Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1967)
1 1 IRARY u or o EUGENE. ORE 97403 roara mm Events-on P m wt Hi Meo'WeeEiend IlCht NorlltMCNt ItOlll'O UNNOCl- u I Inn cowboy will Join fmnllliir tiK-al competitor hero Saturday uiiil Sumluv afternoon lit Mor row county' big show, Uic 11)07 Itndco. I'rtihahly some 200 contest antt will take urt In the event which features nil thi popular attractions hardtack, bull rid ing, cnlf roping, lironc rldlntr, team roiling, hulldngglng, wild cow milking, and raccH of var inn kinds Secretary John Venlird Hald Monday that he hud already re ceived HI entries, 2.1 of them In hull riding. Traditionally, en trleM to the rodeo come In late us the cowboys arrive just be fore deadline. Closlnu time for entries here Is at H p.m. tonight (Thursday) ut the rodeo office, I'rugrunui will lie prlnted'il- 84th Year JK THE 1M ? GAZETTE Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 24, 1967 17 '"C1 "" ... i, . - . i iTt--itrrl-" n inn . Tut i r ii , if . i,..MriHiii-,i li in, uimr-' COMMEMORATING th 450th Reformation, this float of Lutheran church will com from MIlton-TrMwatar for th Grand Rodeo parado her Saturday. Lutheran churches at a wide area con tributed to tho float which cost torn S12St to build. It has boon a top priio wlnntr In many parados. (Valley Herald Photo, Milton-Frwater). Big Parade to Start Saturday at 10 O'clock With Grand Marshal Lewis Cason lending the way, Hepp ner' big Kodco parade will get underway promptly ut 10 a.m. Saturday, Ilandall Peterson, chairman, announces. Beautiful floats, n number of which will come from out of town and others entered by lo cal organizations and business es, will be seen In the parade, which, ha as its theme "Fash Ions and Flowers." Mounted groups, bands, child ren's entries, old cars and many other types of entries will bo Included, all In competition for a share of the $173 In prizes being offered. Prize money comes from the Morrow County Fair Board and the sponsoring Chamber of Commerce. Peterson, who has been chair man of the annual parade for several years, urges children's entries In the parade. All are asked to come In costume, dec orate their bikes, dress up their pets, or osscmblo some appro- rlate entry for the occasion. Iberal prizes are given In a variety of children's categories, as li.sted following In this story. 'I Couldn't Get Out of Terryl Bumped, Banged, Run Over in Dense Smoke; Many Turn Out Sunday to Help Quell Grass Fire Terryl Greenup, 19, was back at her job in the First National Bank here Monday with a series of almost In credible experiences that oc curred during a grass fire Sunday afternoon still fresh in her mind. If they weren't, all she had to do was look at her black and blue legs to re member. In a series of freakish cir cumstances, Terryl, who was a rodeo princess three years ago, was hit by a Jeep in dense smoke at the fire, then she was hit by a pickup truck, and finally her left leg was run over by a rear wheel of the pickup. And not a bone was broken! Terryl was helping to fight a grass fire that covered some 200 acres on the Don Bennett place and 50 acres on the place of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup. Many volunteers came to fight the fire. Pickup truck of Harry O'Donnell was left at what was thought to be a safe place, behind the fire lowlna the draw late Thursdav nfierniHin for the Saturday af ternoon icrformance, which start nt the rodeo ground at 1:1S. The Saturday evening nIiow will bo nt 7:.tl), and the finals will be Sunday afternoon Mt 1:30. Hon Show Prcdei On Friday prior to rodeo, the annual Morrow county horse show will he held at the rodeo ground wllh Fred Mankln, who Iihh devoted a great deal of time to the Khow over the years, attain In charge a superintend ent. Thin In essentially a purt of the Morrow county fair and carries premium for the bent of Morrow county borne In op en clansen. Many 8 pedal awards are also given by businesses ami Individuals Interested In the event. ' . '2-7 - Grand sweepstakes in the pa rade again brings a $50 prize, and first, second and third cash prizes are also offered In sev eral categories for adults. Lutheran Float Coming A float of the Lutheran church from Mllton-Freewater will be one of the top outside entries, it was constructed at considerable expense and com memorates the 450th Reforma (Continued on page 4) Guests' Luncheon To be in IOOF Hall Luncheon for royal courts and other distinguished guests of the Morrow county Rodeo will he Saturday, starting about 11:30 a.m., In the Odd Fellows hall with Hebtkahs preparing and serving the luncheon, llenpncr Morrow county Chamber of Com merce sponsors the luncheon. A program, which will recog nize th. quests, Is being plan ned by Queen Veiina French, her princesses, and Mrs. Archie Munkers, chaperone, all of the Morrow county rodeo court. Anyone's Road!' line. But the fire jumped the line, and dense smoke engulf ed the area around the pick up. It was last In the smoke, and the fear was that it might be destroyed by the blaze. Terryl went out In a Jeep with Debbie Bennett, 17, and Terryl's sister, Susie, also 17, to try to find the pickup in the billowing smoke. They located it, and Susie jumped In to drive it. Terryl was on foot in the smoke. Debbie, in the Jeep, couldn't see where she was headed and struck Terryl in the hip with the front of the vehicle. This spun Terryl Into the path of the pickup, driv en by Susie, and the buffeted young lady was hit again. Susie saw Terryl's glasses fly up above the hood of the pickup and stopped immedi ately. Terryl was lying be tween the front wheels of the pickup. Not seriously hurt, she got up and sought sanc tuary on the running board of the rig, and the vehicle Champion and reserve cham plon performance horse will be chosen. Barrel racing, cow rut ting, and the trull class are oth er popular event of the day. The public I Invited to at tend the all day ahow, which Mart at 9 a.m. There 1 no ad mission charge. Derby Withdrawn Tom Currln, publicity direct or of the rodeo, announced Tuesday night that the Morrow County Derby ha been with drawn from the rodeo proj:rum because of lock of needed en tries. A minimum of four had entered but It was necessary to scratch one horse which has gone lame, and this leave on ly three. Other publicity al ready out, has advertised the derby, but It will not be on the program this year. Jl JlFJlJjC So, You Think We Set a Record? : Oh, No! Other Summers Were Hotter and Dryer By WES SHERMAN So you think th summer heat wave set a new record here I Not so. savs Don Gilliam, of ficial weather observer for Heppner, who has scrutinized the records that he, his father and grandfather have kept here for years. As the area passed 60 days. without rain on Tuesday, some thought this might be a record as It was In Portland. But this Is far from a record. In 1929, there were 95 days without measurable precipitation, start ing June 19 and running to September 22. Traces were re corded on July 13, August 20 and August 25. In 1331. there were 70 days without rain, from June 29 to September 7, with traces record ed on June 30 and August 18. In 19-19 there were 75 straight days without rain, from June 27 to September 9. Well, then, maybe this has been th hottest summer? Oh, no, not by a sunburn. The highest recorded temper ature In Heppner was 110 de grees In 1910. exact date un known, Gilliam states. This was prior to the time the Gilliam family kept records, but Bob Jones found the figure in weatn er bureau records. Of more recent date is the 108 decrees recorded on July 25, 1928. Then there was the 107 degrees on August 5, 1961. The current week brought two days of temperatures of 102 degrees. This was the highest since 1961. Last Wednesday soared to the 102. followed by Thursday at the same temperature, Friday at 100 and Saturday at 101 de grees. Then It cooled way down to i)t) on Sunday, followed by an almost chilly (by compari son) Monday at 87. Sol Perhaps these four days over 100 set a new high mark for the number of consecutive days over 100. Wrong again! was set in motion again. ' But the running board gave way, and Terryl fell to the ground again. The rear wheel of the pickup ran over her left leg. Undaunted, Terryl continu ed to help fight the fire. La ter she was taken to a Hepp ner doctor for X-rays. He mar veled how she escaped with out serious injuries. No bones were broken. At her work in the bank this week, Terryl was still black and blue from her calves to her thighs. She was still a little dazed about it. "I just couldn't get out of anyone's road," she said. A "tremendous" crew of volunteers, together with eight men and trucks of the Heppner Rural Fire district, fought the fire. Many of the volunteers were high school youths, and even younger children, ' Mrs. Greenup said. "They deserve special thanks for their help," she added. K. If. (Tad) Miller, Jr., chair man of the rodeo, told the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce member Monday that all Is In readiness for the hie week-end. Some three fourths of the 200 entries expected will be from out of the county, he said. The campground and trailer parking space will be set up again across from the school bus shop to provide for the visit or. Joe Balfe, who is the Cham ber of Commerce representative on the rodeo committee, has his crews lined up to take tickets at the three performances. Many on Duty Those listed for Saturday af ternoon duty are Herman Win ter, Tim Moore, Nona Sowell, (Continued on page 8) Number 26 HEPPNER 10 Cents In the blistering summer of 1928, the records reveal, four days registered the following totals In a row: 106, 106, 108, and 103. Now, folks in that day had something to complain about! But here is one possibility for a record that would take some considerable research to deter mine for sure: The 12 consec utive days from August 9 to 20 of this memorable summer of 1967 might have set an all time mark for the continuous number of days 90 degrees or above. Beginning on August 9, these ran consecutively as fol- (Continued on page 5) Prairie Site Winning Fayor Kelly Prairie is winning favor as a :.lte for a fish impound ment In Morrow county, County Judge Paul Jones said Monday after he had gone over the site with Cliff Lemons of the real estate section of the State Game Commission and George Klern an, engineer with the commis sion. A survey of the site was to be undertaken very soon to deter mine if construction of a reser voir there is feasible. Judge Jones said that it is possible for the fish Impound ment to be as large as 300 acres, but the commission representa tives said to "think In terms of somewhere between 100 and 300 aores." The site, though on private property, is expected to be avail able for purchase. The site is be ing favored, the judge said, be cause it would make a beauti ful artificial lake, it is easily reached, its elevation is not too high, and it lends itself to fairly easy development. Motorboats would be permit ted on the lake, he said. One side of the development would border on U. S. Forest Service lands. The fire started on the Bennett place near a country road. It is theorized that it was ignited by a cigarette tossed from a passing car. A high wind at the time caused the fire to spread quickly and made It difficult to fight. "We tried to get to the head of the fire," Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine said, "but it was so hot and smokey, we couldn't find it." Mel Boyer came in his air plane to dump a load of wa ter on the blaze, and this ef fort helped. Within an hour and 20 min utes the fire was controlled, but the Heppner firemen stay ed around for some time to see that it didn't flare up again In the high wind. The Greenups and Bennetts were amazed at the number of volunteers who came to help. "Everyone In Heppner was here to help," Mrs. Greenup said. . . .... , . 1 SI .w- '" ? j 1 THROUGH THIS new ornamental persons this week to the county fair and rodeo. Framed by the arch is the buckeroo stands 01 the rodeo which will be a beehive of activity during the coming weekend. Ross Machinery and Iron Works of Hermiston constructed the ornamental gate. (G-T Photo). Joe Balfe Signed For Cow Riding; Challenge Issued John Venard, Morrow coun ty Rodeo secretary, confirmed Tuesday that Joe Balfe, prom inent Heppner attorney, is signed for Wranglers Cow Riding at the Saturday night show of the Rodeo. " The secretary said that Balfe's name Is entered and that his $5 entrance fee is paid. His participation in the event will add considerable interest to the night show. In addition, Secretary Ven ard said that he had heard it reported that Balfe is chal lenging all other business and professional people in the area. It was further reported that he had wagered with some other individual, 10 to 5, that he would last three jumps on the back of the crit ter he draws, or even will go all the way. E. H. (Tad I Miller, Jr., ro deo chairman announced at Heppner - Morrow co u n ty Chamber of Commerce meet ing Monday that Attorney Balfe had signed for the cow riding event. The attorney de nied this, but Venard called the G-T Tuesday to confirm that Balfe's name was enter ed and the fee paid. Wheat Total Tops 1966 Despite Low Yield in County Tentative average on wheat production in Morrow county for 1967 is approximately 19 bushels per aero, according to "rough"' figures compiled by Harlan Mc Curdy, Jr., general manager of Morrow County Grain Growers, this week. I Despite the low average yield, though, total wheat production is up in the county. The elevat ors of Morrow County Grain Growers have received approxi mately 1.400,000 bushels as com pared with 1,200.000 bushels last ear. At the same time, barley pro duction is far below last year with only about 170,000 bushels being received as compared with more than 620,000 bushels last year. More acres were seeded to wheat this year because of the substitution clause, McC u r d y said. The total figures on production include grain coming to the MCGG elevators only. They do not include that going to farm storage and some being shipped out direct. Average barley yield was fig ured at about 24 bushels. The wheat production could not be considered a good year unless the yield approximated 25 bushels to the acre more. In the early spring, it appeared that the county would have an exceptionally good yield, but a spell of hot. weather and lack of moisture at a crucial time abruptly changed the outlook. As of Tuesday, harvest in the county was nearlng its end. A few were still harvesting in the Ruggs and Heppner areas but tney were expected to unisn oe fore the week is out. I 3 gate at the morrow county fairgrounds will pass thousands ol Fair Opens Ami - Hustle and Bustle . (See pictures on page 8) Hustle end bustle characterized the opening of the Morrow coun ty Fair Tuesday as exhibitors made final preparations on their displays, and 4-H and FFA en tries were brought to the grounds. Judging of 4-H home economics exhibits got underway, and judging contests were scheduled in 4-H and FFA livestock, and in 4-H foods, home economics, clothing, knitting and home im provement. Open class flower and vege table entries started coming in during the afternoon. Results of all contests were too late to include in this week's paper. Dress Revue was to be a highlight of Wednesday's pro gram, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Work v-'as continued in late afternoon Tuesday on many of 25 Miles of Road Oiled in Summer Some 25 or 26 miles of road in the county have been oiled this summer, County Judge Paul Jones told the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Monday. Attention has been devoted to connecting existing oiled roads and to oiling graveled roads In front of farm homes in the coun ty. The judge said that it is possi ble that all farms in the coun ty may be reached on oil roads within the next 10 or 12 years. This is contingent on passage of the serial road levy which is presented to the public every three years. It is scheduled for vote of the people again this fall. Cemetery road from the high way to the lone cemetery has been oiled, and 1300 feet of ad ditional runway will soon be oiled at the Lexington airport, the judge said. Kinzua Loggers On Hoot Owl For First Time in History Because of the critically dry situation in the woods, Kinzua Corporation's logging operations are on a hoot owl shift for the first time in the company's his tory, Allen Nisfcad, general manager, said Monday. The logging crews go to work at 5:30 a.m. and are out of the woods by 1 p.m. This puts them out of the forest areas before humidity drops to dangerously low levels in mid-afternoon. Meanwhile, lands of the com pany are closed to entry by the public except by permit under order of the State Forestry De partment. Permits will not be issued for recreational or pleas ure purposes, according to Knox Pipkin of Fossil, warden for the Central Oregon district. 1 .pJhss J 1 the booths being set up at the lair. Mrs. Lenna bmun, lair sec retary, said that all booth space was taken, and some very fine ones were being readied for dis play. Boardman Soil Conservation district and Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district each have set up booths, with the Heppner district featurl n g "America the BeautifuL" Another booth, presented through the State Game Com mission with uien ward as state game agent, features wildlife. Another eyecatcher was the Wil lows Grange booth, featuring both grains and grange in an attractive display. A booth of the Heppner Meth odist church, "Are You Thirs ing for Living Water?" had a small stream running through a rustic scene, and a booth of the Morrow county CowBelles featured the promotion of beef. Wranglers club of Heppner had another interesting booth, and the lone Garden Club was work ing on an exhibit that will feat ure "keeping America beauti ful." Mrs. Smith said that Randy Lott of Lott's Electric was furn ishing stereo music again. Com mercial displays included Am way Corporation, Keller Roofing, Avon Products, two machinery companies and others. ' Certain to be one of the most popular spots of the fair is the Children'3 Corner, which will in clude all types of entries in the same categories as in the open classes for adults. Any child from 6 to 14 is eli gible to participate in the Child ren's Corner. Today's (Thursday) events are highlighted by the Pet Show at 10 a.m., the parade of pets at 11:30 the All-Around 4-H Cham pion Showmanship contest at 1 p.m., the 4-H livestock awards program at 7:30 p.m. followed by the annual pig scramble and auction sale. Judging of all livestock and virtually all exhibits will be completed by this afternoon. A fire in the Walla Walla dis trict of the U. S. Forest Service took virtually all Forest Serv ice personnel from the Heppner district Sunday, and Kinzua men were on standby In case of fire in the forest district here. Twenty-eight men of the Heppner district were called to the Bear Canyon fire on the east side of the Walla Walla district, leaving only five or six as the total potential fire fight ing force in the district here, W. S. (Sam) Miller, ranger In charge of the district, said. However, the men returned Monday night and Tuesday morning after the fire there was controlled. It was only about 35 or 40 acres but was (Continued on page 8)
