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QUEEN DEANNA BUCKLEY of th Shrln. AU-Star football game,
achoduivd In Pendloton Auguit 20. wot a qui of tbe Hepp-nor-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerco at iU lunchoon moet
inq Monday noon. Sho U 14 and U th dauqhter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Buckley ol Pilot Rock. For 13 yean Queen Deanna
hag been receWinq treatment at the Portland Shrine hospital.
Ticket tor the game may be purchased from Dr. L D. Tibbie
here.
Chamber is Host
To Two Queens,
Four Princesses
Two tui'-n and four rlncvn.s.
c, toRrthor with their clinpcr-oiii-s,
wcr iuist.H nt Iho lunch
iKin mrrtlriK f Hip lloppncr
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce Monday. Thoy pro
vided nn InterestlnR procrum
about the events they represent.
Queen Krna Lynn Winchester
and the prlnresjtes Rave a chat
ty review of their summer's ac
tivities to date In representing
Morrow countv prior to fair and
rodeo here.
Queen IVannu Buckley of
Pilot Rock, who will rclun nt
the Shrine AllStar football
Ciime In Pendleton on August
20. was present with Mr. and
Mrs. Blaine Isom of Kcho to
publicize this eomlnu event.
Hodeo Chalrmnn K. H. (Tad)
Miller, Jr., and Mrs. Archie
Munkers, chaperone of the fair
and rodeo court, also were on
the program to Introduce the lo
nil royalty. All the girls wore
lovely yellow corsages as gifts
from the Chamber.
I'rlncess Verlna French told of
the court's visit to the Arling
ton rodeo and humorous Inci
dents that happened there. Prin
cess Mardee Chllders spoke of
the Spray rodeo and said, "It
Is one of the best places to go
for a truly western rodeo."
Princess Barbara Bloodsworth
told of the court's visit to the
Condon Fourth of July celevra
Hon and the good time they had
there, and Princess Susan Llnd
strom told of the Chief Joseph
Days event where the girls stay
ed In a bunkhouso on a ranch
and were guests at a luncheon
which also had Governor Mark
Hatfield as a guest.
Queen Krna, who Introduced
each of the girls in turn, told
of the Umatillu Sage Klders'
show.
Lsom spoke on behalf of the
Shrine game after being Intro
duced by County Judge Paul
Jones. He said Hint the Shrine
hospital in Portland was start
ed in 1!23 and construction was
finished in 1925. It has grown
from a 50 bed hospital to an
So bed hospital and a total ol
M,a children have been treat
ed there. , ,
Proceeds of the Shrine game
go to the hospital for crippled
children. Isom told of the case
of a former Shrine game queen
who once could scarcely walk.
An operation wus performed,
using some of her shinbone In
her back.
"Now she dances and plays
ball," Isom said.
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Mrs. Norman Case
Gets 'Blackest' Eye
In Cycle Accident
Displaying the blackest
black cyi that some hospital
atten brits said they hail ever
seen, Vjv Norman (Kdlthl
Case, u ho Is a nurse's aide
at the hoy pita t. Is In bed as
a pn'l-'it this week.
She Incurred the black eye
together with other bad bruis
es and Ulcerations when she
ami her son were in an acci
dent while riding to Cisforth
park on n motorcycle to at
tend a hospital staff picnic
Sunday.
The sun. Kenneth Case, was
driving the cycle and Mrs.
Case was riding on the rear.
After tiny had entered the
graveled stretch at the end of
the oiled mad, the motorcycle
went Into a spin and threw
both mother and son.
Mrs. Case has her head
swathed In bandages and
most of her face Is black and
blue. Her shoulders and hips
are rather severely bruised
and she has a burn on her leg
from the motorcycle's exhaust.
She Is expected to be confined
to bed for n few more days.
Kenneth suffered an Injured
arm and was treated at the
hosplta'. but he Is not confin
ed. Despite her bruised condit
ion, Mrt. Case has taken the
accld"tit In good humor and
declared that this should be
a lesson to grandmothers to
keep off motorcycles.
To keep the record straight,
It should be pointed out that
Mrs. Case Is a rather young
grandmother.
Earl Curtis Car
Found in Medford
An auto owned by Earl Cur
tis of Buttercreek was found
last Friday at Medford but no
trace of Margaret Dayton, 48,
who disappeared from Lexing
ton on Saturday, July 30, has
been uncovered. Sheriff C. J. D.
Bauman said Wednesday.
Mrs. Dayton, housekeeper for
Curtis, went to Lexington In the
1965 Rambler on the Saturday
and the boxer dog owned by
Curtis was with her. She left the
Lexington tavern about ,2 p.m.
and has not been seen since.
State police called Sheriff
Bauman last Friday and noti
fied him that the ear had been
found abandoned In a shabby
section of Medford and It was
Impounded. However, recovery
of the car shed no light on the
woman's disappearance. The
dog disappeared with her.
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11, 1965"
Plans Shaping
For 1966 Fair
(Also See Stories, Page 4)
Opening day of the 1W6 Mor
row County Fair Is Tuesday,
August 23. and In many a home
and on many a farm, exhibits
are now being prepared for the
event.
This Is also true for some or
ganizations, businesses, schools
and other groups who will take
part with community booths,
displays and activities.
Planning Is well In hand for
the fair, according to Mrs. Glenn
M .enna) Smith, fair Riwtary.
The fair board, headed by Ber
nard Doherty, Rnd the fair com
mittee, of which Ron Currln Is
chairman, have been working
for months on preparations.
Demonstration Day, for 4-H,
formerly a part of the fair It
self, was held several weeks ago
to allow more time for other
events, and the 4-H horse show
will be held Sunday, August 14,
also In advance of the main
event. Another story on this Is
elsewhere In this paper. Last
year, the horse show was held
on Monday prior to fair open
ing's on the following day.
Mom of the popular fair fea
tures are back on the program,
Including the 4-H Style Revue,
the annual pig scramble, the
livestock auction, and the cake
baking contest which is spon
sored by the Wheat League.
A new feature this year is the
knitting contest described In
the fair premium booklet, and
a nice trophy Ls ready for the
winner, Mrs.' Smith said.
There has been a heavy de
mand for space for community
booths and commercial exhib
its, but there Ls space yet for
about four more booths. Anyone
still Interested Is Invited to con
tact Mrs. Smith for the space.
Of particular Interest on the
commercial level this year will
be the booth of Pacific North
west Bell, which will have
some novel attractions for the
public.
Radio station KOHU of Herm
lston will be on hand through
out the fair to visit the various
exhibits and describe them to
listeners. The station will have
a booth of its own.
As In the past, a dinner will
Use of Water
At Record High;
Cooler Days Help
Use of water from the mun
icipal system reached n record
high in llippner last week, but
cooler weather and cooperation
of the public have eased the sit
uation, according to information
from Wayne Harsln of the city.
It was estimated that water
consumption reached as much
as 1.120,000 gallons per day dur
ing the peak of the hot weather.
This flguri is based on the fact
that pumps at the wells were
feeding 750 gallons per minute
Into the system, 21 hours per
day. At the same time, storage
levels in the reservoirs were
dropping nt the rate of about
six inches per day.
At 750 gpm, the pumps pro
duced 1,080,000 gallons per day,
The six Inches lost in the reser
voirs represented about 40,000
gallons, Harsln said.
With the system going behind
on the consumption, the water
department called for careful
use of tin. water to avoid a
crisis, and the public resK)iuled
in good fashion. After the no
tice appeared in the paper and
two or threi big users, who had
been irrigating during the day,
were contacted personally, the
reservoirs built back to capac
ity. While there have been other
summers when water users drew
down the reservoir level, pump
ing capacity this summer is the
greatest it has ever been hero,
going to the 750 , gallons per
minute fiom the t30 gallons
per minute of last year.
Harsln said that the city ap
preciates the cooperation of the
public In heeding the requested
need for caution. Care with the
use of water and restriction of
sprinkling and Irrigation to the
cooler time.-, of evening will con
tinue to help until the weather
makes a definite turn to the
cooler side.
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HEPPNER
10 cents
be served by the Rhea Creek
Grange Thursday, August 25,
prior to the pig scramble and
livestock auction. This has been
a top attraction at the fair In
the past
Snack Shack on the grounds,
operated by the 4-H club coun-
c(l, w ill get underway Monday ,
10 serve noiuogs, namourgers,
ImiIi. coffee and other Hi.m tn
the hungry and thirsty public, j
Airs, uayie Aroogast ls chair
man of the Snack Shack this
year.
A full complement of 4-H and
KFA entries ls expected at the
fair, together with hundreds In
open classes.' With grain har
vest ncarlng completion and the
quality reported excellent
around the county, prospects are
that the grain exhibits will be
especially good.
Most all exhibits are to be
In place at the fair by 10 a.m.
Tuesday, August 23. and judg
ing will start at 9 a.m. Wednes
day. Those who are Interested in
obtaining fair premium book
lets may obtain them from the
county extension office in the
Gilliam and Bisbee building.
Dozens of trophies and
prizes await i winners at the
fair, together with hundreds of
dollars In premium money. Af
ter all ribbons are in place and
all have had a chance to view
Morrow county's best, the fair
will come to an end Friday,
August 26. when exhibits will
Ive released at 2 p.m.
Governor Coming
Here August 22
Governor Mark Hatfield will
pay a visit to Heppner on Mon
day, August 22. Mrs. Herman
Winter, chairman of the Morrow
county Republican Central Com
mitee, announced Wednesday.
He wti; be the speaker at a
luncheon meeting of the Hepp
ncr-M.irrow County Chamber of
Commerce and plans to tour
sawmills of Kinzua Corporation
and Heppner Lumber Company.
His talk here is billed as oik- of
non political nature.
The governor will then be
greeted lit a coffee hour at 3
p.m., probably in the banquet
room of the Wagon Wheel Cafe.
Bec.tus;' of limited sealing ca
pacity, tin luncheon meetin;;
will be for members and others
by invitation. The coffee hour
will be fot the public and all
are invi'-d to come for this oc
casion. Henry Peterson of lone, county
campaign chairman for Gov.
Hatfield in his candidacy for
U- S. Senator, and Joe Balfe,
county Republican vice chair
man, are assisting with arrange
ments. Hospital Wages
To be Increased
Increase in wages of employ
ees of Pioneer Memorial hospi
tal is contemplated In the near
future as a result of an an
nouncement from the Eastern
Oregon Area Hospital Council
which met in Pendleton August
4.
Council President A. D. Cob
bin announced that because of
the necessity of increased costs
in both salaries and hospital
supplies, there would also be a
corresponding increase in hos
pital room rates throughout
Eastern Oregon.
Will O'Harra, administrator of
Pioneer Memorial, said that no
definite action has been taken
here as yet but added that the
matter will be discussed at a
board of directors meeting Aug
ust 26. An increase in wages is
expected, however, and this
probably will mean higher room
rates here.
No figures were announced
by the Hospital Council for sal
aries or rate Increases, but it is
felt that such increases prob
ably will be similar to an-
i iiuuncciut-ms maue retemiy in
the Portland area.
Eleven hospitals were repre
sented at the meeting from
Pendleton, La Grande, Hermis
ton, Umatilla, Baker, Ontario,
Nyssa and Heppner.
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QUEEN ERNA LYNN WINCHESTER
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For Queen Erna
Coronation ceremonies Satur- I
dav evening will bring a fitting
climax to the busy and excit- j
ing summer activities ol Queen
Erna Lynn Winchester and her
court of four princesses of the
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
association.
Music for the dance which
will follow the coronation cere
monies will be furnished by
Jimmy Cox and his Colorado
Troubadors of KT1X. Pendleton.
There will be no dance next
week, because of the East-West
Shrine game In Pendleton, and
the following week will be ro
deo week-end, with dances
planned for both Friday and
Saturday nights.
Deserving honor will come to
our attractive queen, who can
rightfully be called a true "dau
ghter of the saddle," who has
lived all of her 17 years in
Heppner, and has been at home
on a horse since she was old
enough to stay in a saddle.
Queen Erna Lynn, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Winchest
er, has had a natural love for
riding since early childhood
days. She appeared in her first
rodeo parade at the age of one
year, sitting on a pillow in front
of her mother's saddle, then rid
ing alone when she was two,
and each year, except one,
thereafter. With her family, she
has been a lifelong member of
the Wranglers, and was a rib
bon winner in several of the
horse shows.
Her great-grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Reid, came to
Heppner in 1910. After their res
idence in the old Heppner Ho
tel was washed away by the
1903 flood, they built the house
at the corner of Church and
Main, in which the family still
lives, and behind it the grand
father operated a lumber yard.
Her mother, Lois, has spent her
entire life there and has oper
ated a beauty shop at the home
since 1927. Mr. Winchester came
to Heppner from Massachusetts,
where he worked as a contract
or carpenter and painter.
Her only brother, Capt. Low
ell Turner, his wife and small
daughter, Kim, now reside in
Hurst, Texas, where Capt. Turn
er is training to be a commer
cial pilot. He is a member of
the U. S. Air Force reserve.
A true lover of pets, of na
ture and the out-of-doors, our
gay and spirited queen takes
great joy in her four dogs and
four horses. For her official ap
pearances this summer she rides
lolly", her nine-year-old sor
Winter to Train
At Ft. Sill, Okla.
Herman Winter, a captain in
the Marine Reserve, will fly
with his unit from Yakima, Wn.,
Sunday to Fort Sill, Okla.,
where he will undergo two
weeks of training.
Mrs. Winter and the children
expect to leave Friday by auto
and will drive to Oklahoma.
While in that state, the family
will visit relatives and friends.
On the trip, Mrs. Winters and
the chidren expect to stop in
Omaha where they will visit her
aunt and uncle and the coup
le who were best man and ma
tron of honor at the Winters'
wedding.
Slated
rel mare. During the past weeks
she has been breaking a new
two-year-old Appalo o s a colt,
Tattooed Time . in wrangler
play day riding competition, she
has won buckles for placing
first In her age group both last
year and this year.
Queen Ema graduated from
Heppner High school in the
spring and will enroll next
month at Eastern Oregon Col
lege at La Grande. Her major
interest turns toward commer
cial art work, in which she ex-
cells in talent, winning prizes at
local fairs and contributing ar
tistic decorations for many
school activities.
At heppner High school her
pleasant smile and congenial
personaliyt have brought her
many friends. She took part in
many activities, is a member of
National Honor Society, and of
Quill and Scroll in Journalism.
The honored queen is a mem
ber of the First Christian church
in Heppner.
As a member of the Oregon
Barrel Racing Association the
past three years, Erna has com
peted in many of the girls'
events at various rodeos and re
corded excellent timings.
Queen Erna and her court
will travel to Hermiston on Sat
urday where they will ride in
the big street parade at 10:00
a.m. On Friday, August 19, they
w ill spend much of the day in
Pendleton, where they will nave
a radio interview over KTlX,
and on Saturday evening, Sept
ember 10, will ride in tne Pen
dleton Dress-up parade.
She extends a sincere wel
come to her many friends over
the county to come to the pre
coronation fanfare Satur day
evening at the rodeo grounds,
and to stay for her dance in
the pavilion, starting at 9:30
p.m.
Taunting Challenge
"You had better come and
make a showing
"With your tired bottoms
pulling and your bald heads
glowing."
This is a portion of the
taunting challenge hurled by
the Morrow County Jaycees to
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce with
the Tug-of-War between the
two organisations set for Sat
urday night. August 13, as a
part of the Queen's Corona
tion program at the rodeo
grounds.
Still smarting over the loss
of the trophy cup awarded
the Chamber two years ago
when they pulled the Jay
cees through a stream of wa
ter from a fire hose, the young
men have taken a solemn
oath that they will win the
trophy back this year. No
contest was held in 1965.
With his eyes flashing fire,
his jaw set, and the corners
of his mouth turned in a sin
ister grimace, President John
Pankey of the Jaycees said,
"We're going to get that cup
back."
Only cool confidence radi
ated from the Chamber mem
bers who have been basking
in the glory of their victory
for two years. No indignation
Tug-of-War
And Boxing
On Program
"Something old, something
new, something borrowed and
something blue."
This could well be the theme
for the program designed to
amuse her royal highness,
Queen Erna, and her princess
es, as well as the public, at
the coronation Saturday night
at the rodeo grounds, starting
at 7 p.m.
The "something old" could
be the coronation ceremony it
self, traditional through the
years at the start of the Fair
and Rodeo season in Morrow
county.
The "something new" Is the
card of boxing matches planned
for the first time this year as
an entertainment feature of the
coronation program.
The something borrowed is
a bit in doubt, tut undoubtde
ly the sponsoring Jaycees will
borrow some equipment to stage
the program.
And the "something blue'
will be the faces of the Cham
ber of Commerce members and
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce members as they com
pete in a test of strength in a
Tug-of-War. They might also
be Dlack and blue after It ls
over.
Proceedings will start at 7
o'clock with the boxing smoker,
according to John Pankey, Jay
cee president, who will also
serve as master of . ceremonies.
It is : expected that there will
be some 10 bouts, each consist
ing of two 2-minute rounds.
Among those participating will
be youngsters wearing well
padded kids' gloves, and others
on up to college age, who, too,
will be .safeguarded with 16 oz.
gloves.
Three feature matches an
nounced in advance are these:
Jack (Peewee) Yocom vs. Ker
ry (Ratfink) Harsin, 7 years of
age.
Rick (Rock'em) Johnson vs.
Dennis (The Demon) O'Donnell,
in the 170 lb. class, high school
age.
Kenny (Killer) Smith vs. Carl
(Bobo) Bauman, college age.
Tug-of-War will follow the
boxing matches, with the Jay
cees determined to win back:
the trophy they lost to the
Chamber of Commerce two years
ago.
Coronation of Queen Erna
and the princesses, Barbara,
Verina, Susan and Mardee. will
follow the Tug-of-War. Harley
Sager, the first Jaycee president
here, will officiate at the coro
nation. Music will be furnished
throughout the program by
some of the Colorado Trouba
dors who will play at the
Queen's Dance starting at 9:30
Pankey said that each par
ticipant in the boxing matches
will receive a prize. All those
who take part must have re
leases signed by parents before
they will be allowed to com
pete. The boxers are advised to
wear their trunks under their
street clothing because there
are no dressing room facilities.
Wayne Harsin is general
chairman for the coronation
program.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of August 4-10 is as fol
lows: Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 87 57
Friday 85 51
Saturday 89 50
Sunday 93 53
Monday 86 62
Tuesday 86 57
Wednesday 90 52
Hurled to Chamber
nor ill will was manifested
Monday when the challenge
was read at the C of C meet
ing. Its full text is as follows:
"Chamber gentlemen of old
You are about to be told
About a cup that you hold
As if it were filled with
gold.
It's the Tug-of-War cup,
we're talking about
You are hereby challenged
to a duel
With come what may and
the gentlemen's rule.
"For that Rusty ittle cup
We're sure you don't want
to give up.
But come what may and
what may be
We're going to get that
cup, you'll see.
"We're going to OWN It all
next year
We're telling you now for
all to hear.
You had better come and
make a showing
With your tired bottoms
pulling and your bald
heads glowing.
Queen coronation ls the
date
Saturday the 13th, so don't
be late." -President
Harley Young of
the Chamber had this com
ment for the press: "Hmmm."