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84th Year Number 27 7r, gaz w 1-V ' 11 JJL-f 11 RLyRlLJ 1 .-SB" . " , v., - v .. U 1 , I I r " IT . 1' l 7 BOB TETSCH joined Iht ranks ol Morrow county cowboy Immortal over the weekend when he won the Morrow county amateur call roping championship at the rodeo, Jolnlnq to present the custom made saddle trophy which is given by Klnzua Corporation are Queen Verina Trench (in white) and her court From tnit are Princess Bjrnlece Matthews oi lone. Princess Rublanne Ful- leton ol Happncr, Princess Linda ton. Rodeo Cowboys Share Britt Wins All-Around; Fetsch Tops in Roping Cowboys shared about $7000 In winnings -Home $1785 from purses nnd the rent from their entry foe At the conclusion of two days of action In the Mor row county rodeo here Saturday and Sunday. In addition, the top winners walked off with some fine tro phies for their effort. SU! Britt of Spray enmc through as the all-around cow lov as a result of his showings In bareback riding and bulldog King. This Rave him possession of the custom made saddle do nated by Morrow County Grain Growers and Padberg Machin ery Co. of Lexington. Bob Fetsch of Heppner captur ed the title as Morrow County Amateur Calf Roping champion and received a custom tnudc saddle presented again by Kln zua Corporation. Ketsch also was originally announced as winner of the Morrow county All Around award at the conclu sion of the Sunday show, but this proved to be In error, and Wayne Evans captured the county All-Around title. In winning the amateur calf roping, Ketsch totaled 57.0 sec ondft In two go-rounds, lie ro ed his calf on the first day 2-1.4 and on the second day In 32.6. ScScond In the event was Jerry Dougherty and Evans was third. Amateurs Do Well The county amateurs did very well on Saturday afternoon with all contestants being successful In the roping but Tat O Brlen. He, too, appeared to have his calf In good time, but the elus ive little critter slipped the nooso and got 'away. Evans received the Cutsforth revolving trophy for a year's possession as the county All Around and also receives a $50 prize award from the Orville Cutsforth family. The young cowboy piled up his earnings In the amateur calf roping and in wild cow milking. Dougherty received a pair of handmade boots from Del Brown Shoe Co. for placing sec ond In calf roping and Evans won a gift certificate from Gar dner's Men's Wear for being third In that event. Paul Illsler, Jr., emerged first in Wranglers cow riding and re ccived a trophy hackle from Herman Green, Heppner. Heppner Wrunglers flag race team came through with victory In this event Sunday after being disqualified the day before, thereby losing on the first day to the Umatilla Sage Riders. However, their winning time Sunday was better than the Sage Riders' time on Saturday Rodeo Receipts Far Above Last Year Preliminary totals show that receipts for the Morrow county rodeo this year will be far above those of last year. Estimates aire that the gate will exceed that of 19(!6 rodeo by somewhere be tween $800 and $1000. Floyd Jones, fair board chair man, said that It might go as high as $1000 above last year. Not only were the crowds largor at each performance but Joe Balfe, director In charge of ticket sales, and his crew Im posed stricter regulations on free admissions, always a difficult thing to control. Balfe reported to the Chamber of Commerce Monday that ticket sales were as follows: Saturday afternoon adults 507, students 423, total 930. Saturday night adults and students 547, child ren 83, total 603. Sunday after noon adults 503, students 294, total 797. Tatone ot Boirdman and Princess Maureen Doherty o Lextng- $7000 and so they copped the trophy donated by Farley Motor Com pany for the flag race winner. Race Thrilling The Sunday raw was an es pecially thrilling one. A horse slipped and threw its Umatilla Sage rider on the first turn, hit ting the Wrangler mount and rider as It fell. This knocked the latter off his horse and chaos reigned, but only for a moment. Both recovered quickly, mount ed again, and they were off once more. Despite this fall, the Art Vance's Frosty Show Champ Again For the second consecutive , year, Art Vance's horse. Frosty, took champion performance horse honors at the county horse show at the fairgrounds Friday. This gives Vance the second leg towards permanent possession of the championship trophy. Horses owned by Judy Currln. Floyd Jones, Nell Beamer and Ralph Beamer all tied for re serve champion. The men gen erously voted to give the honor to Mrs. Currln for her horse, Patches. A beautiful day smiled upon the show and the best horses of the county were shown and performed through out the schedule of events. Fred Man- kin was superintendent of the show for the 19th consecutive year Bill Farrel of John Day was the judge. Mrs. Frank Anderson was secretary, Gene Pierce was announcer, and Howard Bryant was ring master. Members of the Morrow county fair and ro deo court assisted with mak ing awards. Neil Beamer rode the Ralph Beamer horse, Domino Melody, to the cow cutting champion ship. Placing second was Floyd Jones on Mr. Bar Barred; third was Ralph Beamer on The Maestro and fourth was Marcia Jones on Pat Brady. Prize for first was a leather halter from the Bank of Eastern Oregon, and for second was a show hal ter from the bank. In junior calf roping, Matt Murray on Little Tom was first in a time of 9.0 and Becky Ful leton was second on Suds In a time of 58.5. Murray received a pair of spurs as a prize from itoice Fulleton. Fourteen competed In barrel racing, and Marianne Pettyjohn was first on Barred's Lad; sec ond was Gale Maleom on Skeet Bar; third was Pattl Pettyjohn on Plaudit Poco; and fourth was Marcia Jones on Tico Chex. An Paper to be Late Due to Labor Day Like most other workers of all kinds, the staff of the Gazette-Times doesn't plan to work on Labor Day. For that reason, next week's paper will be a day late, going into local boxes as of Friday morning first thing. The office will be closed on Monday but will be open at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. Part of the summer crew will be going back to school Tues day Jim Shorman and Randy Stillman and so the staff will be reduced In numbers again. Therefore, cooperation of the public in getting both news and advertising copy in early henceforth will be appreciated. f J It'--- ::i V.' .. .v Mi. I,,., ..J V .il.,i,'.to'j (C-T Photo). Wrangler time was better than the winning time the day be fore. Alice Williams of Boise, Ida ho, topped the girls' barrel rac ing with a total time for two go-rounds of 36.2. She received a $25 cash award from Murray Rexall Drug In addition to her winnings.. Bill llerrera, a top performer from Toppenish, Wash., edged Sid Britt In bareback riding, 114 (Continued on page 4) award for first place was a sad dle blanket from Supt. Mankin and for second was a blanket from the First National Bank. Other results of the show were as follows: Class A, Lot 1 (Fillies foaled in 1367) Unnamed, sired by Mr. Bar Barred with Greasy Bow as dam, owned by Rolce Fulle ton, first; Tequila owned by Bill Scott, second; unnamed, sired by Boy Doll with Dutch Esther as dam, owned by Rolce Ful leton, third. Class A, Lot 2 (Yearling fil lies foaled in 1966) Unnamed, owned by Rod Murray, first; Gold Rush Mount, owned by Ralph Beamer, second; Jazzard, owned by Merlyn Robinson, third; Music Canyon, owned by Roice Fulleton, fourth. Class A. Lot 3 (Two-year-old fillies) Scarlet Bandana, own ed by Ralph Beamer, first; Mickey, owned by Mark Tullls, second; Princess, owned by Bill Seehafer, third. Class A, Lot 4 (Three-year-old fillies) Final Touch own (Continued on page 8) Jaycees' Float Wins In what must have been one of the longest parades in the history of the Morrow county ro deo and acclaimed by many as one of the best the Morrow County Jaycees captured grand sweepstakes Saturday with their j float depicting the years activ ities' of the organization. Child ren of the members rode on the float to portray the activities. This brought the organization a $25 first prize for adult organi zations and the $50 sweepstakes award for a total of $75. Heppner Rainbow Girls won first in the youth division for floats and won $25. Best float from out of the county was the beautiful entry from the Luth eran church commemorating the 450th Reformation. It was the most spectacular float In the parade but was not eligible to compete for the grand sw. $15 stakes. However It won a prize for first place out county float. Soroptimists Second The Soropttmist club, a per ennial sweepstakes winner, took second place for adult organiza tions this year with its float that followed the parade theme, "Fashions and Flowers." The float depicted "The World of Fashions" and won a $15 prize. Third was the Mother's club float which featured children dressed in costumes of different nations of the world in a set ting of flowers. Second for out-of-coun t y floats was the very beautiful Hermiston Chamber of Com- (Continued on page 5) Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 31, 1967 CpL David Clark Kids: Ready or Not, Schools Open Tuesday (See Ready Bus Story, Pace 5 or not, here school comes! Staffs of both Heppner High and Heppner Eleme n t a r y schools, as well as other schools around the county, are ready for opening of school on Tues day morning, "following Labor Day. Students may not be ready to return, but most of them will be there just the same! Both Heppner High school and Heppner Elementary will have a full day of school after the opening bell. At the high school the first day will commence at 8:45 a.m. with a student assembly in the cafetorlum. Principal Dick Car penter announces. After the as sembly, students will meet with their class advisors to receive registration materials and to discuss the contents of student handbooks, which have been prepared and will be distribut ed. Following the class meetings, students will spend the remain der of the day In regularly scheduled classes. Textbooks will be Issued and assignments will be given In each class. Fee Schedule Given Schedule for the payment of student fees at the high school will be the same as last year. Each student will receive a fee slip on Tuesday, indicating the total amount to be paid. Seniors are requested to pay their fees on Wednesday, juniors on Thursday. soDhomores on Fri day, and freshmen on the fol lowing Monday. : Agenda at the student assem bly will be as follows: Welcome by John Rawlins, student body president; introduction of stu dent body officers, John Raw lins; Introduction of faculty by Principal Carpenter; talk by the principal; discussion of the day's activities by the principal. Principal Alan Martin said that staff at the grade school is complete and ready for the start of school. On the staff are the follow ing: Kathryn Hosklns, grade 1; Cleo Robinson, grade 1; Alena Anderson, erade 1: Anita Stock- ard, grade 2; Lucille Peck, grade 2; Joan Thompson, grade 1 Velva Bechdolt, grade 3; Mild red Hanna, grade 3; Jessie Faye Morris, grade 3; Lorena Jones, grade 4; Juanlta Carmichael, grade 4; Marguerite Glavey, grade 5; Frances Williams, grade 5; Thomas Caldwell, erade 6: Inez Erwin. grade 6. Clint Agee. 7th grade social studies and math; Judy Goch nauer, 7th grade language arts; Inez Meador, 7th and 8th grade science; Justine Weatherford 8th erade language arts: Cliff ord Williams, 8th grade social studies and math; Frieda bio cum, library; Pauline Miller, re medial reading; Arnin Freeman, ; Ir ' 1 -11 GRAND SWEEPSTAKES float In the 1967 Rodeo Parade is this entry of the Morrow county Jay cees. The float depicts projects conducted by the organization during the year, and children of members represent the projects. Riding on the float were Allen Burkenbine, fireman (many Jay cees are firemen); Clyde Allstott skier (representing Arbuckle project); Darcy Hollomon, repre senting the auto-road-e-o; Diann Samples, representing Sidewalk Bazaar breakfast; Kerry Harsin and Jodi Jensen, boxers (smoker at Queen's Coronation); David Allstott, Little League player; Perry Wilson as Santa Clous ("Call Santa" project at Christmas). Sign "Barratt Blvd." represents street sign project. Much of the work on the (float was done by Jaycettes. Mrs. Ron Gray was one of the prime movers in production of the float Only local floats were in competition for the sweepstakes. (G-T Photo). guidance and special educa tion; Arnie Hodman, high school and grade school band and au dio visual; Dorothy Agee, high school and grade school girls' physical education and health; Dean Naffziger, high school and grade school boys' physical ed ucation and health; Ola Mae Groshens, high school and grade school music; Terry Lincecum, high school and grade school art. Lightning Cause Of Fire Alarm Eight volunteer firemen res ponded to a rural fire alarm at 6:40 p.m. Monday evening, caus ed by a brief lightning storm. The fire was first reported on Hinton Creek, but turned out to be half a dozen small fires, started by lightning and scatter ed over a large area with the larger one behind the John Matta place on the Kenny Cutsforth ranch. The fires were extinguished by the rain and Dick Wilkinson's spray rig. Several people could see smoke and called In to re port the fires, but no one could pinpoint them. Telephone service was tempor arily interrupted at the Matta and Cutsforth homes and neither could report the fire. Nary Offers Land In Range for Lease The Navy has announced the availability of 14,340 acres of land in the southerly portion of the Boardman Bombing Range In Morrbw county for leasing for grazing purposes. Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., September 15, 1967, at ine omce 01 uie uiniuaiiuiny Officer. Northwest Division, Na val Facilities Engineering Com mand, 1638 West Lawton Way, Seattle, Washington 98119- Further details concerning the land and bid procedures may be obtained by contacting that of fice. The telephone number is ATwater 3-5200. Extension 336. A lease will be entered into with the successful bidder, com mencing October 1, 1967 for a maximum term of five years. WEATHER Br DON GILLIAM August 23-29 Hi Low Free. Wednesday 87 55 Thursday 81 45 Friday 84 48 Saturday 86 52 Sunday 90 68 tr. Monday 93 61 Tuesday 96 59 Parade Sweepstakes 3 Hi DRUGS ...J AM Dies in .'r1' ' CPL. DAVID CLARK Lightning Storm Causes 9 Fires In Woods Monday Monday evening's lightning storm kept personnel of the Heppner Ranger district, U. S. Forest Service, on the go as nine fires were started from lightning strikes, according to Marvin Chitty of the Service. Working through the night, the crews got all the fires un der control, and all were held to small acreage. A crew of six men came in from the Ukiah district, and Chitty said the Forest Service "received lots of help" from Klnzua Corporation's men. Largest of the fires was one that covered between one and lVt acres on Little Tamarack Mountain. Ranchers came from Spray to help here. Several of the fires were in the Grassy Butte area. A helicopter came in early Tuesday and helped greatly by moving men irom lire to lire. This expedited quick control of the blazes and helped prevent any from spreading. Two ' fires occurred Sunday from an electrical storm. One was near the Ditch Creek guard station and the other was on Madison Butte. Both were held to small areas. The fires Monday evening oc curred about the same time that a strike caused a fire in the Hinton creek area here. Although the forest fires were in hand as of Tuesday morning, the continued high tempera tures and low humidity kept tne hazard condition at a cm ical point. There was a high possiDintv tnat another electri cal storm was forthcoming soon. But while lightning was caus ing these fires, no problems were attributed to humans. The record of no man-caused fires m the district continued. 'We feel very fortunate," L.niny said i 10 Cents Vietnam Heppner High Grad's Service To be Here Cpl. David Lloyd Clark, 19, who grew to young manhood in Heppner and had many close friends here, was killed in combat in Vietnam on Friday, August 25, according to official word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Clark, now of La Grande. Clark and his three buddies were killed when an enemy an ti-tank missile hit their tanK, according to a report from his commanding officer. They were members of B Troop, 3rd Squad ron, 4th Cavalry, 2oth Infantry Division. Clark had been serv ing with the army In Vietnam since April of this year. He en listed in November, 1966, took his basic training at Fort Lew is, Wash., and his advanced training at Fort Knox, Ky. Born April 29, 1948, in La Grande, he was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark. The family moved to Heppner in 1957, and David attended Hepp ner schools from the 5th through the 12th grade. He was a mem ber of the Heppner High school graduating class of 1966, and began college study at Eastern Oregon College before entering service. Parents Teach Here Both his parents were teach ers in the Heppner Elementary school. The family moved to La Grande at the close of school last year, and Mr. Clark is con tinuing his teaching there. David was highly respected among his Heppner friends and classmates. In athletics, he was a member of the varsity foot ball and basketball teams, was active in drama and band, and was Involved in many class and student body activities. Brothers in Serrice His oldest brother, Pfc. Don ald Clark, Jr, is completing the first year of two years training with the army at Fort Leaven worth, Kan. Another brother, Sp4 Richard Clark, is home on leave after serving the past year in Vietnam. He and his wue. Shirley, arrived In La Grande on Sunday. Following his leave, he will be assigned for two years to service in Germany. Besides his parents, who re side at 608 G Avenue, La Grande, and his brothers, Don ald and Richard, David is sur vived by one sister, Linda Kay, at home and a foster brother, John Cole, stationed at Mare Island, Vallejo, Calif. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Clark of Cecil, and ma ternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Johnson of Portland and Mrs. Flora Slon of Ander son, Calif. Sweeney Mortuary, in charge of funeral arrangements, is awaiting notification from serv ice officials as to the exact time and place of arrival of the body, which will be flown from Vietnam. Full military services will be held with a chaplain and hon or guard expected from Fort Lewis. Services and burial will be in Heppner. Arrangements have been made by the family to start a David Clark Revolving Loan Fund, which will be used to as sist students from this area to attend EOC in La Grande. Con tributions may be made through Gene Pierce at the Bank of Eastern Oregon, in lieu of flowers. U. P. Removes Rate Increases Union Pacific will remove freight rate increases August 31 on grain and grain products in the Northwest, announces Traf fic Manager George A. Brown. The grain rate increases of one to two cents per hundred pounds resulted from the gen eral freight rate Increase auth orized August 19 for the nation's railroads by the Interstate Com merce Commission. The former grain rates that were in effect before August 19 will be restored, Brown salid. These are the rates that apply to grain traffic on the Union Pacific and its connecting lines between Northern Idaho, East ern Washington, Eastern Oregon and coastal terminals. Brown said Union Pacific is returning to the former grain rates to be competitive with the trucks and barges. Grain move ments are now at their peak.
