Into an attractive booth or float. Booths will be ready for udglng on August 24 with the floats providing an attraction for he big street parade at 10 a m, Saturday, August 27. Judges for the many various divisions and classes are en gaged and ready to judge the exhibits In our ever expanding fair. With the exception of a peclal flower Judge, which was eemed necessary this year be cause of Increased exhibits In that popular division, the fair committee feels lucky to have the top Judges that they have en- aged especially In view of the Ine other fairs being held In Oregon during the same dates as the Morrow county fair. Judging 4-H home economics exhibits this year will be Mrs Kem Tel la f son, Hermlston and Mrs Russell McKennon, Pendle ton. These well qualified Judges are repeats here having judged for several years past. Both come well qualified as well as do the other home economics Judges who will place open class ex hibits. Mrs Vera Alexander, En terprlse will be back again this year after missing two years of Judging here. She will Judge clothing and needlework. Mrs L Marks, Fossil will be back again this year judging foods and canning. Mrs Carl Kllgel, Pendleton will Judge school ex hibits, hobby, arts, photography and ceramics. This will be Mrs Kligel's first Judging assignment at the Morrow county fair and she comes highly recommended and qualified for this Job. Negot iations are now under way lor a qualified flower Judge that will relieve Mrs Kem Tellefson to concentrate on 4-H home econ omics exhibits. Interest ln 4-H home economics demonstrations are promising that there will be" a ousy schedule for the two 4-H judges ir i tt.e and iMxfriitun will w ) Liven N th 4 11 ,(!. u!tu!i and f...ii.e r.iiuiitili i lub exhibitor IM )ear. i 4 H hine economic iiion.u an n aw aid will be ;t !-! r-y M' 'id Mr Walter WngM, Hie ui exter.iilon unit. Imie Garden flub. Heppner ex lenkiuii unit, the M.urow County Cow IVlle and Morrow County Creamer)". I" addition to these tet Ul lt- I award there are a number tf medal and ci!h a wrd rldcd hy arlou bul- ne and organization fcuch a Safeway Store. Oregon Hec keeper Asxoclat Ion. Oregon Wool Grower Auxiliary arm Sprecklea Sugar Company. In 4 II acrlculture a tropby wll a- gain be provided fr the bp ag Icmuiiktratnr t'l' e naroui neacli family. Ford Tire Service will cin provide a trophy for tbe champion uvcmock juute while Jordan Klevator will pro- Ide troi-hle to Junior champion showman f each clas of live stock with the Morrow County :raln Grower providing trophies or Intermediate snowmen nnu Lexington Oil Co op for the sen- or, with N C Anderson preen- Ing a trophy for the grand hamiion tdiowman. In the 411 horse division Taul Pettyjohn. one will again provide a trophy r the ail around champion bowman while Central Market nd Grocery will provide a tro- hy to the senior and Junior bowman: Turner, Van Marier nd Bryant, Heppner to the in- ermediate and small fry show- men. New ndditions to the fair this ear will be 4-H woodworking, wildlife, electricity and gun ex hibits and a 4 II tractor operators contest. Additional lots have been added to the community booth division In order to en courage more exhibitors in that division. In the train division super intendent Bill Rawlins will again lean exhibits to add to the rowth of exhibits in his divis ion if grain is In at least one ay prior to the close of entries. A new addition this year is the pet show. It Is open to child ren five years to fourteen years of age and will Include all pets from frogs through bt Bernara dogs. The show will take place Thursday, August 25 from 10 A M to 4 P M. There will De ribbons and fun for all. A complete program ' of thfs year's Fair and Rodeo will be found in an ad ln this paper this week, ln your premium list or the flyers that are distributed this week. land about 10 years ago. He was an employee of the Union Pac out throughout the county and is necessary in order that a A,L..M4-a UtnVi r--li rv-i1 or ark. ific railroad and worked on the wu"1' "A" " " . ,Z ZZ nnn ar Tnu miiiih umitim iii r-a-iia Heppner and Moro branches for K: . . " u j. years. Services were held at the Ed ward Holman & Son Mortuary dleton Aug 20, and that bands may be ready for the fair and rodeo parade. HeDoner high school band and burial was in the Lincoln members wm meet at 7:30, Aug Memorial jrarK Mausoleum. He is survived by his widow, Edith, Portland; three sons, Richard and Paul, Portland; and Loren of Seattle; two daughters, Mrs Wayne Vogel and Mrs Charles Miner; two brothers Chester and Arthur; two sisters Mrs Hazel Babcock and Mrs Lulu White; and eight grandchildren. TEACHER HIRED The county school office re vealed this week that Dallas Haverland has been hired to teach mathematics and science .k- mrt holism meet-i at Riverside high school in ing Phair was guest of honor ; Boardman. He comes here from ' (Continued on Page 6) Athena. Former Pastor To Fill in Here The Rev and Mrs Merlin Zier and family of Buckley, Wash ington will arrive Saturday and be guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Orval Matheny, for a few days. The Rev Zier was the former pastor of Hope Lutheran church and is now acting chaplain sup ervisor at Rainier State School. He will conduct services Sunday at the Hope Lutheran church ln the absence of the Rev John Ryd-gren. 15 at the high school music room. Grade school band mem bers are to meet at the same room at 10:00 a m, Aug 15. lone high school band mem bers will meet at the high school in lone at 7:00 p m the 15th; beginners will start the same morning at 10:00 and intermed iates will meet at 1:00 p m. Riverside high school band members will meet at the high school gym in Boardman at 7:30 p m the 15th. Beginners there will be notified later of time to start classes. Democratic Women Called To Meeting lows Trail horse class open to children up to and Including 14 years of age. Any type of equip ment may be used. Performance to be over and through obstacles simulating trail hazards. To be Judged on manner, performance and substance. Two tries will be given for each obstacle. A pen alty of 10 seconds will be assess ed for failure on second try. This will be a timed event. Elimina tion If necessary. Liquor Sale Brings Fine and Jail Term Thelmer O Hall, a bartender at Spray, Tuesday pleaded guilty in justice court at Fossil to a charge of selling liquor to six juveniles from Morrow county and the Willamette Valley. Ac cording to reports he was sen tenced to 30 days In Jail and fined $250. The state liquor commission is investigating and will hold a hearing regarding possible In volvement of the licensed premises. WEATHER Thursday Friday Mrs Paul Brown, secretary of the Democratic Central Commit-1 Saturday tee, requests that all registered i Sunday women Democratic voters Inter- j Monday ested In organizing a women's j Tuesday Democratic club, meet at the Wednesday Clarence Rosewall home Tues-1 Rainfall for the week, none; day afternoon. August 16 at 2:00 for August 51; for the year p m. 8.84 Inches. Hi Low 81 49 83 52 87 53 94 56 93 56 88 54 94 59 fair. Gray Thompson, Umatilla county extension agent and L J Marks, Wheeler county agent will Judge 4-H and open class exhibits in the livestock, hay, crops, and saddle horses, both 4-H and open class. Ron Currin, Heppner will place saddle horse classes for the 4-H horse Judging contest on Tuesday afternoon. To make the spirit of com petition even keener quite a number of special awards and recognitions are being presented again this year by various organi zations and Individuals. As a part of the fair the top exhibitor in the open class beef cattle div ision will again be presented with the premier award trophy presented annually by the Mor row County Livestock Growers Association. This trophy has been passed around from breeder to breeder throughout the coun ty, being won last year by Bar nett Hereford Ranch, Boardman. The Morrow County Grain Grow ers will present again this year a sweepstake wheat award to the outstanding exhibitor. Continuing again this year the Oregon Wheat Growers League will give premiums on their special cake baking contest. In addition to these local premiums the first place winner will be eligible to enter the state bake off at the annual convention of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, Portland. December 1, 2 and 3. $100 will be paid t0 the top cake baker at this bake-off. A large variety of special tro- Heppner Man Takes Part in U of Cal. Farm Business Meet William F Barratt of Heppner, a member of the board of dir ectors of Farm Credit Banks of Spokane, took a prominent part n the 32nd annual summer ses sion of the American Institute of Cooperation at the University of California, Berkeley, Aug 7 to 10, according to J K Stern, A I C president. The institute, wnicn is cnar- tered as a university in the Dis- rict of Columbia, and Is the educational and research agency for farmer cooperative business, expected an attendance of some 3,000 farm credit, agricultural extension and government lead ers, including some 1,000 young farmers and rural youth from all parts of the United States and several foreign countries. Mr Barratt took part ln a penel discussion on the farm credit session. Sena Miller, 86, Taken by Death Funeral services for Sena Miller. 86. of Cecil were held Wednesday afternoon at the lone Community church witn tne itev Rod MacKenzie officiating. Mrs Miller was born ln Omaha, Nebraska, Dec 14, 1873 and pass ed away Sunday at the Pendle ton Convalescent Home where she had been a patient for a year. She came to Oregon in 1877 with her family, settling In the Willamette Valley. In 1893 she married George A Miller and came to Cecil where they home steaded a large wheat and cattle ranch which is still the home of her only survivor, George, and a grandson Paul. Interment was In the lone cemetery with Creswlck Mort uary in charge. DEGREE OF HONOR TO PICNIC A no host barbecue will be held on the lawn of the Degree of Honor lodge hall, August 16 at 6:30 p m. It is for all mem bers and families. The lodge will furnish Ice cream, coffee and punch.
