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1 1 8RARY U OF 0 EUGENE, OSS COMING MAY 2: FESTIVAL Diana Fulleton Chosen Queen; Parade Slated Diana Fulleton. Hennner witrh school senior, has been chosen to reign next week as Queen of Heppner's annual Spring Fes tival, Randall Peterson, chair man, announces. Her princesses will be Jennifer Brindle and Ginny Moore, both also high school seniors. The Festival will be Saturday, May 2, and will be highlighted by a parade to start at 2 p.m. and other entertainment. Youngsters of the: community are invited to join the parade ana marcn in costumes approp riate tO the SDrine season. Thorn will be prizes for the funniest costumes and lor the best cos tumes, Peterson said. The high allium uanu wui piay in tne pa rade, and new cars will ho a. hibited from local dealers. Any uueiHtss or individual who wishes to place an entry In the parade Is invited to do so. (It might be a good opportunity for politicians to make a public ap pearance). It is possible that the queen ofjhe East-West Shrine game, Robm Dugger of Athena, may be present. Merchants will have special bargains and spring offers for the week-end, and Saturday will be a free parking day with all meters hooded. Wheat Leaguers To To Visit Chamber Executive committee of the Oregon Wheat League will meet in Heppner lor the first time in a good many years Monday, Milton Morgan, league president, announces. Business of the organization will be conducted at the fair building annex in morning and afternoon sessions, and the com mittee will meet for luncheon Jointly with the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce at noon at the Wagon Wheel Cafe. At the luncheon meeting Loren Smith of Salem, chairman of the Oregon Agricultural Tax assoc iation, will be principal speaker, discussing sales tax legislation. About 25 are expected for the committee meeting, Morgan said. This includes two vice presi dents, the president, standing committee chairmen and county presidents, as well as others closely associated with the org anization. The morning session will con vene at: 10 a.m. and afternoon adjournment is scheduled for about 3:30. Conditions Loom Good for Opening Of Trout Season At the first of the week pros pects looked very favorable for the opening of trout season on Saturday, April 25, according to Glen Ward of the State Game Commission. In fact, the outlook was about as good as it has been in many years with all creeks in good condition, running clear and not too high. With the onset of stormy weather in mid-week, however, the prospects could change somewhat Adding to the optimistic out look for some limit catches on the opening is the fact that 1000 trout of eight inches or more in itngin were v lameu m I pupils from Portland this week- Creek and another 1000 in Rhea.A .. ... Creek. It is expected that the Game Commission will put 2000 in the pond at Cutsforth park and 1000 more in Rhea Creek at a later date. Stocking of the creeks, which usually does not come until three or four weeks after the opening day, is being done earlier this year because of the favorable conditions, Ward said. A good-sized turnout of ang ling hopefuls is expected at all streams for the opening week end. At Bull Prairie reservoir, open the year around, limit catches of trout are still being taken and it is expected that the reservoir, too, will have a surge of anglers stimulated into activity by the general opening. 81st Year THE m? T ! GAZE Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 23, 1964 I J:- VM for i w i ALBERT EISELE, Umatilla sprinter, crosses the finish line far ahead of the rest of the pack in the tirst neat of the 100 yard dash in the Heppner Invitational track meet Saturday. The Viking athlete won the dash event in the meet with a time of 10.7 seconds. Athletes from 15 schools, both A-2 and B, competed under clear, warm skies and broke 11 records during the competition. Don Greenup Chosen As Father of Year The Morrow County CowBelles have selected Donald E. Green up as the county "Father of the Year" winner and will enter his name in competition in the State contest. He was nominated by the "Hoof and Horn" 4-H Live stock club, whose leader is J. Deane Graves. Greenup was born at Hamil ton, Mont, where he Graduated from high school later coming to Morrow county in 1941. He married Colleen Kilkenny in 1946 and has since been engaged in ranching at the Kilkenny ranch, located nine miles east of Hepp ner off Hinton Creek. They have five children: Teryl Ann, Sue Ellen, William Donald, Gregory Price and Mary Ann, who, like their parents, are interested in livestock. The four older child ren, members of the Hoof and Horn Livestock club, have par ticipated in 4-H for a number of years, including1 in their pro jects beef, swine, sheep and dairy. Don has been cooperative in community activities, serving on the Fair Committee for seven years, 4-H leader and assistant leader for six years and Super intendent of Sheep and Wool at the County Fair for four years. He has been very helpful in the 4-H program, providing from his ranch choice steers for fat beef projects, lambs for market and ewes for breeding projects, also providing ram service for 4-H breeding sheep projects. Several ponds, which he has built, are Burkenbine to Head PTA for Coming Year Next year's slate of officers for Heppner PTA is complete with the acceptance by the nom inating committee of Forrest Burkenbine to the office of pres ident. Installation will be held next month for the following of ficers: Burkenbine, president; Mrs. Pat Cutsforth, vice-president; Mrs. Marshall Lovgren, sceretary, and Mrs. Clyde All stott, treasurer. Burkenbine, Mrs. Allstott and this year's president, Mrs. Ed Dick, attended the 51st annual convention of the Oregon Cong ress of Parents and Teachers this week at the Hilton Hotel in Portland. County to Morrow county's farm families will be host to 35 eighth grade end wtien the city kids' come to learn about life with their "country cousins." The group coming here will be part of the 140 youngsters who will participate in the pro gram as divided among four counties, Gilliam, Sherman and Wasco, and Morrow. A busy three days is planned here, according to N. C. Ander son, tour director. Arrangements for the tour, which is designed to give the city children an under standing of rural life in Eastern Oregon, have been made by the Oregon Wheat Growers League, the Oregon Livestock associat ion, 4-H Leaders association, Soil Conservation Service and the State Extension Service. A lo -j--r stocked with trout each year with boys and girls encouraged to fish in them, also in the win ter they are used as skating arenas. In adult community service, he is a member of the American Legion, Elks, Wranglers, Saddle Club, Morrow County Farm Bur eau,. American Suffolk Associat ion, American" Angus Association and the Morrow County Live stock Growers Association, who selected him as Cattleman of the Year in 1962. He will be formally presented his award by the local club at a special meeting, tentatively set for June. Tryouts Coming For Talent Show; Entries Needed Application blanks went out this week for entries in the third annual Talent Show to be spon sored by the Heppner PTA on Friday, May 1. Mrs. Bill Blake has been named general chair man for the event, which will be staged at the old school gym, starting at 8:UU p.m. Adults, as well as pre-schoolers through high school ages, are urged to participate. Application blanks were given to the grade school youngsters Monday and additional forms are available at the grade and high school offices and at Wilson's Men's Wear store. , The application must be filled and returned to the school by Wednesday, April 29. Rehearsal for the program is set for April 29 at 7:00 p.m. Two gifts will again be offer ed to spur the ticket sales. A ten nis racket goes to the girl selling the most tickets and the boy will receive a baseball mitt. Ticket prices are $1.00 for adults. 75e for high school students, and 50c for grade school students. Don Clark, junior high teacher, will be in charge of the ticket sales. Anyone needing a piano ac companist may contact Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens. Greet Portland Eighth Graders Friday cal committee has worked out details for the 35 coming here, as well as planning an itinerary for touring county ranches. The youngsters will see irri gation and seeding operations, pest control, harvesting equip ment, and close-up views of cattle and horses. The three-day program is designed to show how farm production and con servation programs enrich the ur ban as well as agricultural econ omy of the state. A mass meeting of the 140 eighth graders who will go on the cavalcade and their parents was held at the Holladay School auditorium in Portland Monday night. Writh two chaperons to each bus, the four buses one for each county will leave Shat tuck school at 1 a. m. Friday. The one coming to Morrow will arrive at lone about noon v. - i i ? (G-T Photo) Burns, Umatilla Prevail In Meet; 11 Records Fall Seven records in the A-2 events and four marks in the B rank fell in the competition at the Heppner Invitational track meet Saturday at the Heppner field. A total of 15 schools com peted in the meet, five of them in the A-2 bracket and ten in tne a class. The weatherman, contributed to the success. of the meet by giving tne competitors a dry track under clear, blue skies. A sparse crowd watched the mult itude of athletes go through their paces with only a slight breeze to hinder their assault on the record book. Burns, A-2 powerhouse from the western half of the Greater Oregon league, dominated the competition In the field events to rack up 96 points and easily out-distance second-place Hepp ner and win the first-place trophy in their division. Heppner High made a strong showing in the distance runs and hurdles, but couldnt overcome an early Hilander lead. The Mustangs scored 56 points in their bid for honors while the Pilot Rook Rockets ran a distant third with 30 Vi marks. In the class B competition, Umatilla out lasted the McEwen of Athena Scottios to capture the trophy. The Vikings produced 55 tallies while the Scotties muster ed a strong 46Mi. Barnett of Condon made a splash in the B competition when he smashed a fourteen-year-old record in the javelin toss. His heave of 169' 8Vi" sail ed more than ten feet farther than the previous record which was set back in 1950. Two lone High athletes hit the record books in the affair, one breaking a standard and the other tieing a mark. Tom Heim bigner cleared the bar at 11' 1" in the pole vault to break a rec ord he set last year. His previous effort was 11' even. In the 120 yard high hurdles, Joe Halvor sen clocked a 15.9 second effort to tie a nine-year-old mark in that event. The other mark which fell in the B competition was in the two-mile run where Havens of Columbia Christian of Portland turned a 10:36.2. This is the first year that the event has been (Continued on page 8) Friday where an orientation meeting will be the first order on the agenda. Gordon Pratt, youth activities chairman of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce, will extend welcome and Tour Director An derson will tell the youngsters what they will see and do. A film, "Give Us This Day," on wheat farming in the Columbia Basin, will be shown. After meeting their respective farm families and having lunch, the visitors will board the bus again for the afternoon tour. Principal stop of the afternoon will be at the Dick Wilkinson ranch on Willow Creek above Heppner where they will see branding and marking of calves, hear of livestock ranching, see corrals and equipment. Leaving Wilkinsons the youngsters will return to meet host families at Number 8 HEPPNER 10 cents Clocks Move Ahead On Sunday Morning Better go to bed an hour early Saturday night, or you will lose an hour's sleep. Oregon officially goes on daylight time as of 1 a.m. Sunday (the last Sunday in April) and will remain on the fast time until 2 a.m. on Sun day, October 25. If you don't want' to be late to church on Sunday or late to work or school on Mon day, set those clocks and watches ahead one hour Sat urday night or Sunday morn. Creswick to Go To Washington For Dam Project Oliver Creswick, development committee chairman of the Heppner-Morrow Countv Cham ber of Commerce, will leave by air Saturday morning to repre sent the organization in Wash ington, D. C, at a meeting of an Inland Empire Waterways dele gation with groups of the Fed eral government. His specific purpose in making the trip will be to boost for the Willow Creek dam project which recently was approved by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers aistrict ana now taces the of ficial steps in Washington, D. C. Creswick will join the Water ways delegation at breakfast at the Mayflower Motel at 8 a.m. Monday and will appear at a meeting Monday afternoon at 2:30 with the Bureau of the Budget. At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday he will appear at a session of the House Appropriations committee and at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday will appear at the Senate Approp riations committee. Other meet ings and visits with congress men will be scheduled. County Judge Oscar Peterson and Creswick made a similar .trip last year to appear before me Kivers ana Harbors Congress. Chamber directors meeting Monday authorized the trip for creswicK ana provided a maxi mum of $400 for it. They hope to receive donations from busi nesses and organizations inter ested in furthering the Willow Creek project in the hope of re imbursing at least part of the cost. At the general meeting the same day the Chamber approv ed a motion asking the county to provide funds for another delegate, but the county court was not in session this week so such a communication could not officially be entertained by them. At the same time some Chamber members leveled criti cism at the court! for not budget ing a small fund to allow ior promotion of what they consider a vital project to economy of the county. Women to Get Lessons in Golf Bob Cantonwine will give golf lessons during the month of May to women golfers who want to take advantage of the opportun ity members of the Willow Creek club announce. The plan Is to have women taking instruction in groups of four at appointed times. In this manner, rather than in larger groups, he can give individual attention to each golfer. Instruc tion will be given after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays. Cantonwine stated that about 45 minutes will be given to each lesson. Those interested are asked to call the Cantonwine residence (phone 676-5539). A meeting will bo held later and lesson sched ules will be arranged. Cost to the golfers will be $1 per lesson. Heppner at 3:30 p.m. or lone at 4:00 p.m. Second day of activity starts at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Hepp ner with the bus going on to lone for arrival at lO. From there the group will travel to the Tews, Swansons, Nelson Brothers, Jacobs and Howton ranches for demonstration and inspection of wheat equipment, grain storage bins and farm fire control equipment. They will see conservation practices strip cropping, waterways, siltation dams and others. Lunch will be served at Valby Lutheran church with sack lunches furnished by host fam ilies. At the Peterson ranch they will see a small beef feedlot, corrals, feed steerage bins elec trically operated, farm grain storage, windbreak and farm Demos Top G.0.P, In Voter Signup Final registration figures in Morrow county for the primary election show that Democrats have moved into a majority for the first time by a margin of 34 votes, Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, announced after close of registration Tuesday, April 14. Republicans had clung to a slim lead in the last election year, and it was neck-and-neck through the pre-primary regis tration this year. However, the Democrats finished with a total of 1102 as compared with 1068 for the Republicans. There are 37 independents, making a to tal of 2207 registered voters in the county. Oddly enough, while the Demos have the edge in total registrations, they have captur ed only three of the nine pre cincts in the county. The two northern Morrow precincts, Boardman and Irrigon, register substantial majorities for the Democrats. Only other precinct Mrs. Cutsforth's Mother Killed In Auto Accident An auto accident last Thurs day night on the bomb range road about two miles north of the D. O. Nelson ranch home brought a sad ending to an ex pected happy occasion. Mrs. William J. (Joanna) Mess, 69, of Roseburg, died of injuries sustained when the car In which she was a passenger missed a sharp curve ati the end of a long straight stretch on the county road, plunged over a 15 foot embankment and overturn ed. Her husband, William J. Mess, 70, suffered bruises and shock. Mr. and Mrs. Mess were near the end of their trio from Rose burg to the home of their son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cutsforth of Lexing ton, where they were to be com plimented on their birthdays. Mrs. Mess would have been 70 on Friday and Mr. Mess observed his 70th birthday on the day of the accident. Because of the light traffic on the road, the accident was not discovered until perhaps two hours after 16 occurred, presum ably about 7:30 p.m. ,, Cecil Hicks of lone was first to arrive at the scene, and ha went to Boardman to summon help. Mrs. Mess had already suc cumbed by that time. Paul Jones of Heppner, returning from a meeting In the north end of the county, then came by and took Mr. Mess to the D. O. Nelson home. The elderly man was in a state of shock and was reluctant to leave his wife but Jones urged him to go in order that he receive medical care. After they had arrived at the Nelson home, Delwln and Ken neth Nelson went to the accident scene while Jones called Sher iff C. J. D. Bauman, Oliver Cres wick and state police. Then Jones also returned to the scene of the mishap. Creswick said that it could not be determined definitely whether Mrs. Mess died almost instantly or whether she lived for an hour or so after the accident. She was wearing a seat belt but was caught in the opening when the door opened on her side. It was speculated that she may have at tempted to get out! of the car when It went out of control. Funeral services were Wednes day at the Chapel of the Rose, Roseburg. Mr. and Mrs. Cutsforth left early this week to be there. Mrs. Mess was born In Breden bury, Sask., Canada, April 17, 1894. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Gene (Lucia) Cutsforth, of Lex ington, Mrs. Mess is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Ila Peter son of San Diego, Calif. Other survivors include! two sisters, Mrs. Bella Herring' of Roseburg, Ethel Thompson of Bredenbury, Can.; three brothers, Will Thomp son of Bredenbury, Robert Thompson, living in Kansas, and Matt Thompson of Bredenbury; and seven grandchildren. shop. Another highlight will be an aerial spray demonstration. Handling wheat at a commer lal elevator will be seen at the Morrow County Grain Growers elevator at lone. The day's tour will end at 3 p.m. at lone and 3:30 at Heppner. A party will be held at the fair pavilion at 8 p.m. Satur day night and continue until 10:30 with roller skating, danc ing and games provided. Potluck refreshments will be at 10 p.m. Host families will do all the entertaining Sunday morning, and by mutual arrangement1 with the guests the families may j take them to church. Bus wai load at Heppner Elementary school at 1 p.m. Sunday for the return trip to Portland and at lone at 1:30. Arrival is scheduled In Port- land at about 5:30 p.m. that finds the G.O.P. running second is in Lexington. Irrigon has 206 Democrats to 89 Republicans and six inde pendents for a total of 298. Boardman has 141 Democrats, 99 Republicans and six indepen-, dents for a total of 216. Lexing ton has registered 136 Democrats, 111 Republicans and 11 indepen dents lor a total of Z38. Still in the Republican camp are lone with 213 Republicans, 157 Democrats and eight inde pendents, total 372; Northwest Heppner with 171 Republicans, 145 Democrats, two indepen dents, total 318; Southwest Hepp ner, 139 Republicans, 126 Demo crats, six independents, total 271; Northeast Heppner, 126 Repub licans, 100 Democrats, no inde pendents, total 226; Southeast Heppner, 98 Republicans, 79 Democrats and one independent, total 178; and Hardman, 22 Re publicans, 18 Democrats, no in dependents, total 40. At 2207, registration is down from the 2264 registered in the general election of 19C2 and con siderably down from the 2337 of the general election in 19(50. At that time, however, the Repub licans had 1214 voters as com pared with 1097 Democrats, while 26 were registered as in dependents. Absentee Ballots Ready for School Primary Elections For qualified voters who will be out of the county at the time of either the Morrow county school election on May 4 or the primary election on May 15, ab sentee ballots will be- provided upon proper application, Mrs. Beverly Gunderson, clerk of the Morrow County School district, and Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, announce. For the; primary election, ap plication for absentee ballots must be made on or before May 8. Ordinarily the ballot will be sent to the voter very soon after the application has been re ceived. Those registered who wlu b out ot lhe ,c,ounty on U?n 4?y J who llve re han ixj units irom a. puning place may vote by absentee. Those who are confined by ill-, ness or are disabled -may also vote by absentee. Mrs. Parrish said that she will go to those who are ill In the hospital or at their homes on election day with ballots if they are within a reasonable distance. Already a number of applica tions have been received, and several have already voted by absentee and returned the com pleted ballots. In the school election and bud get election of districts R-l, to be held May 4, absentee voting will be permitted by registered school electors who will be absent from the district on the date of elec tion, or who live more than 15 miles from the polling place or who is physically unable to at tend the election, Mrs. Gunder son said. Those desiring absentee bal lots must make application to the school district clerk in the courthouse, Heppner, at least five days preceding the election. Under certain emergency con ditions, it is possible to obtain an absentee balloti within five days prior to the election but this is a limited situation. Noel Rill Killed In Alaska Mishap Noel Rill, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Rill of the Eightmile district, died Monday, April 20, in a construction accident near Sitka, Alaska, according to word received here. He was killed In a powder blast while working on a road building job for a construction company. The victim was a resi dent of Fairbanks and had been in Alaska for 16 years. Rill was operating a loader, used in load ing rock In a truck. The ex plosion occurred when some rock containing unexploded dynamite was dumped In the truck. Noel had been here for a time during the wintcT to visit his parents and family here. Among survivors are his wife, Genevieve, a native of Alaska, and a 7-year-old son, Mike. A brother, Lynn, of Georgia, was notified of the accident, and immediately went to Alaska by airplane. Members of the family here also expect to make the trip to Alaska, although plans nad not been decided definitely as of Tuesday. Mrs. Lynn Riil arrived here In mid week to be with his wife and son, he is survived by five brothers and two sisters. The brothers are Lynn, of Georgia, Evan of Oth ello, Wn., and Cecil, Myron and William, all living at home. Sis- ters are Mrs. Donald (Charlene) j Thomas, whose husband is a captain in the Air Force, of Goose Bay, Labrador, and Mrs. j Lawrence (Sharon) Trout, whose husband is also a captain in the 'Air Force, of San Antonio, Tex.