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fiifeTOw Cortr Mr ft n n If u 80th Year Number 24 the mm HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIME few Heppner, Oregon' Thursday, August 15, 1963 10 Cents ueen CrM!fom it jr. '. P l ' ItikiihI .... . .uk i U . Laf .. ; '.' - " i! FRED MANKIN, Superintendent of the Wranglers club horse show for many years, shown here with his Tennessee walker, is looking forward to another outstanding show at the rodeo grounds August 30. He has devoted a great many hours of volunteer time at the grounds and on details of the coming event. Horse Show Expected To Be Top Event Fred Mankin, superintendent of the Wranglers club horse show, scheduled for Friday, Aug ust 30, at the rodeo grounds, re ports that preparations are now In full swing and ready to get off to the "best show ever." Halter class will start at 9 a.m. at the all-day show, and working and performance classes will fol low after 1:15 p.m. Prizes to be awarded for per formance classes are as follows: Calf roning. spurs donated by Eoice Fulleton; barrel racing, buckle donated by Fred Mankin; bit reining, bit donated by Hum phreys Drug; trail class, gift cer tificate donated by Elma's Ap parel; hackamore reining, gift certificate donated by Wilson's Men's Wear; cow cutting, gift certificate donated by Cornett Green. A crisp $10 bill will go to each first place winners in junior equitation, western pleas u r e, and champion performance horse. The money has been do nated bv HeDpner Lumber Co., Bank of Eastern Oregon, First National Bank, and J. C. Penney Co. Announcers for the show are Harold Erwin, Al Fetsch and Gene Fetsch. Judge will be Les Marks. Mankin has spent the last two months personally working at the grounds, repairing the barn and getting everything in top condition. He reports that lum ber used for the barn was do nated by Jim Farley and Turner Van Marter and Bryant. The superintendent, however, has been working all year long for the event not just for two months and will continue hand ling details and taking entries until the show reaches a success ful conclusion. His motto is, "The show must go on." Details on the various classes at the show may be found in the fair premium booklet. Copies may be obtained at the county agent's office. IV Cable Adds KOIN, Portland Good news for TV viewers of the Heppner-TV system came this week when it was announ ced by the cable system that KOIN-TV, Portland, channel 6, has been added to those already being received. When this story is in print, local audiences should be able to view it here, getting it on channel 5 position on their sets. It is to be added as of today (Thursday). Addition of KOIN-TV will bring to Heppner the complete schedule of all three major net works and will be the fifth chan nel on the system, one being all music and audio only. Anyone having trouble in get ting the new channel is asked to Mil Heppner TV and report the difficulty. Recent picture difficulties on some channels have been due to translator trouble at Rufus, it was reported. BACK-TO-SCHOOL EDITION This week-end, August 16 and 17, is the Back-to-School promotion of Hepp ner merchants and businessmen, and they invite all teachers, students and parents to visit their stores during those days. Many have arranged for special bargains and features in keep ing with the event. There will be free parking on down town streets Saturday for convenience of shoppers. Visitors are invited to stay for coronation ceremonies for Queen Sandra Eubanks, Morrow County Fair and Rodeo queen. Saturday evening and for the Queen's Dance to follow at the fair pavilion. Advertising throughout this paper gives more details. I Downtown Event,Dance On Program Official coronation of Queen Sandra Eubanks of the 1963 Mor row County Fair and Rodeo will take place during a program to be Saturday night on the main downtown corner in Heppner. The ceremony, arranged by Mike Whitesmith, chairman of the event for the Heppner-Mor-row County Chamber of Com merce, will be preceded by a parade and some specialty num bers to be presented by a troupe from Hermiston, led by Gordon Grady, former Heppnerite. Queen Sandra and her four princesses, Shannon Mahoney of Heppner, Nancy Cleveland of Lena, Louise Pointer of Lexing ton, and Sharon Donovan of Boardman, will ride in the open ing parade. All horse riders in the area, including Wranglers, 4-H mem bers, other groups, and indiv iduals not attached to any group, are asked to take part. They will assemble in the street near Turn-A-Lum Lumber Company be tween 7:30 and 8 p.m., and the festivities are scheduled to start at 8. Bill Barratt, who has the repu tation of being the best toast master in the area, will be the master of ceremonies at the cor onation. Ed Gonty, president of the Heppner city council, is scheduled to do the honors of crowning Queen Sandra, taking the place of Mayor Al Lamb who is scheduled to be out of town. After the coronation, festivities will continue at the Queen's Dance in the fair pavilion, the last in the series of pre-rodeo (Continued on Page 5) J. j Oil Fire Practice Scheduled Sunday There may be clouds of black smoke billowing near the Morrow County Grain Growers elevator in Heppner Sunday, but don't turn in an alarm until you're sure there is really a fire in progress. Heppner's volunteer firemen will conduct practice drills on oil fires north of the elevator Sunday from noon until about 5 p.m., Assistant Chief Bill Farra states. lone firemen will join them for the demonstra tion and practice which will be under the supervision of an instructor from Pendleton. A pit will be dug and crude oil will be used in the demon stration. Any who wish to wit ness the demonstration mav do so, but they are asked to stay back at a safe distance. : y -:-- '(; , .: A i - , t ' " r ' i s ' a vc ' . ' ; f QUEEN SANDRA EUBANKS Parade To Offer $475 In Prizes This Year A total of $475 in prizes beck ons entrants to the Morrow county Rodeo parade again this year, Fred Gimbel, chairman for the sponsoring Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, announces. The parade will be on Satur day, August 31, starting at 10 a.m. and will follow the theme chosen in a contest, "Songs Old and New." Among early known entrants are those of the Heppner Mothers club, the Soroptimist club, Pen dleton Drum and Bugle corps, a float from Ordnance, and the Pacific PoweT and Light Com pany float. Many prizes are offered In the luveniie division, and children are asked to start making plan now for their participation. Breakdown on prizes offered tj them is as follows: Children's floats, $7.50, first; $5, second; $3.50 third. Riding clubs $1, first; $3, second. Pet entrv $7 50, f rst; $5, second; $3.50 third. Youngest cowboy -$3.50. Young est cowgirl, $3.50. Bicycle div ision $7.50, first; $5, second. Tricycle division $5 first, $3.50 second. Best juvenile cowboy costume, $5, first; $3.50 second. Best juvenile cowgirl costume, $5, f'rst; $3.50 second. Floats for adults in the parade will be Judged in keeping witn the theme on the following ba- (Continued on Page 4) Subscription Contest to End Saturday The Gazette-Times subscription campaign comes to an official close at 6 p.m. Saturday with 20 boys and girls of the area competing for bicycles and cash prizes. Cash prizes range up to $120 and bikes are valued up to $79.95. The sealed ballot box was placed in the Gazette-Times of fice today, and in it hangs the fate of each worker. Last three days' receipts will be placed in the ballot box, thus assuring that only the workers know how many orders they have until the end. Receipts in the ballot box will be counted by the of ficial judges and added to all totals earned through Wednes day of this week, and from these totals the winners will be ad judged. Judges for the campaign will be Ed Gonty and Randall Peter son, well known Heppner busi nessmen, and the results given ut by them will be beyond dis pute. Awards will be made at the Gazette-Times office as soon as the final count is completed, at approximately 7:30 p.m. All cash awards will be made at that time. Those wishing bi cycles must wait until next week to get delivery on models not in stock at the local Western Auto Store. Workers not finishing among the winners will receive their commission checks in the mail not later than Tuesday. Youngsters are busier than ever these last three days in an effort to finish among the lead ers. Since it is possible for them to forget some of the subscrib ers who have promised them their orders, each person who wishes to subscribe from one of the workers is urged to contact his favorite now, or bring or mail his payment to the Gazette Times office and signify which of the workers is to receive credit for the order. Full credit will be given on orders turned in at the off'ce under their name. The office will be open until 6 p.m. this Saturday to receive subscription payments. These Will Share Awards Saturday Evening Listed below, alphabetically by district, are the youngsters working in the Gazette-Times subscription campaign. Phone num bers are listed and subscribers are urged to contact their choice of workers as soon as possible to insure credit will be given on their subscription order. Campaign ends Sat. July 17. District One (Heppner, City) Smilh. Amanda 076-9725 Stillman, Randy 676-5844 Stockard, Billy 676-9084 Struckmeler, Earl 676-5515 Van Schoiack, Jimmy 676-9167 Gimbel, Ricky 676-9247 Green, Kelly 67b-9435 Healy, Jerry Mike 676-9929 McLeod, Bill 676-5573 O'Brien, Sherri Lynn 676-9602 Pratt, Kevan 676-9909 District Two (Outside Heppner) Asher, Valerie Spray 637-2554 Bowman, Vic KInzua 768-2478 Boyer, Jimmy Monument WE4-2295 Buchanan, Bobby Irrigon 922-3681 Halvorsen, Frank lone 422-7107 Hiigel, Gary Boardman 481-2510 Lane, Steve Lexington 989-8109 Townsend, Sue lone 422-7215 Vinson, Alvin Lexington 989-8492 "Your subscriution new or renewal can mean 1st rrize for your favorite worker." 4-M Saddle E4rse Show First Event Morrow county's fair-extended to five days this year-will open at the fairgrounds, Hepp ner, Monday at 9 a. m. with the 4-H saddle horse show as the first event on the program. Prospects are for a near-record number of exhibits and one of the best-if not the best in the history of the event. While strongly em phasizing participation of youth, paricularly 4-H clubs and FFA, the fair will be enhanced, too, by open classes and adults taking part in all divisions. One of the traditional highlights of the fair is the livestock auction sale that will be held Prowlers Punch Hole in Roof At Penney Store Prowlers who were Interrup ted in their work gained entry in the J. C. Penney store here by cutting a hole in the roof of the building late Sunday night. A witness who saw a man standing by the rear of the building shortly after midnight became suspicious and called Chief of Police Dean Gilman. When the man on the ground saw that he was being watched he apparently tossed a rock on to the roof and signalled the other to come down. Chief Gil man arrived on the scene within a few minutes, caught a glimpse of one of the suspects but they loft before he could apprehend them. The witness said that they went down Gale street. Mike Whitesmith, J. C. Penney manager, said at first that he could not ascertain whether any thing was taken from the store. He said that it would be neces sary to undergo an audit to determine if any cash were mis sing. Loss appeared light. The hole in the roof was cut over the office towards the front of the building. After going through the roof, it was neces sary to go through a false ceil ing some two feet below the roof by removing celling tile there. This was right over the manager's desk, making it easy for the prowlers to make the short drop to the desk. Although Whitesmith would not or could not say if anything were missing, it was quite ap parent that the men would have made a good haul if the prow lers had not been Interrupted in their work. Extension Fund Group Organizes An organization to solicit vol untary contributions of funds to restore the county extension ser vice budget to its full $11,650 in Morrow county was formed Sunday night at the fair pavil ion. The group elected Dick Wilk inson chairman, Mrs. E. M. Ba ker secretary and Ken Smouse treasurer. They chose the name, "Extension Emergency Fund." A start of $700 towards the needed $3400 was subscribed by those present. As planned., it will be put in escrow until funds al lowed by the county for the ex tension service are exhausted. Then it is hoped that the county court will take needed funds for the balance of the year from the county emergency fund, but, if not, the voluntary fund will be used. A committee of county resi dents is being formed to con tact residents for contributions to the fund. Their names will bo announced at a later date. Meanwhile, District Attorney Herman Winter said Thursday mommg that he has received a 5-page opinion from Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. It confirms the opinion that Winter had expressed in discussions on the matter that It would be il legal to take the funds from ths emergency fund to restore the extension budget. Morrow Men to Ride Cows in Rodeo Event A special on the rodeo pro gram Saturday afternoon, Aug ust 31, will be a cow riding event with several Morrow county men participating. Floyd Jones will furnish the cows and Howard Keithley put up a belt buckle as a trophy. The men will compete for a 3 way lackpot. Taking part will be Bill Sitwert, Bert Huff, Fred Gim bel, Jim Myers, Ralph Mar latt, and Herman Winter. En tries are needed also to repre sent Lexington and lone, they said. following the 4-H pig scramble Thursday night at. 7:30. An other event attracting top in terest will be the 4-H style revue at the Little League field Wed nesday night at 8 p.m. The pet parade, also an annual highlight, will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. The pet show will start at 10 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m. Keen interest is being shown by Morrow county women In the wheat League's annual cake baking contest, winner of which will compete in the state contest for a $100 prize. County winners will receive $5 for first, $3 for second, and $2 for third. Mrs. Douglas Drake and Mrs. Charles Doherty are county chairmen. Livestock will be received at the fair grounds all day Monday and school exhibits must be in place by 9 a.m. Tuesday when ludging begins. Four-II and FFA livestock will be accepted until 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, and open class entries will be open throughout the day. Livestock judging by 4-H and FFA members will bo at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday; 4-H home econom ics judging (junior) will be at 1 p.m.; and 4-H home economics judging (senior) will be at 3 p. m. The bulk of the judging of entries in the fair will be done on Wednesday. FFA livestock will be judged at 8:30 a.m. and 4-H livestock will be judged starting at 9 a.m. in the follow. ing order: swine, beef, dairy and sheep. Judging of open class fruits, vegetables, hay, crops and home economics exhibits will start at 9 a.m. on the same day. All open class entries close at this time with the exception of flowers and livestock,, which are open until 10 a.m. Home economics judging for the 4-H style revue will be at 9 a.m. and 4-H home economics contests will be at 1 D.m. The style revue will be at the Little league Held at 8 p.m. Wednes- day. Four-H showmanship contests will start on Wednesday and con tinue into Thursday. Also on Thursday's program will be 4-H demonstrations In home economics at 9 a.m., selec tion of the all-around champion showman and agricultural dem onstrations, the pet show, and the pig scramble and auction in the evening. Demonstrations in 4-H home economics will continue early Friday morning, and open class livestock will be judged at 10:30. Exhibits will be released at 4 p.m. Community and commercial booths will also add interest to the fair. Superintendents for the fair are as follows: Beef, Donald Robinson; sheep and wool, Don Greenup; hogs, E. M. Baker; poultry and rabbits, Roger Do herty; saddle horses, Fred Man kin; hay and grasses, William Rawlins; grains, William Raw lins; fruits and vegetables, Bob Jones and Mrs. Darrell Hanis; community booths, Mrs. James Lindsay; home economics (gen eral), Mrs. Lindsay; clothing, Mrs. Jerry Brosnan and Marilyn Bergstrom; needlework, Mrs. John Bergstrom, Mrs. Pearl Wright, Mrs. Dick Wilkinson; hobbies, Mrs. William Heath, Mrs. L. E. Ruhl, Mrs. Rodney Crawford, Mrs. Cecil Thome; knitting, Mrs. Gene Ferguson; canning, Mrs. Riley Munkers, Mrs. Archie Watkins, Mrs. Keith ley Blake; foods, Mrs. George Currin; flowers, Mrs. Wallace Wolff, Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs. Harold Laird, Mrs. Helen Cox; pet show, Mrs. Bernard Doher ty; children's corner, Mrs. Wei don Witherrlte, Mrs. Gordon Hutchins, Mrs. Rita Wolff, Mrs. Riley Munkers, Mrs. Robert Jepsen. Four-H club work: Home ec onomics (general), Miss Esther Kirmis; foods, Mrs. Robert Ab rams, Mrs. Hershal Townsend, Mrs. Fred Murti s h a w, Mrs. Louis Shade; 4-H clothing, Mrs. Barney Malcom, Mrs. Louis Carl son, Mrs. Bryce Keene, Mrs. Eva Griffith, Mrs. Keith Rea; style revue, Mrs. L. A. McCabe, Mrs. Eldon Padberg, Mrs. Roland Bergstrom, Mrs. William Raw lins; knitting, Mrs. Gene Cut3 forth, Mrs. Joe Tatone, Mrs. Jack Getz, Mrs. Larry Simmons; 4-H contests, Mrs. E. M. Baker, Mu. M. E. Hadwick. Flower arrangement contest, (Continued on page 8)
