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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
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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,
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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.