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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1966)
I I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, on 07103 orrow County hair to yes 966 M Open T clay 83rd Year the mmv ED gazett: Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 18, August: 25 For Rodeo Deadline for nitric In the VM'A Morrow county rodeo U Thursday, August 25, at 8 p.m.. John VVnitrd, secretary, reminds nil contestant. Entry fee mum k paid by that time. Slock drawing will be at the rodeo of fit under the buekeroo fttands Immediately following the clodlnir time, and program for the openlnu nhow on Satur day afternoon, Auguxt 27, will Iw printed on Friday, Tad Mill er, rodeo chairman, announce. Again thin vt'tr the rodeo of fer $1V)0 In purse to the con testant. Pure for saddle bronc riding ha hrrn Increased to iX). and those for bull riding ii nil bareback riding have been upix-d to $125, Other purse of $100 each are offered for calf toping, cow milking, bulldog. King, wild horse race, OIJKA girls barrel racing. Morrow county registered qunrterhopie nice, Morrow county debry, team roping, and flae race. A $r0 purse 1 art for the 1.4 mile op et. race, Entry fee Sot Ktitry fees for middle bronc riding. Morrow county derby and the flae race lire $23 each. For team roplnK, entry U $10 per team. A fee of $20 each la net for entry In bareback rid ing, cowboy bulldoggtng, county amateur calf roping, wild cow milking, calf roping, bull riding, Hint the county registered quar tcrhorse race. Fcea of $10 each are for Calgary roplnK. wild horse racing, V mile 0en race, and OIIKA girls barrel aclng. More trophtea than ever are offered to the winners thla year. Including two custom made Bad dies. The champion all-around cowboy, who will be picked this year under a point system, will receive a saddle given by Mor row County Grain Growers, Lex ington Oil Co-op, Lexington Im plement Co. and Padberg Ma chinery Company. The saddle hus iK-en made ngnln by Gray's Saddlery of lleppner. Klnz.ua Corporation again will present a saddle to the winner of Morrow county amateur rop ing. This saddle Is mado by Severe Brother of Pendleton and now Is on display at Gard ner's Men's Wear. Cornett Green won the county amateur roping last year after years of trying. Powors Turns RCA Dick Powers of F.llensburg, Wn., won the all-around cham pion cowboy title In 19C5, the first year that it was establish ed here. But It will be a wide Finest Horses Due for Showing Friday, August 26 Morrow county Is proud of Its horses, and the finest will be performing nt the open class Horse Show on Friday, August '26, at the rodeo grounds In an all-day event, starting at 9 a.m. Winners will be chosen In the conformation and halter classes, and In the performance clusscs with Dr. S. K. MeGough of Pen dleton as Judge. Champion and reserve champion mares, stal lions and geldings will be cho sen, and at the end of the day, a champion pcrioiniance hoi.,e and a reserve champion for the bhow will be announced. Special events that always at tract keen Interest arc the trail class for children, barrel racing, Junior calf roping and cow cut ting. In addition to the fair premiums to be awarded, many trophies and prizes have been donated by local firms and In dividuals. This Is the 18th annual show, and also the 18th year that Freu Mankln hus been superinten dent. Undei his guidance, the show Is efficiently organized and all details are worked out well In advance of the event. ! Assisting tills year nre Mrs. Jim Norene and Mrs. Frank An derson, secretaries; Howard Li-y-ant, ringmaster; and Gene Pierce and Harold Erwln, an nouncers. ; The show Is open to all Mor row county horses, and details of the various classes and lots are In tho lair premium book. The public Is Invited to come and watch the show without charge. It is held In front of the main grandstand at the ro deo grounds. t . Deadline Entries oiwn competition this year, and Powers will not be back as a possible repeater for he has left the ranks of the Northwest Ro deo association to compete as an RCA cowboy. New this year Is the award each dav for the "Hard Luck Cowboy." A fur felt hat will toe given after each performance to the one who ha the toughest luck, by Jack Saul of the New York Store. Pendleton. Morrow county's all-around (Continued on page HI Plans Forming For Rodeo Parade Plans are well underway for the 1M Hodeo Street Parade on August 27 In downtown llepn ner, Randall Peterson, chair man, said Wednesday. John Kenny, for manv years resident of llepnner, will be the grand marshal. A total of $175 In prizes will be given to winners In the var ious adult and children cate gories, which will be the same as (how last year. There are divisions for floats for organiza tions, businesses and outside en tries; for mounted groups; for humorous entries; oldest and youngest cowboys; and many others. Peterson said that floats are coming from the Chamber of Commerce, Hcrmlston, and from the Umatilla Ordnance Depot. John Venard, secretary of the hkU-o committee, said that ac ceptances have been received from manv fair and rodeo courts from other areas. Taking part. tM, will be the colorful Salem Saddle club, coming back for their second appearance. They will again stage their drill at the rodeo grounds. Some local floats are current ly under construction, and more are needed to add Interest to the parade, Peterson said. Theme of the parade this year Is "Between the Uookends" and those entering floats are asked to follow this theme In order to enhance their chances for prizes. Floats may be designed around any book title. New Drivein Sets Opening Saturday Grand opening of the Harris Drivein will be Saturday, the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Har ris and Mr. and Mrs. Lonnle Harris, announce. Free coffee, Ice cream cones and doughnuts will he given to the public throughout the day. The drivein, located on Main Street next to Wcs Richfield, will have Inside seating tor 40 persons and will offer window service. Light meals will be served, Including chicken, shrimp, Immburger steak and other Items. Hours will be 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily. The new drivein, concrete block construction, was built by the owners. r- mwMiii-m.i,w yV 1 " '.!.! ua. P " v.'A-'i 1 A; ST.. . ... . n; wmr PLAYERS well known In this area who will participate in the Shrine A-2 and B All-Star game in Pendleton Saturday night Include the six above. From left are John Weimar, Condon, guard (60); Bill Durand, Umatilla, back (78); Rick Schaffer, Wheeler County, end (88); John Brown, Pilot Rock, guard (64); Mark Halvorsen, lone, back (24); and Tim Driscoll. Heppner, back (22). (See storp, page 8) (Turner-Jensen Photo) ;-tim 1966 Coming Monday ,1; I - f. 7: J GOV. HARK HATFIELD Coffee Hour Set For Governor; Iour( Talk Slated Governor Mark Hatfield will be In Keppncr Sunday night and until about 1:30 p.m. Mon day, somewhat of a change from the original plan announced last week, Joe Balfe of the Re publican central committee said Wednesday. He will spend the night In town, will be honored at a cof fee hour at 10 a.m. Monday, and will speak at the regular Cham ber of Commerce luncheon at noon on that day. The governor also will tour the Kinzun Corporation and lleppner Lumber Company Plants from 9 until 10 after having breakfast with some lo cal Republican leaders. The coffee hour Is ocn to the public at the Wagon Wheel Cafe banquet room and every one Is Invited. Gene Pierce, will be host on the tour of the sawmills, and Balfe and Henry Peterson, chair man of Gov. Hatfield's cam paign for the Senate In this county, are working out other arrangements. The governor has not an nounced his subject for the talk at the Chamber of Commerce, but by rules of the organiza tion, It will be non political In nature. The luncheon Is for regular members of the Chamber and guests, but any other persons who would particularly like to attend are asked to contact Balfe (Ph. 676-9-156) at once. Seating capacity of the banquet room Is limited, and It will be necessary to know how many extra are planning to attend. It Is stressed that all who would like to visit with the governor or meet him are cor dially Invited to the coffee hour at 10 a.m. The governor had originally planned to be here through the afternoon Monday but asked that the time be moved up to the morning to fit into his schedule. ,'''gr-T'Wriw'v, tC. 'v.' 1 "S'1 '5 HfcJ .VJ VJxi i iiHtm Number 25 EPPNER 10 cents Schools to Open Tuesday, Sept. 6; Calendar Revised Morrow county schools will open Tuesday, September 6, the day after Labor Day. This will follow teacher Inservlce train ing on August 31 and teacher work days on Friday and Sat urday, September 1 and 2, Supt. David R. Potter announces. The Inservlce tralnl n g on Wednesday. August 31, will be devoted principally to acquaint ing teacher with economics and industries of the county, the superintendent said. They will tour the Klnzua Corporation plant, Morrow County Grain Growers Installations, and the Growers Installations, and the Boeing development, amongoth ers. The superintendent said that he feels it Important that teach ers understand the agricultural and Industrial background of , me county, ne smu inai pcrnaps even some of the veteran teach ers here have never been In a grain elevator. Some do not know what type of lumber Is produced In local mills and what It Is used for, he said. At the Monday night school board meeting In Lexington a revised school calendar was adopted. The previous calendar had not taken into account the fact that January 2 is a legal holiday because New Year's falls on Sunday. Taking Janu ary 2 out of the number of school days leaves only 177 days of school. This Is considered to be an Insufficient number be cause It allows only two days' margin on 'he legal ' require ment. Should snow or other fac tors cause - a school closure for several days, the required num ber of days would not be al lowed without making up time. Therefore, the day's closure (Continued on page 8) New High Students Asked to Register Students who plan to enter lleppner High school after at tending a different school are asked to come to the school to register any weekday through September 2, except on Wed nesday, August 31, Dick Carp enter, principal, states. This does not include entering fresh me.i who attended llepp ner Junior high last year. Mrs. Conley Lanham and Principal Carpenter plan to be on duty at the school from 9 until 12 and from 1 until 4 each weekday except on teachers' inservlce training day, August 31. Any students who pre-regis-tered in the spring and who wish to make schedule chan ges are also asked to come prior to school's opening. Carpenter arrived to start his duties this week and will return to St. Paul Friday to move his family here. They will live in the house former ly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Norton and family on Skyline Drive The new princi pal has been at St. Paul for the past seven years and worked till;' summer to com plete work on his master of education degree at Portland State College with an admin istration major. 0 ,-"a 1 i -r t-Tinniti riii ES Who Remembers ' ' HERE'S A SCENE et tb first Morrow county fair. September 28. 1913, with exhibit buildings located Just off Mala street where the library-museum now stands. f if I - tu&ys f r- . , , . .. 4 .'-,- . , ' . ' - - - 1 "' . - . , .V- ' - .-, A THIS IS a side Tiew of the "aeroplane" that had a prominent place on the program of the first Morrow county fair. The bi plane looks as 11 it came direct from the Wright Bros but this is only an assumption. (More pictures, page 2) First County Boasted 'Aeroplane9. Flight Morrow county's first fair, held 53 years ago, must have been a truly wonderful show, according to a program and pictures lii the possession of Mrs. A.- D McMurdo. Probably the most interest ing of the events on the fas cinating program was the "Aeroplane Flight" of Silas Christofferson. The plane he used had the appearance of one direct from the Wright brothers, the pictures show. Two flights were scheduled on the program of Friday, Sep tember 2G. 1913, one at 2:30 and the other at 4 p.m. Other Intriguing Items must have captured the fancy of an admirinp public, including these: Scale Brothers, fancy trick riding on street; Ali Zada at pavilion Punch and Judy; kfcby show; four band Board Hits In Teacher With the Corps of Army En gineers having set a deadline of December 31 for vacaction of residences in Boardman, Includ ing present teacherages, the dir ectors of Morrow county School District R-l face the knotty problem of where to house teachers in the new city. They recently approved plans Two Rodeo Dances Set August 26-27 Those who don't like one kind of music can dance to another kind at the two Rodeo Dances scheduled on consecutive nights, August 26 and 27, at the fair pavilion this year, Archie Munk ers, rodeo director in charge of dances, announces. Music at the Friday night dance will be by the increas ingly popular Henchmen, a Heppner combo, which appeals to the younger generation. Those of the older set or those who prefer a little more quiet type of music may attend the Satur day night dance which features the western music of Jimmy Cox and his Colorado Troubadors of Pendleton. Each group has attracted large crowds at previous perfor mances here. The Friday night dance will be from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., and the Saturday night dance will be from 10 until 2. All dances through the sum mer have been very well attend ed, and it is anticipated that especially large crowds will at tend the final dances. 53 Years Ago? V -TV '" , .- P .... ' j f.-:' Fairin I9I3-- concerts; and a dance at the conclusiun of the program. This Ali Zada must have been a marvel, for not only did he present the Punch and Judy show, but he also is bill ed for three performances dur ing the day as "Ali Zada, Or iental Wonderworker." Roman races were held on the streets, too, with Seale Brothers again taking the spotlight. Exhibits of the fair were on display at the grounds which were located where the li-brary-mus-eum now stands. Dr. McMurdo took the pictures at this first fair, but he cannot recall many of the details con cerning the event. Maybe oth er readers who are among the ranks of the old-timers can're call the fair and fill in other Information. Dilemma Housing for buildine a new duplex resi dence and a single unit house in Boardman, as well as a house in lone. At their meeting Mond a v night they received two bids on the projects. Redi-Cuts Homes offered to build the three units for $53,719 and E and H Con struction Co. submitted the bid of $55,850. These bids were somewhat higher than some members of the board had anticipated, and only $29,000 remains in the teacherage fund in the budget. Attorney Bob Abrams said that It would need to be deter mined whether the board may expend $53,000 for the houses when only $29,000 shows in the budget for this purpose. Special Meet Set So, the matter was held In abeyance until an opinion could be received from the attorney general's office, and a special meeting will be held on the matter Friday night. There may be a special pro vision In the law that will al low the board to construct the houses since repayment will come in the form of rentals from teachers, and there will be no actual cost to taxpayers. Attor ney Abrams said Wednesday after some checking that he felt this might be the case. With time running out on the deadline, the board faces a squeeze on the housing problem in the new Boardman townsite. Director Ralph Skoubo put it simply when he said, "We have to have housing in Boardman." The teacherage fund in the budget is composed of the sum allowed by the Corps of Engl- (Continued on page 8) Full Programs On Schedule For Four Days There'll be a hustle of activ ity at the Morrow county fair grounds Tuesday morning when the 1966 fair opens at 10 a.m. for four big days. It will show the pick of the county's agricultur al produce in 4 11, FFA and op en classes. It will display the craftsman ship of those skilled In home economics, and It will exhibit arts and crafts of youngsters and adults alike. Golden grains, fresh from the harvest, will be judged, as well as livestock, vegetables, flow ers, home-prepared foods, and dozens of other types of entries. Work of school children will be shown, and eommu n 1 1 y booths will depict work of var ious organizations. Commercial booths will have their place, too. Special Events Set Among special attractions are the 4-H dress revue Wednesday night at 8 p.m., to be held In the show barn on the grounds this year; the pig scramble Thursday night at 7:30 follow ed by the livestock auction; the pet show Irom 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday with the pet pa rade scheduled at 11:30 a.m.; the Wheat League cake baking contest with Judging at 9 a.m. Wednesday; the Rhea Creek Grange dinner for the public, starting at 4 p.m. Thursday; and the FFA tractor driving con test at 10 a.m. Thursday. School exhibits are to be In place at 10 a.m. Tuesday and 4-H and FFA agricultural en tries close at 10:30 a.m. the same day. Judgi n g begins on 4-H home economics exhibits al so at 10:3a The afternoon of opening day will feature 4-H and FFA live stock judgi n g contests, 4-H home improvement judging con test, 4-H foods judging contest and 4-H food preparation con tests. Judging starts on open class fruits, vegetables, hay and crops at 9 a.m. Wednesday, and all open class entries close at that time except for flowers. Showmanship Tburslay On Thursday at 9 a.m. will be 4-H showmanship classes, and all around 4-H champion showman will be chosen at 1 p.m. Open class livestock will be judged on Thursday after noons. Judges at the fair this year include the following: Knitting, Mrs. Myrle Smith, Grass Valley; clothing, dress re vue, Mrs. Howard Reeder, Pen dleton; foods, Mrs. Don Van Bor stel, Grass Valley; clothing, dress, revue, home improvement, Mrs. Arthur Boyd, North Pow der; open class clothing, Mrs. Louis Rucker, Arlington; flow ers, Mrs. Kay Hisatomi, Pendle ton; crops, Jack McDermitt, Moro; livestock, Ron Baker, Hermlston, and Stanley Green, Prineville; and horses. Dr. S. E. McGough. It appears that number of en tries in 4-H home economics this year will be heavy. Miss Tamy Young, who is assisting through. the summer as county nome ex tension agent has been busy with these as well as with prep arations for the dress revue and other events. Gail McCarty, extension agent, states that he expects livestock entries to be about the same In number as last year, which post ed a record high. For the first (Continued on page 8) Alfred Lovgren Escapes Serious Injuries in Cavein Alfred Lovgren had a nar row escape Monday afternoon when an overhanging bank caved In on the tractor he was operating on his Rhea Creek place. He was pummeled rath er severely by the rocks and dirt and was buried to the waist in the tractor but appar ently suflered no serious in jury. Lovgren was doing some bulldozing work next to the bank which was some 25 to 30 feet high. He didn't realize that it was overhanging as much as it was, and it gave way when he drove the tractor beneath. The dirt pinned him against the gas cap and may have caused a separation in the rib cavity, judging by soreness he Is now experiencing. It also knocked over the ex haust pipe which fell on him. Lovgren had some difficulty turning off the tractor, but managed to do so and then extricate himself. E 1 w y n Hughes came and dug out the tractor, but Lovgren deferred . going to the doctor or hospital until about 8:00, nearly four hours after the accident. He was given outpatient treatment and was released. While he was not hospitalized, he is stil' and sore enough from th'i bruising to take It easy this week.