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HERE ARE THE boot cow cutters of tho Wranglers Horse Show rrlday. together with the grand
charnpioa pi(orrnanct bars and the reserve champion. Mr. Mary Bearner (right) on Domino
Melody won tho row cutting event, and tbo horso took renerve champion in performance at the
tbow. rioyd lone, who U rodeo chairman, won second la cow cutting and hit nobU horse. Hair
pin Flash, wa grand champion perfonnanco bona. Mrs. Ron (Judy Currin (left) on Bobbl won
' third in tbo cow cutting. (G I Photo)
Jones Horse Rates Top
In Wrangler's Show
Despite a chilly west wind and
heavy skies, the Heppner Wrang
lers' Horse Show drew a record
number of entries Friday with
240 listed in the official book,
Fred Mankln. show superinten
dent, said.
Well-bred ' horses performed
admirably In all classes, but
hairpin Flash, owned by Floyd
Jones, of Heppner, topped the
field as grand champion perfor
mance horse at the show. Domino
. Melody, owned by Ralph Beamer,
Heppner, was reserve champion.
The show got under way
' promptly at 9 a. m. and the
. morning was spent in Judging
conformation and halter classes
Performance classes took the
" field in the afternoon, and in
' terest mounted to tho climaxing
cow cutting event
Domino Melody, ridden by Mrs.
" Ralph (Mary) Beamer, placed
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.by Hairpin Flash with Jones rid
ing. Third was Bobbl, owned and
ridden by Mrs. Ron (Judy) Cur
rin. It was hard to pick a winner
in Junior calf roping. The con
testants had trouble roping their
calves Friday, and so the con-
' test was carried over to Satur
day night as an event on the
rodeo program. Then Diana Full
eton won the event, receiving
a beautiful belt buckle as a prize
from Jack Van Winkle and $10
in cash. Two other prizes, a Nav
aho blanket offered by Rod Mur
ray and his Humphreys Drug
Store, and a lariat rope from the
' Bank of Eastern Oregon, were
not awarded because the other
three contestants failed to rope
their calves. The prizes will be
retained for a future contest, but
a $10 cash award was divided
three ways to Mark Murray,
Marlene Fetsch and Sandra
' Eubanks.
' Wranglers' girl barrel racing
was also held in connection with
the Saturday night rodeo pro
gram. Winner was Diana Fulle
ton with a time of 21.1; second
was Pat Dougherty In 21.3; and
third was Marlene Fetsch in 21.5.
Diana won a headstall and bit,
Blakney Store
Hit in Robbery
Approximately $2500 was ta
ken in a daring daylight robbery
of the Tower Drug Co. in Prosser,
W'n., Tuesday morning, Phil
Blakney, former owner of Phil's
Pharmacy in Heppner told the
Gazette-Times Thursday. He pur
chased the drug store July 10.
Blakney said that two men en
tered the store at 9:15 Tuesday
morning. They walked directly
to the office, located In the mid
dle of the large store. One en
tered the office, the other stood
in the doorway talking to the
first man.
' Escape was made in a Canad-'ian-made
red and white station
wagon with pink and black Brit
ish Columbia license plate. An
Oregon alert for the car has
been issued.
Blakney said about half the
money was thought to be In
checks; payment had been stop
ped on only $600 worth of checks
as makers on others were not
known. There was no insurance
coverage.
Pat won a pair of spurs, and Mar
lene also won spurs, all donated
by the Wranglers.
Ron Davis of Olex was Judge
of the show, and others assisting
superintendent Mankln were
Beverly Steagall, secretary: Sue
Valentine, assistant; Harold Er
win, announcer; and Howard
Bryant, ringmaster. In addition,
there were chairmen for each
lot in the show.
Officers of the sponsoring
Wranglers are Bob Steagall, pres.
Ident; Harold Erwln, vice presi
dent; Marie Steagall, secretary;
and Jim Valentine, Dimple Mun
kers, Ron Currln, Max Barclay
and Fred Mankln, directors.
Complete results of the show
are on page 10 of this paper with
conformation and halter classes
listed first. .
Council Eyes Willow
Dam for Water Source
Possible use of the proposed
Willow Creek reservoir as a fu
ture source of municipal water
supply was discussed by the city
council at its Monday evening
meeting.
The matter came up when May
or Al Lamb read a letter from
Col. J. H. Beddow, district en
gineer, Corps of Army Engineers,
asking if the city would be in
terested in obtaining water from
the reservoir if it were construc
ted. Col. Beddow pointed out that
in determining the feasibility of
the project for multipurpose use,
the municipal supply is one of
the uses that should be consider
ed. Under Federal law, the recip
ient of storage water for munici
pal or Industrial use must re
imburse the Federal government
for a fair share of the project
construction cost, plus interest.
Col. Beddow said that studies
had not yet advanced to the point
where a reasonable estimate of
cost could be given.
In discussion on the matter,
Vic Groshens, city superinten
dent, estimated that city's water
needs would be doubje in 10
years what they are today. This
summer water use has approxi
mated one million gallons per
day, he said, and it may be two
millions per day by 1971. He
based his estimate on the rapidly
Increasing consumption that has
come here even though popula
tion has not increased measur
ably in the past 10 years.
Mayor Lamb suggested that
the Boeing development might
bring added population with
greater water needs.
Councilmen concurred that the
city should look-to this possi
bility for future needs and agreed
that the mayor should reply to
Col. Beddow with an evidence
of interest. Some expressed the
hope that water from such a res
ervoir, if used, might be channel
ed to irrigation needs and well
water reserved for domestic sup
ply. An old problem returned for
consideration the matter of the
city dump. Councilman E. E.
Gonty said that a letter from the
State Fire Marshal had been en
thusiastic about a landfill dump
for Heppner but recommended
a new site for the dump, poss
ibly one that could be used Joint
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lone, Heppner
Open Grid Years
Both Ion and Heppner high
school football teams swing
into action Friday with tbo
Cardinals battling Culver at
lone, in an afternoon gamo and
Heppner traveling to Enter
prime for a night gamo there,
Tho lono -Culver gamo is a
non-conferonco affair but lo
cal fans will bar a chanco to
sea tho 1961 version of tho
1960 stato 8-man champion
Cardinals for the lint time.
Tho Cards play four straight
games at homo, but tho Mus
tangs of Heppner will make
their first appearance hero
against Umatilla on Septem
ber IS and won't bo soon again
locally until September 29.
Details of tbo games and
teams are on tho sports page
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ly by lone, Lexington and Hepp
ner. Mayor Lamb said that a
conversation with a representa
tive of the fire marshal's office
brought out that landfill is not
particularly suitable to this cli
mate because papers and cartons
do not have sufficient moisture to
disintegrate but rather remain
to blow around the countryside.
Councilman Carl Spauldlng
read from a letter from the State
Sanitary Authority, holding op
posite view and recommending
landfill. They suggested that the
council send a committee to Ar
lington to view the landfill dump
there. Councilman Gonty propos
ed building another burner at the
present site.
The matter was continued for
study, and a committee will go
to Arlington to view their op
eration. The council heard a report on
the Morgan street extension near
the new Unit-A school. At a spec
ial meeting last Thursday, it was
agreed to fill the street to a
depth of 2 feet in front of the
Nels Anderson place Instead of
the planned five feet in order
to help eliminate a drainage
problem there.
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ONE OF THE BIGGEST attention
tractor entered by Cutsfortn Enterprises. First place winner in tno Dusiness noaxs. mo u
ed hayracks filled with 23 grandchildren, ono niece, one nephew, and two children of Orville Cuts
fortn. driver. Tho Gar Scott steam tractor was made in 1888 In Ohio, Orville saw a rancher near
Ncwmrt usina it la haul'laai thrM vears aflo and purchased it "because I've always wanted a
steam engine." Tho engine was in running condition when purchased, but has boon worked over
by tho purchaser in his farm shop. In consideration of tho city street repair crow Orville cut up
old tires and bolted them to tho wheels which have stoel rims and hubs east in no ploc. Tbo
tractor was brought by truck to town tbo day bo fore tho parade and Orville was hero from bis
Lexington ranch homo at 4 a. m. to get up steam, (G-T Photo)
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Cows!
County Schools
Register 1177
On. Opening Day
Students ret-iimnlcd lo "hil
bells In Morrow county TuewUy,
slightly below the number ex
pected. The estimate fur the firt
day had been approximately
?IW. but 1177 actually entered
Sihool official ald that addit-
onal students expected to rrgls
ter noxt week following .scat
ions and Stat Fair would pmb
ably make up the difference.
Teachers wi re In rlaiwrooma
for registering, , students, buses
ran on schedule and cafeterias
were In operation In all schools
the county-wlde system. A
regular school duy was observed
n most cases by beginning of the
second period.
At Heppner, students in the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
nd a few fifth graders, attend-
ng the new school, were taken
bus to the location west of
own. Many, living In the city,
had not ridden buses before and
this added to the excitement of
the first day of the beginning
term.
Robert Van Iloute, administra
tor, reported all bus routes ex
cept two were the same as last
year. ReU.scd routes worked well
and added to . the economical
operation of the bus runs.
School officials pointed out
that the actual enrollment can
not be determined for the year
at this time as many people are
still on vacation or attending
state fair. A perusal of previous
enrollment , records shows that
more students will enroll within
the next few. days.
Registering the first day of
school In each building in the
county were: Heppner elemen
tary school 144, Heppner high
school 218, Lexington primary
school 56, lone high school 51,
lone elementary school 152,
Irrigon elementary school 121,
Riverside high school, Boardman
76, Boardman elementary school,
1st through 6th grades 59.
Lucky Buck Day ,
Offers $55 Prizes
Lucky Buck drawing in Hepp
ner Saturday will include a total
of $55 of the leather bucks for
those present when their names
are announced, reports Pete Mc
Murtry, chairman.
First prize will be $25; second
is $10.00. There will be three
$5.00 prizes and five special $1.00.
In order to win one must be
inside one of the 61 participating
merchants' business establish
ments at 2:30 p. m. when the
siren sounds. Many special items
are on sale in connection with
Lucky Buck day throughout the
town.
Free parking Is provided by the
city with all parking meters In
the business district covered with
Lucky Buck sacks for the day.
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- getters In tho Fair and Rodeo parade Saturday was tbo old steam
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ONE HAPrY COWBOY is Sterling Green of Redmond, (left) who
accepts tho handmade saddlo from Davo Hamley of Hamley and
Co Pendleton, as first prixo for tbo Northwest Amateur saddlo
bronc riding contest at tho Morrow county rodeo Sunday. Tho
Hamley company donated tho saddle. - (G-T Photo)
Soropfimisfs
Horses and bands, floats and
marching children vied with
other entries to make the big
parade here a success Saturday
at the beginning of Morrow coun
ty's 39th annual Rodeo.
Featuring the theme, 'The
Soaring 60's," space-age Imag
inative floats competed with
that older method of travel, the
mouted rider, for the attention
of the crowd.
So many entries were made
In the parade that those chosen
as judges had a difficult time
deciding winners, the committee
reports. The Pacltlc Power ana
Lieht Company's outstanding
float did not compete for prize
money but was awarded special
recognition by the committee.
Grand sweepstake winner was
the Soroptimlst entry, winning
the top $50 prize. The float was
also judged best in the adult or
ganization division, winning $25,
Second in this division was the
entrv of Degree of Honor, $15;
nnrt third. Mother's Club for
$10.00.
The Rainbow Girls entry won
first in Juvenile organization div
ision, $25; the 4-H Club Council
second for $15.
Cutsforths' Enterprises entered
an old fashioned steam engine,
pulling wagons to win first in
business floats, $25; and Happy
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 7, 1961
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Top Parade
Canyon entry second for $15.
Heppner Wranglers won first
prize and $50 as the best riding
club, and the Umatilla Sage
Riders were second for $25.
In the juvenile division of
floats the Arthur Warren and
Louis Carlson children of
lone, representing moon men,
were first for $7.50; Jim Bar
clay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Barclay, Heppner, was second for
$5.00.
Best pet was entered by Tom
Cleveland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland, Heppner, $7.50; sec
ond by. Becky Webb, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webb,
Heppner, $5.00.
Best comic was Lois Winches
ter entry for $10; best family
group mounted was the Roice
Fulleton family, Heppner, $7.50.
Diane Fulleton won $7.50 as the
best mounted cowgirl; Clarence
Fredrlckson, Heppner, $7.50 as
the best mounted cowboy.
Oldest cowboy was Lote Robin
son, $5.00; oldest cowgirl, Altha
Kirk, $5.00, both Heppner. Young
est mounted cowgirl was Teresa
Hughes, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Matt Hughes, Heppner,
$3.50; youngest mounted cowboy
was Charlie Sumner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Sumner, Heppner,
$3.50. Best Juvenile cowboy wets
Kyle Robinson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Robinson, Heppner,
$7.50; best Juvenile cowgirl was
Becky Fulleton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roice Fulleton, Hepp
ner, $7.50.
Best Juvenile costume, boy,
went to Matt Warren, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Warren, Heppner.
His robot costume brought him a
prize of $5.00. Second prize went
to Mike Hughes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Hughes, Heppner, $3.50.
Best Juvenile costume, girl, was
won by Sue Griffith, daugnter
of Mrs. J. A. Bowlsby, HeppneT,
$5.00; second was Amanda Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kay
Smith, $3.50.
In the bands, lone "Won $15
as first place entry'; Heppner sec
ond for $10.
Water Skier Hits Hard
Jim Myer, owner of Phil's
Pharmacy, is walking stiff this
week. He has a reason. Seems
Jim "hit something" in the water
while water skiing at McNary
Lake Labor Day. then "hit the
water" hard. The broken ribs
are taped and expected to heal
soon.
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Green Tops
On Drones;
Locals Sfar
Sterling Green of Redmond,
leather-buKtin' cowboy with glue
In his britches, won the North.
went Amateur Saddle Bronc rid
ing contetit at the Morrow county
rodeo here this week end. As a
prize for being the top cowhand
In the contest, he received a
beautifully hand-tooled saddle
from Hamley and Co., Pendle
ton. This was one of the features
of an action-packed event that
put the emphasis on amateurs.
The rodeo, staged after hours
of hard work and preparation by
the rodeo board and committees,
brought smiles all around. The
weather blossomed brightly after
rain late In the week; the crowds
smiled broadly at the performan
ces and yelled excitedly; the
rodeo heads smiled with the
smooth way the events went off
and with the apparent financial
success of the event; and the per
formers smiled because of the
prizes they won, although some
who had a little hard luck and
were "skunked" showed a little
more chagrin.
Charlie Daly of Heppner was
among the happy ones when he
won the Morrow county amateur
calf roping contest and a $400
saddle donated by Kinzua corp
oration and made by Hamley and
Co. of Pendleton. Charlie placed
second In both tries, but his av
erage was better than those of
Tad Miller, first round winner,
and of Cornett Green, second
round winner. Miller's time was
'best at 24.8 and Green's second
.best at 28.1. Green took second
in averages and received a Stet
son hat . from Wilson's Men's
Wear. Bill Healy, third in aver
ages, won a rope from J. C. Pen
ney Co.
In winning the bronc riding
championship, Sterling Green
scored 503 points, 163 in his
first try, 166 in the second and
174 In the finals. Buzz Seely was
first In the first event with 168
points and Shirley Bothum sec
ond with 164. Green and Shirley
Bothum tied in the second go
around with 166 and Zack Keyes
was third with 165. .
Seely scored 176 In the finals.
Green 174, Bothum 165, and the
other finalist, Keyes, was bucked
off.
Mac Griffith came out on top
in bareback riding, placing
ahead of these in order on the
average: Bill Herrera, Red Abel
and Sidney Brltt.
In bull riding Griffith and Ster
ling Green were tied for first,
Kenny May was third and Dar
rell Brown fourth, followed by
Dave Elford and Brltt.
Green topped the calf roping,
followed by Dave Smith, Claude
Powers and Les Paterson.
In cow milking, it was Dave
Smith, first; John Rattray, sec
ond; Ron Currln, third; Clarence
Miller, fourth; Max Nogle, fifth;
and Monte Thomas, sixth.
Champion bulldogger in the
2-day averages was Mac Griffith,
followed by Les Paterson, Guy
Matlock, and Jim Whiteside.
, Ray Lovell and Clyde Powers
tied for first in Calgary roping,
followed by Roice Fulleton and
Don Anderson.
In Saturday night's wild horse
racing event, Gene Perkins was
first, Ron Currin was second arid
Joe Yocom and Ken Thomas tied
for third.
Girls' barrel race, sponsored by
the Oregon Barrel Racing assoc
iation, was another event that
was a crowd pleaser. Jan Beam
er won the event by placing first
Saturday and second on Sunday,
and she received a beautiful sil
ver buckle from Gilliam and BW
bee, given by Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Buschke. Kite Healy was
second, Diana Fulleton third and
Jean Lazlnka fourth.
Saturday's winners were Jan
Beamer, Kite Healy, Diana Fulle
ton and Delene Johnson, in that
order. Sunday's winners were, in
order. Sandra Eubanks, Jan
Beamer, Diana Fulleton and Kite
Healy (tied for third). Best time
posted In the event was San
dra Eubanks 19 7 on Sunday.
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