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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.
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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.
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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: ,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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