I I 8RARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE Griffith Captures Ail-Around Title Mac Griffith, son of the second queen of the Morrow County Ro deo, won the title of All-around Cowboy at the Pendleton Round up which was concluded Sat urday. He is the first "home town" product to grab the honor in 52 years of round-up history. Pendleton lays claim to Grif fith as its "own boy," but Hepp ner has a right to share the new champion. He graduated from high school here in 1956 and is the son of Mrs. Eva Griffith of 220 West Willow street. She was queen of the Morrow county Ro deo in 1923 as Eva Padberg. Griffith won the bulldogging championship and was runner up in Brahma bull riding as he piled up points for the title. He grabbed 180 points on the final day in bull riding when he took all that the Christensen Brothers' bull, Ice Man, had to offer in a rip-snorting ride. In dogging he won first place with a total time of 29.4 for three steers, an average time of 9.8 per steer. The final day's crowd of 16,000 thought that he had earned an other stack of points in bronc riding when he came out on Whiz Bang and stuck to the back of the bucking horse like glue despite the bronc's efforts to discount him. It was a keen disappointment when the an nouncer declared that he was disqualified for not spurring the mount when it left the chute. But despite the failure to win points in this event, Griffith, who at 24 is an old hand at rodieoing, captured the all around title hands down, ahead of Les Kamm, also of Pendleton, in second place. In winning the championship, Griffith earned $1,838.34 and captured the Oregon Journal trophy, successor to the Sam Jackson trophy that was retired in 1951 when Shoat Webster won permanent psosession by gain ing the all-around crown three years in a row. Honors are not new to the lithe Mr. Griffith. In 1961 he won the IRA world's champion Commission Calls For Highway Bids Bids on projects which will open to traffic a continuous four lane section approximately 17 miles in length on Interstate 80N (Columbia River highway) from Blalock to Heppner Junc tion interchange will be received by the State Highway commis sion in Salem on October 8. Two major projects are in volved, the highway department states. One calls for grading, paving and signing of 6.11 miles of the east unit of the Arling-ton-Heppner Jun c t i o n Inter change section. This project starts about two miles east of Arlington and goes to the new Heppner Junction interchange.. Construction will include new eastbound lanes for the freeway and resurfacing of the existing two-lane highway to provide a four-lane divided freeway con necting to the four-lane freeway section to the west. A small portion of the cost on this project will be paid by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers because of relocation work re quired by the John Day Dam reservoir. The project is sched uled for completion October 31, 1964. The other project involves nine miles of the Blalock-Arlington section of I-80N. Plans for pro viding a stone base and oil mat from Blalock to approximately one mile east of Arlington. Now under construction is the west unit of the Arlington Heppner Junction section. The larger portion of the cost of this project will be paid by the Corps of Engineers because of relocation work required by the John Day Dam reservoir. Com pletion is scheduled for June 1, 1965. Ruhl at Center For Beaver Team Dick Ruhl, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ruhl of Lexington and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McQuarrie, will see foot ball action with the Oregon State University Beavers for the first time this season when they go to Salt Lake City Saturday for a game with Utah. This year, Ruhl is playing center and defensive linebacker. Last season he played fullback on offense, working with the great Terry Baker, and defen sive linebacker. Ruhl, Heppner High graduate, is now 208 pounds and is 6-1. He is a senior this year. In the 1962 season he was the Beavers' fifth leading rusher with 139 yards on 31 carries, a 4.5 yard average. He intercepted two passes, returning them for 31 yards. In seeking the center position, Ruhl is competing with Hoyt Keeney, big junior from Port land for the first team spot Both will see plenty of action through the season, both on of fense and defense. Mrs. Ruhl is the former Suzy McQuarrie. They live in Cor vallis and have a baby daughter. ship in bronc riding and was presented a saddle in Chicago after a climaxing performance there. Before the show Saturday, he was seventh-ranked nation ally in bull riding. His mother was a thrilled spectator when the announcer Top Cowboy MAC GRIFFITH intoned that Mac Griffith had won the championship. Later she said, "I used to be real worried about that bull dogging. But one day he took the time to tell me all about how its done, and how it isn't really dangerous. Now I feel much better about it." From the Pendleton Round-Up, Mac headed for another event in California and from there will go to Denver. Morrow Court Picks Health Nurse At a special meeting Wednes day, the Morrow county court unanimously decided to offer the position of county health nurse to Mrs. Lowell Chally, Judge Oscar Peterson said Thursday. The position would be for two thirds time at a salary of $3600. If she accepts the position, Mrs. Chally will succeed Mrs. Velma Glass who resi g n e d early this year. Mrs. Herman Green who has been working as a clerk in the health department will continue on a half-time basis, the judge said. Daniels Moved To New Position Joe Daniels, install-repairman in Heppner for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. for the past seven years, will be transferred to Pendleton to work in a sim ilar capacity as of October 1. With his family, Daniels came here from Hermiston. They are now offering their home for sale, preparatory to making the move. It has not been announced who will come to Heppner to take his place. Spauldings Enjoy Pendleton Round-Up With Doc Severinsen Pendleton Round-Up was es pecially enjoyable this year for Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spauld ing. It gave them an oppor tunity to see and visit with Carl (Doc) Severinsen, a life time friend, who now plays the trumpet with Skitch Hen derson on the nationally-televised "Tonight" show. Severinsen, making his first visit to the Round-Up for many years, was a hit with his trum pet performance at the Happy Canyon show, and he may be prevailed upon to return again next year. The Spauldings were at the Round-Up through all four days .spent much of the time with Severinsen and sat with him in his box at the perfor mances. Mrs. Spaulding's friendship with the well-known musician extends back to the time that she was five years old. At that time Severinsen was in Arling ton and Mrs. Spaulding lived in The Dalles. Her father taught music and gave les sons in Arlington. Severinsen was one of his pupils. Carl's friendship with Sev erinsen is one of long stand ing, too. They played together in the army band at Fort Lewis some 25 years ago and did some round-up shows to gether. Spaulding also plays the trumpet. But ask him if he plays as well as Severinsen, and the reply will be a chuck ling, "I guess not." Severinsen, who led the 'To night" musical group for three weeks recently while Director Henderson was on vacation, may return to this area in March on a tour of high schools across the country. Ifsi I; felt 80th Year the m GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 19, Johnny Beckett, 'Fighting Marine Visits Old Home Brig. Gen. Johnny Beckett, now retired from the Marine Corps, visited in Heppner with his brothers, Charlie and Walter, and other relatives be fore heading back to his home at La Jolla, Calif., Wed nesday. Johnny, who was born in the Eightmile district, was the "Fighting Marine" pictured on World War I recruiting posters, one of which is on display today in the Mary Hill Mus eum. Beckett was an Ail-American football tackle for the Uni versity of Oregon in 1917, af ter which he made his career in the Marines, serving in both the first and second World Wars. In World War II he led an invasion force at Iwo Jima when he was a colonel. Johnny left this area in 1907 when he moved to Portland. On his visit here, he found that he remembered only a very few of the old-timers. lone Hosts Game; Mustangs Travel Football action will be in full swing again this week with lone High school's eight-man team, coached by Dick Strait, opening its season at home against Ar lington, starting at 2:30. This will be Coach Strait's first contest under the Cardinals' banner after working as a coach Football Season Tickets Go on Sale Heppner High school season football tickets go on sale Fri day and can be bought from any member of the high school student body, Athletic Director Bob Cantonwine announces. The $3.50 ticket is good for all four home games, starting with the first contest on the rodeo grounds on Friday, Sep tember 27, with Umatilla. at Heppner High school last year. He has a turnout of 20 men from which to build his club. The opener is a non-league contest. Heppner High school will take to the road again after losing to Enterprise there Friday, 20 to 0. The Mustangs will play Condon on the Condon High grid Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Condon lost one of its best boys, Dennis Herbison, by grad uation in the spring but has most of its last veai"s team back, including Steve Carnine, hard running back. Heppner will play without the services of Paul Swaggart and Dean Robinson, both on the in jured list, but Lee Padberg, back, is expected to be ready to go over sitting out most of the Enterprise game with an injury. The Mustangs defeated Con don last year, 22 to 0, but ex pect a real close battle this year. "None of our games this year will be snaps," Coach Suther land said. The Mustangs open at home on Friday night, Sep tember 27, against Umatilla. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 88 65 Thursday 84 59 Friday 76 54 .02 Saturday 69 54 .20 Sunday 57 56 .31 Monday 64 52 .01 Tuesday 66 64 Wednesday 72 62 Total rainfall for the week was .54 of an inch.. Many Local Many young people of the area left this week or will leave soon to enroll in colleges, trade schools or other advanced train ing schools for the winter term. About 75 of last year's grad uating class at Heppner High school has announced plans to continue into advanced training, with many on hand this week for orientation and early regis tration. Enrolling for their first year at the University of Oregon are Cecelia Ann Jones, Martha Do herty, and Laura Lee Sumner. Reentering the university are Linda Van Winkle, Tom Driscoll, Jean Collins, Dennis and Roger Doherty, Larry Tibbies, Robert Huffman and Linda Heimbigner of lone. Those attending Oregon State University will include Kenneth Daggett, Mary Shannon, Ronnie Belsma, Ron Creswick, Donald Clark, Libby Van Schoiack, Den nis Fergeson, Carol Anderson, Clifford Green, Dick Sherman, .UIIBMWl man I, I "-Jjlf"""J"l .Mil"! mmm y .H, H fHP niHiMlwili I t&Mii-iiaaaHB BIG GEORGE WHITEHALL, 6-4 and weighing "well over" 200 pounds explains to little Jane Mattair, nurse's aide at Pioneer Memorial hospital, some of the workings of the new automatic fire protection system at Pioneer Memorial hospital. They are standing by the accelerator valve which charges the line with water. The system throughout the original unit of the hospital was completed last week. Fire Sprinkler System Installed at Hospital A major project, installation of an automatic fire sprinkling system, has been completed at Pioneer Memorial hospital at a cost of $13,000. Ordered by the State -Fire Marshal's office, the system extends throughout the original hospital building, con structed in 1950, and covers at tic, main floor and basement, Will O'Harra, administr a t o r, said. The south wing of the build- Rummage Sale Dates Set October 25-26 Dates for the semi-annual Civic League Rummage Sale were set for October 25 and 26 at a meeting Monday night. The proceeds from the sale are used to help support the kindergarten classes in Heppner. Mrs. Morgan Connor and Mrs. Delmar Buschke were named co-chairmen of the event. Any one having unused items they would like to donate are asked to call any of the following for pickup and delivery: Mrs. Bob Cantonwine, (phone 676-5539); Mrs. Jim Richardson, (676-5837); Mrs. Jim Prock, (676-9412); Mrs. LaVerne Van Marter, (676-9430); Mrs. George Stillman, (676-5844); Mrs. Connor, (676-9158); or Mrs. Buschke, (676-5826); and in Lexington, Mrs. Pat Cutsforth, (989-8472). Anyone coming into Heppner may leave items at Jack's Chevron station. New Civic League officers were elected with Mrs. Prock as president; Mrs. Richard Strait, vice president; and Mrs. Matt Hughes and Mrs. Canton wine as secretary-treasurers. The first sorting night will be September 25 at the old Bakery building starting at 7:30 p.m. All mothers of kindergarten are urged to help with the sorting. Students Leave to Enter College Mickey Van Schoiack, Dick and Susan Ruhl, all of Heppner; Kenneth Smouse, Tass Morrison, Michelle Morrison, Gerald i n e Morgan, Jean and Melvin Mar tin, all of lone. Freshmen at Eastern Oregon College, La Grande, will include Jacqueline Brindle, L e a n n e Joynes and John Porter. In upper grades will be Laurence Green, Judy Schmidt, Stuart Gribble, Melvin Harnett, Bruce Moyer, Francis Rea of lone, John How ton of lone and Hermiston, and Laddie Henderson of Lexington, transfer from a California school. Going to Oregon College of Education in Monmouth for their first year are Ginger Springer, Dick Springer, Bill C. Cox and LeRoy Gardner. Returning stu dents are Beverly Blake, Mary Evelyn Tucker and Gary Linton. Among those enrolling at Col umbia Basin Junior College In Pasco are David Creswick, Ken neth Nelson, Tom Martin, Mar vin Padberg and Gary Morgan. 1963 ing, which was added after the original structure was completed is built of concrete and does not require the sprinkler system. Three hundred sprinkler heads, sensitive to heat, are located throughout the structure so that every part is covered, including even closets and showers. The heads are set to "go off" at aiiierent temperatures. Those in the attic where heat is more in tense from normal rays of the sun would not be activated un til temperature gets to 200 de grees. In the rooms of patients, however, the heads would start spraying water at 160 degrees. Lines of the automatic sprink ling system taper from 4 inches down to one and are charged with air. It is not until one of the heads is heated to its acti vation temperature that water flows into the lines. At that time an accelerator valve (pictured above) comes into play and charges the lines with water. The water then flows to the head that was activated and is held back from going farther by the air in the lines. Installation of the system was done by the Automatic Sprinkler bystem Company of Portland over a period of 60 days. One remaining problem is to sup plement the hospitals wafr supply from the county reser voir, and this will probably re quire larger or additional lines, Uiiarra said. Pipelines of the system inside the hospital are all sloped so that they may be drained. In the attic, for instance, this would be of considerable importance because of the danger of freez ing in cold weather. Money for the project cam'? from the hospital's maintenance fund, which was built up over an extended period after the board was notified that the work must be done. As a result of the project, pat ients in the hospital may now be assured that they are offered the most modern fire protection system. Staying cioser to home and enrolling at Blue Mountain Com munity College in Pendleton are Larry Monagle, Bill Doherty, Bob Fetsch, Jerry Anderson and Jim Steagall. Two girls, Lorraine Leonnig and Carol Tholberg are receiving training at Phagan's Beauty school In Pendleton, Enrolling at Pacific University in Forest Grove for their fresh man year are Shannon Mahoney and John Cleveland. Bob Ma honey returns this year to com plete his degree there. Five schools in Portland will receive either new or returning students. Attending Portl and State are Judy Hamilton, John Cason, Mike Smith, Gayle Cox, Ladd Dick and Jim Cason. At the University of Portland will be Louise Pointer, Beverly Da vidson, Bill Monagle and John Swanson. Julie Pfelffer will re enter Multnomah Junior college. Bill Akers will enter Lewis and Clark for his freshman year, and Marlene Fetsch will take a sec Number 29 HEPPNER 10 Cents 270 Attend Reception, Take Tour Greetings were extended new and returning teachers, admin istrators and school board mem bers at "Housewarming '63" Wednesday night in the new Heppner High school. The big multi-purpose room looked small after the 270 people were seated. The reception and open house, sponsored by Heppner's Parent Teacher association, proved a good opportunity to get acquain ted with new faces, as well as new surroundings. Approval and delight with the interior of the new building was shown as they toured the classrooms later in the evening. Gene Pierce, as master ol cere monies, provided the "glow" in his cordial introductions. Mrs. Ed Dick extended greetings from the PTA, told of its plans for the year and introduced her committee chairmen. Oliver Creswick, with Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens at the piano, led In group singing. Supt. Wayne Brubacher re sponded warmly to his intro duction with feelings of opti mism and an outlook for pleas ant association with schools and communities. He then introduced the school board members. Principal Hillard Brown pre sented his grade teachers In Heppner and Lexington, with special recognition given to re tired teachers with long tenures, Lena Kelly and Edna Turner. High school faculty was in troduced by Principal Gordon Pratt. Each teacher received a car nation corsage from the hospi tality committee as his name was called. A six-piece Instrumental high school group, "The Playboys," entertained with several num bers. Guests were seated at card tables for refreshments of cake and coffee before adjourning to tour the now building. Refresh monts were provided by high school mothers under the chair manship of Mrs. Ray Massey. Other chairmen for the evening were Mrs. Fred Gimbel, hospi tality, and Mrs. Bob Abrams, program. Parents were urged to support the PTA throughout the year by attendance and payment of dues. A monthly newsletter will be sent home with children an nouncing coming events. Lexington Market Sets Sale Event Opening sale of the new own ers of Del's Market of Lexington is being held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, Del Piper, manager, announces. Free coffee and doughnuts will be served to the public Saturday, and free balloons for children will be given through the sale. Many bargains are offered throughout the store. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Padberg recently purchased the store from Mr. and Mrs. Ellwynne Peck and Piper was named as manager. An addition to the staff announced this week is Roy Quackenbush who will have charge of the produce depart ment among his duties. Quacken bush and his wife own the Heppner Red and White store. Piper states that Del's Market will feature personalized service, and he invites all to come to the store to enjoy the features of the New Owners' Sale this weekend. Additional details are listed in the store's advertisement else where in this paper. retarial course at the Northwest ern School of Commerce in Port land. Freshman students at Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls will be Bob Hager and Mike Lesser. Completing their courses there are Neal and Lydia (Van Houte) Penland. The following will enter in dividual schools of their choice: Shirley Carlson, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, Utah; Shan Applegate, Carroll College, Montana; Sharon Dixon, Asbury College, Wllmore, Ky.; Karen Lundell, Pacific Lutheran Uni versity, Tacoma; Roland Ek strom, Boise Junior College; Har old Gray, trade school; Wayne Hams, western Montana College of Education, Dillon Mont, and Jay Sumner, graduate work, UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif. The paper would appreciate hearing about any stu d e n t whose name has been overlook ed, and will be happy to in clude them in another story next week. Completion Date Near For Lanes Heppner's new bowling lanes, bearing the name "Fiesta Bowl," is nearing completion, Art Dyck, owner, states. Final arrangements have been made regarding automatic pin setters, and they will be sup plied by the Brunswick Corp, complete with their new pin indicating device. Scoring tables, telescores and ball returns will bear the AMF brand, thus sup plying Heppner with what Dyck considers to be the finest bowl ing equipment on the market. Formation of leagues will com mence Immediately, Dyck states. All leagues will bowl alternate times on each succeeding week 6:45 p.m. one week and 9:00 p.m. the next. Thus, all bowlen share in the advantages and dis advantages at each of the times. Classes will be organized for instruction for beginners free of charge. A program for all boy3 and girls old enough to handle a bowling ball will also be or ganized, as well as a daytime program for housewives, the owner said. At the present time there are openings in leagues on all week nights, but they are filling rapidly, and all who wish to take part in league activities are asked to contact either Dyck, Mrs. John Ledbetter or Mrs. Yvonne Lovgren. Mrs. Lovgren's new telephone number, different from that listed in the directory, is 989-8431. Notice of when the free in struction classes will be held will be made known to those who have signed up as soon as possible, Dyck said. Wally Green of Hermiston Is contractor on the bowling lanes and work is proceeding at a rapid pace. Exact completion date cannot be pinpointed at this time because it cannot be an ticipated what delays may be encountered, but it is expected to be soon. Savages Blank Heppner Gridders For Third Year Enterprise High's Sav a g e s blanked Heppner High's Mus- i irtUKs uu me looiuau iieia ior the third consecutive vnar Fridav night when the Wallowa county team won its home opener 20 to 0. This was the identical score of the meeting between the two schools here last year, and In 1961, Enterprise blanked Hepp ner at Enterprise, 27 to 0. However, Coach Jim Suther land felt that his lads played a good game despite the loss. Lacking lettermen in any large number and putting out a team of relatively inexperienced grid ders, the coach had the opinion that they did a good job. It wasn't until just three min utes before halftime that the savages were able to count their first six points. The situation was set up by a short punt by the Heppner eleven which Dlaced Entrmrisp nn thp Mnu. tang 25-yard line. After a series or piays, jonn Butner scored from two yards out. He also ran the point after touchdown. In the third quarter, Mack Bennett tallied from thrpp varda after a long run by Butner. The conversion try tailed. it was Butner again who in terceotod a Hennnor nana mirl. Wav in the fourth nunrtpr ami ran 35 vanls for thp final tmiph. down. A pass, Bennett to Jerry Bailey, added the point and the final margin, 20 0. Heppner missed a ood oopor tunity in the first quarter after blocking a Savage punt. The Mustangs took over on the En terprise 20, but three penalties, offsides and backfield in motion, nullified the threat. "We played a good game in the first half," Coach Sutherland said. "A couple of bad breaks cost us a score." Injuries also took a toll. Paul Swaggart re-injured his knee, Dean Robinson pulled a liga ment in his leg, and Lee Padberg saw very little action becausa of a previous injury. The coach said Darryl Dick was outstanding as an end, both offensively and defensl v e 1 y. Stuart Dick and Tim Driscoll were both good on defense and David Hanna also played a good game, Sutherland said. Larrv MupssIp ran hard anrl Came near tn hrpnWInu Innao a few times. Don Munkers looked gooa at quarterback In his first varsity game, handling the ball well and passing very well. Diana Fulleton Wins Pole Bending Diana Fulleton, daughter of Mr. nad Mrs. Roice Fulleton, won first place in pole bending In the Pendleton Round-Up arena on the night of Dress-UD Parade. She was presented a big trophy during the Round-Up program weo.neso.ay. Diana has had an excellent year In competitive horseman ship events and ranks high in state girls' barrel racing. Becky Fulleton, sister of Diana, won second in barrel racing for girls 12 and under at the Dress-up show, and Ruby, another sister, was third in pole bending and third in barrel racing. All three were among perform ers at the 1903 Morrow County Rodeo.