LIBRARY
U OF 0
EUGENE, ORE.
80th Year
THEjM HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 5, 1963
drools
1J
7r.
k w
I..-. ,
' 7
BEAUTIFUL SETTING FOR a beautiful girl is the Soroptimlst club float grand sweepstakes win
ner in the 1963 Rodeo parade. The big heart forms backdrop for Jan Hager, daughter of Mrs. Jim
ueweij nager, presiaent ot tne
also won first in adult organizations division.
Soroptimist Club Wins
Sweepstakes in Parade
Unusually colorful entries,
highlighted by beautiful floats,
delighted a crowd of several
thousand persons who lined
Heppner's Main street Saturday
morning to watch the 1963 Fair
and Rodeo parade.
Precise mounted groups,
snappy bands, a liberal partici
pation by costumed kids, and
some entries of days of yore
blended with comical groups and
individuals to make a - well
balanced and thoroughly enlov-
able parade in perfect weather.
Heppner's Soroptimist club
won sweepstakes honors with its
lavish float that followed the
theme, "Songs Old and New."
It was an interpretation of the
song, "Let Me Call You Sweet
heart." Fashioned with pink tis
sue fringe and yellow facial
tissue around a curving frame
work, the float highlighted a
large lattice heart in front of
which sat Jan Hager in white
bouffant formal dress. The Sor
optimists won $25 first prize in
the adult organization division
as well as the $50 sweepstakes
First In the juvenile organiza
tions' division was the multi
colored float of Ruth Assembly,
Order of Rainbow for Girls, that
had as its backdrop a large rain
bow. Riding on the float were
Diane Schaffitz, Rogenia Wilson
and Brenda Young, members of
Rainbow. Perennial winners in
the parade, the Rainbow Girls'
entry showed the same work and
effort that has marked their
floats in past years. The song
that it featured was "Somewhere
Over the Rainbow."
Second in adult organizations
was the Heppner Mothers' club,
using the song, "South Pacii'k,"
as a theme. It depicted a South
Pacific setting with bamboo hut,
driftwood, flowers, fruit, leis and
a palm tree contributing to the
idea. Riding the float in costume
were Jean and Joan Stockard
and Bobby Abrams. The float
won a $15 prize.
"I'm Only a Bird in a Gilded
Cage" was the song title for the
Degree of Honor float, featuring
a big stuffed bird in a large
cage mounted on a trailer. This
won a $10 third prize for adult
organization floats.
Hermiston's Chamber of Com
merce beautiful float, featuring
"Indian Love Call," took top
prize for the best float from out
of the county, winning $15. Girls
dressed as Indian maidens rode
on the float, and a huge back
ground representing a colorful
feathered Indian headpiece was
the center of interest. Joe Burns,
former president of the Hermis
ton Chamber of Commerce, drov-i
the auto towing the float and
Mrs. Marge Bartlett, current
president, was also here for the
parade.
Umatilla Army Depot's pat
riotic float, "Power for Peace,"'
on which were mounted weapons
of various types and bearing two
soldiers standing rigidly at at
tention contributed a great deal
to the parade. It won second
prize for floats from out of the
county and received $10.
Pacific Power and Light Com
pany's float, not in the compe
tition by its own request, was
another crowd favorite with its
animated circus.
Reminiscent of a bygone e:a
and adding humor as well was
the lone Fire Department entry,
an old hose cart bearing the
words, "Pride of lone Fire De
partment 1905." Seating in a
tiny fire truck pulling the rig
was Chief Eldon Tucker. This
Register 1194 m Fitrs? Day
i 1
I 5
ciud. Featuring the song, "Let
IT WOULDN'T be a Morrow
county Rodeo without Bill
Smethurst member of the
rodeo committee and for many
years chairman of the parade.
This year Bill was grand
maxshall of the parade and
had a busy role at the rodeo
grounds through the two-day
event He is shown just as he
was about to start the parade.
(G-T Photo)
entry received a fourth place
ribbon.
Umatilla Sage Riders topped
the field of muunted grouos n
it won first place in the district j
ahead of the Heppner Wranglers.
First was $35 and the Wranglers
won $20.
The Bob Steagall family of
Lexington won $7.50 as the best
family group, mounted, and Mrs.
Don Robinson also won $7.50 as
the best mounted cowgirl. As
best mounted cowboy, Parade
Grand Marshal Bill Smethurst
won $7.50, and Frank Turner re
ceived $5 as the oldest cowboy.
Many friends may not have rec
ognized him as he was one of
a comic group, made up with
black faces. Oldest cowgirl was
Mrs. Lois Winchester, winner of
a $5 prize.
Winning as the best comic en
try was the "Ford or Bust" out
fit of Condon Auto Sales and
assited by Heppner Auto Sales.
It was designed around the Bev
erly Hill Billies and used a 1930
Ford truck, loaded with all man
(Continued on page 8)
V
: f - I
' . , -y.
Me Call You Sweetheart" the float
(G-T Photo)
Extension Drive
Hits $200 Mark
As of Wednesday, the drive
to supplement the budget of the
Morrow county extension service
stood at $2700, just $700 short
of its $3400 goal, Mrs. E. Mark
ham Baker, one of the leaders
in the campaign, said.
It is expected that the cam
paign, which is aimed at re
taining all three county agents
here in the face of a budget cut
by the county - budget commit
tee, will be concluded this week.
Those soliciting for the drive
are Andy Van Schoiack, Bernard
Doherty, Walter Wright, Dick
Wilkinson, Doug Drake and Ray
mond French, Heppner; Kenneth
Peck and Norman Nelson, Lex
ington; Bob Jepsen. John Jep
sen, Louis Carlson, Herman Blet
tell, David Baker, Eulenna Cor
ley, Paul Tews and Mrs. Baker,
all of lone; Weldon Witherrite,
Pine City; Andrew Skiles, Irri
gon; and Mrs. Bill Seehafer,
Boardman. Some of these had yet
to report and may have funds
to add to the $2700 total.
They are all urged to report
to Kenneth Smouse, treasurer,
at once so that the committee
may know how much farther it
has to go. Deadline was origin
ally set at September 1 by the
state extension service, but it has
been postponed for a short time.
Skate Rink Opens
On Friday Night
Grand opening of the Morrow
County Roller Rink, located in
the fair pavilion, will be Friday
evening at 7 o'clock, Glen Ward
and D, E. (Shorty) Hudson an
nounce. Free coffee, doughnuts and
punch will be served on the
opening night.
Rental skates are available
with a total of 215 pairs on hand,
Ward said.
Season tickets, one type good
for 12 skates and another good
for 25 skates, will be on sale at
a savings.
The rink will be open on week
ends throughout the winter
months. It is also available at
other times for parties.
Visitors are welcome at
rink, the operators state.
the
Breakfast Serves
More Than 600
More than 600 persons were
served at the Wranglers Cow
boy Breakfast at the Wrangler
clubhouse Sunday morning, Mrs.
Lowell (Dee) Gribble, chairman
of the affair, said.
A representative of at least
one of every one of the 79 Wrang
ler families probably had a hand
in the work of organizing or pre
paring the breakfast, she said.
Work started at 5 a.m. on the
breakfast itself and continued
past the 10 a.m. closing time.
Harold Erwin, however, got up
early and had all the fires going
when the rest of the workmen
arrived.
Bob Steagall provided some
excellent firewood, which made
the 1ob considerably easier, Mrs.
Gribble said. Cooperation and
help was tremendous on the "ter
rific" job, she declared.
Number 27
10 Cents
Count Tops
Last Year
By 38 Pupils
Thirty-eight students more
than last year registered in Mor
row county schools on opening
day, according to figures re
leased through the office of
Wayne Brubacher, county school
superintendent.
The total Tuesday was 1194 as
compared with 1156 on the first
day last year, including both
grade and high school students.
Heppner showed a total gain
of 48, of which six were listed
as special students. The total
enrollment in Heppner was 678
as compared with 630 last year.
In the grade schools, a gain of
25 was noticed, climbing to 453
from the first day's 428 last year,
and in the high school, 17 more
were on hand this year at 219,
compared with 1962's 202.
Ione's total this year on the
first day was 203, of which 150
are in the elementary school and
53 in the high school. At the
same time last year, the figure
was 217 in the two schools, with
55 in the high school and 162
in the grade school.
Boardman's student population
was down by only two this year
despite the fact that the fifth
and sixth grades were moved to
the A. C. Houghton school, Irri
gon. Total enrollment in Board
man is 128 as compared with
130 last year. Pupils in the grade
school numbered exactly the
same as on the first day in 1962
at 55, even though the fifth and
sixth grades have been changed
to Inigon. The Riverside High
school enrollment showed just
two less 73 as compared with
75 last year.
At Irrigon the number at A. C.
Houghton school increased by 10,
going to 142 from 132 last year,
the figure for this year includ
ing the fifth and sixth grades.
Lexington elementary shows a
drop of seven pupils, declining
to 40 from last year's 47.
With the exception of some
confusion on the bus runs,
school's opening seemed to pro
ceed smoothly around the coun
ty, and classes started at once
on regular daily schedules.
Heppner and Lexington students
in the new high school enjoyed
its spacious facilities and started
getting acquainted with the new
building.
With some students probably
still at work on summer jobs,
it is to be expected that enroll
ments in some of the schools
will increase in the first few
weeks.
'I , f '
RAYMOND FRENCH
r j
(
ttftftmtniliir,Mr,riar'W&- WwtM vj? hl titm
Heppner Soil District:
Named for Grand Award
The Heppner Soil Conservation
District has been named Oregon's
grand award conservation dis
trict for 1962-63.
This district was chosen by
state agricultural leaders who re
viewed the work of farmers and
supervisors entered in the 16th
annual Soil Conservation Awards
Program of the Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio.
Garland Swanson, lone, selec
ted by the company as the state's
outstanding farmer conservation
ist, and Raymond French, Hepp
ner. chairman of his district con
servation board, will be guests
of the rubber company on a four
day tour to Goodyear Farms, near
Phoenix, Ariz., in December.
There the two men, along with
102 others representing too dis
tricts throughout the United
Jordan, Mealy Capture
Rodeo Championships
rr ) .,-v Nf v , , : t- -J
, , , ? -rf-",--,N , ,s-, , "J
BIG GRINS radiated both ways
namiey ana uo renaieion, presentea the handmade saddle
to Gene Jordan of Mancos, Colo., at conclusion of the Morrow
county Rodeo Sunday. Jordan won the 1963 Northwest Saddle
Bronc championship and with the title went the traditional prize
from the Pendleton firm. (G-T Photo)
Frank Turner
In Auto Mishap
Frank Turner and Mrs. Vlr
ginia Turner of Heppner suffered
only minor injuries in an auto
accident at Buck's Corner, near
Hermiston on Labor Day. An oc
cupant of the other car involved,
however, was seriously hurt. He
is David Haupton, 22, of Cor
vallis, who was taken to Good
Shepherd hospital with head in
juries. Turner said that he and his
sister-in-law were going to the
Labor Day program at the Yacht
club on the Columbia. After
reaching highway 30 on the But
ter Creek highway, he stopped
and waited for several cars to
pass, then proceeded across the
highway. The little foreign car,
driven by Mrs. Doris Haupton,
22, wife of the injured man, hit
the Turner car on the side.
Turner said that he realized
that Haupton was seriously in
jured and helped remove him
from the car. Both autos in
volved were badly damaged.
GAR SWANSON
States, will study conservation
practices on the 14,000-acre
desert farm.
Swanson recently was chosen
Morrow County Conservat i o n
Man of the Year.
The men will be flown to Ari
zona for the visit and will stay
at Goodyear's resort, the Wig
wam. They will study irrigation
and cropping practices which
changed barren desert into pro
ductive farmland.
Second place honors in Ore
gon were won by the Upper Wil
lamette Soil Conservation Dis
trict, which named Charles F.
Jensen, Springfield, as the out
standing farmer-conservationist
The Heppner district won the
award in the year 1953-54 and
Louis Carlson and Newt O'Harra
Tmde the trip to Arizona. The
district was runnerup in 1958-59.
1 4 ' i A
"" 1 layoff -"'
L: . ' .'
V K' Vy '
when Dave Hamley (right) of
Clarence Rosewall
Named to Council
Clarence Rosewall, a former
member of the city council,
will be pressed into service
again if he accepts the po
. sition.
Ho was appointed at the
Monday evening meeting to
fill the vacancy left by Conley
Lanham who resigned prior to
leaving on a trip to Europe.
However, , Rosewall had not
been contacted, and the ap
pointment was made contin
gent upon his acceptance.
Under terms of the city
charter, a councilman who is
out of the city for more than
two months continuously is
ineligible to serve.
41 in Royal Courts
Attend Luncheon
Queens and courts and a few
of their parents, numbering 41
in all, attended a luncheon Sat
urday in the Elks club room
under sponsorship of the Hepp-ner-Morrow
County Chamber of
Commerce to entertain the courts
during the rodeo.
County Judge Oscar Peterson
was toastmaster at the luncheon,
and he and Mayor Al Lamb ex
tended welcome to the courts.
Queen Sandra Eubanks was
introduced, and in turn intro
duced her princesses and queens
from neighboring cities. Each of
them introduced her princesses.
It was pronounced a very nice
and pleasant affair. Hillard
Brown, chairman of the Cham
ber's banquet committee, was
given the credit for arranging
the luncheon which was prepar
ed by Mrs. Fred Ott.
WEATHER
LEONARD GILLIAM
By
Hi Low
Friday 83 56
Thursday 87 54
Saturday 88 51
Sunday 84 49
Monday 80 46
Tuesday 85 50
Wednesday 90 54
Prec.
Information Needed
On College Students
Is your son or daughter going
to college this fall?
If so, the Gazette-Times
would like to hear about it.
In an ensuing issue it would
like to print information about
all those In the area who are
either returning to college or
entering as freshmen.
It is difficult to learn of all
those college-bound unl ess
parents Inform the paper, and
so a call to the Gazette-Times
office would be appreciated
(676-9228).
40-Year-Old Horse
In Rodeo Parade
Old ' 'Brownie," about 40
years old, must have been the
oldest horse in the rodeo pa
rade Saturday.
The horse is owned by Larry
Gentry and was ridden bv
Mrs. Gentry, who appeared as
"Old Black Joe" in the colored
riding group.
. "Brownie," who saw service
in rodeo roping in former
years, has been in nearly every
parade.
Gene Jordan of Mancos, Colo.,
scored 508 points in the North
west Amateur Saddle Bronc
Riding in two days of compe
tition at the Morrow county ro
deo Saturday and Sunday and
thereby captured first place in
the feature event. He won with
it the Hamley and Company
handmade saddle, an annual
award to the winner from the
Pendleton firm.
Of perhaps even greater inter
est to local rodeo fans, though,
was the Morrow County Ama
teur Calf Roping contest which
brought unusually keen compe
tition this year. Bill Healy of
Heppner was the happy winner
after total figures were compil
ed, by lossoing and tying calves
in 34.4 seconds the first day
and 36.4 the second for 70.8. He
won the Hamley saddle given
by Kinzua Corporation and join
ed the elite list of amateur ropers
who have earned the coveted
prize during the 14 years that the
event has been held.
Bob Steagall, second place
winner, posted the best time for
a single calf in the event with
24.4 on Sunday, but he took
twice as long on the opening
day with 48.9. He received a pair
of handmade boots from Del
Brown, Pendleton, with his total
of 73.3.
Cornett Green, a crowd fav
orite as he took the field with
a brace on his neck broken in
an accident several months ago,
finished third on times of 42.3
Saturday and 41.6 Sunday, total
84.1, and won a Stetson hat from
Wilson's Men's Wear.
Tad Miller was second with
38.2 on opening day but failed
to make a catch Sunday, and
Jim Steagall was second Sunday
with 33.9 but failed to rope his
calf Saturday.
In winning the saddle bronc
event, Jordan was first in the
finals at the conclusion of the
program Sunday with 171 points
alter finishing in a tie with Jack
Thrasher of Klamath Falls for
first Saturday, each with 170,
and with Thrasher for second on
Sunday, each with 167. Top man
in the go-around Sunday before
the finals was Hap Tegart of
Invermere, B. C, with 172.
In the finals, Jordan was the
only one to stick on his bronc,
thereby outpointing his nearest
competitor, Thrasher, by 171
points. The Canadian cowboy,
Tegart, was third with 332 and
Jim Van Belle of Richland. Wa.
was fourth . with 322. Thrasher
received a pair of chaps from
Severe Bros., Pendleton; Tegart
won a pair of spurs from John
Van Belle; and Jim Van Belle
won a buck rein.
Exciting contests from the top
to bottom of each day's and Sat
urday night's program featured
the 1963 rodeo. The rodeo com
mittee, headed by Floyd Jones,
was virtually swamped with the
record-setting number of entries
this year, totaling 192, and parts
of several events had to be run
off outside of the shows. Even
so, the attirnoon shows each ran
over four hours in length.
Wear perfect weather prevailed
for other events held through
the rodeo and only a rather stiff
breeze coming late Sunday kept
it from being ideal.
While good crowds were In
evidence throughout the shows,
it appeared that the Sunday af
ternoon crowd was down some
what from last year. The dance
brought a large turnout Satur
day night, one of the best in the
history of the rodeo.
Sid Britt was top hand in bare
back riding, winning the first
go-around with a score of 163.
and tying for first on the second
with 165, and thus taking first
in the average. Second on aver-
ge was Bill Hcrrara with 162
Saturday and 158 Sundav. eood
for second and fourth on the two
go-arounds. Averaging third was
Tegart, who also won third in
each go-around with 152 and
163. Others finishing in the
money were Fred Harkreader,
fourth Saturday with 150. and
Jim Carter of Long Crock, tied
for first Sunday. Carter had
fourth in the average.
Marvin Bothum of Woodburn
topped bull riders, each of whom
had only one go-around, with
168. Second was Jim Starr with
lbJ, and tied for th rd were
Andy Conforth of Hermiston and .
forrest Kinchart of Ukiah.
Une of the greatest crowd
pleasers in the rodoo, but not so
pleasing to the narticinants at
the moment of performance, was
the new event the Chamber of
Commerce cow riding event.
None of the game entrants stay
ed on their unpredictable bossies,
but all gave it a real try.
Rex English, new high school
English itacher here, came
close to making the time Sun
day in an exhibition but was
ineligible for the competition be
cause of his previous experience.
Bert Huff was the top perform
er among the merchants but his
cow didn't carry him across the
dirt track before depositing him
solidly on terra firma. He won
the trophy buckle given by How
ard Keithley. Jim Myers was sec
ond and Bob Mahoney third.
Others in the Saturday go
around were Ralph Marlatt, Fred
Gimbel and Herman Winter and
Jim Myers, and on Sunday were
Don McClure, and Dave Barnett.
All started on a cow's back and
all finished on the same place
in approximately the same po
sition. Wrangler Cow Riders on Sat
urday night did a little better
with Joe Yocom outpointing the
field at 158, English winning
(Continued on page 8)