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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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,
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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
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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
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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.