Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, April 27, 1961, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 1 siAar m or a HEPPN 10c Copy Y'AII Come - -To The Wranglers Spring Meet (Her thirty entries 4 lop cow rutting horM-s In the Northwest ha bt-n ttUfJ for the Hepp ner Wrangler Spring Moot Starting at 1:30 p. m. Satur day and continuing Sunday af ternoon a full spectacle of pop ular hore event I lined up. These include the cow cutting, half mile horse racing, and bar rel racing under rulea of the Ore gon Girls' Barrel Racing Assoc iation. The cow cutting contest is ap proved by the National Cutting Horse Association and the Pac ific Cutting Horse Association. Cowboys and cowgirls from Oregon, Washington and Idaho have entered to vie for the purses, prizes and trophies. Mrs. Harold Irwin and daughter Shirley are presenting a trophy belt buckle to the Junior novice winner; Mary and Janice Beamer have donated a trophy buckle to the novice winner. A trophy buckle for barrel racing and a tnphy award for open champion have been provided by the Wranglers. Added attractions for the week end are the dance Saturday night, which will include a square dance exhibition, and a quarter horse colt which will be given away Sunday afternoon as a special prize. The show Is free to the public. The place Is Morrow County fair grounds. Prompt Action Saves Barn From Burning A bit of luck and the cooper ation of a lot of sleepy people saved a barn on the Harold Wright ranch from destruction by fire early Tuesday morning. A farmer passed by about 4:30 a. m. and noticed smoke com ing from the barn, which is about two miles from the ranch house. He alerted the Wrights who called the fire department in Heppner but were told the truck could not respond because it was located 11 miles from town, outside the rural fire zone. Wrights then called N. C. Ander son, who as county agent keeps a list of farmers who own fire fighting equipment. Anderson said he called sev eral ranchers nearby and found they either had their tanks drained to keep them from freez ing, or they were out in the fields. Al Lovgren, who lives close to the Wrights, was able to bring a small amount of water to the scene; Frank Anderson, about two miles away, had a large tank which was filled. Many neighbors showed up and a bucket brigade from the creek 300 yards away kept the flames down until the Frank An derson truck arrived. Charles Ruggles drove the small rig out from town. The fire was thought to be a sleeper caused by fishermen us "ing the barn to build a fire in a manger. They apparently thought it was out when they left but it smouldered In hay and chaff until bursting into flame. Damage resulted in the loss of about ten bales of hay and a hole burned in the manger floor. County agent Anderson pointed out that this is a good example of why all ranchers should have fully usable fire fighting equip ment ready for use at all seasons, not just during fire season. Mrs. Arnold Raymond and children left for Portland to visit friends and relatives Mr Ray mond will join them later in the week and return home with them. LITTLE LEAGUE Prospective Little League players are reminded of the final try-outs. Saturday. April 29 at the lower field, next to the Willow Creek. Practice will begin at 2:00 p. m. with the selection of boys on the teems later In the afternoon. G AZETT Hearings Set On Revised Budget The formal lieafinj; on the re Uel budget for Morrow County m hKit district will be held at the courthouse at 8 p. tn. Friday night. The budget committee ha an nounced that Informal hearing will be held In each community of the county to explain budget change to the public. Trie Lex Incton meeting was held Wed nestUy night. Other meetings tentatively are scheduled for Irrigon school. May 9; IJoardman school. May 15; lone school. May 16. All will be at 8 p. m. The budget changes will be outlined In Heppner at the reg ular P.T.A. meeting. May 10 In the high school gym. Ronnie Belsma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon O'Brien. ii the Lena district princesi for the 1961 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo. Miss Belsroa is a Junior in Heppner high schooL P.T.A. Talent Show Friday night at 8 o'clock. Money raised is used for P.T.A. ac tivities. Stall Construction At Fairgrounds Set For Monday A field day of construction at the fairgrounds will be held Monday, May 1. Ten box stalls for show horses will be built. Orvllle Cutsforth has been us ing his equipment this week get ting the ground ready. The Fair board has purchased the lumber to build the stalls. Volunteers are asked to bring hammers and post hole diggers show ud for work at 9 a. m. Fred Mankln will tell them what to do. Besides the volunteer labor, the new stalls will be the result of cooperation of several groups. The county donated lumber for the bridge which was necessary to provide access to the location, and will use one stall as a dog pound. The city furnished tim bers for the bridge framework. The bridge was recently built with volunteer labor. Fnturo Farmers of America boys are furnishing the material nnH labor to roof the building. They will have use of nine stalls for FFA feeding projects with cattle, sheep and hogs during the school year. County To Participate In Operation Alert Onpratlon Alert. 1961 has been set on a national basis for April 27-29. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, county Civil Defense director, said that radio communications will play the main part of Morrow county's participation. A ham radio will be in operation under the di rection of Ralph Taylor. Com munications will be received, which in turn will be relayed on to those points designated in the message. Governor Mark Hatfield nas reminded the people of Oregon that survival information is available through the local civil defense agency; in this case, Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman. j LUTHERAN POTLUCK j Hope Lutheran church racm ;bers will hold a potluck dinner land bazaar following the ser I vices next Sunday, j The program Is under the J sponsorship of Hope Lutheran Ladies Society. The puonc is welcome. h. - . ! ' V'V-i Heppner, Oregon. Thursdoy April 27, 1961 Pig Sentenced To men from the Oregon Mate IVnltrittlary at Salem i,.k Mr. lwtker from his "county pen on the Smu ran. h to the Slate IVn at Salem on April 25. W hop Mr. iviker like his new en Uiunmeiit. HU number? Registered Yorkshire 123-1. It might be well to men tion her that on April 10, the gentlemen In question visited the Smouse ranch In preparation for Mr. Porker's trip. lone Lions Club Elects New Officers l,ti- rile ht was held at the lone Lions club on April 21. Six teen ladles were guests. Twenty ihrrw. mem hers were on hand for the Installation of officers for the new year by Tom Bessonette oi n.ur riistrict governor of 36-G Lion dubs. Installation of of ficers U being held early this year due to the earlier time for the state convention at Rose burg, May 1819-20 with regis- teratlon on Wednesday, way ii. nncM installed for the new year will take office the first of July. They are: president, Al ton Yarnell; first vice-president. Kibe Akers; second vice-president. Don Bristow; third vice- president. Charles O Connor, me hnrH nf directors for two-year terms are Dorr Mason and Ron ald Bishop; tail twister, Jonn Fuhanks: Hon tamer. Peck Leathers; secretary-tre a s u r e r, James Barnett. The Dalles Llona have Invited the Lion Club member and their families from all over the state on a guided tour through the John Day Dam with a dinner served at Rufus. Eiqhth Grade Party Set For May 20 The eiehth erade room moth ers met at the home of Mrs. Riley Munkers Thursday to plan hn tinnnupt- and dance In honor of the graduating class. This has become an annual spring event In lieu of the eighth grade grad- rni knnmaf anrl HnnP Is Set I . on in liA TTnlcnnnnl nar I iur iMtxy aw -; Ar r lsh hajl. Various committees of Ibll llCl. cwv. I the eighth grade students were appoimeu 10 uciy mm 1 along with many of the ParenAs; . . - A. I 1n r9 1 OA 1 I This eraduatlne class of 1961 will be the largest in the history of the Heppner schools. It In cludes seventy-six students, 46 boys and 30 girls. They started with three rooms of pupils In the first grade and continued on with approximately the same amount. Room mothers present at the meeting were Mrs. John Pfeiffer, Mrs. Creston Robinson, Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs. Paul Brown, Mrs. Don Evans, and Mrs. Munkers who Is co-chairman with Mrs. Robinson. Also attend ing were Mr. Williams, eighth grade teacher, and Mr. Brown, principal. Mrs. James Monahan has Just returned from a two weeks' visit with her brother and sister in New York City. The brother, Frank Kilkenny, is known to a number of people in Heppner and vicinity. Mrs. Monahan made the trip by Jet plane . ! . -'i: ' -". I' r) - . , ' 'mMtf!- - " " ' Ralph Beam, unlucky cattleman, receive a Lucky Buck from Mike Whitesmith, president ot the Chamber of Commerce, Beamer worn confined to hospital with broken leg. o rule were relaxed. Times 78th Year, Number 8 5ave Auction Friday Afternoon The labor f abui 2tf young men will be or u ' 5 30 p. m. Friday the !leppr .-hMi.ier of Future Farmers of America hold their annual Slave Sale. The event UI take place on the corner Willow and Main street. W. V. Weal her fur J. Heppner. will act as auctioneer. The boys will fill their contracts of eight hours of labor on Saturday. Lew Robblns. g lacher. said hat this would be a good time for the public to contract to have yard and vacant lots cleared if debris for Taint u p -C lea n u p month of May. LaM year member of FJ-A old such work as moving lawn, painting, clerking In stores, pour intr eement. cleaning windows. washing woodwork, welding, and many other. The school weld ing shop will be available for the boy to work In If anyone wants work done which necessi tates It use. The bovs are healthy, willing. mil thoueh thev ranee In age from 14 through 18 Robblns says they can do most any Job de sired. Chemical Control Of Cheat Grass To Be Checked Rex Warren, farm crops spec ialist from Oregon State Uni versity, and representatives of major chemical companies will be In Morrow county tomorrow to see the results of chemicals applied for cheat' grass and rye control. The acenda Is as follows 10-30 a. m.. cheat grass and weed control in alfalfa will be checked on the Howard Cleve land ranch on Hlnton creek. Dl rectiona are to stop at the gate on the lower end of the alfalfa field one half mile above the Bill Barratt feed lots. At 1:15 p. m. chemclal summer fallow plots at the Lexington alrnort and cheat grass and rye control on highway roadside aa a. a u r T AilefAr tU . ...n ..t ...a iiana win oe vr-wcu. iJie HO" W controi pi0ts 0n the Rietmann The final location is the rye grade approximately une iiijic north of lone at 3:30 p. m. .... . . 1 All Interested persons are wel come to Join this Inspection tour. Huggett Receives Scholarship For Summer Work Marion C. Huggett, science In structor at Heppner High school has received a scholarship from the National Foundation for an eight weeks summer course at the University of Missouri at Columbia, Mo. The summer term begins June 12. Huggett had earlier received an appointment for a year's graduate study at the Univer sity of Michigan for the aca demic year 1961-62 by the Nat ional Science Foundation. Huggett, who has been with the local schools since 1953, said that he and his family will leave immediately after school is out for his new location. i I LUCKY BUCK DRAWINGS CREATE MUCH INTEREST 1 Mrs. Arnold Melby. first pili winner In the Initial Lucky Buck drawing. receive 3S el the leather bucks Irom LaVern Van Marter. secretary el the merchants group which sponsors the sale days. Officers Elected At TB And Health Association Meet Officers elected at the annual Morrow County TB and Health A.-isoclatlon meeting Tuesday night were Mrs. W. W. Weather-' ford, president; Mrs. Herman Green, secretary; Mrs. Carl Mc Daniel, treasurer; and Mrs. Bruce Spencer, representative director. A report on activities for the year was given by county health nurse Velma Glass. She said jui tuberculin natch testa were given all students In the first, seventh and twelfth grades In the coun tv: health maeazlnes, publica tions, posters and letters were distributed; 16 X-rays were paid for at the request of the health department; one part scholar ship and one full scholarship was provided at schools of nurs ing; expenses were paid for a high school student to attend i he Governor's Committee on Children and Youth In Salem; the Christmas Seal program was sponsored In the county. It was reported that the county seal sale under the direction of Mrs. L, E. Dick, Jr., collected a total of $1,252.55. Mrs. W. W. Weatherford, treas urer, reported that the Assoc iation has a total of $2,852.41 on hand. Mrs. Robert Abrams, assoc iation president, reported that the organization was now in corporated. Dr. Ambrose Churchill, direc tor TB control section, Oregon State Board of Health, Portland, told about the work to eradi cate TB In the state and nation. He said complete eradication is now virtually within reach, but an all-out effort would be mwarv to reach this coal. The TB germs now are becoming re sistant to the three main orugs hboH tn flt?ht the disease with about eight percent of the new cases in the U. 5. now snowing fnelctanPA. Tn order to obtain complete victory over this dread disease he recommenoea an u mi effort he made now, before more cases of drug-resistant TB spread. He blamed a loss or in the nart of the public oc a jrtnr Hraw-back In fighting TB, saying that- people were more Inclined to view the sub ject seriously when the disease was more prevalent. Th hulk of re-activated cases which show up come from those patients treated before drugs De- came available, ne saia. Thnro nr Ktill about 500 new cases of TB in Oregon each year, but these come mostly from old Infections; those who have had the tuberculin bacillus In their cctamn hut never had active TB. Most of these have been in- fected years before, nthc from TB have sharply dropped under the use of drugs, the speaker said, in me year 12 percent drop in new cases was noted in the U. S. Use of drugs can also prevent Infection from developing in exposed per sons. The great effort on the part of the state board for this year is to triple the number of per sons tested for TB. "We have never had a better opportunity to eradicate tuberculosis than we now have," the-doctor re iterated in closing. Construction Progressing Rr.hf.rt Van Houte. school ad ministrator, reports that work is progressing on the new scnooi with the foundation completed this week. The contractor expects to have footings laid and the floors start ed next week. Temporary gravel has been put on the access road by the county road crew, making it easier for equipment to get to the . location. , School Board Election Monday A school election will be held next Monday to fill three port ions on the Morrow County School District Board. Dick Wilkinson. Heppner. I unopposed for a one-year term. Harvey Warren. Irrigon. Is run ninif for re-election to a five- year term. He is opposed by Shir ley Ritzer and Dan Hill. Harold Baker, Boardman, l Keeklncf re-election for a three year term and Is opposed by Robert Slcard. Voting will be at the regular school polling locations In the county between 2 and o p. m. COLr CLUB MEETING There will be a spclal meeting of the Willow Creek Golf Club Sunday evening at 8 o'clock In the dining room of the Elks lodge. World War I Vets To Organize Plans to organize a local post of Veterans of World War I were made at a meeting Sunday at tha Amprlean Leclon hall. Pur pose of the new organization will be to promote the general wei fam nf those veterans. it.r to outline the program and to report on legislation was Don Reed, BaKcr, department enmmnnrier. He was accompan ied by his wife. Mrs. Reed is de partment president of the aux iliary, and plans to organize an auxiliary here at the same time. Fortv-eicht persons attended this first meeting In the county. Represented were tne towns oi Pendleton, Hermiston, Condon, lone, Lexington, Monument, Hardman, Relth, Stanfleld and Heppner. Any veteran oi worm wm is urged to contact sneriir c. j. u. Bauman or Mrs. Bauman, Hepp ner, for further particulars re garding the organization of the local post. Just as soon as enough local people have signed up, officers will be chosen and the post started. H.H.S. Students To Attend Conference Tniu Pfplffer. Heppner High School Junior, ana iyam van Houte, senior, will atend the Ore gon Retailers' Association an nual ennfprence April 30 and May 1 in Eugene. The conference Is for the improvement oi uie industry through educational programs and will be held on the University of Oregon cam pus. Many outstanding speakers t,o., Uaan Unorl tin for the tWO day program, including Thomas S. Prldeaux who spoke here at the annual Chamber of Com merce banquet. An advertising workshop, discussions of sales demonstration and credits and .iioMinni a rpnort bv legisla tures on legislation affecting re- tail mercnanaising, ue u n agenda. The conference will also be addressed by many success ful merchandisers in the state and professors ot business aa ministration from colleges and universities. ro.ur In Rptfllllns" will be tl 1 V J ... . part of a special program for students attending the confer ence and a discussion of oppor i.miiioi fnr the Ktudv of retail ing in the State of Oregon will be held. Both girls are Interested in fnnurino- retailine as a career. Miss Van Houte plans to attend University of Oregon following errarluatlon this spring and ma joring In retailing. The lleppner-.Morrow wumj Chamber of Commerce has al lowed $30.00 t0 help pay expen ses of the trip for the two high school sruoenr. Tbe firt Lucky tour ri; swing la llt-ppner ms lield Saturday afternoon, with five 'f ' names railed pieent In the bust nets bout of a participating ineuhant. T)'m lucky fU wer Kien their prices by LaVern Van Marter. Jr. secretary for Luiky Uutk. Ufore 4 p. m. fol lowing th 2 3d p, m. drawing. Anyone ocr 1H ear of age and not a member of the family of a participating merchant is clli'lble tu register lor this t Ice monthly drawing participating merchant In Heppner number CI and registration can be made at any ine of the cktablUhments. The rcfcUtrant must be In any one ot those businesses at 2:3d p. m. on Lucky Buck Days to win. Van Marttr reports that a total of about C50 persons are now a iL .4 & eArfla. registered ana msi mint -,-tratlons are coming In all th time. Names are listed on a master sheet, assigned a number, and ... .umluiri arn tdaced In CSP- sules. These are then put In a squirrel cage." driven by an electric motor. The cage la turn cd and the committee draw a number Tor eacn oi me prie rA..i Tn vrvi,t inv possibility of the winner' name being known in advance i num ber are then maicnea ...Moh im nlared In seal- ed envelopes and delivered to each mercnani xor openm wu m u-hen th siren IlOl w.lJt - signifies the time for simultan eous opening and reading of names of the winners in all the business houses of each partlcl patlng merchant. Those winner have two minutes m Identify themselves to the store manager, and have until 4 p. m. to call lor tneir uritcs. u-urt tn th first drawing were Avon Melby, first prize of .... . a neM tl lYl rn.iiA r.rAAnnn. S1.00: ana Mrs. Roy Tabor. $1.00; Ralph Beamer, who is in nunm mt... orial hospital with a broken leg, had his prize delivered to him. Names or winner nov and the prizes they could have claimed by the committee are: Mrs. Charles O'Connor, second prize, $10.00; rrieaa aiuvuu., third prize, $5.00; Mrs. Ray Mas sey, fourth prize, $5.00; Jackie Huggett, fifth prize, $5.00. Spec- lai tor mc w - - were 25 additional prizes of $1.00 . ii-j .-J mst tr . each. Names caiieu nu ui v. . thnoa vi-orp! Kenneth Cutsforth, Marlon C. Green, Mrs. Gary Jones, Lou B. Crum, Rita r-.n.,b. nforl Wadholm. P. A. Mollahan, Everett C Hellker, Betty Brown, C. R- McLean, Helen Kruger, Victor L. Groshens Jr., Kathryn Hosklns, Gene Majeske. F. F. Connor, Dorothy StefanL Aiipne Adam. Itooeri L.ovji'c"' - " , . Mrs. Jessie Smith, Joe Daniel and Beth Van Scholack. Regular drawings wm uc . nrl7ao nnlv. thOUCll tne too iivc j..- .-. committee members have stated that from time to time additional . .....i u ..,orHpri These prizes wm uc - - -will not be announced ahead or time but will oe on wc pach merchant will receive on Lucky Buck Day. Lucky buck ways bic hh. -ond and fourth Saturdays of each month. The next one will be May 13. Becky And Neat Place Again Little Becky Fulleton, 8-year-old cowgirl from Heppner, placed again Sunday at the Mustang Spring Show in Pendleton. She Is now tied for first place in the stake racing and is in the lead for total points in the same event. r.i-. In n rl ass which one tujiiiicj ... - contains entrants up to 12 years of age. . i.t i nnn rvn nlapprl second in i C a i ucaiut. the professional calf-roping and second In the bulldogglng at last Sunday s go-arounu. Final event of the four-day show will be held next Sunday In Pendleton. WEATHER HI Low Prec. 54 37 .08 57 35 48 36 -10 48 39 .03 59 34 62 35 67 34 Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Maximum temperature, 67 Minimum, 34. Rainfall for the week was .21 of an inch. Total for the year is 6.49 Inches. The- Chric League rum mage sale open tomorrow morning with a wide elec tion of clothe and other merchandise. The money provide the only financial support for the kindergarten.