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Weekend! Bills Kdlef Horse
Show,
Pa
Fair Concludes
As Big
Four-II horse club members
competed Friday in horseman
ship and showmanship contests
to wind up the Morrow County
fair here with more exhibits in
all 4-H and open class sections
and record crowds viewing all
events throughout the 4-day e
vent. Only the 4-H style revue re
mained for the evening Friday.
Blessed by fine weather, it was
witnessed by a large crowd. Story
is elsewhere in this paper.
Thursday night the 4-H auc
tion sale broke all speed records
as it moved along at a fast clip
and was concluded after one
hour and 15 minutes. A total of
73 animals sold through the ring
with the grand champion lamb,
owned by Terryl Greenup selling
for $1.00 a pound to Bill Kilken
ny, Pendleton. The grand cham
pion steer, owned by Roland
Ekstrom, sold to Morrow County
Grain Growers for 55 cents per
pound. Cherilyn Smouse, lone,
showed the grand champion and
reserve champion hog and sold
only the reserve champion for 30
cents a pound to Morrow County
Grain Growers. She is taking the
grand champion hog to the state
fair this week. Besides the 68
market animals sold, five dairy
heifers belonging to 4-H mem
bers were sold.
Preceding the sale, seven
youngsters entered the pig
scramble which caused much ex
citement for the spectators as
they chased, grabbed, and stum
bled after the slinky hogs. After
some time both hogs and chil
dren gave out, with the little pigs
being dragged out of the pen.
The youngsters catching the pigs
must care for them. Each lucky
child must show it or one of its
litter at the fair in 1963.
Those catching the pigs were
Virgil Morgan, Cheryl Savage,
Earl Pettyjohn, Nicholas Marick
all of lone, David Franke and
James McGinnis, Irrigon.
Also awards were presented to
the outstanding 4-H and open
class winners following the
scramble.
Esther Kirmis, county agent,
states that many stopped to
watch the 4-H flower arranging
promoted by a new club this
year. Also new exhibits were 4-H
Rockhounds club and 4-H Elec
tricity club entries.
The open class sections of gar
den and flower exhibits were
larger this year, as well as the
open class beef exhibits. A new
award was presented to open
class home economics exhibitors.
A special sweepstakes - ribbon
went to the over-all winner. Mrs.
Roland Bergstrom, lone, won this
award in the clothing group;
Mrs. Bob Davidson, Lexington,
in the knitting group; Mrs. Nor
man Florence, in the adult flow
er division, Kim Rill in the chil
drens division; Mrs. Keithley
Blake, in the canning division;
Mrs. Nellie Anderson won in the
hobbies, arts, and craft group;
Mrs. Verle Fredrickson in the
Swimming Pool
To Close Friday
All youngsters and oldsters
have one day left to take ad
vantage of the warm weather
for a dip in the Heppner pool
as it will close Friday evening
following the evening hours.
Because of the poor attendance
during the evening hours and
the Rodeo in full swing over
the week-end, it was decided to
close the pool for the summer,
according to the Swimming Pool
committee.
Columbia River Fowl
Refuge Brings Protests
Proposal to establish the John
Day Waterfowl Management
area of nearly 30,000 acres of
land and water in an 18-mile
long strip embracing 11 miles of
Columbia River water frontage
met with strong protests from
Morrow county officials and or
ganizations as well as other
groups of the area, at a hearing
in Boardman Tuesday afternoon.
Resolutions from Morrow coun
ty included those in opposition
to the proposal from the Hepp-ner-Morrow
County Chamber of
Commerce, the Morrow county
court, and the county planning
and zoning commission. Others
came from the Hermiston and
Umatilla Chambers of Commerce,
and the Space Age Industrial As
sociation. County Judge Oscar Peterson
was spokesman for the court, and
he stated that the county's feel
ing is that best use of the land
would be for industries rather
than wildlife. He also pointed out
that it is the county's under
oniinT that a larpp tract has
fnr wildlife on the
Washington side and that this
should be adequate ior ine neeua
Oliver Creswick represented
the Chamber of Commerce after
that body had passed a resolu-
uccess
needlecraft group; and Mary Al
ice Bauer, baking.
Thp MeCabe brothers ranch
won the wheat sweepstakes a
ward in the open class wheat en
tries. Herbert Ekstrom ranches
wnn the hppf nremier award and
a trophy from the Morrow Coun
ty Cattlemen s Association.
Vickie Barratt won the grand
champion horsemanship award
with Dick StrucKmeier reserve
champion. Queen Marlene Fetsch
won the grand champion show
manship award with Vickie Bar
att as reserve champion in the
4-H horse contest.
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End of Harvest
Appears in Sight;
Rainfall Delays
Rain again interrupted remain
ing grain harvest this week, but
it was not enough to stop it for
long. Al Lamb, manager of Mor
row County Grain Growers, esti
mated that about 100,000 bushels
of wheat remain to be harvested
but this week should just about
clean it up.
Heppner and Ruggs elevators
of the Grain Growers were the
only ones still receiving wheat as
of Wednesday.
Predictions by Lamb and
County Agent Nels Anderson ru-i
about the same that the county
average will be between 30 and
32 bushels per acre, well above
that of the 1961 harvest. Barley
is running about 40 bushels per
acre, although weight was down.
The forecasts made at the
start of the season have held
fairly true throughout harvest,
despite the rain, Lamb said.
Some growers reported late
harvest yields of as much as 45
bushels per acre on wheat and
Gaines wheat hit as much as 65
bushels per acre.
It appears that will total al
most twice as much yield as last
season despite alesser acreage,
Lamb said. He expected that he
would have more definite figures
available next week.
Elevators of the Grain Growers
are "fairly full" and the grain is
moving out well, he said.
Friday Horse Show
To Start at 9 A. M.
One of the top attractions
of the busy week-end ahead
is the Wranglers club horse
show, which is actually a part
of the county fair, but by time
is tied in with the rodeo. It
will be Friday at the rodeo
grounds starting at 9 a.m.
with Fred Mankin, superinten
dent, in charge.
With better weather in pros
pect this year than the blus
tery day of last year when a
record number of 240 entries
took part, indicates that this
year's horse show will set new
in 3 rks
Seventy-five dollars in ad
ditional prize money and some
fine trophies and merchandise
prizes are offered. A new
event this year will be open
class barrel racing. Conforma
tion and halter classes will be
in the morning and perfor
mance classes in the after
noon.. There is no admission
charge for the spectators.
tinn Mnnriav "in ODDOSition to
the reservation of any lands in
North Morrow county ior who
life refuge." He also told of the
bearing that the federal area
would have in taking more prop
erty from the county tax rolls.
The Chamber resolution also
pointed out that the refuge
would encompass a large area
of potential industrial or river
development sues ana wouiu
have an adverse effect upon the
future of North Morrow County."
District Attorney Bob Abrams, at
the Chamoer meeting, saia mat
hp i onnosed to turning over
any more private lands to the
federal government.
RnnrospntpH hv flarpnre Rose-
wall, the planning and zoning
commission aiso orougnt to me
attention of the hearing, con
ducted by the U. S. Army Corps
of Engineers, that the industrial
phase of the county economy
should be bolstered rather than
decreased.
William Belt, Hermiston at
torney, who represented the
Space Age Industrial Park asso
ciation, pointed out that the pro
posed management area would
not be compatible with the in
tended use of the industrial park.
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79th Year
GAZETTE-TIMES
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 30, 1962
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BUZZ SEELY of Arlington, second in the competition for Northwest Amateur Saddle Bronc Riding
here last year, shows a sample ot the action tnar win do seen in me roaeo aepiemoer i ana . 01
this year. In the photo he is absorbing the best that Ambush has to offer. Both horse and rider are
airborne in this picture, the front hoofs being well off the ground.
County Schools
To Start Tuesday
There will be a lull day of
school for aU students in Morrow
county when they return to class
es for the school yea? Tuesday,
September 4, starting at 9 a. m.,
Robert Van Houte, county super
intendent, announces.
Bus routes will be similar to
last year and notices have been
sent to all families wh e r e
changes have been made or
where children are enteri n g
school for the first time, Darrel
Reisch, director of special serv
ices, states. Any who have ques
tions on the busses are asked to
call Reisch at the Heppner high
school.
In Heppner, the bus shuttle
service between the high school
and Unit-A will operate as it did
last year. The last bus will leave
for Unit-A in the morning from
the high school at 8:40 a. m., Hil
lard Brown, Heppner elementary
principal, states. Four busses will
make the morning run.
Brown asks that as many
Heppner elementary children as
possible be on hand at Unit-A
Second Meeting
Set to Consider
Dam, Irrigation
A second meeting to consider
the irrigation aspect of the pro
posed Willow Creek dam will be
held Thursday night, September
6, at 7:30 o'clock in the county
courthouse.
All ranchers who may be af
fected by the proposal and others
interested are urged to attend.
Some decision needs to be made
in the near future as to whether
ranchers are interested in the ir
rigation feature.
County Judge Oscar Peterson
has written a letter of invitation
to all ranchers who have proper
ty on Willow creek between
Heppner and the Columbia River,
but the meeting is open to all
who would like to hear of pre
liminary work or who would like
to express themselves on the
matter.
Men from the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers and the Bu
reau of Reclamation will be pre
sent to give the latest figures on
what cost might be as well as
information on benefits.
About 20 attended the meeting
two weeks ago. Despite the small
attendance, discussion brought
out many points and ideas on
the matter.
or the elementary school Friday
to register. Teachers will be on
riutv Fridav. At the hieh school,
most of the students pre-regis-tered
last year, but any new stu
dents may go to the school Fri
day ior nuuiiiiiuiun anil icgia
tration. Cafeteria will operate for all
students in HeDDner, as well as
at other schools in the county on
the tirst day.
Teachers of the county com
pleted successful workshop Wed
nesday, and a report on the ses
sion is elsewhere In this paper.
T?niilti rwotinorc U7Prp hplH
i amiif iiivv.
Thursday, or are planned for Fri
day, in several ot tne scnoois.
With thp annroval of contracts
of three new teachers at a
special school board meeting
Monday night, the county staff
is complete, Superintendent Van
Houte said.
Richard Strait, formerly of
Fairbanks, Alaska, will teach
mathematics at Heppner high
and shop at lone. He was director
of recreation and handled phys
ical education at Fairbanks and
has a master's degree. Strait is
married and has four children.
Margaret McCarter comes from
Phoenix, Ariz., to teach girls'
physical education and biology
at Hepnner. She formerly taught
at Anchorage, Alaska.
Les Matthews, former principal
at Jordon Valley, comes from
Kuna, Idaho, to teach the seventn
grade at lone. He has his mas
ter's degree and is unmarried.
iounty School District AsEcs
School district R-l this week
called for new bids on the con
struction of the Heppner-Lex-ington
high school in Heppner
after the directors had rejected
all bids received earlier this
month as being more than funds
available for the project.
Bids on the second call will
be opened September 18 at 8
p.m. At a special meeting Mon
day night the directors set up
five alternates that will be in
cluded in the bids submitted.
If none of the bids cover the
entire construct ion for the
amount of funds available, the
directors may elect to eliminate
any one or more of the alter
nates. The alternates and estimated
costs for each are as follows:
1. The agricultural and voca
tional shop, 4,000 square feet
at an estimated $10 per square
foot, or $40,000. I. Accoustical
ceiling tile in the gymnasium,
12,200 square feet at 30c per
foot, or $3,600. 3, Leave the band
and conference rooms unfinished,
Number 26
HEPPNER
10 Cents
Picnic Saturday
To Honor Guests;
Open to Everyone
Bands, visiting royal courU
and dignitaries will be guests at
a county-wide picnic to be held
after the street parade Saturday
at the courthouse picnic grounds,
Ralph Richards, committee chair
man, states.
All food for the visitors will be
furnished. The event is open to
everyone, and all are invited, but
home folks are asked to bring
their own picnic lunches. Coffee,
punch, and ice cream, however,
will be furnished to all who at
tend. Time for the picnic is set at
11:30 and it will continue until
about 12:30- Food is donated by
the Chamber of Commerce, by
the county court, and by the Elks
lodge. The schools are assisting
with the preparation of the meal
which will include moat loaf,
salad and rolls, as well as the
coffee, punch and ice cream.
Bands and visiting royal courts
are given a special invitation to
attend, including Morrow county
bands. There was some disao
pointment last year when more
band members did not attend,
perhaps being unaware that they
were invited.
Entertainment will be furnish
ed during the picnic, including
musical numbers by the bands.
Working with Richards on the
committee are Nels Anderson, Ol
iver Creswick, Judge Oscar Peter
son, Hillard Brown and D. E.
(Shorty) Hudson. Robert Van
Houte is also helping the com
mittee. The picnic is an annual feature
of the rodeo.
3150 square feet at $6, or $18,900.
4. Leave the kitchen unfinished,
936 square feet at $9, or $8,500.
5. Leave the multipurpose room
and platform unfinished, 4,nbU
square feet at $4.50, or $20,000.
The directors agreed to elim
inate a dry transformer that had
been proposed to step up voltage
for the home economics depart
ment. This saved an estimated
$1000.
Thev rejected ideas of delet
ing the gym balcony and the
possibility of deleting the Kit
chen, multipurpose room and
platform shell, each of which
would involve some design and
structural changes.
"We had need to improve the
educational program when we
asked for the bond Issue, but if
we go too far, we create the same
condition that we sought to cor
rect." Director L. E. Dick said
As set up with the plan of
alternates, the board will be
free to choose which it considers
advisable to leave undone at
this time if it again is apparent
Top Cowboys Due
For '62 Show Here
All the thrills and excitement
that can be packed into two
days are forthcoming in the 1962
Morrow county rodeo that will
open Saturday with the first
afternoon show at 1:15. The per
formance will follow the great
downtown street parade that
will begin at 10 a.m. and the
countywide picnic at 11:30 on
the courthouse lawn.
Bronc riding, bulldog g i n g,
racing, roping and all manner
of events are scheduled at the
rodeo which will bring some of
the northwest's best cowboys to
Heppner. The Saturday after
noon show will be followed by
the special night show at 8
p.m., and the new head and
heeling event will be included
on the evening's program.
Rodeo dance will be at 10
p.m. in the fair pavilion with
Queen Marlene Fetsch and her
court to be especially honored.
Cowboy breakfast of the
Wranglers with Mrs. Lowell
Gribble m charge, and all mem
bers having a hand in the work,
will take place at 7 a.m. Sunday
ami will continue until 10 a.m.
Last performance of the rodeo
will be at 1:30 Sunday with the
finals presented in the various
events and trophies being award
ed. All Plans Made
For Big Parade
Here Saturday
All plans have been completed
for the big rodeo street parade
in downtown Heppner Saturday
morning starting at 10 o'clock,
according to Randall Peterson
and Orville Cutsforth, heading
Chamber of Commerce commit
tees in charge.
Peterson, who Is in charge of
prizes and judging, issued a last
call for entries and especially
urged kids of the county to rig
up a float, decorate bikes or
tnkes, dress up pets or don cos
tumes and get in the parade.
Gene Teague of Stayton, who
has represented Governor Mark
Hatfield in the Pasadena Tourn
ament of Roses parade for, sev
eral years, will be .grand marsh
all, mounted on his champion
palamino, Mr. Chevrolet. Gov.
Hatfield was invited but sent
his regrets because of another
committment.
Among late entries announced
by Peterson include those of the
Pendleton Jaycees with their
Paddy Wagon, Jan Beamer
("Miss Rodeo Oregon"), the
Main Street Cowboys of Pendle
ton, a float from Happy Canyon,
Pacific Power and Light Co. float,
Heppner fire truck, and River
side High school band. These are
in addition to the many others
previously announced. Also,
there will be dozens of entries
which will arrive without ad
vance notice, since it is not nec
essary to register for the parade.
Route of the parade, as an
nounced by Cutsforth, will be
south on Main street through the
business district, east on May
to Chase, south on Chase to
Cannon and north again on
Main to the point of beginning.
In this manner the parade will
pass the crowd twice. It may be
possible to award prizes at the
reviewing stand on the return
trip. A total of $475 in prizes
is offered to the best entries.
This year, dollars will not be
given to each child in the pa
rade, but rather, prizes for win
ners have been increased to
stimulate better entries. Each
one in the parade, however, will
be given a treat by the Cham
ber of Commerce, the rodeo com
mittee and Hagor's Dairy.
Assembling point for the pa
rade will be in the area near the
city park, on Main street and
on side streets to the west. Mem
bers of the committee will be
on hand to show arriving entries
where to line up and they will
be in contact with each other
by walkie-talkie radio, Cutsforth
said.
that the entire job cannot be
completed with lunds avauaDie.
Although alter the nrsi Dias
uura nnonnrl it sppmpd StronBlV
probable that the shop would
be eliminated, tnis may not ue
true under this plan oi alter
nntoo it all will dcDend on how
favorable the bids are, and there
is no way 01 telling wnai iney
will be at tnis lime, u was
pointed out that several con
tractors have expressed interest
In submitting new bids.
Orville Cutsforth was present
at the meeting to put in a plea
for retaining tne snop. ne sug
gested that the board consider
a pnnerete block structure in
stead of brick veneer. Director
nipir Kaffl that this had been
tioatnd and It. anneared that
the block construction would be
more costly.
Dick also pointed out that it
will be advisable to leave out
aa littlp nf the Droloet as Dossible
because the saving In cost by
lio;incr unrlf linrlnnp will he a
i considerably low figure than the
One of the outstanding feat
ures of the rodeo will be the
Northwest Amateur Bronc Rid
ing championship with the tro
phy being a handmade saddle
from Hamley and Co. of Pendle
ton. Another fine saddle will be
presented by Kinzua corporation
for the winner of the Morrow
county amateur roping. Several
otner line trophies will be offer
ed in addition to the purses going
to tne winners.
Kok Kokel. the clown, of
Molalla, whose antics were en
joyed so much by crowds last
year, will be on hand again this
year to spice up proceedings.
Many of the rodeo events are
local contests with riders and
ropers well known to the home
folks, adding particular interest.
King Carnival, which had
agreed to appear at the rodeo,
will not be on hand, but Cas
cade Amusement Co., which has
been appearing at John Day,
has some of its rides and con
cessions here. The rodeo commit
tee had counted on the King
Carnival after Al Fetsch, chair
man of the fair board, had sign
ed a contract with their advance
man some time ago. However,
late last week the local com
mittee was notified that the
King Carnival had gone to Nev
ada for another event, and the
owner of the Cascade Amuse
ment Company agreed to bring
in part of his carnival for the
rodeo, en route from John Day to
Wapato, Wn.
Little Leaguers will sell pro
grams at the rodeo, giving com
plete rundown of events, horses
and other information to make
the event more enjoyable to
spectators.
Snack Shack will be operated
near the fair pavilion by the
American Legion auxiliary, and
hamburgers, chili, soft drinks
will be available for refresh
ment. They will also sell soft
drinks through the grandstand.
Popcorn and cotton candy will
be available also for the crowds.
If weather is good, indications
are that the crowd may be of
record-setting size, lhe Kodeo
committee, headed by Floyd
Jones, has been working on the
event since early this yearj and
plans have been perfected tor
one of the finest shows in its
history.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Horse Show Rodeo Week-end
9:00 a.m. Friday. August 31,.
Wranglers Horse Show on Ro
deo Grounds all day.
10:00 . ajn. Saturday, Sept.
1, Street Parade, downtown
Heppner. Forms in vicinity of
city park on Main and side
streets. Entrants should be on
hand at 9:45 a.m. (Consult
map elsewhere for assembling
areas.)
11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1,
Countywide picnic on court
house lawn. Bands, visiting
courts and dignitaries as guests
(full meal furnished). All
others invited (coffee, punch
and ice cream furnished).
1:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1,
first performance of rodeo at
rodeo grounds. General ad
mission: Adults, $2; students,
$1. No reserved seats.
8:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1,
special night show at rodeo
grounds. Admission: adults, $1;
children, 50c.
10:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1,
rodeo dance in fair pavilion.
Admission: $1.50 per person.
7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday,
Sept. 2, Wranglers Cowboy
Breakfast at Wrangler club
house near fair pavilion. Every
one invited. Adults: $1.50 per
plate; students, 75c; children,
50c.
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2,
final rodeo show at rodeo
grounds. Admission: Adults,
$2; students, $1.
Cascade Amuse m e n t Co.
carnival will furnish rides and
and amusements during the
week-end. American Legion
auxiliary will operate Snack
Shack near the fair pavilion
with food and drinks through
out the horse show and rodeo.
New
eventual cost of completing the
work later.
Bechtel Bros, had the low bid
submitted earlier this month on
the project at $609,000, some
$65,000 over estimates on tne
basic Job, excluding furnishings,
architect's fees and contingen
cies. If the forthcoming bids are
too high for the entire job, the
board expects to eliminate as
many of the alternates as are
necessary. If the band room were
left unfinished ,it would be
"roughed in" with wiring pro
vided but no fixtures installed.
Studding and rafters would be
left exposed. If the kitchen were
not completed, It is deemed feas
ible to prepare food in the cafe
teria at the present high school
building and transport It for
serving in the new school.
Superintendent Robert Van
Houte suggested that unfinish
ed facilities could possibly be
completed at the school within
a reasonable period by using a
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Bids