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Fair Committee
To Hear Reports
At Wed. Meeting
UVdiutrtlay evening, Scptem
lr 27. has been wt for the lime
to make suggestions for Improv
Ing the i'Mi Morrow county fair,
hmrdlng to Mr. Walter Wright,
fair committee chairman. Thli
annuel meeting of the fair com
mitiee, fair board and fair sup
erinlcridcnts is to be held at 7:30
i). ni. In the fair annex building
Several Items of business will
he on the agenda for the even
lug. First and most important
lUm is to discuss needed Im
provements for the 1962 fair. The
fair committee and fair board
feel that the fair Involves
large number of people In the
county and welcome their sug
gestions for thlncs that might
be done to Improve the future
of the fairs.
The other item of business is
to elect a new fair committee
member. Each year one mem
ber retires from the fair com
mittee and a person must be
elected to fill this vacancy.
Mrs. Wright has asked that all
fair committee and fair board
members be present at the meet
ing as well as all 4-H. FFA and
open class superintendents.
This year's fair committee con
sists of Mrs. Wright, chairman;
Bernard Doherty, Bob Jones, Don
Greenup, Don Robinson, and
Ruth McCabe.
If you are unable to attend
this Wednesday evening meet
ing, you might contact a fair
committee member and give
them your suggestions before
the meeting. .
Frank E. Parker
Services Held
Here Saturday
Services for Frank E
Parker,
86, were held at the Christian
church at 10 a. m. Saturday.
The Rev. Charles Knox officiated.
Mr. Parker died of a heart at
tack on the train Sept. 12 near
Centralia, Wn., where he was
going to visit relatives.
He was born Jan. 29, 1875,
near Hillsboro, the son of Curtis
P. and Matilda A. Parker. They
moved to Morrow county and
homesteaded a farm near Lex
ington in 1900. He married Tacie
Cypert, Lexington, Dec. 21, 1904,
at Lexington. They lived on a
wheat ranch near Lexington,
leaving In 1906 and returning to
the county in 1916. He farmed
many years near Heppner until
his retirement in 1958.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Parker was a deacon In the
Christian church at Heppner, a
position he held for many years.
He was a 40-year member of
Heppner Elks lodge No. 358, was
a member of Heppner AF&AM
lodge No. 69, Ruth chapter No.
32 of Order of Eastern Star, Sans
Souci Rebekah lodge No. 32 and
IOOF Willows lodge No. 66, all
of Heppner and the Rhea Creek
grange.
He is survived by his widow,
Tacie, Heppner; a daughter,
Marjorie Nelson, Portland; a son,
Onez, Tacoma, Wn.; two bro
thers, Lester C, Goldhill, and
O. C, Santa Rosa, Calif; a sister,
Imogene Harris, Pendleton;
nieces and nephews.
Interment was in Mt. View
cemetery, Walla Walla.
Active pallbearers were Ger
ald Bergstrom, Walter Wright,
Millard Nolen, Paul Jones, Bar
ton Clark, and Clarence Baker.
Honorary pallbearers were
Frank S. Parker, Roy Nelll,
Charles Jones, John Wlghtman,
Raymond Wright, and John Berg
strom. Out-of-town guests here for
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs.
Onez Parker and son David and
Mr. and Mrs. A. C Mitchell, Ta
coma. Wn; Mrs. Imogene Harris,
and Judge and Mrs. W. W. Wells,
Pendleton; Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Parker and Noel Kellogg. Salem;
Mrs. M. R. Loney, Mrs. Mary
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loney,
Walla Walla, Wn,
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Thief Steals Clothes
Of College Bound
Lydia Van Houte
It rou enough to tend
daughter off to arhooL Ak
any parent of a college girl.
But It It worse when one U
robbed of everything on the
way. Ak Robert Van Houte.
who ha just had that exper
ience. He and daughter Lydia. a
1901 graduate of Heppner high
school, drove to Portland Fri
day on the way to register her
at the University of Oregon
where she will take up mer
chandlidng. They registered at
a Portland hotel, and found
In the morning that their car
had been broken Into during
the night and all of Lydla's
carefully selected college
clothes stolen. Included were
skirts, sweaters, electric blan
ket and miscellaneous ar
ticles. Portland police stated that
the robbery "was the work of
professionals," Van Houte re
ported. They do not hold much
hope of finding the stolen ar
ticles. Lydia and her father went
on to the University after
making some purchases to tide
her over for awhile.
One Day Drive
For Funds Set
For Boy Scouts
A one dav drive to raise funds
for the Boy Scouts will be staged
here Monday, according to Ro
bert Abrams, drive chairman.
Funds raised are to support
the Blue Mountain council of
Boy Scouts of America, which
helps both the local troop and
the Cub Scouts.
A kick-off breakfast will be
sponsored by the local troop
rommlrtee at 7 a. m. at the
Catholic parish hall with Willard
Crawford, Walla waua, nnance
chairman of the Blue Mountain
council, as featured speaker.
Vntnnlnnra uHll mil nil hlisl-
nesses and residents during the
one-day drive to raise lunas ior
the project.
The Holv Name Society or st.
Patrick's Catholic church spon
sors the local Scout program.
Avery Taylor Is Scoutmaster and
Gene Hall is Cub master. Ap
proximately 60 boys participated
in Scouting here last year.
County Booth Will
Be Exhibited At PI
The Pacific International Live
stock Exposition, Oct. 14-22 in
Portland, will feature more than
$140,000 in cash awards making
it one of the year's biggest
money shows in the nation.
A huge parade with livestock,
floats and marching bands will
take over the Portland business
district Friday, Oct. 13.
Booth entries will be bigger
than ever this year with Hepp-ner-Morrow
County Chamber of
Commerce sponsoring one from
Morrow county for the first time.
Members of the local committee
have been working on this pro
ject for some time and Wes Sher
man, co-chairman of the com
mittee, reported at the chamber
meeting Monday that equipment
for the booth would be taken
to Portland Sept. 25 to set up
the booth exhibit Jim Farley is
the other co-chairman of the
committee.
A special program Oct 22 will
be a quarterhorse matinee, com
bined with the rodeo and ap
pearance of Hugh O'Brian, TV's
"Wyatt Earp."
P.T.A. to Sponsor
Magic Show Oct. 7
HeDDner Parent-Teachers
as-
sociatlon will sponsor the show
ing of "An Evening of Enchant
ment," at the Heppner high
school Oct. 7.
Virgil and Julie, lauded as
"Supreme Masters of the Super
natural." who perform the show,
recently completed a 5 year trip
taking their show around the
world.
Tickets are available through
members of the Ways and Means
committee, or from Mrs. Ed
Gonty or Bill Blake.
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"VENEZUELA IS THE LAND OT
out Edgar Uicatequl U. Ti xenango. -t
sen. Heppner. who actvd ts Interpreter wnea tn Vensntelaa
appeared before the Soteptlmltt club. Edgar has bm spending
three weeks with the Keith ftea family of Ion.
Venezuelan's Talk Proves
Language No Great Barrier
Fdpar A. Uzcatecul U.. Inter
national Farm Youth Exchangee
from Veneruela, In speaking be
fore members of the Soroptimlst
club last Thursday noon, showed
that language Is not too serious
a barrier between people or an
fomnt nations His exDression
and gestures .as he spoke In
Spanish and referred to his home
country on a map, virtually ex
plained themselves.
Canablv Interpreting for Ed
gar was Mrs. Ray Williamson,
foreign language Instructor at
Hennner hieh school. Edgar un
derstood almost Immediately the
questions asked of him in tng
llsh, but he has difficulty ex
rjrossine himself in the English
laneuaee. He has had some class
es in English in his own school
in Venezuela, and has picked
up considerably more under
standing through his travels this
summer in Florida, Washington,
D. C, and with farm families
in Indiana and Oregon.
Edgar was Introduced to the
group by Miss Esther Kirmis,
home extension agent, and was
accompanied by Keith Rea, in
whose home he Is now staying
In lone.
The main product of Venez
uela Is that of petroleum, known
to thorn as "black gold." It is
the third largest producing
source of petroleum In the world,
according to the speaker. Other
major industries are farming,
growing of coffee and sugar cane,
cattle and fruits. Communistic
influences are steadily creeping
into the country, and because of
the growing unrest, many of his
people feel that if a third world
war was started, it possibly will
begin in the south American
countries. Other discussion ques
tions centered around his home,
family, schools, geography and
government
After his return to Venezuela,
he will continue his last year
of high school and will then
work on his father's 1250-acre
farm located in the Andes. He
will spend a short time on the
Red Hat Meet to Talk of Game
One of Oregon's outstanding
game experts will demonstrate
some of the tricks of his trade
to both men and women at the
Morrow County Red Hat meeting
set for Tuesday evening, Sep
tember 26, 8:00 p. m. at the fair
annex building in Heppner.
Andy Landforee, Oregon State
University extension wildlife
specialist, will discuss and dem
onstrate skinning and handling
of the deer carcass in the woods,
proper facilities for packing out
the kill and the effect "running"
has on the meat. Films and film
strips produced by the Oregon
Game Commission and OSU on
wild game care will also be
shown. Landforce's know-how on
care of game comes from exper
ience gained through hunting,
as well as his profession.
He was born in Seattle, and
was graduated from OSU. After
serving four years in the Army,
Landforee was appointed Wal
lowa county 4-H extension agent
a position he held for seven
years. During the years he was
in Wallowa county he developed
a passion for the outdoors. He
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A. A. Hurlburt farm in Burns
after completing his stay here.
Mrs. Ed Gonty presided over
opening and closing ceremonies
and announced that the club
Is sponsoring a fall card party
Monday evening, September 25,
at the Episcopal parish hall. Now
on sale by members are tickets
which can also be purchased at
the door and for drawings on a
food basket. Mrs. John Pfelffer
presented the day's program.
Central to Serve
Free Breakfast
In connection with the store's
"Best of Fall" sale, Central
Market will serve free breakfast
to all comers at the store from
9 a. m. until noon Saturday,
Clint McQuarrle, owner, announ
ces. If weather Is good, the break
fast with hot cakes, sausage
and coffee, will be served on
the sidewalk. In the case of
Inclement weather, it will be
staged in the large back room
of the store.
This Is one of a number of
features of the sale, which is
announced In a full page ad on
page 3. The event falls on Lucky
Buck day and will be an added
attraction for this promotion.
Portland Doctor
Buys Rice Ranch
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice and Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Rice announce
the sale of their ranch south
of Heppner to Dr. John Guiss,
a Portland surgeon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Valentine
who had been renting and op
erating the ranch have moved
to the Howard Keithlv home on
Court street. Valentine has gone
Into business operating a catue
feed lot In lone.
ANDREW LAND FORCE
has taught hundreds both men
and women fishing and hunt
ing procedures.
Assisting the wildlife spec
ialist will be Ralph Taylor, Mor
row County Red Hat Days chair
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Teachers Reception
Features Space Theme
Officers and committees of
Heppner and Lexington PTA or
ganizations went "out of this
world" to welcome both new and
returning faculty members of
the public schools at a reception
Wetlnesday evening at the Cath
olic Tarish hall. A timely and
clever "space age" theme was
used throughout the program
and decorations for the enjoy
ment of the approximately 323
people attending.
Music is Added
To Lucky Buck;
$50 Top Prize
Music will be In the air Satur
day In HeDDner. As a special
feature of Lucky Buck day a
public address system will be
set up at the south end of Main
street by the Wee TV Shop with
recorded music broadcast by
speakers so that it can be heard
the length of the street
"We feel the addition of mu
sic to our free parking and spec
ial prices will make this one oi
iVi best Luckv Buck days yet"
Tete McMurtry, committee chair
man, said of the entertainment
Top money Saturday will be
$50 In Lucky Bucks. A second
prize of $10. three 3.uu prizes
and five $1.00 prizes will be
named.
Winners must be 21 years of
age or over, registered for the
drawing and present in any oi
the 61 participating business es
tablishments at 2;30 when the
siren sounds.
Parkin? meters are hooded for
thA dav In HeDDner and special
prices prevail at stores tnrougn
out the town.
Plantings Talked
At Chamber Meet
Trees alone highway entran
ces to Heppner and In newly-
formed rest areas were discussea
at Heppner-Morrow C oil n t y
Chamber of Commerce meeting
Monday. Mrs. Nellie Anderson
told chamber members that there
is a need for tree Diamines. She
offered to work with a committee
appointed by the chamber to pro
mote such a project.
"We can make Morrow county
a thing of beauty," she said.
The subject had been discuss
ed at a previous meeting and
Mrs. Anderson had been asked
to address the group regarding
the program.
President Mike Whitesmith
said that there Is apparently no
chamber committee which could
work on this project but sug
gested that any volunteers from
the community who might be
interested In helping to improve
the area should get in contact
with Mrs. Anderson. The cham
ber will cooperate In putting the
program Into operation.
man, Mrs. Dick Borman, and
Esther Kirmis and N. C. Ander
son, Morrow county extension
agents, Heppner. Miss Kirmis
will discuss the aging, freezer
storage, what cuts to expect from
the meat cutter and different
uses of venison and drying of
wild game. A tasting bee will
follow at the close of the meet
ing, v
"The major objectives of the
Red Hat Days program are to
promote better relations between
landowners and hunters and to
provide safer, saner, and more
productive hunting opportun
ities,, both today and In the
future," explains Taylor, newly
appointed Morrow County Red
Hat Days chairman. "The ex
tension department of OSU is
cooperating with us to stress
better field care of wild game
which means better venison and
elk on the table."
' Mrs. Landforee, who Is touring
eastern Oregon on behalf of
better game care, will also ap
pear at Hermlston Civic and
Recreation center on Wednes
day, September 27. 7:30 p. m.
September 21, 1961
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78th Year, Number 29
Hubert Hopper, Hepprter PTA
president, welcomed faculty and
filend and Introduced Mrs. Ro
bert Kilkenny. Lexington PTA
president, setting Into movement
"Education Space Shot," presided
over by chief launching officer
and master of ceremonies. Father
Bruce Spencer.
New teachers to the communi
ty were called to the "launching
pad" around the PTA "rocket"
on stage by county administra
tor, Robert Van Houte, Introduc
ing them and giving background
statistics of each, and officially
"launching them Into orbit" for
the year.
School board members respon
ded to roll call by their "con
firming officer." D. O. Nelson,
and principals Gordon Pratt and
Hillard Brown (the evening's
"electronic control officers"). In
troduced their returning staff of
teachers.
"Out of this world" music by
the high school dance band pro
vided entertainment before the
meetln? was ooenod. and a
girl's sextet of "space spr'tes,"
harmonized on "Purple rcopie
eatcr" and Tom Doolcy." These
heavenly creatures were Glnny
Lou Turner, Lorraine Leonnlg,
Marie Pettyjohn, Linda Valen
tine, Judy Hamilton and Caro
lyn Slocum.
Insignia name cards in shapes
of sputniks and satellites, In dif
ferent colors, helped in getting
acquainted and distinguished
guests as being new, present re
tired teachers, rcsiaents oi one
vear or less than one year. Floral
sputniks with glass spires dec
orated the tables where guests
were seated for refreshments or
apple "pie In the sky" and
"moon mud" (coffee).
On behalf of the program com
mittee. Mrs. Arnold Memy in
vited continued support oi the
pta in each community and
urged regular attendance and
membership.
Freshmen room mothers pro
vided decorations; high school
room mothers, refreshments; pro
gram committee, printed pro
grams and 1961-62 handbooks
under the direction of Mrs. Roy
Kirk, and grade teachers, name
card Inslgnlas.
Father Raymond ceara, as
"sky pilot" gave the opening
invocation.
High School Students
Elect Class Officers
Students of Heppner high
school have elected class officers
for the winter term.
The seniors chose Mike Healy
as president, Archie Ball as vice
president, Sandra Richards sec
retary and Janet Struckmeler
treasurer.
Mike Smith will be junior
class president and Shan Apple
gate will be vice president Ann
Jones will be secretary and Le
Roy Gardner treasurer. Other
officers are: Mike Lesser, Ser-geant-at-arms;
Shirley Carlson,
historian; Martha Doherty, rep
resentatlve; Ann Jones, concess
ion chairman.
Bill Sherman will head the
sophomores as president, Larry
Muesslg was chosen vice presi
dent; Gall Hosklns secretary,
Sharon Ayers treasurer, Spencer
Sampson, sergeant-at-arms, Don
Van Winkle and Jennifer Brln
die, representatives.
Carl Bauman will be freshman
president, Stuart Dick Is vice
president, Vlckl Barratt secretary,
Karen McCurdy, treasurer and
Tony Doherty, representative.
Teachers named as class ad
visors to work with the classes
on their programs are: Seniors,
Violet Lanham and Gordon
Pratt: Juniors. Lucille Weather-
ford, Donald McClure and Arnold
Melby; Sophomores, Clarence
Johnson and Pete Glennle; Fresh
man, Grace Schmidt and Jim
Sutherland.
Rock Club Slates
Meeting Saturday
First fall meeting of the Mor
row county Gem and Mineral
Society will be Saturday nignt
In the old library at 8 p. m..
Randy Peterson, president an
nounces. L. R. Babb of Heppner will pro
vide entertainment of the even-
speaking on his trip to Arizona.
Members and friends are In-'
vlted to attend.
Last Darley
Of '60 Crop
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Shipment has been ordered on
the balance of the carryover bar
ley from the ltU) Marrow county
cruD. Al Lamb, manaeer of Mor
row County Grain Glowers, il
Wednesday. This will clean out
the some COOAW bushels of that
crop that remains In the aeven
elevators of the Grain Crowrrm.
Lamb said that It will be the
flrt "complete cleanout" dur
ing the time he has been here
since 1952. Wheat of the 1900
crop has been gone for some
time, disposed of prior to the
1!MU harvest
It Is expected that the barley
will actually be shlrped during
October. It Is now stored In all
if the Growers elevators located
around the county.
Sine the 1900 grain will b
cleaned out and the 1961 crop
la light, "we will b as empty
as we have ever been, Lamo
Id.
Cards at Home,
Mustangs Travel
In Week's Games
(See sports page, 10)
inr'a htch.flvinff 8 man foot
ball team, still with an unblem
ished record, Is host to Its third
straight home game rriaay
when the Cardinals tackle Uma
pine In a Morrow-Umatllla 8-
man league game. Klckoa is
set for 2:30.
Fans will be able to see this
game and then travel to Pilot
Rock In the evening to see the
ITonnner Mustanrs. Still looking
for their first win. battle the
Pilot Rock high team. This win
be under the lights at 7:30 p. m.
nd U a non -conference clash.
This is a time change from the
8 p. m. previously announced.
Both home teams are In good
shape, although three Heppner
gridders were out of practice on
Monday and Tuesday due to bad
colds.
Interest ts building up for the
Tllot Rock clash. Athletic Di
rector, Bob Cantonwlne said. At
least one student bus will go to
the game.
Coach Glenn Blehl'a Cardinals
havn an onen date coming up
September 29. but Heppner re
turns home that Friday to start
Its conference season against
Grant Union at 8 p. m. on the
rodeo grounds.
Officer McPherson
Replaces Labhart
Orecon State Policeman Jim
McPherson has arrived here to
succeed William Labhart In the
Morrow-Gllllam county area.
McPherson came here from
Oakrldge where he was station
ed one year. He Is originally
from La Grande.
Officer McPherson. his wife
and two sons moved here last
week. The children are Danny,
13, in the 7th grade, and Monte,
6, in the 2nd. ,
Officer Labhart is working
with his replacement for two
weeks before leaving for his new
assignment as corporal In charge
at the John Day orfice.
During their 14 year stay here
both officer and Mrs. Labhart
have been active in community
affairs. He is oast exalted ruler
of Heppner Elks Lodge No. 358
and is presently serving as treas
urer. He is past commander of
HeDDner Post No. 87. American
Legion, and present adjutant He
Is on the executive committee
of Cub Scouts and is First Aid
chairman of Morrow County Red
Cross.
Mrs. Labhart has served as
den mother for Cub Scouts for
three vcars. la Dast president of
the Legion auxiliary, Is present
ly president of the Willow Creek
Country club women, a past pres
ident of All Saint's Episcopal
church women, has served as
committee chairman for PTA
two years, and is active In Little
League In many capacities.
The three Labhart children
were born here and started
school at Heppner elementary
school. They are Christopher, 11;
Mark, 10; and Laurie. 7 years.
The family will move to their
new home before the end of the
month.
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 72 45
Friday 78 47
Saturday 74 49
Sunday 73 31
Monday 73 41
Tuesday 77 47
Wednesday 62 43