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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. August 16, 1962 , f i ' 4 . ' JOHN RAWLINS, a last man after a pig, is shown catching a pig in the 1961 pig scramble at the 1961 Morrow county fair. The pig scramble, held Just before the livestock show on Thursday evening of the fair, is for 4-H youngsters who wish to use their pig as their following year's project. Record Purses Set At State Fair Races A record $49,700 in purses will hi; offered the thoroughbreds at the 19(12 Oregon State Fair racing meeting in Salem, Aug. 31-Sept. 8, the recently published condi tion book discloses. Highlighting the meeting will be the fact that there will be at least $1,000 every day during the eight days of racing. The richest pots are the $1,500 Labor Day and Au Hevoir Handicaps, both to be for three-year-olds and up wards at distances of one and one-sixteenth miles. The longest race of the week will be the two and one-sixteenth miles Invita tional Marathon Handicap with a purse of $1,000 on closing day. The Oregon Thoroughbred As sociation is offering an addition al $250 lo two races, the McFad den Memorial Saturday, Sept. 1 and the Os West Memorial on Friday, Sept. 7. The McFadden is for three-year-olds foaled in Oregon, and the West for two-year-olds foaled in Oregon. This brings the purses in each of these two races up to $1250. Chats With Your Home Agent Many Hands Join to Make Fair In Morrow a 'Show Window' Perhaps one of the greatest strengths of the Morrow County Fair to be held in Heppner Aug. 21-24, is that it is organized and carried on by all the local people, who with the exception of the county agents, give of their time and talent, willingly und without pay. The Morrow county fair and rodeo is under the general re sponsibility of the fair board made up of Al Fetsch, and O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington; and Ber nard Doherty, Heppner. They, in (urn, have delegated the duties of planning and running these two events to two separate committees a fair commillee and a rodeo committee. A look at the premium book for the Morrow county fair shows a listing of over 70 men and women working as superinten dents in the various fields thai Insure a well-rounded fair. These are appointed each year by the fair committee made up of Don Robison, chairman; Hob Jones, and Don Greenup of Heppner; Mrs. L. A. MeCabe and Mrs. William Rawlins, lone; and Alfred Nelson, Jr., Lexing ton, In earlv summer the board appointed Mrs. James Lindsay, lone, as general home economics chairman to replace Mrs. Waller SEE YOU AT THE FAIR IN HEPPNER Aug. 21-24 EXHIBITS ON DISPLAY FOR FOUR DAYS Heppner Hardware AND ELECTRIC Wright, Heppner, who has served in this capacity for several years. Who comes to our fair? Four II kids, parents, their grand parents and friends. In the adult field one finds the livestock raisers; the horse fans; grain, fruit, flower, and vegetable rais ers; those skilled in clothing, needlework, foods, canning, and hobbies. It's pretty much a rural event not a commercial fair. It's a "show window" of agri culture where farmers and their families match skills and dis play the products of their land and home. County organizations also gel Into the act by putting up com munity booths that will tell their story to the public. Seventeen new booths that were built by Harry Munkers, fair buildings custodian last winter, will be inaugurated this year. It's an annual community "morale booster" which is eag erly anticipated each year. Here is a listing of these com munity minded people who gladly serve as fair superinten dents: Beef Donald Robinson; sheep and wool, Don Greenup; hogs, E. M. Baker; poultry and rabbits, Roger Doherty; Saddle horses, Fred Mankin; hay, grasses, grain, William Rawlins; fruits and vegetables, Bob Jones; com munity booths, Mrs. James Lind say; Home Economics general, Mrs. James Lindsay; clothing, Mrs. Jerry Brosnan, Marilyn Bergslrom; needlework, Mrs. Joint Bergstrom, Mrs. Dick Wilk inson, Mrs. Pearl Wright; hob bles, Mrs. L. E. Ruhl, Mrs. Wil liam Heath; knitting. Mrs. Gene Ferguson; canning, Mrs. Riley Munkers, Mrs. R. G. Watkins; foods, Mrs. George Currin, Mrs. Marion Finch; flowers, Mrs. Omar Rietmann. Mrs. Wallace Wolff, Mrs. William Rawlins, Mrs. Oris Padberg, Mrs. Helen Welcome flffh To The (mBi MORROW WZI COUNTY Y 2U1924 ENJOY THE 4-H EXHIBITS For Your Show Needs We Have Show Halters 0 Wool Cards Stock Combs c , Dl . . D , Saddle Blankets Brushes GILLIAM and BISBEE HARDWARE Cox; pet show, Mrs. W. W. Weatherford. Four-H Club Work Home Economics, gen e r a 1, Miss Esther Kirmis; foods, Mrs. Hershal Townsend and Mrs. A vprv Tavlor: food reservation. Mrs. Douglas Drake; child devel opment, Mrs. Douglas uraKe; clothing, Mrs. Edward Baker, Mrs. Bud Marsnali, Mrs. Keitn Rea, Mrs. Bryce Keene, and Mrs. Eldon Padberg; knitting, Mrs. Gene Cutsforth and Mrs. Dean Hunt; style dress revue, Mrs. William Rawlins, Mrs. L. A. Mc Pahn nnrl Mrs Andv Van Schoi'ack; 4-H contests, Mrs. E. M. Baker; ludging contest, Mrs. Gene Cutsforth, Mrs. Louis Carl son, Mrs. Howard Crowell, and Mrs. E. M. Baker and Mrs. R. II. Davidson. Four-H Agriculture, general, .toe u-.iv. 4-H snecial events. Carl Rhea; 4-H auction sale, Ron Cur rin; 4-H pig scramble, trect iNei son; 4-H beef cattle, Jim Bloods- urirth nnil Wilbur Van Rlokland: 4 II dairy, Marcel Jones; 4-H hogs, Kenneth smouse ana wei don Witherrite; 4-H sheep, Don r.rponun nnd Bernard Dohertv: 4-H saddle horses, Charles Daley and Everett Struckmeier. Miscel laneous: 4-H woodworking, Mrs. Andrew Sidles; electricity. Her man Stroeber; wildlife, Bob De Spain, William Collins, and Riley Munkres; Rockhou n d s, Mrs. Rachel Harnett; Future Farmers of America, Gerald Jon-asson. Junior Flower List Adds Arrangements To Fair Premiums Junior flower growers will have their own special premium list for the Morrow County Fair to be held August 21-24, instead of following the adult listing, ac cording to Mrs. William Rawlins and Mrs. Omar Rietmann, two of the flower superintendents. "We've felt that the juniors should have their own section for a long time," explains Mrs. Raw lins, "but we just met too late in the season to get this revision in the fair premium book. We hope that enough junior flower grow ers will see this new listing and bring exhibits accordingly." A decorative arrangement sec tion has been added which should draw interest. Entries will be taken from 3:00 lo 8:00 p. m. on Tuesday, August 21 and from 8:00 to 10:00 a. m. on Wednesday, says Mrs. Riet mann. Mrs. Kay Kistaomi, an accred ited flower judge from Pendleton will judge the blooms and ar rangements at the fair. New rules for the junior sec tion of the flower show are as follows: 1. Exhibitors will be di vided into two groups, under 8 years, and 8 to 12 years. 2. Only one entry per class or class di vision. 3. Containers for section A supplied by fair. Section B con- I tamers supplied by exiuoitors and must be marked with child's name. Classes in Section A include displays in asters, marigolds, snapdragons, zinnias, dahlias, .,', - A H (jJ Jyi Y I y T lOZBBMKK '' ,. f . ;i, r. ' "v, - , v tit Y': - . 1, . A a - m act . t ; 4 1- ' EXCELLENT QUALITY LIVESTOCK, like this champion steer shown by Roland Ekstrom, lone, at the 1961 Morrow county fair, will be on the auction block, Thursday evening, August 23, at 7:30 p.m. Business men are encouraged to support the sale. Roland is shown with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn, lone, who bought his steer. Daughter Home Making Recovery By ALTA STEVENS Hardman, Rhea Creek Mr. and Mrs. Eslie Walker returned Friday from Fruitland, Idaho, where they went to get their daughter, Bonnie Kessell, who was injured in a car accident Tuesday evening near Mc Dermitt, Nev. Her step-mother, Mrs. June Kessell was killed in the accident. Bonnie was in the Winnemucca, Nev. hospital for two days, then stayed with rel atives in Fruitland. Mr. and Mrs. Walker also visited Mrs. Kes sell's family in Ontario. Jillian and Orrie Cline, child ren of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Cline of Salt Lake City, Utah, are visiting at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H Robinson and with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McDaniel and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright visited with her brother and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Flowers at Council, Idaho, Thursday throueh Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ball of Hillsboro, their son-ji-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Gregory of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Evelyn Farrens of Heppner were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright on Ihurs day. Mr. Ball is a brother tc Mrs. Farrens. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright lef TiiesHiiv mnrnlnor on a two. I weeks tour through Canada and Alaska. I Mr. and Mrs. Delvln McDaniel and daughter Karen of Pendle ton spent the week-end ' with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kinard McDaniel. Mrs. Alma Harsh man and Teresa also joined the group on Sunday. Mrs. Velva Bechdolt returned Friday from La Grande where she went to summer school, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nash of Odell were week-end guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Robinson. Also at the Robinson home Sunday were another daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Batty and Gail of Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark and Nonda left Friday for Seattle and tour the World's Fair. Mrs. Mary Van Blokland was a business visitor in La Grande Wednesday. She also visited her mother and other relatives there Word has been received that Mrs. Nelly Krugar is in the Tualatin hospital in Hillsboro after suffering bad burns. Mrs. Krugar will be remembered as iveilv Wright, sister of Ray and Walter Wright. ENJOY THE MANY EXHIBITS. AUGUST 21-24 See You at The Fair! Be A Wise Buyer Check For Quality and Price We Now Have in Stock The VERY LOVELY POPPYTAIL DINNERWARE THIS OPEN STOCK POTTERY LINE IS AVAILABLE IN FIVE COLORS AND FLORAL DESIGNS. Come in and Look Over Gilt Which Are Arriving Daily. HELEN COX, FLOWERS AND GIFTS Deliveries in Heppner, lone, Lexington Ph. 676-9222 gladiolas, annual and perennial garden flowers, chrysan t h e mums, lilies, roses, potted plants, plants rooted In water. Twenty points are given on each division which include size, according to variety: form, col or, substance, abundance of blooms; foliage and stem; true ness to variety; and condition Section B includes eight classes of decorative arrang e m e n t s. These include animals made from vegetables; a nursery rhyme; a song; miniature (not over 4 inches high); small (not over 8 inches high); in a favorite container; with figuerines, and in a basket. Other flower superintendents besides Mrs. Rawlins and Mrs. Rietmann include Mrs. Wallace Wolff and Mrs. Helen Cox, Hepp ner, and Mrs. Oris Padberg, Lexington. Long Distance Natlon-Wlde Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans PENLAND BROS. TRANSFER CO. Tendleton, Oregon Phone CR 6-3111 Umatilla County Fair Celebrates Centennial Year Oregon's only 19G2 county cen tennial celebration got underway Wednesday morning as the Uma tilla County Fair opened in Hermiston for a four-day run. The fair has been tabbed this year as the county's centennial birthday party. A gala, gigantic four-day family fun fair that wraps all the excitement of a county fair and the thrill and formality of a once-in-a-lifetime event into a drawing card for an estimated 40,000 people. Wednesday was designated by officials as Centennial Day, pay ing tribute to every pioneer ii. the county. The fairgrounds was a beehive of activity Monday from daylight until after midnight with cattle arriving, exhibitors bui 1 d i n g their booths and workmen scur rying from last minute job to major change. The first phase of the largest barrow show in eastern Oregon gets underway, as barrows are received, weighed and identified for the Northeast Oregon Swine Growers Association -sponso r e d market barrow and carcass show. Browning Bros. Carnival open ed on the midway with a special reduced-rate "Kid's Day" and Johnny and Jonie Mosby, Colum bia recording stars, will appear in person for three performances in the afternoon on the midway. Fair board president Harold Rankin joins with board mem bers Tom Fehrenbacher and Ed Hoeft to implore, "Hi Ho Come To The Fair"! Mrs. Viola Hyatt of Murphy, N. C, was a guesi at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. McMurtry last week. She visited her father, William A. Duran, also brother to Mrs. McMurtry, at the Veteran's hos pital in Walla Walla, Wn., where he is a patient and with other relatives and friends in the area before returning east by let from Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Haver- land of Montrose, Colorado, were house guests several days last week at the home of Mr. andMrs. Ervin Anderson. They drove on to Ellensburg, Wn., to soend the week-end with an uncle, Arch Redding, then return to Colorado the end of this week. Registered this week at the Methodist Youth camp at Suttle Lake are Frankie Lovgren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lovgren; Al fred Drake, son of Mr. and JVIrs. Doug Drake, and Jim Sherman, son of Mr. and Mrs, Wes Sher man. Mr. and Mrs. Drake took the boys to camp on Sunday and Mrs. Lovgren will bring them home next Sunday. CAKE BAKERS again will com pete in the Oregon Wheat Growers League 19G2 cake taking contest at the Morrow county fair, Aug. 21-24. This year entrants will bake an applesauce cake. Last year's winner, Mrs. Harold Wright, Heppner, represented the coun ty at the annual state meet held in Pendleton. Out-of-Staters Enjoy Visiting At Round Butte Oregon is capturing its share of World's Fair tourists, if the counting stations at the Round Butte damsite 10 miles west of here are any indication. Over 35,000 visitors many from out of state have regis tered this summer at Portland General Electric company's new museum and observatory located on the rim of the spectacular Deschutes river gorge overlook ing the $G0 million Round Butte hydroelectric project. A construction force of 589 men is now working on the pro ject, which includes a dam tow ering 450 feet high and gen erating nearly a billion kilowatt-hours of electricity an nually. The museum and observatory, constructed by PGE as a perm anent feature of the project, in cludes a gallery, displays of artifacts and wildlife native to the Central Oregon area and a large model of the dam, its reser voir and fish passage facilities. LITTLE SUZY SAYS: KUM TO THE MORRO COUNTIE FARE AWGUST 21 TO 24 AN' HAV FUN! TAStf f hi'DSofo $VMR COWS Gm'etfe, liftoff' Turner, Van Marter and Bryant INSURANCE Heppner Come To The MORROW COUNTY FAIR $ AWARDS Enjoy The 4-H STYLE REVUE, August 24 At 8 P. M. Get Set For The Fair and Rodeo With JUST THE RIGHT OUTFIT WOMEN'S JEANS AND WESTERN BLOUSES CHILDREN'S WESTERN JEANS AND SHIRTS tlmai c4pparel 233 N. Main Heppner Ph. 676-9426 WE NOW GIVE r S&H GREEN STAMPS WITH PURCHASES crIen STAMPS ALSO HAVE QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN Working With Us Now Call Us For Estimates And All Electrical Materials Aug. 21.24 BARGAINS BARGAINS BARGAINS We're Cleaning House Come in and Browse Around For Some Good Bargains Throughout The Store Check The Bargain Table. (No Green Stamps with These) Case Furniture Company 249 N. MAIN HEPPNER PH. 676-9432
