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LlZKAftX II OF 0 EUGENE, ORE Combined Fair and Rodeo 80th Year Number 34 Draws Favor for Morrow county's 1964 fair and rodeo will return to the old plan of being held during the same week if sentiment expressed by interested persons at a special meeting of the fair board Mon day night is any indication. Strong favor for returning to the combined event was express ed by a number of the 24 persons attending the meeting in the fair annex. The fair board had called the public meeting to hear proposals of residents who had suggestions to make on the fair and rodeo. Originally set for the conference room in the Gilliam and Bisbee building, the meeting place was moved to the fair annex when the number attending exceeded the capacity of the conference room. One of the major actions taken at the meeting was the passage of a motion that asked that a committee be appointed by Chairman Al Fetsch of the fair board to write new by-laws for the rodeo and fair committees, each of which is subsidiary to the fair board. Fetsch named E. H. (Tad) Miller, Max Barclay, Floyd Jones, Raymond French, Don Robinson and Charles Daly to the commit tee. Two of their number repre sent the fair board, two repre sent the fair committee, and two represent the public at large. It was pointed out that the rodeo board should have definite rules to go by, particularly for choosing new members of the board. Feeling was expressed by some of those attending as in terested persons that it is desir able to set up a rotating plan of service on the committee so that new members with fresh ideas may be worked In contin uouslv. Harold Erwln suggested that the plan be patterned after the Pendleton Roundup. He suggest ed that members should be per mitted to serve only a three -year term, after whcih they must be off the board for at least a year before being reappointed. Floyd Jones, rodeo chairman, pointed out that several new members have been elected to the board by the rodeo commit tee recently, including Fred Man kin, Raymond French, Wes Sher Big Varieties Offered for Sale At 2-Day Event Doors of the old Bakery Build ing will open on a full room of assorted clothing and household ware when the semi-annual Rummage Sale gets underway Friday for a two-day sale. Mem bers of the Civic League have been busy collecting good, usable items for re-sale, and the re sponse by the public in donations has been excellent, Mrs. Morgan Connor, chairman, announces. According to reports, an ex cellent variety in types and sizes of children and adult clothing is on hand, including shoes, hats, dresses, coats; as well as toys, dishes, books, and many small household items. Larger and more important items include a daveno and chair set, electric refrigerator, 9x13 rug, electric waffle irons, table radio, and several other electrical applian ces. Mrs. Connor and her commit tee have worked for several weeks gathering, sorting and cleaning the rummage and get ting ready for the sale. Proceeds from this semi annual sale are used to help support kindergarten classes in Heppner. For the past six yeais it has been necessary to hold two sessions in order to take care of the increased number of child ren of kindergarten age. Mrs. Gerald Jonasson is teach er for both classes which are held in the George house each week-day morning. Needs are constantly arrising for addition or replacement of equipment and upkeep of the facilities. Clerks will be on hand to serve the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday, with lots of bargain prices guaranteed. Honest Hunter Fails to Bag Deer, Returns Many 'Bucks' At least one rancher is grate ful that hunters came from Portland to invade Morrow county during deer season. Ray Dobbs of Portland came hunting for a buck. Instead, he found a good many "bucks" when he picked up a billfold that had been lost in the mountains by Bill Barratt. After the Portlander had de termined who and where to call, he telephoned Barratt from Portland. The Heppner ite was a mighty relieved man to hear the report that his bill fold had been found and was understandably grateful to Dobbs. Barratt had lost the billfold while he and his wife, Bonnie, were riding for cattle. It con tained considerable cash and a check for $3400. Sad to say, Dobbs, who had been hunting with his son, didn't bag a buck on their trip man and Fred Gimbel. Jones suggested that by-laws should also include a clause that the committee have a vice chairman to work as an assistant to the chairman. Daly proposed that the rodeo committee be made a 9-man board with one member assigned to a specific responsibility as follows: 1. Livestock director. 2. Parade director. 3. Awards and concessions director. 4. Arena and grounds director. 5. Dance direc tor. 6. Traffic and ticket sales director. 7. Race director. 8. Pub licity director. 9. Queen and court director. Under this plan each director would have final auth Annual Stock Growers Meet Due Next Week Fifteenth annual meeting of the Morrow County Livestock Growers association and Morrow County CowBelles, moved ahead two months this year to avoid calving operations, will be Fri day and Saturday, November 1 and 2 at the fairgrounds and at the Elks Temple. Friday's sessions will be at the fairgrounds, featuring a display of labor-saving equipment and Merchants Reveal Painting Contest For Halloween Youngsters of the community who have enjoyed painting store windows in Heppner on Hallo ween night are not only invited to paint them this year but will be offered prizes for the best art work. Randall Peterson, chairman of the merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce, said that first prize of $5 will be offered to the child or children who do Skate Rink Offers Halloween Special Youth of the area are invited to a special Halloween skate at the Morrow county Koiier Rink on Halloween night, Oc tober 31, Glen Ward and Shorty Hudson, operators, an nounce. Special treats will be given to those who come. Skating will be from 7 to 10 and reg ular prices will prevail. Adult skating will be on the previous night, Wednesday, from 7 to 10. The operators state that the Halloween skate is planned to give the children and youth some activity during the even ing of the traditional holiday. the best job of painting a Hal loween scene on a window. Sec ond prize will be $3 and third will be $2. Of course, there are a few con ditions. The pictures must be painted with water colors or something else that is easy to remove from the windows. It will also be the responsibility of the youngsters to watch their finished work to. prevent it from being mutilated until it can be judged on the evening of Hal loween, next Thursday night, Oc tober 31. The youngsters may start to work on their painting immed iately after school on the day of Halloween. Any grade school child is el igible to participate. Hillard Brown, elemen t a r y school principal, is cooperating by announcing the contest to pupils in the grade schools. Some of those who take art in con nection with school work may compete as a tie-in project, he said. Children may pick the win dows they choose to decorate and need only to contact the owners or occupants and then set to work. here, and he wouldn't take a single "buck" as a reward from Barratt. He promptly mailed the billfold back to him. All he asked was the price of his long distance telephone call. "Someone may do the same for me some day," said the honest hunter. Barratt made it clear that Dobbs would find a ready wel come the next time he came hunting in Morrow county and feit this incident reflects to the credit of visitors who so often get blamed for damages and troubles. Mrs. Barratt added that she once found a billfold under a tree in the mountains, appar ently lost by a hunter, but all of value it had inside was a Montgomery-Ward refund check for 26c. Papers it con tained, however, made it poss ible to restore it to the rightful owner. '64 Show ority in his field. Orville Cutsforth said that a strict set of rules should be set up for the selection of the queen and her court. Rules of conduct for the girls should also be es tablished and violations would result in dismissal from the court. Max Barclay said such a set of rules had been set up, but added that they have not been very well enforced. Erwin suggested that girls should be not younger than jun iors in high school to serve on the court. (Continued on page 8 a session on hay quality, led by Norman Goetze, farm crops spec ialist, OhU. Luncheon served by the CowBelles at noon will be a highlight of the day. Coffee and doughnuts will be served during the morning through courtesy of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Committee sessions at 3:30 p.m. will conclude Friday's meetings. Convening at the Elks' temple on Saturday, officers' reports will start the morning's meetings, to be followed by committee meet ings. Talks by Ken Wright, "What I Learned at Youth Range Camp," and by District Attorney Herman Winter, "Morrow County's Herd Law," will conclude the morn ing's sessions. In the afternoon, Ron Baker, chairman, beef advisory commit tee, will talk on "Wintering trials and Livestock Research at the Hermiston Station." More committee reports will be heard and election of direc tors will be held to fill expired terms of Floyd Jones, 0. W. Cuts forth and Don Greenup. County Agent Nels Anderson will speak on branching knap weed, and afternoon's adjourn ment will follow presentation of resolutions. ' Social get-together sponsored by the Heppner branch, First National Bank of Oregon, will be at 5:30, and then the group will go to the fair pavilion again 'for the annual banquet. An outstanding motion pic ture, "Sights and Sounds of Ore gon," will be presented at the banquet by Dr. Don Hunter of the University of Oregon and the Morrow County Livestock Man of the Year for 1963 will be pre sented. October 26 Slated To Open Elk Season Saturday, October 26, marks the opening of the general elk season in the State of Oregon. The season will run through No vember 11 in the coastal areas and through November 24 in the Cascade and eastern Oregon areas. It is anticipated by the State , Game Commission that more than 50,000 hunters will take to the woods in quest of the huge animals. A good share of these hunters will come to the Heppner area to do their hunting. The bag limit in this area and the rest of north eastern Oregon will be one bull elk with antlers longer than the ears. In the Cascades and north eastern Oregon the units avail able to hunters include Hood River, Wasco, Santiam, MeKen zie, Metolius, Deschutes, Fort Rock, Keno, Rogue, Columbia Ba sin, Walla Walla, Wenaha, Sled Springs, Chesnimnus, Snake River, Imnaha, Minam, Cather ine Creek, Baker, Starkey, Ukiah, Heppner Desolation and Umatilla. Morrow Grid Teams Mustangs To Meet Highlander Club In Vital Match Heppner's Mustangs, rated 16th in the State AP A-2 football poll and riding the crest of the three straight victories, travel to Burns Friday to meet the Highlanders in a game which could very well decide the championship of the Greater Oregon League. The two teams are currently in a deadlock at the top of the heap with 2-0 conference records. The Highlanders, on their last outing, scorched the Sherman Huskies, 54-6. In all of their games this season they have proven they can score at will. The only defeat the Burns eleven has suffered this year was a '2-6 thumping at the hands of Maupin, a tough B club which is jndefeated in the state. The Highlander outfit is a big ?lub with plenty of speed. It has bout a 20-pounds per man eight edge on the lighter Mus angs. They run from an un balanced "T" formation which is GAZETT Heppner,. Oregon, Thursday, October 24, 1963 sA 4KvfJI Lrh , ' ' ' ft ns ft 4 s t i j LrJ J c. ii I-- rs 7 . INTENSE looks and some of apparent unconcern were the rule Monday night as league bowling in the Heppner area opened at the Fiesta Lanes. Pictured above are some of the bowlers In the 6:45 league as they tried their luck and skill in the new 8-lane plant. Those identifiable in the picture ere Wilbur Worden, Dave Barnett, E. E. Peck. Omer Huston and DarreU Padberg. Clocks Turn Back One Hour Sunday Daylight saving time comes to an end in Oregon officially on Sunday, October 27, at 1 a.m. This means that all residents will turn clocks back one hour to revert to Standard Time, thereby getting to sleep an hour longer on Sunday morn ing. . While the official change Is set for 1 a.m., probably not many will arise at that hour to set their clocks back. It may be done before retiring Satur day night or after arising Sun day morning. The fellow who forgets to do it may find him self going to work an hour early Monday morning. Daylight saving in Oregon was originally set to come to a close in September but it was extended by the legisla ture to October 27 to conform to neighboring states. One immediate result that will be noticed is that it will seem to get dark pretty early in the afternoons henceforth. Lethal Stations Placed in County Lethal bait stations are now being placed in Morrow county for the control of predatory an imals in the interest of livestock and game management, Carl Mc Daniel, government hunter, states. Dog owners are especially ad vised to take notice of the fact to prevent them from being pois oned. Warning notices are posted at strategic points within the immediate area and at the sta tion site itself. Detailed information may be obtained by contacting McDaniel at Box 414, Heppner, or Gerald C Rood, Box 1681, Heppner. similar to the Mustang forma tion. Burns uses flankers and floaters and is dangerous with the pass although they have not had to use the airways much in competition. Another of the Burns advan tages is that they will be playing the game on their home turf and they have a record of being tough to stop in their own terri tory. The Horsemen will be out to lay low the home field and weight advantages that the Highlanders enjoy. They have been drilling spiritedly during the past week, according to Coach Jim Sutherland, and are ready to prove that their vic tory of last week was not a bit of magic. The Mustangs will go with the same lineup they used in the Pilot Rock game and will be re lying on the swift legs of Larry Muessig and Lee Padberg to carry them to victory. Thsy also hope to spring their tough de fense and catch the Burns point machine off its guard. The Hepp ner defense has allowed only 21 points to cross its goal line in the last three contests. Sutherland pointed out that the Heppner eleven is up for this one and that it should be a closa contest. n 1 lit t. . 32 Teams Start League Bowling Body english, bright shirts and bowling balls greeted the open lng of league play Monday night at Heppner s Fiesta Lanes. A to tal of 32 teams competed in the two leagues billed for the keg lers' opening night. One started at 6:45 p.m. and the other at 9 p.m. The starting time of the leagues will alternate each week. Thus the Monday night league which bowled at 6:45 this week will begin at 9:00 next week and vice versa. The league will run until the end of April and at that time the winners will be decided, ac cording to Art Dyck, owner of the lanes. Dyck added that the prizes to be awarded the winning teams in each league will be decided by the trophy commit tee for that league. Tuesday night each week will find the women bowlers chal lenging one another for bowling supremacy. Dyck stated that there are a total of 48 sponsors thus far for league teams. He said that the Monday. Tuesday and Wed nesday night adult leagues are filled while the Thursday, Fri day and Sunday night mixed doubles leagues are still in the formation stages. Meanwhile, the younger bowl ers will get the chance to prove their ability in Saturday morn ing and after school leagues. So far the Saturday morning 4-man junior league is full as well as the bantam league slated for the same morning. The starting times are not available on these leagues as there is a possibility Face Crucial Games Riverside, lone To Battle Friday For League Crown Two Morrow county football teams, the Riverside Pirates and the lone Cardinals, are slated to square off for the champion ship of the Umatilla-Morrow league Friday afternoon at 2:30 on the lone field. The winner of the tussle will get the nod to enter the state eight-man foot ball playoffs. The host Cardinals will also hold their homecoming activities at the game. The Cardinals will send their high-powered offense and stingy defense to meet the Pirate threat. The lone backfield is built around Ken Klinger, a hard running back who executes each phase of the game with equal dexterity. Klinger is capable of crunching the middle, running the ends with his sharp speed or lobbing the long bomb through the airways. Also a threat in the Card secondary is Mark Ilalvorsc n who has kept i the opposition off balance with ; his accurate passing and fine ( -TIMi j that another league will have to be scheduled for the same morning in order to accommo' date all the younger set who wish to bowl at this time. Both of these leagues will be eight team affairs with the only diff erences, besides the age of the competitors, being that the ban tams will only roll two games instead of the customary three. The Monday night after school league for both juniors and ban tams is two teams short while the Wednesday evening league ot the same caliber is one team short. These are six-team leagues wmch leature three persons to the team. The after school slates for the remainder of the week are still in the planning levels. These leagues will start at 4 p.m. (Continued on page 8) lone High Sets Homecoming Date Homecoming will be cele brated at lone High school, Friday, October 25. Festivities will include halftime cere monies between the Ione IUverside game at which the Homecoming Court will be in troduced. The court consists of Bon nie Hynd, Karen Hams, Cheryle Lundell, and Lynn Benson. One of these girls will be crowned Homecoming queen at a dance Friday evening which begins at 8:00 p.m. Everyone, espec ially alumni and parents, is welcome at the dance. running ability. On defense, two freshman, Leon and Leland Ma gill, will be counted on heavily by the lone club. Both turned in outstanding performances last outing. Great losses to the team are Joe Halvorsen, a tornado on defense, and Bob Emert who anchored the center of the lone line. Both boys suffered injuries in conference action. Dick Strait, lone coach, com mented that the game stacks up to be a real thriller but that the loss of the two players will take something from the effec tiveness of the lone attack. Riverside goes with a trio of fast backs to get the scoring Job done. Klinger's counterpart in the Pirate backfield is Steve Partlow who scored three times in the club's last outing. Partlow is both an excellent passer and runner and on occasion has got ten behind the enemy secondary to snare a few passes. The other two speed merchants in the Riverside express are Alan Hobbs and Glen Schmeder. Schmeder handles a bulk of the passing chores for the north end club. The Pirates will have the weight .advantage on the lone team which averages 152 pounds per man. Both teams are fast, however, and the uound advan tage oould very well disappear in a flash of speed. HEPPNER ES 10 Cents Curfew Law Said Coming In County Curfew for all those under 13 years of age will go into effect in Morrow county as of Friday, November 1, County Judge Oscar Peterson said Thursday. This action is taken by mutual agreement with Umatilla coun ty, and the Washington coun ties of Walla Walla, Franklin and Benton, he said. Represen tatives of the five counties met in Pasco two or three months ago to set up the plan. From Morrow county were District At torney Herman Winter and Judge Peterson. Apparently the action here does not stem so much from any particular local need but rather to cooperate with the adjoining counties to help enforcement of their problems. Judge Peterson said that he expected enforcement of the cur few would be placed in the hands of Sheriff C. J. D. Baunian and state and city police would be asked to cooperate. In Umatilla county, Judge D. R. (Sam) Cook declared the cur few and said that he expected the other four counties to take action on the matter this week. The Morrow county court did not act on the curfew at its Wednes day meeting, but Judge Peter son said that he expected action would be taken soon. Background on the curfew plan seemed to be somewhat vague. No flagrant trouble has been reported here, but the im petus apparently comes from the neighboring counties. The judge indicated that because Morrow joins Umatilla county it Is diffi cult for Umatilla to enforce Its curfew unless Morrow follows suit. Under the action In Umatilla county it is unlawful for persons under the age of 18 to be upon any street, highway, park, alloy or other public place between 12 a.m. (midnight) and 5 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, and between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on any other night, except when ac companied by his or her parents or legal guardian, or In proceed ing directly to or from his work in the regular course of employ ment, where such employment has been approved by competent authorities under the procedure outlined by the statue. If questioned by a law en forcement officer, the burden or proving the right to be upon any street, highway, park, alley or other public place, during the time above specified, shall be upon the minor. The ordinance defines "public place" as including, "but not limited to, places of amusement and entertainment, public build ings, parks, playgrounds, dance halls, vacant lots or other un supervised places." City Recorder Ted Smith said that he had not heard about the curfew and so far as he knew, the City of Heppner has taken no action on it. Soil Conservation Speaking Contest Set Monday Night Students of the area will par ticipate in the local competition of the annual Soil Conservation speech contest Monday night at 8 p.m. in the Heppner High school multipurpose room. The public is urged to support the contes tants by attending. This year's topic Is "Wood land Management in the Hepp ner Soil Conservation District." Speech classes of Mrs. Janet Groves of Heppner High school are cooperating, and 13 students have prepared speeches for the contest. It is expected that the field will be narrowed to six speakers at the high school, and these will participate Monday night. Heppner's winner last year, Martha D o h e r t y, went on through district, area and state contests to become the state champion, and the local winner two years ago, Beverly David son, was third in the state con test. Rob Jepscn of lone and Ken neth Turner of Heppner are co chairmen of the event, which is sponsored statewide by the Ore gon Association of Soil Conser vation districts. The Morrow County Grain Growers providu trophies and medals for winners. Class Plans Bake Sale Homemade pies, cakes and pastries will be on sale by mem bers of the Heppner High senior class Saturday afternoon. They will call door to door through the community with a variety of baked goods brought by mem bers to the Heppner Hotel at 1 p.m. Advance orders may be placed with Gail Hosklns, chairman.
