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LIBRARY u or o i EUGENE. ORE. 67403 83rd Year Number 23 . ; W ' . . . .- " r ... . . " - : " ; ' - - ", .. , ; I : - V - J 1 ...... y f lf,y; J PRINCESS VERINA FRENCH Dance to Princess Honors for thin work' "prln res of tho week" In the royal fair and rodoo court move to the l.ena Coiiimunlty, represent ! lv b striking brunette, Prln t-i-M vrrina French. The attract i v e 17-year-otd mlwi I tho second daughter of Mr nnd Mr. Raymond French ii ml hhc It graciously lit home on tiu regal court. Prince Vcrtna will bo lion orcd lit tho fourth of the aer ie of wecklv dance for the rourt. to bo hold lit the Henp nor fair pavilion Saturday night August 0, Tho usual good crowd 1 expected to l on hand, with the roturn of the popular com ho, Tho Tavnoa of IVndleton, furnishing the music. Conces Kiona will bo supplied by the xponsortng croup. A native Morrow county girl Verlna ha lived all of her ac live and happy years on her family's ranch In the Butter Crook area. She was born In lVmllcton July 21. 1919. and has grown up with an older sister, Karen. 18. who will enroll at Oregon State University as freshman this fall. and vouncer sister. Susan, 13, who will enter tho Kth grade In it. -minor. Princess Vcrlna hits at tended all of her years of schooling In Heppner, nnd will bo a memlHT of the senior class this year. Other member of her fam ik. ineiiirio her maternal grand mother. Mrs. Nettle Denton, who lives with them, and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Rose Iran who resides In Pendleton. As a part of her active farm life, she has been riding since four years of age, has helped her father with tho moving of cattle Into the mountains In the summer and witn me naying. She has helped her mother with many of tho extra summer household chores, with cooking and sewing among her special Interests. Her favorite hobby Is riding, with dancing a close second. Her talents In accomplished horsemanship have developed through her active years as a member of 4 H riding clubs and competition In horse shows. As a member of the Saddle-ltes t il riding club for three years, she has won ribbons and three trophies. She has served as Jun ior leader of this club for one year and as secretary for two years. In 1902 competition, Vcr lna won reserve champion In horse showmanship and, as champion In Junior horseman ship, went to state fair where she was second showman and third In horsemanship. In 1963, she was Judged grand champion horse showman and took third place In Intermediate horse maashlp. In 196-1 competition, Jaycees Make Great Plans for Coronation Official coronation of Queen Erna Lynn Winchester and her four princesses in the fair and rodeo court is Ret for Saturday night, August 13, with the Mor row county Jaycees In charge of proceedings, According to plans the event will be the best ever hold. It Is planned to have some thing going on of Interest to the public fiom 7 p.m. until (he Fete V enna she took first place Intormedl ate ahowman, third place Inter mediate horseman, and third In Western Pleasure. In the open (Continued on page 8i Pettyjohn's New Building Supply Structure Started Groundwork has been started on a new 50x100 ft. building ior reuyjonns rarm ana uuiid trig Supply fust north of the present location of tho firm, mr. anu Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn, owners, saui mursqay. Building permit of $13,000 for tho structure was granted by mo my council nionaav n cht. With Cliff Aldrleh of lone as contractor, the building will consist ol tlu-ee segments. Un der one roof will bp a main warehouse of 21x100 ft., and a storage area of HxlOO feet for piywotNi and similar materials A roadway will no between them under the roof. At tho .Houuieast corner, with front to. wards the highway, will bo n aouo.1 .,xju tt. display room wnn oiiico included. Main portion of tho hnil,iln will be frame construction unit. galvanized roof. The buil.lino ,-ui i ..i , . .. r in.- lumen Close io inn mil. road tracks on the west side. It is locatea on an Irregular plot of ground that hn iwn f... iromage on the tracks side, 280 ' v v "e nignwav side and !r foot between them. Outside me Dunning a noncllmable fence will be erected for vnrrl storage. The Pettyjohns said that they are taking this step to serve the area belter. As well as provid ing more room and more dis play space, the now structure will accommodate oxnnndlno lines. The firm him Into Irrigation systems, enlarged us piumoinc stock, added n no of Toro power mowers and has grown in otner ways since the Pettyjohns purchased the busl ness. Pettyjohn. Who was emnloved by Klnzua Corporation for near ly 18 years, left his position there June 1 to devote full time to the business. Other bulldlnc Permits Issued by tho council Monday night were the following: W. C. Uosewall. pave used car and service lot at Heppner Au to Sales; cost $4,000, work done by Tru Lav Pavlnir Company. Don Hough, new roof on res idence, $2ti0; work to bo done by Melvin Piper. time of the Queen's Dance at 9:30 p.m. In the fair pavilion. Entertainment and program will be held at the rodeo grounds. Chairman of the coronation for the Jaycees will be Wayne Harsin with Harley Sager Clyde Allstotr, Jerry Samples and John Pankey assisting. There will be concessions at the grounds with pop, candy, (Continued on page 8) Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 4, Council Talks Problem of Post Office Hot Days Ideal For Harvest; Bad for Forests With maximum temperature over 'JO degree every day this week, gn.ln growers enjoyed Ideal harvest weather, but anx lou foresters kept a wary eye on the Increasing fire danger In the woods. Don (Milam, weather ohsirv- er, re;or!ed high tcmtioraturc ranging rrom 'JO degrees on Sun day to 97 degrees last Friday and Tuesday, August 2. Nlghu stayed w;um and lowest mini mum was 51 in the early morn ing hours Monday, while Wed nesday did not drop below 62. Kiley Munkers, assistant man ager cif Morrow County Grain Grower, said that harvest is proceeding at a fast pace dur ing tho warm spell. Elevators at North Lexington. lone and MiNab aie still operating but will be finished within a day or two as harvest Is virtually complete In the north end of the county. Pronatily 70' of the county's grain ha been harvested, he said. Elevator at Kuggs and Hepp ner are now about at the peak. Average In the north end of the county went considerably bet ter than expected earlier this year with the wheat going at about 25 to 26 bushels per acre and barle running about 31 ton. Munkers said. In the southern end. harvest Is quite spotly, with some com- (Continued on page 8) Joint City-County Jail Study Asked Joint studv of lall facilities here bv the City of Heppner and Morrow county was proposed to the city council Monday night by County Judge Paul Jones. He said that better Jail facil ities are needed hero, and he proposed appointment of a Joint committee to study the needs and for providing more ado quate facilities. Judge Jones said that the Umatilla county Jail or the one at the l it y of Arlington are of ten used for local prisoners be cause of the Inadequacy of the jail nere. I hose sentenced to jail are often transferred to holly Butte in Portland, but cost of keeping a prisoner there has gone up to about $5 per day from some $1.75 per day. There Is no provision here for the detention of juvenile offen ders, he pointed out. The last grand turv report didn't commend the jail anv." the judge said. (No report was issued this year; the judge was referring to a report of some time ago). Mayor W. C. Rose wall referr ed the matter to the police com mittee to work with the county court. Judge Jones said Wednes- day that County Commissioner Gene Ferguson will be one on the committee representing the county. He said that he expects io appoint one woman member, together with a third appoint ment, and expects that two or three will be named to represent the city. The Judge said that he be lieves the study will take from six months to a year to complete. Principal, Family Enjoy Welcome Here Moving from a city of 35,000 to one of less than 1000 is quite a change for Harold Beggs, new lone principal, and family, but they are enjoying the contrast from their former home in Boise, Idaho, "We like the country here real well." Beggs said Wednes day. "The people are real friendly and have made us feel very much at home." The four Beggs children, who range in ages from eight to 15, "love the swimming pool in lone" and are giving it a lot of use this summer. Mrs. Beggs, whose first name is Hazel, devotes most of her time to the family but shares the Interests of her husband and the children. Eldest of the youngsters is Charity, who is 15 and will be a sophomore in high school in the fall. Joy is 13 and will be a freshman. Douglas, who is 12, THE . m GAZETTE-TIME LA OR A LEE RICE Mrs. Laura Rice, Grand Old Lady, Dies Here Monday Mrs. Laura Leo Rice, 90, a grand old lady of Heppner, died Monday in Pioneer Memorial hospital where she had been undergoing medical treatment for about a week. The widow of R. B. Rice, who died In Heppner in 1965 at the ago of 92, Mrs. Rlct first came to Morrow county in 1907. home steading In a cabin 12 miles northeast of Lexington. She had taught in schools for 10 years In Johnson county, Mo., ana in Kansas before coming to Oregon, and was a substi tute toucher liv ihe Hnppner sys tem until she was nearly 80 years of age. Mrs. Rice started teaching piano lessons long af ter most music teachers retire at the ago of 77 and she con tinued until this year. She was born October 23, 1S75. in Johnson county, Mo., daughter of Margaret and E. W. Cobb. In 1S96 she graduated from a normal school in Mis souri. Sho was married to R. B. Rice in Portland on June 24, 1907, and they engaged in ranching near Lexington until retiring some 16 years ago. Mrs. Rice was an active mem ber in All Saints" Episcopal church, taking a keen interest in women's work of the church and making many phone calls to solicit for benefits or to give notice of special church events. It was rare when she was ab sent from church on Sunday. Her husband had been a member of the Masonic lodge for 67 years and she was a for mer member of the Order of Eastern Star. She had also been a member of the Lexington Grange. Gardening and flower arrang ing were hobbies that she en joyed. Last year, she was honored at a reception on her 90th birth day and many friends and rel atives came to the Episcopal parish hall to compliment her. It was a joyful occasion for her. Always the teacher. Mrs. Rice taught the children in her neighborhood Bible stories and helped them with their school work. She taught Sunday School until her late 80's and she took evening courses in "new math'' at the age of 89, her mind being keen and alert despite her age. Recently it was necessary for (Continued on page S) will be Scott, 8, grade. in the 6th grade, and will be in the third Principal Beggs said that his outside interests are hunting, fishing, and sports of all kind. He is well aware that he came to the right country for deer hunting, and Hazel enjoys going hunting with him, too. The entire family is interest ed in church work and already are active In the Church of the Nazarene in Heppner. Harold has been active In church work for 30 years. He attended North west Nazarene college, Nampa, Idaho, for three years before finishing his undergraduate col lege work at Bemldjl State Col lege, Bemidjl, Minn. He contin ued to obtain his master of ed ucation degree in school ad ministration in August, 1965. Beggs taught In Boy River, Minn., for three years and for the past 5ty years taught in T 1966 Texas Sniper Known As 'Fine Young Man' To So wards' Son Charles Whitman, who kill ed 15 and wounded 31 persons at Austin, Texas, from a van tage point on the University of Texas Tower, was a good friend of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Soward, son and daughter-in-law of the Rev. and Mrs. Earl Soward o- Heppner, the local couple was advised In a tele phone call from Marvin fol lowing the tragedy. Like others associated with Whitman, they knew him as a "fine young man," they said. Whitman had been a scoutmaster, and Evan Earl Sirtvard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Soward, was one of the Bo Scouts In his troop. Evan was the Scout who waa referred to In a national tele vision documentary program presented Tuesday night fol lowing the appalling shoot ings. Marvin Soward, who Is In the insurance business In Aus tin, Is also director of music In the First Methodist church there. The Scout troop was or ganized through the church. Evan hnd been on at least six cookouts or camping trips with Whitman as scoutmaster. Like others who knew Whit man, the Soward family In Texas were terribly shocked at the shootings which started when Whitman killed his mother and his wife. He had been an excellent student and became a Eagle Scout at the age of 12, an extraordinary achievement. The Rev. Soward said that on a trip to Texas when he and Mrs. Soward visited their son ind family, he went up on the Texas Tower and has stood on the spot that Whit man chose for his carnage. It was a place that would pro vide maximum protection and would make It very difficult to dislodge him, the Rev. Sow ard said. Caution Issued On Use of Wafer Current hot spell of weather has brought unusual demands on the city water system, and Vic Groshens, city superintend ent. Thursday issued a state ment urging caution on the use of water. He asked that sprinkling of lawns and irrigation be confin ed to the cool of the evening, and that all residents pay par ticular attention to conserving water. Groshens urged that none be wasted until the pres ent emergency is over. At this time last year the sys tem was pumping 630 gallons per minute, and this proved adequate. This year the system has been stepped up to 750 gal--Ions per minute, but is "losing ground" by the heavy use, Groshens said. Molalla Firm Low On Highway Job E. H. Itschner Company of Molalla was low bidder on the 2.S4 mile highway project i the Bunker Hill Heppner sec tion of highway 74 when bids were opened by the Oregon Highway Commission July 28. Tho low bid was $233,255. Fairmont Junior High school in Boise. In both schools, he coached football, basketball, baseball and track so his love of sports is well-founded. He will do no coaching in his position here. Harold spent the summer of 1963 in Mexico where he lived with a Mexican family and de voted the time to studying. This he found helpful in teaching Spanish in the Boise school. Because of their large family, the Beggs have had a difficult time finding housing in lone. It is expected, thoueh. that thov will occupy the new house to be built bv the school district with completion expected later mis year. Bids have been called on construction of this house as well as on two in Boardman. The family is looking forward to the coming school year with anticipation, but perhaps the children, like most others, aren't too eager about it. HEPPNER Tit - Ji ' v V V 1 K 1 1 t v f '" " A W. L. (Bill) COX Newly-Appointed City Councilman Rodeo Prepares For Big Crowds; Courts Coming Indications are that more par ticipants and more spectators than ever will attend the 1966 Morrow Cour.ty RodeoL and the rodeo committee at its meeting Wednesday night took steps that should alleviate some of the congestion. The board approved a mot ion to allow tha school district to remove some old barns on the west end of the rodeo property and permit the district to use the space for bus parking. This would be in exchange for use of a tra- of the old George property for parking trailers and campers of those coming to the event. This proposal must be approv ed by the school district, but the organizations have been work ing toward a cooperative ar rangement for the best use of the facilities. Would Pioride for Camper The new parking area would consist of space equivalent to perhaps two city blocks, and ar rangements are expected to oe worked out to supply toilet la cilities and a limited water sup ply there. This parking will not only permit visitors to Drmg in rigs in which to live during the rodeo but will also relieve congestion on the main grounds It was reported that County Judge Paul Jones assured the committee that the county would cooperate by blasting out a bluff and grading a road that would lead to the parking area from the west side of the ro deo grounds. Access will also be available through the school district bus lot and from Aiken street. Many Courts Combine An indication that more in terest than ever is generating (Continued on page 8) Venard Heads Group To Boost P. I. Show (See Editorial Comment, Page 2) Named to the post of chair man of the Morrow county com mittee for the Pacific Internat ional Livestock Exposition this week W33 John Venard, man ager of the Heppner branch of the First National Bank. Members of the committee al ready appointed for 1966 are Gene Winters, county extension agent; Teiry Thompson, ranch er; and Larry Lindsay, presi dent ot the worrow county live stock Growers association. , The "P. I.," as it is popularly named, - ha.' been the Pacific Northwest's leading exposition for agricultural and livestock competition for 56 years, and provides a boost to the Oregon Washington economy of nearly a million dollars. Duties ol the committee will be to assist in publicizing the annual 10-day show, provide a local outlet for ticket sales, and be the headquarters for assis tance to other state and com munity leaders responsible for the success of the non-profit event. The historic P. I. building in North Portland is undergoing extensive remodeling for the 1966 show, which is expected to attract a record number of ex hibitors oi livestock and allied businesses and services. Ex- 10 cents and Alley Anti-Litter Law Passes 1st Reading Heppner's city hall, not de signed to accommodate many visitors at a council session, was packed Monday night by those interested in the proposed new post office and by those con cerned about providing an alley between Willow and Center Streets in the block between Main and Chase. It was a busy session for the city dads. They passed first reading of the new "litterbug" ordinance, but the emergency clause was not invoked as plan ned because of a dissenting vote that blocked the required unanimous action. Mayor W. C. Rosewall read a letter from Haskell Sharrard who resigned as councilman be cause he expects to move from the city. The resignation was accepted, and W. L. (Bill) Cox, owner of the Morrow County Creamery, was appointed by Rosewall. The appointment was confirmed by the council. Acts en Sidewalks After receiving no response to requests for improving side walks in a state of disrepair, the council decided to take stern action and give a final notice to several property own ers in the city. The repairs must be made by September 15 or the work will be done by the city ' and ' liens will be filed against the property. Among those mentioned were the walks in front of the for mer Tryco building and in front of the Case building. Councilmen also discussed the matter of obtaining necessary easements to run the new water main around the hill on the west side of the city. Pipe has arrived for the project, but work is held up on the delay in ob taining easements. Chief of Police Dean Gilman told of the difficulty of getting a relief police officer at the pay of $135 per month provid ed. He proposed to the council that the city allow a total of $240 for 12 shifts during the month for a relief man, $20 per shift. The recommendation was approved. P. O. Representative Present Ralph Robertson of the reg ional office of the Post Office Department, Seattle, was pres ent to discuss the proposed new post office and assist in work ing out plans that might permit an alley to De jocaieu raimu the office, which has been des ignated for the location at Chase and Willow Streets, in discussine the matter, he said, "I'm not here to perpetu ate a controversy out io out plans for facilities that the (Continued on page 8) JOHN VENARD hibits and entertainment events will stress "man and his out door environment" with out standing attractions and variety entertainment, including horse shows, rodeos, children's area, and for the first time, a horse less carriage and antique car show. v 7 :
