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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1962)
MORROW AUGUST 21 thru 24 N A A 1 I a ? j 79th Year, Number 24 CLOSE TO 75 GIRLS are expected to take part in the outdoor 4-H Style Revue scheduled at the fairgrounds Friday evening, August 24. at 8:00 p.m. Last year's winners who represented Monrow county at the State fair in Salem included (left to right) Libby Van Schoiack, Heppner; Penny Jones, Irrigon; and Julie Pfeiffer, Heppner. Thursday Demonstration Day Demonstration day for Morrow county 4-H girls at the fair is set for Thursday, August 23, reminds Esther Kirmis, county extension agent- But demonstrations hold little significance unless there is an enthusiastic and receptive audience. All women, homemak ers and even prospective home makers are urged to be in the audience and profit by the inter esting program of demonstra tions. Starting at 9 a. m. and going all day, over ten girls will be presenting demonstrations o n such things as: 1. How to make a "whimsey" (hat); 2. How to make a "terry top" sports blouse; 3. Fashions, fabrics and you; 4. How to make "Glutenburgers"; 5. How to make strawberry ice cream pie, and a variety of other topics. Held in the annex building at the fair grounds, demonstrations will start with the younger 4-H members in the morning and progress to the advanced seniors week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Heppnek Gazette-Time Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 1 6, 1 962 Sec. 2 4 pages Flower Arrangements Added to 4-H Contests Something new, a flower ar ranging contest, has been added to the Morrow county fair sched ule of August 21-24, according to Esther Kirmis, Morrow coun ty extension agent. Nine boys and girls are en rolled in 4-H Horticulture (flow ers) this year, explains the agent. Most of this interest was cnnrknd hv thf rnmmunitv flow er show sponsored by the Sew- A-Long club in May. Mrs. Wil liam Rawlins, lone, well known flower grower, is their leader. Rules of the contest, scheduled for Wednesday, August 22, at 1:00 p.m. on the stage of the dance pavilion at the fair grounds, are as follows: Varh rnntpstant will brine his own equipment knife or shears, etc. Flowers, containers, ana frnus will hp furnished. Each momhpr is allowed 20 minutes to put flowers into an arrange ment. They will be judged on color combination, design, orig inality, relation to container, combination of material and condition. Mrs. Kem Tellefson, Hermis ton, an accredited flower judge, will suDervise the contest and make the final decisions. These flower growers also have iha nrivilpdp nf pyhihitinf? 3 to 4 blooms under a separate 4-H exhibit, comments Miss Kirmis. Flower growers enrolled this year include: Jeanne Stockard, loan Stockard, Rogenia Wilson. .Tnnis Rakpr. Susan Drake. Non- da Clark, Michael Smith, Hepp ner: John ana taroi Kawnns. Tone. vEse AUGUST 21-24 FAIRGROUNDS, HEPPNER SEE THE CREAM OF Morrow County's Farms and Ranches on Display IN 4-H, FFA AND OPEN CLASS EXHIBITS Get Ready Now For The RODEO; September I and 2 Keep Your Stock In Top Shape With These Needs That We Keep In Stock: Show Halters Bridles, Bits Spurs, Reins Navaho Saddle Blankets Saddle Soap FRANKUN coat DRESSING SHAMPOO CONCENTRATE SCOTCH COMBS SHOW STICKS NEW! TURF LABORATORY PRODUCTS --Turf Wash Turf Dust Turf Rub ALWAYS FAIR PRICES AT Humphreys Rexall Drug Mr. and Mrs. Rod Murray Heppner Ph. 676-9610 Premiums Total $3500 A fair premium check in the hands of a 4-H youngster or an interested adult might scorn like "peanuts" to most of us, but added all together last year they amounted to $3528.00, announces Mrs. Glenn Smith, secretary for the Morrow county fair hoard. A break-down of this amount shows that the following amounts were won last year: Community booths $265.00 open class exhibits $1750.05, Morrow county schools $160.00, Future Farmers association $18.00, total 4-H exhibits and contests $1335.75, for a total of $3528.80. The state legislature support the belief that county fairs pro mote agriculture, industry, and youth activities by each year assigning a portionment of the state's racing receipts to each county to produce these county fairs,' explains Mrs. Smith. Fair board members in the county include: Al Fetsch, Lex ington, chairman; Bernard Do- hcrty, Heppner, and O. W. Cuts- tort n, Lexington. 'Shack' Chairmen Set Eighteen 4-H mothers were selected as work shift chair men of the newly built "4-H Snack Shack" on its inaugural run at the Morrow county fair, August 21-24, according to Mrs. Earl McCabe, lone, 4-H dinner committee chairman. Each year the 4-H leaders council has a money raising ac tivity to help carry on such ac tivities as record book contests, achievement parties, IFYE do nation, 4-H leader's banquet, fair and camp expenses, maga zines and dues, conducive to the 4-H program in the county. This Judging Of Knitting Added to 4-H Contests Forty-five boys and girls are enrolled in 4-H knitting this year which proves that interest for this art goes on from one generation to another, comments Miss Esther Kirmis, Morrow county extension agent. Because of this enrollment a separate judging contest in knit ting has been set up for Wed nesday, August 22, at 1:00 p.m. In the annex building of the Morrow county fair grounds. Four classes of knitted articles will be set up for the youngsters to rate in one, two, three, four, positions. That would mean like four sweaters, or four pot hold ers, or four mittens, etc, ex plains Miss Kirmis. The purpose of judging contest is to help 4-H members make decisions and give reasons for their thinking. Mrs. Gene Cutsforth and Mrs. Dean Hunt, Lexington, are lead ers of the Knifty Knitters with a membership of nine; Mrs. Wil liam Schmeder, Irrigon, super vises the Knit and Purl club with 19 enrolled (six of these are boys); and Mrs. Joe Tatone, Boardman, directs the Knutty Knitter with 13 enrolled. Four girls from Heppner are enrolled as individual knitters. Mrs. Clifford Brown, Hermis ton, will bo the knitting judge at this contest and give the girls and boys pointers. year the ways and means com mittee came up with the idea of a "4-H Snack Shack" on the fair grounds as a long-range money raiser for the council. It will run all four days of the fair (6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.) selling such things as hamburg ers, french fries, cotton candy, ice cream and soft drinks. Pies and cakes are being solicited from some 4-H families. Two and three hour working shifts have been scheduled by the dinner committee. The fol lowing have been asked to chair man each work shift. Mrs. Wilbur Van Blokland, Mrs. Max Barclay, Mrs. N. C. Anderson, Mrs. Andy Van Schoiack, Mrs. Don Peterson, Mrs. Albert Wright, Mrs. Her man Green, Mrs. Bernard Doher ty Mrs. Howard Cleveland, Mrs. Robert Bergstrom, Heppner; Mrs. Bryce Keene, Mrs. L. A. Mc Cabe, Mrs. Gary Tullis, and Mrs. Wallace Matthews from lone; Mrs. Alfred Nelson, Jr., and Mrs. Gene Orwick, Lexington; and Mrs. Kenneth Coppinger, Echo. Other members of the dinner committee besides Mrs. McCabe include Mrs. Wilbur Van Blok land, Mrs. Darrel Harris, Hepp ner; Mrs. Alfred Nelson Jr., Lex ington; and Mrs. Wlllard French, Echo. Advertise In the Gazette- Times. A E For orrow County Fair and Rodeo IMRUEf FETSCH Sponsored By Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Association , If 4 SATURDAY, A U ADMISSION $1.50 PER PERSON FAIR PAVILION HEPPNER MUSIC BY DANCING 10 TO 2 SUPPER SERVED LIONNIG'S
