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PRINCESS P.UBIANNE fULLETON
Princess
Set for R
Third In this summer's series
of honor dances will compli
ment Primes lEublanne Fulle
ton of the Morrow County Kodeo
court at the fair pavilion Sat
urday evening. Julv 29.
Music for the evening will be
liy 'Hie Go'Kcrs, a popular com
Imi from The Dalles, with dan
cing from 9:30 p.m. until 1:00
a.m.
Sponsors of Princess Rubt
urine's dance will be the Wrang
ler Club, of which she and Iter
family huve been proud and ac
tive members during the years
that they have lived on their
ranch home southeast of Hepp.
tier. She Invites her many
Wrangler friends In this and
surrounding areas to come and
noy the evening with her and
with other memlwr of this
year's court.
The honored princess has
helped carry on u fine family
tradition of riding, and the rais
ing of registered horses. A Mor
row county rodeo, to many,
would seem Incomplete without
participation of some member
of the Rolce Fulleton family in
a number of Its competing
events. She can rightfully be
called another "daughter of
the .saddle," as she did her first
riding in the arms of her moth
er and was made to conquer
nnv fear of riding from the time
idle was very small.
With her parents, Betty and
Kolev, and her older sister Di
ana, now Mrs. Archie Hall, she
moved to Ilcppner at the age of
two years, in 1952, from their
former home In Vale. She has
found a real competitor In rac
ing and other track contests in
her I I year-old sister Becky, al
so a very accomplished rider.
She follows in the footsteps of
rodeo royalty In the family, as
sister Plana was a princess In
the HHS3 Morrow county court.
The summer of l'.H!5 was also
n busy one for Rublanne, when
she represented Morrow county
as a princess on the Spray Ho-
den rntirf unit nnrltrltuitnd tn
many events with them. Her gay
spirit and congenial personality
have always won her many
friends.
Being an accomplished rider,
many honors have come to Hu
bianne, both In 4-H horse show
showmanship and horseman
ship, in Oregon Barrel Racing
competition, in track racing in
fairs and rodeos throughout
Eastern Oregon, In Wrangler
Play Day events, and others.
The three Fulleton girls have
brought many trophies home
through the years to add to the
family collection on the house
hold mantel, representative of
both riding skills and raising
of prized registered quarter
horses.
Since joining the Wrangler
4 II horse club at the age of
nine, Rublanne has won sever
al trophies and ribbons In coun
ty 411 shows; was a blue rib
bon winner In showmanship
and a red ribbon winner in
horsemanship at the State Fair.
She has been a junior leader in
her 4-H horse club and a pen
nant bearer in many of the fair
and rodeo parades.
A highlight of her OBRA rac
ing was when she received an
award for placing at the Cal
gary Stampede Inst summer.
The 17-year-old princess Is
spending a busy summer help
ing her father with truck driv
ing duties in harvest on their
ranch. She Is also efficient In
helping her mother with office
duties at the Fulleton garage,
owned by her parents.
For court appearances and
pleasure riding Kuhiannc pre
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bianne
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fers "llixjlhan," u registered
quarter horse that she broke for
herself. For barrel racing, her
preference Is the family's regis
tered quarter horse stallion,
"Boy Doll."
This fall the popular princess
will enter her senior year at
Ilcppner High school. She en
Joys helping with secretarial
duties In the school office, Is
an active member of the Future
Ilomemakers Association, also
of the school drill team and pep
club and assumes many com
mittee responsibilities in her
class.
Her family Includes her par
ents, her sisters Diana and
Becky, her maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Bar
ager of Los Angeles. Calif., and
paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Kdith Fulleton. of Vale.
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WATER PUMPED (from a new well on the Nelson-Tucker ranch reached 2800 gallons per min
ute in tests conducted there. Photo shows the water gushing from the well as a 400 horsepower
diescl engine power the pump In the tests. (Photo by Harley Young, manager. Columbia .Basin
Electric Co-op).
New Well on Nelson-Tucker Ranch
Takes Tests Up to 2800 G. p. m.
A new well 1000 feet deep
has brought forth an abundant
supply of water in three tests
conducted on the Nelson-Tucker
ranch near the south end of
the Navy Bombing Range, D. O.
Nelson reported Monday.
The well delivered as much
as 2,800 gallons per minute In
a third test conducted Monday,
using a pump operated by a
400 horsepower diescl engine.
Water stood at 146 feet from the
top of the well at the start of
the test, drew down to 2H0 feet
and held there.
Prior to the first test, the wa
ter was 169 feet from the top,
but after the test, it climbed to
146 feet. On the first test, the
well was pumped from 1300 to
17(H) gallons per minute. In an
ensuing test late last week, the
amount was increased to deliv
er from 2100 to 2500 gallons
per minute, and the final test
brought the 2800 gallons.
48.000 noo
Of Water Used Here
In 2 Months' Time
A lolnl of 43,21 ,0f K) c.'illon
of water was used In Ileppner
during the warm dry months
of June ami July, City Super
intendent Vie OroKhen re
porter! Tuesday. And this was
with nix (lay Mill left In July.
So during the warm season,
water consumption Is holding
at about one million gallons
per day, pretty high use for
n Htonll rommunlty. Pumps at
the wells have been going
steadily. One pump has been
In use constantly during the
period with otily 11 hour l.t
up. Kven with the heavy water
tine, however, the city's sys
tem remain In good shape,
f;ro.hen said. Repair work In
virtually completed at the
reservoirs, and the iiupply
mi'niK to be holding In good
shape.
Whether the 48 million gal
lons Is a recor dls difficult to
determine, but without ques
tion It Is one of the heaviest
uses of water here In the
city's history, Groshens Raid.
Service Station
Open for Business
Wes" Richfield service station
was moved to the new location
at the corner of Main and Cen
ter streets late last week, al
most before work was fully
completed on the brand new
station.
Wes Marlatt, oerator of the
station, said that grand opening
is being planned for August 10
12, Thursday through Saturday,
with dixir prizes, free gifts and
other attractions to be offered.
Meanwhile, he Is conducting
business from the new station.
Two Islands and four gaso
line pumps are featured at the
station, which stands on the for
mer location of the venerable
Case building.
Further announcement on the
station's grand opening will be
made at a later date.
Contractor on the project was
Duncan Bros. Construction Co.
of Bend.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of July 19-23 is as follows:
Hi Low prec.
Wednesday 81 48
Thursday 83 52
Friday 82 51
Saturday RH 50
Sunday 95 57
Monday 92 58
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The owners were highly
pleased with the results, which
were considered excellent.
Nelson said that it is figured
that the well can produce
enough water to irrigate two
sections of wheat, or it could
be used to irrigate a somewhat
lesser amount of row crops,
such as potatoes.
"We will decide on what we
will use it for when we get
all the answers," he said.
If it were used for irrigating
wheat, it would be one of the
first if not the first such op
eration In Morrow county. The
probability is that the water
will be placed in use for a crop
next year.
It is expected that sprinkler
type irrigation will be used
whether it is for wheat or for
row crops. Nelson said that bet
ter utilization of the water can
be obtained by this method.
The ranch is located in an
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 27,
House Committee Okays
Willow, Bureau Funds
Contrary to reports published
through wire services Friday In
the press, a $51,000 appropria
tion for the Buieau of Reclama
tion for pre-constructlon surveys
on the Willow Creek project was
approved last Thursday by the
House Appropriations Commit
tee in Washington, D. C.
The report confused the Mor
row county project with anoth
er project in Idaho apparently,
and the erroneous information
released was to the effect that
the $51 ,000 was one of three
Items for Oregon In the Presi
dent's budget that had been
omitted.
County Judge Paul Jones, up
on reading the report, Immed
iately called Cong. Al Ullman,
whoemphaslzedthat the $51,000,
which will be used In surveys
on the irrigation feature of the
proposed $7,000,000 Willow
Creek dam, had been approved
by the committee.
Cong- Ullman also called
Judge Jones later in the day to
statu that the .committee had
also approved $35,000 for a
South Columbia River study In
Morrow county. This Is an init
ial appropriation fur a study
on some 300,000 acres being con
sidered as a possible Bureau of
Reclamation project.
"This, 1 think, will have a
much greater impact on the to
tal oconomv of Morrow county
than the Willow Creek project,
itltHmirrh this latter hue mrirA in
terest in the southern part of
the county," the Judge said
Approval by the House com
mittee does not mean that the
appropriations have been made.
They must be approved by votes
In the full House and then by
the Senate.
There has been no further In
formation on the $160,000 appro
priation sought for pro-construction
work by the Army Corps
of Engineers on the Willow
Creek project, but Judge Jones
said that he does not believe
that all .hope If lost on it this
year as yet. Tf) rtem, 'unlike
the two for the Bureau of Rec
lamation, was not included In
the President's budget, but both
Senators Wayne Morse and
Mark Hatfield are working to
get the $160,000 in the Senate
appropriations bill.
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area of very low rainfall, and
the well can be a very import
ant factor in stepping up pro
duction. It is several miles
south of the checkerboard of
BLM and private lands now
being considered for irrigation
from the Columbia river and
yet is too far north to benefit
by the heavier rainfall of the
southern part of the county.
D. K. Smith of Milton-Free-water,
who incidentally is a
nephew of Judge C. C. Carmich
ael of Heppner, drilled the
well. It is 16 inches in diame
ter from top to bottom, and
1000 feet is a long ways down.
The diameter is enough for
a small person to fall into, and
Nelson says, "It scares me to
death to think about that."
However, every precaution is
being taken to keep it covered
until it is capped.
The well is located about a
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ZETTE-TIME
The $51,000 would be used for
establishing the Bureau of Rec
lamation project in connection
with the Willow Creek dam and
to ascertain definitely If the Ir
rigation feature is feasible. An
Irrigation district among farm
ers and others who would share
the water has been organized,
fceing essential before the ap
propriation could be sought.
Judge Jones said that the Ar
my Corps assured him that it
is Imperative that the Bureau
of Reclamation have initial
funds on the project because
without the irrigation feature
the benefit-cost ratio would
drop to the point where the en
tire project may not be consid
ered feasible.
Economic Council
Grant to Survey
Needs of Elderly
Blue Mountain Economic De
velopment Council of Umatilla
and Morrow counties has receiv
ed one of 19 Oregon Program
on Aging matching grants un
der the federal Older American
Act, It is announced by Gover
nor Tom McCalL
The council was awarded
$11,110 to suvey needs of the
elderly, and provide on-going
referral services and other nec
essary services for elderly not
now available from existing
sources in Umatilla and Morrow
counties.
The council presently Is oper
ating community programs in
neighborhood centers In Pendle
ton and HermLston for the Of
fice of Economic Opportunity.
One is planned for Heppner.
The state committee listed
Lorin C. O'Gara, Blue Mountain
Economic Development Council,
Inc., Umatilla County Court
house, Pendleton, as official
representative of the project
The 19 projects in the state
were granted a total of $149,761.
Oregon was granted the mon
ey in March by the Adminis
tration on Aging of the U. S.
Department of Health, Educa
tion and welfare.
Under the program, communi
ties, agencies and other non
profit groups may be eligible for
funds for their projetcs which
assist older people. The match
ing formula provides for 75 per
cent federal funds the first year,
60 per cent the second year, 50
per cent the third and total lo
cal support thereafter if the
project is continued.
The legislature, in accepting
the federal grant, placed the pro
gram directly under the gover
nor. He named the Division of
Continuing Education of the
Oregon State System of Higher
Education to assist in the orga
nization and administration of
the program.
The program does not estab
lish age limits, but most proj
ects are expected to assist some
of the more than 200,000 Ore
gonlans 65-and-over.
Ttie announced projects were
under a $166,700 allotment for
the 1966-67 fiscal year. Oregon
is expected to be approved for
about $160,000 for the 1967-63
fiscal year. Some of the propos
als which could not be complet
ed by the cut-off date of June
30 will be considered in the near
future. These could receive the
aid as early as October 1.
The governor praised the ef
ficient work of the Oregon Pro
gram on Aging Committee,
which had only about two
months with the 1966-67 funds
to encourage projects around the
state, interest groups in apply
ing for federal matching funds,
screen the proposals and select
these for funds.
The committee is headed by
Dr. Wrm. E. Sherfey, Portland
dentist. James E. Merritt is ex
ecutive director. Inquiries should
be addressed to the Oregon Pro
gram on Aging, 1479 Moss
Street, Eugene 97403.
Dave Potter Takes Position
David R. Potter, who will con
clude his work Monday as su
perintendent of Morrow county
School District R-l, announced
Tuesday that he has accepted
a position with the Fortuna,
Calif., Union High school.
Potter recently resigned his
position here because of health
reasons after serving three
years. He has been hospitalized
a number of times and has un
dergone surgery for a recurring
kidney ailment.
The new position is on a 10
months' contract, which he feels
will be less rigorous than the
year-around position here. At
Fortuna, he will work either as
a vice-principal of the 1400-
student high school, or he will
be business manager for the un-
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"OPERATION SMOKESTACK" was In progress at Heppner Ele
mentary school Saturday. The old stack, eaten by chemicals
exuding in smoke and gasses from the fumace, was "paper
thin" in places. Part had already toppled off. BUI Weatheriord.
standing on scaffolding, engineered the Job, cutting off the
-old stack at the point where he is standing, and a 52 ft sec
tion replaced the old -portion. A crane with a 70 ft boom.
' owned by Heppner Lumber Co was called upon for the hoist
ing Job. (G-T Photo).
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"THAR SHE GOES I" Crane operated by Bay Massey lifts oM the
old heating plant smokestack. Traffic was blocked on the high
way for sometime Saturday morning while the operation was
in progress. It was quite a feat too. in moving the crane bom
the mill to the scene and back with the 70 ft boom in a hori
zontal position. The tip of the boom rested on the bed of a
truck in the moving process. New stack now is all erected and
ready foi use. (G-T Photo).
ion high school district. The sal
ary will be nearly the same as
that paid the Morrow county
superintendent, he said.
Potter is being succeeded here
by Ron Daniels who was cho
sen by the district board for the
superintendence. Daniels has
been principal of Riverside High
school and Boardman grade
school for a number of years
and has assisted as an acting
superintendent at times when
Potter was hospitalized and in
connection with work on the
new Riverside school.
Supt. Daniels will officially
begin his work as of Tuesday.
Potter said Tuesday that he
is engaged this week in finish
ing reports, completing purchas
ing for the coming school year,
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and taking care of work thai
needs to be done before he turns
over his office to Daniels.
A special school board meet
ing will be held Monday night
to hire teachers and take care
of other business. Potter said
that there are apparently just
three teacher vacancies remain
ing to be filled in the county,
one a commercial teacher at
lone, and two at A. C. Hough
ton school, Irrigon.
Daniels, who will work from
the county school administra
tion building in Lexington,
plans to continue living in
Boardman at least for the time
being.
Potter said that he does not
know as yet just when he will
move to Fortuna.
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