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jRl Gazette-Times
$V V X 0 Cents 79th Year, Number 4
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X- V 'R-1 Budget fen-. . -1.-
I.I, X-1' "f Approved;
PRINCESS DIANA Fulleton will represent the Wranglers club in
the 1S62 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court. She is shown here
with her mothers horse. Suds.
a princess at recent tryouts ot the Wranglers. (G-X Photo)
Princess Diana Fulleton
At H
ome
Trincess Diana Fulleton, who
will represent the Wranglers
club in the royal court of the
1902 Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo, perhaps was not literally
"born in the saddle," but never
theless came close to it. She has
been riding ever since she could
sit up on horseback.
Her first blue ribbon, still a
proud possession, was won for
riding a Shetland poney, named
"Fairy," which the Fulletons still
have.
Diana, daughter of Mr .and
Mis. Roice Fulleton of Heppner,
won reserve champion for horse
manship at the 4-H fair In Salem
in 1959. She won in junior calf
roping last year at the Morrow
county rodeo and received a
buckle as a prize. At Halfway
last summer she was chosen all
around cowgirl and won a
buckle. In the Fourth of July
rodeo at Vale in 1960 she won
a buckle for calf roping. Diana
also won the Wrangler Barrel
racing in 1960 and 1961.
In the coming events this year
she will ride "Joe," her quarter
horse, which she has ridden for
several years.
The busy princess is president
of the sophomore class at Hepp
ner high school and is a mem
ber of Future Business Leaders
of America. Despite her crowded
schedule she finds time for Pep
club, the drill team, Girls' Ath
letic association and is active
in 4-H club work. Diana is a
member of Ruth assembly, Order
of Rainbow for Girls, and is a
member of the Oregon Girl Bar
rel Racing association and of
the Oregon-Washington-I d a h o
Junior Rodeo association.
Since this will be the first
time that the Wranglers have
had a princess for the Fan" and
Rodeo, Diana will have the honor
of being the club's first repre
sentative on the royal court. She
has been a member of the
Wranglers for 10 years and has
Chamber Plans
Cleanup Contest
Plans to sponsor a Cleanup,
Paintup contest again this year
were approved at the regular
meeting of the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
Monday.
It was voted to offer a $10
prize in the campaign that will
be conducted from mid-April un
til sometime in May. Further de
tails will be announced as they
are completed, .President Fred
Gimbel said.
The campaign was sponsored
for the first time last year and
created considerable , interest.
Mrs. Avery Taylor won the $10
prize for her work.
Twenty-eight persons were
present at the Monday meeting.
The matter of reapportionment
petitions was presented to the
group by Orville Cutsforth. A
story on this matter is elsewhere
in this paper.
Beamer Captures
First in Contest
Ralph Beamer's horse, The
Maestro, won the novice cutting
contest in the Columbia County
Cow Cutting event at the Deer
Island Quarterhorse ranch near
St. Helens Sunday and took third
place in open cutting.
The winner was one of a group
from here who attended the
event over the week-end, in
cluding John Eubanks and
daughter Sandra, Mr. and Mrs.
Roice Fulleton and
daughter Ruby.
Buster Welch of Sweetwater,
Texas, conducted a cutting horse
clinic at the event which in
cluded the 2-day cutting con
test. A cutting school was con
tinued through the week, and
Beamer stayed through Monday
to get an extra day of instruc
tion in the school.
The local group said the horses
seen there were fine ones and
said that Welch is outstanding
in his field.
Diana won the honor of being
Saddl.
in
been active in the club.
Her choice was on the basis
of riding ability and personality,
and Judges were Bill Severe and
Eldon Harvey, both of Pendleton.
Naturally her first interest is
horseback riding, although she
places swiming in second place
for sports interest. At home, she
sews, cooks and helps with
chores around the house. During
the summer time, Diana also
helps with the work as book
keeper at Fulleton's garage, own
ed by her parents.
Mrs. Esselstyn
Named Secretary
Of Mid-Columbia
Mrs. R. W. Esselstyn of Pen
dleton was chosen executive sec
retary of the 6-county Mid
Columbia Planning Council at
a meeting of directors in Arling
ton Saturday, Judge ; Oscar Pet
erson, chairman of the council,
announces. '
The new secretary I will start
work around April 1 and one
of her primary duties at this
time will be to work with Ebasco
Services on research. 'This con
cern is undertaking an' economic
survey for the planning council
that is to be completed within
a year.
One of a number of applicants
for the position, Mrs. Esselstyn
enters the office with fine qual
ifications, Peterson said. For the
past 10 years she has been legal
secretary to Gene B. Conklin,
Pendleton attorney. She form
erly was employed by the ' De
partment of Agriculture and was
with the Farm Security Admin
istration for four years. Mrs.
Esselstyn went to Pendleton in
1948 as secretary to Milan D.
Smith of Smith Canning Co.
She was born in Okanogan,
Wn., :and graduated: from high
school at Brewster, Wn., before
attending Washington State col
lege for two years.
The Port of Umatilla has offer
ed Mid-Columbia office space in
Umatilla as headquarters for the
executive secretary and Mid
Columbia's office. No decision
has been reached on this as yet,
the judge said.
Jury Trial Due
Here April 5
Jury trial of an auto damage
case will ppefi in borrow county
circuit court Thursday, April 5,
with Mrs. Betty Hovis -as plain
tiff and, Larry Duane Eades as
defendant. ' '
Mrs. Hovis Seeks damages tot
aling $21,164.25 as a result of
an accident that claimed the life
of her former husband, Gerald
Gray, Hermiston, on February
14, 1959, about a mile from that
city. She , asks $1,164.25 special
damages and $20,000 general
damages.. , , , .
The plaintiffs complaint, filed
in the office of Mrs. Sadie Par
rish, county clerk, : February 14,
1961, charges that Gray was a
passenger in a car driven by
Eades and that he was traveling
at a "high and dangerous rate
of speed" when he crashed into
a concrete abutment, resulting
in Gray's death.
Judge William Wells will pre
side at the trial. Attorney for
the plaintiff is W. F. Bardwell
of Burns and for the defendant
are Conley and Byler of Pendle
ton. Two From Heppner
Attend PTA Meeting
Mrs. Ed Dick and Everett
Struckmeier attended the Mid
land PTA meeting in Fossil Mon
day night, representing the
Heppner PTA. New officers were
elected for the year. Mrs. Dick,
Heppner PTA president, was ap
pointed as a delegate to the
National PTA meeting in Port
land in May.
Meet Silent
Silence except for the quiet
conversing of those present with
one another reigned through
most of an hour set aside for
public hearing on the 1962-63
budget of Morrow County School
district R-l in the circuit court
room of the courthouse Monday
night.
Warren McCoy, budget com
mittee chairman, opened the
meeting at 8:00 p. m. and called
for comments, remonstrances or
objections from those present. No
one responded, and the assem
bled school board and citizen
members of the budget commit
tee waited patiently.
After some 15 minutes of
silence, someone in the audience
asked a question on the amount
estimated for fuel oil in the bud
get, thinking that it may be too
low to provide for the present
schools as well as for those
which are to be constructed un
der the bond issue that was
passed in a recent special elec
tion. Administrator Robert Van
Houte replied that since it is
not contemplated that the new
schools will be completed be
fore February, it was felt un
necessary to add much in the
budget to provide for their fuel.
Silence reigned again for sev
eral minutes until Bob Riet-
mann of lone asked if the board
had considered contracting bus
services rather than maintain
ing buses wnnin tne aisinci
Van Houte said that this had
been considered but said that
costs would run an estimated
25 higher under contracted
services. He said that only eight
or 10 districts in the state now
have bus service contracted.
Director Ed Dick said that the
board had once called upon con
tractors for bids but none "would
touch" the work for a figure that
would save the district any
money. Director Fred Martin also
pointed out that by contracting
services the district would tend
to lose control over transpor
tation of its pupils.
Perhaos one more incidental
Question was asked from the
audience of the 13 present, which
included school administrators,
advisory board memoers, Dis
trict AUornev Bob Abrams and
newspaper representatives. But
that was all the interest snown.
Chairman McCoy waited until
9 p. m. for any more comments,
hut. none was forthcoming. The
committee then adopted the bud
get, and the committee members,
including the directors, signed it
without change. It calls for total
oxnenditures in the general fund
of $895,238, up some $24,500 from
the current budget, unsetting re
ceipts, however, will .nean that
the amount suoiecr. to taxes
above the six per cent limitation
Election on the budget will be
will he down some $13,002. -
Monday, April 16. In view of the
lack of objections at the hear
ing, directors expressed the hope
that the public is satisfied with
the budget, but they recall last
year when even fewer persons
attended the hearing, it took
three elections before the bud
get was approved.
Wranglers Set
Playday Sunday
The first of four Wrangler
playdays in April is set for Sun
day afternoon, April 1, at the
Wraneler erounds. There will be
a division for juniors, up to 12
years of age, a division for those
13 to 18, and one-for those over
18. All playdays for the Wrang
lers are scheduled for the month
of April, one planned for the
first four Sundays in April. It
wiil be points from these four
playdays that will be used in
awarding prizes at the annual
buckburger for .the . members
turning in the fastest times.
Five official games will be
used at each playday in which
points can be earned for prizes.
These include stake race, Texas
barrel, flag race, keyhole race
and ring race. Also each of the
playday points count on the
quarter horse colt to be awarded
at the end of the year.
A good attendance is encour
aged for both participants and
spectators. All 4-H horse club
members are invited to take part,
but only those who are members
of the Wranglers will be eligi
ble for prizes at the end of the
year.
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ROLLING down dead-end Elder street, this auto owned by Bob
Fetsch, took a nosedive over a concrete retaining wall Tuesday
near the high school with no driver at the wheel. Brakes ap
parently had not been set where the car was parked on sloping
street. The vehicle hit nose first and plowed ground in lower
playground. Children playing ball there scattered when they
saw the runaway vehicle coming and no one was injured. Bob
is shown attaching cable for tow truck to pull out the car. His
sister, Marlene, was the last one to use the vehicle before the
accident and apparently forgot to apply the hand brake.
(Photo by Mike Smith and John Cleveland, Heppner High).
Ronnie Belsma Chosen
'Miss! .Salute to Spring'
Ronnie Belsma, Heppner high
school senior, has been chosen
as "Miss Salute to Spring" to
reign over the Heppner merch
ants' Spring Salute scheduled for
Saturday, April 14, Randall Pet
erson, committee chairman, an
nounces. Ronnie, who served as a Mor
row County Fair and Rodeo prin
cess last year, is daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon O'Brien of
Heppner. She was chosen by pop
ular vote of the high school stu
dents after being one of three
senior girls nominated for the
honor. Other candidates were
Rose Nash and Julie Pfeiffer.
Meanwhile, other plans are
progressing for the event. Mark,
loe and Frank Halvorsen and
Tom Hcimbigner, all of lone,
will present trampoline and uni
cycle acts downtown, and a pub
lic address system will be used
to describe their work. The tal
ented young men have appeared
at the state fair, at the B Basket
ball tournament at Pendleton re-
Deadline March 30
On Wheat, Barley
Support Signup
March 30 is the signup (lead
line for the 1902 wheat stabili
zation and feed grain programs.
Farmers are reminded that they
will not be eligible fur price sup
port on their 1162 crop unless
they file an application by then
to participate and then actually
comply witli provisions of the
programs.
David McLeod, office manager,
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service, believes
that some wheat growers are
overlooking the fact that pro
visions of the 1962 wheat pro
gram are different from those
of previous years. He emphasized
that merely complying with the
wheat acreage allotment this
year will not be sufficient to
qualify for price support on the
1962 wheat crop.
McLeod said, "We want every
farmer who may want price sup
port on his 1962 wheat crop to
understand just what he has to
do to qualify this year. To be
considered as eligible for price
support on 1962 crop wheat, the
farmer must first file an appli
cation to participate in the 1962
wheat stabilization program, and
this must be done during the
established signup period, which
extends through March 30. Then
the farmer must actually com
ply with his farms wheat allot
ment and he must devote the
acreage diverted from the pro
duction of wheat to a soil-conserving
crop.
"Diversion payments as well
as price support on the crop
are available to wheat growers
who comply with provisions of
the 1962 wheat stabilization pro
gram. Producers may file an in-tentionto-participate
form at
the ASCS county office any
week-day except Saturday from
now through Friday, March 30.
The office is open from 8:00
A. M. to 5:00 P. M. It is located
in the Gilliam & Bisbee Building."
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cently, and at the halftime of
the state B championship game
at Baker.
Among their performances on
the trampoline will be VA twist
ing somersault, double somer
Kaults forward and backward,
double somersault with half
twist, 2'4 somersault, 2 34 som
ersault, 1 34 somersault with
water ski, and somersault with
jumping rope.
It is planned to have a dress
up parade with youngsters with
treats provided for those who
participate. Both lone and Hepp
ner High school bands will take
part and the high school drill
team will also be included. Auto
dealers will loan new cars for
use by Queen Ronnie and other
dignitaries in the parade, Chair
man Peterson said.
Esther Kirmis is working on
plans for a style show that may
also he presented downtown as
an outside feature if weather
permits.
"Salute to Spring" Is sponsored
by the merchants committee of
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce as an
opening of the spring season,
and everyone is asked to mark
the date now to attend.
Cors Collide Sunday,
Occupants Shaken Up
Cars driven by Carolyn Berg
strom and Joanne Warren, both
of lone, collided headon on a
curve near the Louis Carlson
home in Eightmile Sunday morn
ing. Carolyn was shaken up with
mouth and chest bruises. She
was an overnight patient in Pio
neer Memorial hospital. Joanne
was treated by her doctor and re
leased. Botli were alone in the cars
when the accident happened.
Carolyn was traveling east on
her way home from her job in
Condon and Joanne was going
west to the Carlson home. Dam
age was not extensive to either
car.
Sale Brings
Paper Offer
Because of the good response
to the Gazette-Times 2-for-l
subscription sale, the offer
made for the first time last
week has been extended until
April 7.
Many new subscribers have
been added to the paper's list
by their friends or relatives
who, through the offer, were
able to give them a year's sub
scription for lc (51c out of
Morrow county). A new sub
scription or renewal at the reg
ular rate makes the person
eligible to take advantage of
the lc offer.
First to come in bright and
early Friday, was the subscrip
tion renewal of the C. A. War
rens of Heppner, whose added
year extends them into 1965!
They subscribed on the 51c
deal for a relative in Redmond.
Entry blanks have been sent
out by the Morrow County Cow
belles to youth groups in the
county to secure entries in the
annual "Father of the Year" con
test. Deadline for return of the
entry blanks is set for April
1, as the county winner must be
entered in the state contest by
April 15, according to the com
mittee in charge.
Further information may be
secured from Mrs. John Graves.
Measure
Petitions
Now Out
Petitions seeking to place a
measure on the general election
ballot for a constitutional amend
ment lo reapportion legislative
seats are now ready and are
being circulated here, Mrs. Ver
nor Troedson, county chairman
of the committee, said.
Working with her as co-chair-man
is Al Lamb, and Orville
Cutsforth plans to circulate the
petitions in Heppner.
Under the proposal, member
ship of the senate would be
changed to provide a minimum
of 30 seats and a maximum of
35 and apportionment would be
based in that body on popu
lation alone.
In the House of Representa
tives, membership would be in
creased from 60 to 65. One mem
ber would come from each of 30
representative districts establish
ed in the constitution, consist
ing of 25 single districts, four
two-county districts and one
three-county district. Balance of
35 seats would be apportioned
to the districts on the basis of
a strict population formula, and
guarantee is provided that pop
ulation for representative can
never exceed a ratio of 4 to 1.
An additional representative
would he apportioned to the dis
trict which exceeds this ratio.
Under the proposal represen
tation is restored in Eastern Ore
gon to the same percentage that
was included in the 1952 amend
ment. For Morrow county, the
amendment would mean that it
would share a representative
with Sherman and Gilliam coun
ties. Under the plan now in ef
fect, it shares with Sherman,
Gilliam, Wheeler and Umatilla
counties.
Mrs. Troedson said that goal
in Morrow is to get 800 "good"
signatures and it is expected that
to do so, a total of 1000 signers
will be needed. Any person or
organization who will help with
a petition is asked to contact
her by calling 8-7115, lone.
In addition, the county will
need a fund of about $250 as its
share of expense in getting the
proposal on the ballot. Those
who care to are asked to con
tribute $1 to the fund after sign
ing the petition.
WEATHER
(Leonard Gilliam, observer)
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Rainfall for the week totaled
.50 of an inch.
Response;
Extended
Many others have poured in,
and Jo Pettyjohn, who makes
the Addressograph plates for
the paper, had a hectic time
Thursday to get them ready
for mailing this week.
One woman, who had just
renewed, sent a dollar bill in
an envelope to the paper in
stead of the 51c and asked
that the paper keep the change,
since she felt the additional
subscription was worth more
than the 51c. However, the
staff Is giving her credit for
extra time to make up the
difference.
Others who wish to profit by
the offer are asked to act at
once and advise friends who
may not know of it. It will
not be extended after April 7
and will not be repeated again
for several years.
More details are on page 1,
section 2.
Highway
Collision
Claims Five
One of the state's worst auto
accidents in many months Sat
urday night resulted in the death
of five persons, including a
Heppner woman, her son, and
members of his family.
Mrs. Luella Bell Montgomery,
61, Heppner, the son, William
Lee Montgomery, 29, Portland,
his wife, Thelma Jeanne Mont
gomery, 35, and two of her sons
by a previous marriage, Bruce
Siemans, 8, and Donald Paul
Siemans, 11, all died when a
car driven by Roy Clarence Ham
ilton, 60, La Grande crasaeu
headon into the Montgomery ve
hicle some la miles west ot Ar
lington in a heavy rainstorm
about 9:05 p. m. Saturday.
taken to a hospital in The
Dalles with serious injuries were
another son and a daughter of
Mrs. Thelma Montgomery, Dan
iel Siemans, 14, and Verna Sie
mans, 7, who were among the
seven in the Montgomery car
which was eastbound, heading
for Heppner, when the accident
occurred. Hamilton also is m
The Dalles hospital with a
crushed chest. Others in his
westbound car were James Evers,
31, and his wife, Mary Lou Evers,
both wf La Grande, who are
suffering from multiple injuries
and are also in the hospital
there.
Double funeral services for
Mrs. Luella Montgomery and the
son, William Montgomery, were
at the First Christian Church,
Heppner, Thursday ttoday) at
2:30 p. m. with the Rev. M Carl
ton Sober, pastor ot the INazarene
church, officiating.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery.
The collision occurred at the
place on highway 30 where a
new section of the highway has
been constructed as a temporary
route during relocation work be
cause of John Day dam construc
tion. It was reported that Ham
ilton apparently failed to notice
that the highway swings to the
lelt at the point where it leaves
the old roadway.
Instead of turning he contin
ued straight, as the highway
formerly was routed, and crash
ed headon into the Montgomery
car which was just coming ott
the new section.
Mrs. Montgomery, the mother,
was born February 19, 1901, In
Driftwood, Okla., daughter of
William and Nancy Carter. She
was a member of the Nazarene
church here. Surviving are the
husband, William N. Montgom
ery of Heppner; three daughters,
Mrs. Alma J. fcasser, wanowa.
Wn., and Margaret E. Camp
bell of Salem: 13 grandchildren;
and one great granddaughter.
William Lee Montgomery was
born February 2, 1933, In The
Dalles and had been married to
his present wife only since Jan
uary. Among survivors are four
children by a previous marriage,
including sons William C. anu
Gary L. Montgomery, and daugh
ters, Donna F. and Carol J. Mont
gomery, all living with their
mother in Vancouver, Wn.
Services for Thelma Jeanne
Montgomery and the two sons
were arranged by members of
her family elsewhere.
The Montgomery family came
to Heppner in 1951 and has lived
here since that time.
Mrs. Dick Named
PTA President
Mrs. Ed Dick heads the slate
of new Heppner PTA officers be
ing elected president at the
meeting March 21. She has been
active In local PTA activities for
many years and served as county
Christmas Seal chairman for five
years. ,
Elected to work with Mrs. Dick
for the 1962-63 school year are
Everett Struckmeier, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Ray Massey, secre
tary; and retiring PTA President
Robert Hopper, treasurer. Instal
lation of officers is scheduled
for the May meeting.
Robert Van Houte explained
the school budget and answered
questions from the audience per
taining to the budget.
Members of Mrs. Morris Groves
high school English class de
bated the question, "Whether the
federal government should guar
antee aid to further higher edu
cation for qualified high school
graduates." Those debating on
the affirmative side were Sandra
Harshman and Martha Doherty
who won from the negative side
of Libby Van Schoiack and
Laura Lee Sumner. The four girls
debated on the same subject In
Hermiston and La Grande.
Third grade room mothers
served pie and co.ffee following
the meeting and Mrs. Velva
Bechdolt's third grade room won
the room count.
Californians Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Stenger of
North Hollywood, Calif., visited
from Saturday to Monday at the
home of his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Max Mc
Cormac. This was the Stengers
first trip to the northwest, and
they enjoyed it very much. An
operator of an auto parts store,
Stenger had attended an auto
motive show in Portland ana
continued on to Heppner for the
visit,