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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
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 23, 1964
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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
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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
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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.