HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. August 23, 1962
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MOBBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
PHONE 676-9228
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
HELEN E. SHERMAN
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EOITOHIAL
WESLEY A. SHERMAN
Editor and Publisher
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Fair, Rodeo and the Eye of a Typhoon
There is a period between the time of last-minute prep
arations for the county fair and last-minute preparations for
the rodeo that for the newspaper at least is like being in
the eye of a typhoon. After the mass of Information and work
on the fair comes a foreboding calm, and then the rodeo hits.
We realize that we're going to have to break out in the storm
again and this is happening now.
While we get into the deluge of heralding the rodeo with
all its activities, we are attempting to cover the fair in progress.
Yet we know that while the rodeo is underway, we'll be swamped
with results on the fair.
Of course, many others connected with the events those
who make them possible are in the same position. It all adds
up to the the fact that there is an abundance of interesting
and exciting activity around.
The paper this year is undertaking a special rodeo edition,
and this issue is the result. Intent isn't to give a complete run
down on the rodeo with all the facts, highlights and thrills that
have accumulated in its 41 years, but to bring to memory some
of the color and excitement that have made the traditional event
a great institution in the history of the county.
At this moment our typewriters are almost covered with
notes and papers for stories that we hope to get in. We can't
use them all, but we hope to get most of them within the 18
pages that we are printing this week.
In our first year here we have reached the conclusion that
Morrow county is somewhat like a bashful boy when it comes
to extolling its virtues. Of course, that is part of the county's
character and helps make it what it is. In its fair and rodeo,
though, it has unique celebrations that can stand heralding
far and wide, and we are taking the liberty of doing some of
this.
One particularly good thing about fair and rodeo time is
that it is a period when farmer and businessman work hand
in hand. The fair and rodeo call strongly upon ranchers and
rural people, but the business people are in there pitching, too,
and certainly have a big part in the preparations and in support
ing these events. To confirm this, one need merely to leaf
through pages of this paper and read the advertising.
What research we have done on the rodeo for this paper has
been rather impromptu, but we hope the result is interesting to
our readers. In another year, we may be able ta delve a little
more deeply into the fair.
Although the rodeo is still some 10 days away, this special
emphasis is made early so that it may give residents an oppor
tunity to send copies to friends who mny be interested in
attending and also to help stimulate entries and attendance
from the home folks.
Our little staff has had to "pick itself off the floor" to get
this issue out with no head start. If it turns out to be enjoyable,
it is due to the fine work of the excellent crew that surrounds
the editor the gang that is willing to plunge out of the eye
of the typhoon.
TO THE
EDITOR.
Dear Editor:
Your letter writer from Bend
appears to have missed the point
of my criticism of his Pendleton
speech. According to reports he
stated that State Department
policies caused other govern
ments, especially India, to buy
their wheat elsewhere whenever
possible. He said India buys
wheat first from Australia, then
Argentina and finally from us.
We are certainly not in dis
agreement as to India's pref-
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DON BALL, Serr. Dept.
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Phone JO 7-5114
erence for Western White Wheat.
Also we have no surplus of that
variety in this country. Very
likely before an other harvest
rolls around we will be facing
a definite white wheat shortage.
What we face now is the fact
that we could sell more white
wheat if allowed to grow it. The
market price is better than sup
ports and has been for several
years. The defeated Kennedy-
Freeman farm program gave the
Secretary of Agriculture power to
remove acreage restictions or
market allotments on wheat
varieties in short supply. Our
white wheat would have qual
ified and this provision was de
feated with the help of both
Oregon Republican votes.
The 480 law was adopted as
a relief measure to reduce sur
pluses. This law is administered
by the Agriculture Department
and Secretary Benson first set
up the requirements of purchase
of red wheat in greater quan
tities than white. This policy has
not been changed by Secretary
Freeman as it seems to lie work
ing fairly well. As this is a relief
measure I see nothing wrong
or immoral with restricting sales
to varieties in actual surplus.
AH the taxpayers are footing
the bill.
Sincerely,
Al Lamb
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MAX BARCLAY, member of the Morrow county rodeo committee, stands with trophies offered tot
the rodeo this year. Saddle at the left is presented by Hamley and Co. and the one at the right
by Kinzua corporation. Boots, bottom right, are donated by Del Brown of Pendleton and Stetson
hat (left foreground) is from Bill Blake of WiLon's Men's Wear. Belt buckles, offered by Gilliam
and Bisbee and Herman Green, had not yet arrived when photo was taken.
Trophies to Go
To Top Winners
At Coning Show
Two handmade leather sad
dles, two pairs of handmade
leather boots, a Stetson hat and
two fine belt buckles are among
trophies that will go to winners
at the Morrow County Rodeo this
year, in addition to purses to be
won. The prize money totals
$1300.
Prizes are on display in the
window of Gilliam and Bisbee,
Max Barclay, prize chairman,
points out. First place in the
Northwest Saddle Bronc Riding
will win the champion a fine
handmade leather saddle from
Hamley and Co., Pendleton, a
traditional award.
Kinzua Corporation will give
another fine handmade saddle
for first place in the Morrow
county Amateur Roping. Second
place will be the fine leather
boots made by Del Brown of
Pendleton and donated by him.
Third prize in the amateur
roping will win a Stetson hat as
the gift of Bill Blake of Wilson's
Men's Wear, Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Buschke
of Gilliam and Bisbee will pre
sent the winner of the girls' bar
rel racing with a silver buckle
and Herman Green will give an
other buckle for the cow riding
winner in the Saturday night
program.
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
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Rev. Dixon Returns
From Summer Camp
The Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor
of the Methodist church, returned
Monday from Indian Springs
Methodist camp near Medford
where he was a counsellor in
charge of crafts for ten days.
Mrs. Dixon spent the time vis
iting in Creswell and daughters
Sharon and Martha visited
friends in Medford.
The Rev. M. Carlton Sober,
pastor of the Nazarene church,
and The Rev. Walter Smith, pas
tor of Lexington Church of Christ,
shared the pulpit at the local
church during the Rev. Dixon's
absence.
A very good camp was reported
with 42 children in the junior
high group attending.
Mrs. Ann S mouse returned last
week after a few days visit with
the Orlo Martins in Moro and
she also visited in Portland.
IT IS HARD to forget the startled
look on the face of Mrs. Eva
(Padberg) Griffith when we
asked her for a picture of her
self as she looked 40 years ago.
She was rodeo queen in 1923.
Perhaps no true gentleman
would have been so undiplomatic
in his approach as we were, i. e.:
"Do you have a photo of your
self 40 years ago?"
She stopped abruptly and
stared at us in disbelief. "It
wasn't 40 years ago," she ex
claimed. Well, Mrs. Griffith, unfort
unately, didn't have a pictuu of
herself when she was queen, and
we regret this very much lor
we would like to have used it
in this special rodeo edition. Pic
tures of queens earlier than the
mid '40's appear mighty hard to
find.
We apologize to Mrs. Griffith.
She's right. It wasn't 40 years
ago. It was 39. And there's a
big difference. From the ac
counts of the Gazette-Times of
that vintage, she was a real
queenly queen. The editor of
that day wrote a glowing report
of her.
GERALD SWAGGART, field man
for the rodeo, was in quite a
predicament. He was scheduled
to take care of the flag duties
on the field come Saturday and
Sunday, September 1 and 2, but
found himself hobbled with a
cast on his leg. He broke the
leg a couple of months ago.
Flovd Jones, rodeo committee
chairman, didn't know quite how
he was going to replace him, but
Swaggart appeared at the meet
ing Monday, cast and all, and
said that it will be business as
usual for him.
He has no other thought but
that he is going to be field man,
cast and all. In fact, he had the
doctor rig the cast in such a
manner that lie can slip his foot
in a stirrup, says lie.
THE YOUNG in heart quite
frequently take walks or hikes
in tlie moonlight, but that isn't
exactly what prompted Jack
Loyd to go for a seven mile
jaunt in the Monument area
Sunday night.
He and wife Shirley took a
trip to Hitter Springs to show
Jack's elderly aunt, Jean Loyd
of Portland, some of the country.
Somewhere around Wall Creek,
their auto decided to quit and
gasped a final breath in an alk
ali dust pit. This was about 7
p. m. Jack couldn't ferret out
the trouble, and so he started off
on foot, leaving Shirley and the
aunt behind. There was only one
way to go up. And Jack went
up to a place called Top, on
the other side of which lies Mon
ument. Well, he finally reached
the place of Gus Peterson, who
came to his aid. Gus took Jack to
the stalled auto, tinkered around
and found something wrong
with the points. Finally got it
going again.
The trio arrived home in Hepp
ner about 2 a.m. Was the elderly
aunt shaken and perturbed? No,
she thought it was a real ball.
and Shirley declares that
she was on her job at the county
school office at three minutes
until eight that Monday morn
ing. BETTY (MRS. PAUL) Brown isn't
exactly like one of these con
testants who wins a mink coat
and then finds that she has to
borrow money to pay the tax
on it. However, at this time
Betty is trying to figure out if
Harlan McCurdys
Attend Elks Meet
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy
Jr., attended the state officers'
meeting of the Oregon State
Elks association in Eugene Sun
day. Matters on the agenda in
cluded emphasis on the eye clin
ic program and other state func
tions of the organization.
, While there, the McCurdys al
so attended the annual picnic
of the Eugene Elks. McCurdy
is state inner guard.
Melbys Sell Home
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Melby
have sold their home bn Union
Avenue to Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Flaiz, formerly of Kinzua. The
Melbys have moved and are now
living in a house owned by Mrs.
Ilene Wyman in the southeast
part of town. Flaiz is shop fore
man for Kinzua Corporation here.
The new couple has two children.
it does pay to enter prize con
tests. Lloyd Center, Portland, recently
held a "Write a Birthday Greet
ing" contest to mark the cen
ter's second anniversary. Betty
entered. No, she didn't win the
first prize (3-day expense paid
vacation at Surfrider Motel
Gearhart,) but she did come in
second. The prize: Two tickets
to the movie, "Westside Story,"
in Portland. She got a nice con
gratulatory letter, and the man
agement of the theater said to
call collect on the day she
wanted to use the tickets and
everything would be hunky
dory.
The thing that has Betty
guessing, though, is how much
she is going to have to spend
making the trip to Portland to
use the tickets that are worth
a few bucks.
WE'RE REAL proud of Bert Huff,
Mike Whitesmith, Don Turner
and all the boys and gals who
had a hand in preparing the
Queen's Coronation Saturday
night. They did a real fine job.
Everything was ready to go, and
it proved good fun for all who
attended. The crowd was in
goodly numbers and a lot of en
thusiasm was generated before
the evening was over. Those
Squared-up Rounders surely
aren't squares and they don't
act like rounders. We'd say they
are mighty smooth. Gordon
Grady's gang performed very
well, too. Wish we had the names
of all those who took part to give
them a little well-deserved
credit. And when it comes to
crowd pleasers it is hard to beat
the Leonnig's. Home folks have
heard them a lot but they al
ways have a willing ear for the
Leonnig's. It is interesting to
watch the looks of admiration on
tne various faces in the audience
as they watch Pappa Leonnig
and his youngsters.
Make Portland Trip
For Business, Pleasure
Sharing a car, driven by Mrs.
E. E. Gontv. several motored to
Portland on Sunday. Mrs. Carey
Hastings and Mrs. Max Buschke,
owners of Miladies Apparel shop,
went in for the fall apparel
showing. Mrs. Gertrude Apple
gate, on vacation from her work
at Columbia Basin Electric, went
to visit her daughter and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald (Peggy)
McCabe, and will then continue
on to California with Mrs. Mc
Cabe for a visit with relatives
in the San Francisco Bay area.
Bob Aylesworth, who was re
turning to his home in beanie
after working here this summer
and staying with his aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Blev-
ins, was also a passenger.
Mrs. Gonty spent the week
end visiting her mother near
Portland.
l COMMUNITY F
Coming Events
HEPPNER SWIMMING POOL
Open daily, except Mondays
Classes for all ages.
9 a.m., Tuesdays thru Fridays
$1 instruction fee
LEGION MOVIES
Friday, 8 p.m., Legion Hall
Always a Good Show!
This week "Dig That Uran
ium." Plus one-half hour cartoons
COME TO THE FAIR!
Back our 4-H clubs with your
attendance and participation.
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. 4-H Pig
Scramble and Fat Auction
Sale.
Friday 4-H Saddle Horse
Show; 4-H Demonstrations. 8
p.m., Style Revue, Rodeo
Grounds.
"STEAK-
MOTHERS' CLUB
OUT"
Sunday, Aug. 26
5:00 p.m.
Wallace Wolff Home
Dr.
This space will be used
each week to announce com
ing events of a public service
nature at no charge.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
Heppner
P. O. Box 611 PH. 676-9625
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