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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.
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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;
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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LUCKY BUCK DRAWINGS
CREATE MUCH INTEREST
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.