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L I 3RA3Y U OF 0 OS EDITION HEPPNER THE GAZETTE-TIMES ft V - - H Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 23, 1962 Sec.S 4 pages mk&d ir Hits Stride; Fa Award wards oiven j ; :VSSMS!tti. kJL sf QUEEN MARLENE FETSCH of the 19G2 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo addresses the crowd of some 500 persons immediately after coronation ceremonies on a downtown Heppner street Saturday night. Beside her are Don Turner, master of ceremonies, and Mrs. Roice (Betty) Fulleton, court chaperone. Conley Lanham. president of the council, crowned the queen. Queen Marlene Crowned; Good Crowd Attends Queen Marlene Fetsch, daugh- Diana Fulleton of Heppner, Irene ter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch of Lexington, officially became Her Majesty, queen of the 1962 Fair and Rodeo, at coronation cere monies on Heppner's Main street Saturday night. Conley Lanham, president of the council, placed the crown on her head, and Queen Marlene addressed her subjects with brief remarks on forthcoming events. Each of the princesses of the court Dianna Pettyjohn of lone, September 7 Set For Teachers' Reception Here Friday, September 7, has been selected as the date for the Heppner-Lexington Teachers' re ception. More publicity and in vitations will follow, but every one should mark his calendar now. The reception will be the kickoff for a year that should be fun and awarding, accord ing to Mrs. Ed Dick, PTA presi dent. "Response to the PTA quest ionnaires distributed in the spring has been most grati fying," Mrs. Dick said. More mothers volunteered to act as room mothers in the first six grades than are needed, so the chairmen wish to thank all the volunteers and assure those who have not been called that they are alternates. "Many interesting and val uable suggestions have been made concerning projects, pro grams, study groups, and money-making events," she con tinued. "The enthusiasm has been very encouraging. I am very grateful for the cooperation I have received from everyone in forming committees and initia ting the year's work." One of the concerns of the executive committee was the lack of a crosswalk between the highway bridge across Hinton Creek and the highway bridge across Willow Creek. Pedestrian traffic to town has to cross the highway in this area because the footbridges are on opposite sides. "Children for whom this is the logical route to the park, library, or swimming pool would be safer if a crosswalk were pro vided at the end of the side walk on Quaid Street and if drivers were most considerate of pedestrians using any cross walk," Mrs. Dick said. Game To Attract Group From County When the Shrine East-West All-Star football game is played in Pendleton Saturday night, there is certain to be a large crowd from Morrow county in the stands. The local group will be rooting especially for Wayne Hams, star lone quarterback, who will play for the East after a fine athletic career with the Cardinals. Heppner and lone High school bands will play in the afternoon parade and pageantry preceding the game. Both organizations have been practicing all week for the event under the direction of Arnold Melby, Heppner, and Arnie Hedman, lone. The Heppner students, includ- inr eishth graders and high school, will leave by bus early in the morning and have a picnic lunch in Pendleton before taking part in the afternoon and even ing activities. Riverside band of Boardman is also listed among the entries. Heppner High's girl drill team will also take part in the parade and festivities. Diana Lee Buell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Buell of Hermiston, will reign as queen of the contest which will be pre ceded by traditional pageantry. Her official chaperone is Mrs. Julius Gimbel of Hermiston, mother of Fred Gimbel of Heppner. Hut I Potts of Boardman, and Jacquie Brindle of the Lena community- was introduced and received a corsage. Chaperone Betty Fulle ton also was introduced and spoke briefly. Don Turner was master of cere monies and introduced Gordon Gray of Hermiston who presented his "Stars of Tomorrow" in sev eral numbers that were thor oughly enjoyed by the audience- The queen and her court rode in a short dressup parade in frort of the reviewing stand be fore the coronation ceremonies. Squared-Up Rounders, square dance club, presented several dances that brought added en joyment to the crowd of some 500 and Leonnig's orchestra complet ed the evening with musical numbers that led to street danc ing. Crowd was said to be one of the largest and most enthusiastic of recent years. Queen Marlene's dance follow ed at the fair pavilion and it proved to be an outstanding suc cess with a very large crowd on hand. Bert Huff was chairman of ar rangements for the coronation and received commendation for the work he had done. He was assisted by Mike Whitesmith. Added Facilities Set For Irrigon IRRIGON Mrs. Ruth Bentley, secretary of the Irrigon Planning Commission, recently received a letter from the chief ot the engineering division at Walla Walla which stated their present plans for developments in Irri gon. These developments include added facilities for picnicking, parking areas, sanitary facilities, road, water supply and adjust ment of the existing boat launch ing ramp, all to be in the vicin ity of the present boat ramp. Horse Show A t I . y A hum M'.-,m M ir,-f.,.,r-m. y T ,: nfg t- I mm -mm ,-m,, . Z Tt 'T f j4 pq s .'-., f f . " 4. i , J. t -.. , , ' - r. ' -" t t ' i . I ' .1 'L I ' ''-, -'1 I . , yt :ti ", FEED MANKIN, superintendent of the Wranglers club horse show throughout its 15 years' existence, shown here on his Tennessee walker. Prince Charming, asks Morrow county horse owners to prepare now for the 1962 show to be held August 31 at the fairgrounds. With more entries in home ec onomics division than ever be fore, about double the amount of 1-H livestock, a crsdiiiihl- show ing of garden produce and a goodly number of community booths, the 1962 Morrow county fair is living up to the perennial slogan, "Bigger and Better than Ever." Now concluding its third day of a 4-day run, the fair has hit its stride with judging of the thousands of entries well under way but more big events to fol low. Size of the crowd has gained with each day of the fair and Wednesday found a sizeable group on hand to see the entries and exhibits. Scramble Slated Big feature of the fair tonight (Thursday) will be the 4-H pig scramble at 7:30 with the auction following immediately. Program tomcrrow (Friday) includes the 4-H saddle horse show starting 11 -Year-Old Tops Open Class Baking It isn't quite safe to say to 11-year-old Mary Alice Bauer of Heppner, "Some day you'll be able to bake as well as mother or grandmother." For Mary Alice outdid all the veteran cooks at the Morrow county fair Wednesday when her baking entry was judged tru best of all in the open class. She won the special sweep stakes ribbon with her Bishop bread, a sort of cookie made with fruits and baked in a flat pan. At least 100 entries were included in the baking. Mary Alice, who will be in the seventh grade at Seventh day Adventist school this year, is daughter of Elder and Mrs. David Bauer. The pastor declares that he realized the cookies were good before they went to the fair. "She had to hide them or . I would have eaten them all," he said. Although Mary Alice has won the laurels, Elder Bauer stili stands up for his wife as a good cook. "Mary Alice learned from her and her 4-H cooking class," he said. at fi a. m. and running through out the day. At 8 p. m. Friday wi.l be the annual 4-H Style Show. Mrs. Lenna Smith, secretary, states that premium checks will be ready at 4 p. m. Friday and will be available from then on. Exhibits also will be released at 4 o'clock. The new Snack Shack, a pro ject of the 4-H council, was re ported to be doing a brisk bus iness and a lineup reported on Awaited on August 31 hand at breakfast time (6 a. m.) daily. Joe Hay, county extension a gent, said that 4-H livestock is about double that exhibited last year. There are 22 steers at the fa!r this year as compared with 11 last year. Dairy cows total 26 as compared with 16 last year. Cake Winner Named The Wheat League's enke con test brought a great deal of in terest and 16 entries, and Mrs. Louis Carlson of lone was judged winner. She will go on to com pete with other county winners. All contestants entered apple sauce cakes. Some of the other high spots in fair results to press time were these: , (Continued on Page 4) Junior Leathers Dies in Accident Near Home Friday Owen Howard Leathers Jr., 34, known to friends as Junior Leathers, died Friday night of in juries sustained in an accident a- bout a nair-mue irom his home above old Parker's Mill. He was riding a light motor cycle in a meadow about 10 p. m. in company with Leroy Britt who was on a similar motorcycle. Al though the vehicles had lights, Leathers apparently did not see an embankment as he approach ed, and the motorcycle flipped down the 8-foot drop. Death was duo to head injuries sustained from the impact, according to Dr. L. D. Tibbies, medical examiner, who went out on the call. Death apparently was almost instantaneous. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Monday in the Methodist church with the Rev. Melvin Dixon officiating. A large crowd of friends and relatives attended. Interment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Leathers was engaged in log ging and had his own operation. He was born April 29, 1928 at Hardman. On September 23, 1948, he entered naval service and was discharged January 14, 1950, after serving as an apprentice seaman. On December 28, 1948, he was married to Nona Graham at Goldendale, Wn. Leathers had lived near Hardman all of his life except for a short time at Kinzua. He had many friends and relatives in the area. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Nona Leathers, Hardman; a daughter, Cynthia Lynne, and son, Creston Danny; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen H. Leathers Sr., Heppner, and many other relatives. Entries at the Wranglers' Horse Show, to be held Friday, August 31, at the rodeo grounds, may break last year s record De cause of added prizes and in terest, Fred Mankin, superin tendent, states. Seventy-five dollars more has been added to the premiums for grand champion and reserve champion horses, and the new open class barrel racing event is exciting additional interest. Halter classes will be judged starting at 9 a.m. and working and performance classes will show beginning at 1:15 p.m. The various lots and events are listed in the county fair premium book. Entries for the show close on Wednesday, August 29, at 8 p.m., the superintendent states. An error in the premium book mis takenly lists the closing as August 22. Contestants need not be members of the Wranglers to enter. All Morrow county horses are eligible provided they have been in the county for 60 days. Mankin has donated a belt buckle for first prize in the open class barrel racing, and Elma's Apparel will present a $20 gift certificate for second. Wilson's Men's Wear offers a $15 gift certificate for third. Farley Motor Co. will give $5 cash for fourth place winner and Fulle ton Chevrolet will give $5 cash for winner of fifth. The barrel racing will be a jackpot event with no fair premiums. Entry fee is $5. Any age may partici pate. The $75 added prizes In ad dition to listed premiums for the champions will be distributed as follows: Grand champion Sr., $15 (Hieh point horse halter and performance; points from Class A, Class C Lot 2C, Lot 3A or 3C, and Lot 4). Reserve champion Sr., $10 (Sec ond high point horse halter and performance, same classes and lots as above). Grand champion Jr., $15 (High (Continued on Page 4) ,tS Wf ,1 Vi J K 7 MEMBERS of the rodeo committee are shown making final plans for this year's event at a recent meeting. Front row (from left) are Al Fetsch. also chairman of the fair board. John Eubanks. Floyd Jones, chairman, and Jack Loyd. Back tow (from left). Max Barclay, Rod Murray, Bert Huff, secretary, Bill Smethurst and Wes Sherman. Gerald Swaggart, another member, was not present when the picture was taken. Plans Go Forward For 1962 Rodeo; Full Program Due Plans are forging ahead with fu!l speed on all fronts for the 1902 Morrow county Rodeo, which is in its 41st year since the first organized show was presented in 1922. All rodeo committeemen wore on hand Monday night for a meeting to go over late prepara tions and ready final details. One popular event has been added to the already full pro grain, head and heeling. The jackpot event will be held at the Saturday night show September 1. Two-man teams enter this e vent, and entrance fee is $10 per man or $20 per team. Individuals may enter on one team only, the committee decided. Head and heeling is a jackpot event. Kok Kokel, the clown from Mo lalla, will be back again to bring moments of laughter be tween the action events. Sched uled to add entertainment start ing Friday, August 31, is King Bros Carnival with its many ridi's and concessions. Among events listed for the Saturday and Sunday afternoon events, September 1 and 2, are bareback riding, calf roping, bulldogging, saddle bronc riding, amateur calf roping, flag racing, bull riding and Morrow county derby. Three teams have been lined up for the flag race including the Hermiston Sage Riders, Ukiah Evergreen Riders, and Wranglers club. This will be Saturday afternoon for a $100 purse. Entry fee is $25. On the Saturday night program will be cow riding, head and heeling, Morrow county amateur roping, cowgirl race, wild horse race and calgary roping. Entries close at 5 p. m. Satur day, August 31, and drawings will be Immediately afterwards. This paper features the rodeo this week, and it is Issued 10 days ahead of the event in order to give a full rundown on the rodeo in time to make plans a head and invite friends. Stories and advertising on the various events will be found throughout the paper. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Low Prec. Thursday 84 49 Friday 80 48 Saturday 81 55 Sunday 83 53 Monday 88 57 Tuesday 80 44 Wednesday 76 44 Irrigation Feature of Proposed Dam Talked at Meeting Here Preliminary studies show that the proposed Willow Creek multi purpose dam, which would be located above Heppner and be low the confluence of Willow creek and Balm Fork, could feas ibly supply between 3000 and 4000 acre feet of water per year for irrigation purposes, John Mangen, Spokane, area engineer of the Bureau of Reclamation, told some 20 farmers and inter ested persons at a meeting in the circuit court room of th3 courthouse last Thursday night. He suggested that the stored water might best be used as supplemental irrigation at the rate of an acre foot for each of the 3700 acres that could be irrigated between Heppner and the Columbia River in the creex basin. With Mangen were W. E. Siv ley, Walla Walla, chief of the flood control projects division, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Allan Robertson, also with ? A Teacher Workshop Set; School Time Nearing School days, school days. For Morrow county youngsters, that S-day is just 12 days away. First day of school will be Tuesday September 4, following Labor Day. Teachers, however, must be on the job earlier for the county workshop to be held In the multi purpose room of the Heppner elementary school Wednesday, August z). Theme or tne comer ence will be "How Children Learn." Services Today For James McCabe, Native Resident Funeral services for James Mc Cabe, 55, who died at his home in Heppner Monday, August 20, were held this afternoon (Thurs day) at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church. The Rev. Melvin W. Dix on officiated, with burial in the lone IOOF cemetery. A native of Morrow county, Mr. McCabe was born July 10, 1907, in lone, the son of Alonzo A. and Lola E. (Olden) McCabe. He was one of a family of 9 chil dren, survived by three sisters and five brothers. On January 13, 1952, he was united in marriage to Alice Ma hon in Spokane, Wash. He lived in Heppner since that time, en gaged in farming individually and in conjunction with his brothers, He was a member of BPOE No. 358. Mr. McCabe had been in poor health since suffering a serious heart attack while picking cher ries for tho family in The Dalles early in the summer. Ho was a patient in The Dalles hospital for several weeks. He was at home when the fatal attack took his life on Monday. By request of the family, con tributions were asked to the heart fund, in lieu of flowers sent in his memory. Surviving him are his wife, Alice; one son, Allen M., Hepp ner; one daughter, Sally Green, Arlington; a stepson, William H. Mahon, Heppner; a stepdaughter, Patricia Ann Mahon, Heppner. He leaves three sisters, Jessie Ingalls, Adams; Annabelle Eu banks, Arlington, and Charlotte Lundell, lone; five brothers, Lon nle, lone; J. R., Forest Grove; Earl, lone; Clifford, Roseburg, and Ernest, Heppner, and two grandchildren. the engineers. Attending also were Quentin Bowman of the State Water Resources Board, Walter Jaspers, also associated with the state board; and Jerry F. Haines, district 5 watermaster. Judge Oscar Peterson presided at the meeting. Although the meeting was purely exploratory to exchange ideas and to determine what Morrow county ranchers might want to do, Mangen had a ten tative figure of $3 per acre foot on the cost, and said that this would bring a benefit of $13 per acre. At the conclusion of the meet ing, it was agreed to can another meeting, tentatively September 6, to look Into the matter further and with the hope of having more interested persons in at tendance. It will not be nece&jary to have a firm decision n.ade at that time, but Mangen said that it would be good to have an "informal indication of your y . v'' ' I Si" Registration at the workshop will be at 8:45 and Invocation by Father C. Bruce Spencer will be at 9. Superintendent Robert Van Houte will extend welcome and Dr. Frank Bennett, president of Eastern Oregon College, will ad dress the group on "Education Today." Velma Glass, county heaitn nurse, will appear on the pro gram, after which Lyle Riggs and Ray Osburn of the State Depart ment of Education will discuss "How Children Learn." Following luncheon, teachers will go into group meetings, starting at 1:30. High school group will meet in the agricul ture room of the high school with Gordon Pratt as chairman. On the panel will be Lucile Weather ford, VI Lanham and James Sutherland with Mr. Osburn as consultant. Teachers of grades 6, 7 and 8 will be in the high school cafe teria with Don Olmscheid as chairman. Panel will include Inez Erwin, Michael Tolar, Thomas Hughes, Clint Agee, Jack Loyd, Inez Meader and Don ald Colo with Riggs consultant. Grades 1 through 5 will meet in the multipurpose room with Arolene Laird as chairman. Pan el will include Louise Clark, Gladys Hobbs, LaVern Partlow and Gladys Ely with Van Houte as consultant. Hillard Brown was instrument al in planning and organizing the workshop. Although three teachers arc yet to be chosen for positions at Heppner and Lexington, informa tion from the county office Thursday was to the effect that candidates have applied for the posts and will be acted upon Monday night by the school board. Information on registration for lone, Riverside and A. C. Hough ton schools is elsewhere in this paper. For Heppner, lone and Lexing ton elementary schools, first graders should have their Ore gon pupil medical forms complet ed and bring their birth certifi cates, Darrel Relsch, director of special services, said- New stu dents and first graders may reg ister on August 30 or 31. At Heppner high school regis tration will be on opening day for all students who have pie registered. A full day of school will be held on September 4 and hot lunches will be served. Gene Harryman, principal, has an nounced lone High school fees as follows: Student body $6, book rental $5, and towel fee $3.50. Interest at an early date." Role of the Bureau of Recla mation would be to support the Willow Creek project, designed primarily for flood control, with the added irrigation feature if it proves desirable, Mangtn pointed out. Orville Cutsforth remarked ac the meeting, "I think if we are going to build a dam, it would be a crime not to get all the benefits we can get from it." Farmers asked many quest ions at the meeting. One matter brought up by Jack Hynd proved to be an interesting point. He told the visiting engineers that ranchers on the lower end of the creek do a great deal of irrigating during the winter months in order to saturate their ground and get the water while it is available. This starts as early as January, Hynd said, and often the entire flow of the (Continued on Page 4) IS H