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1 1 BPARY u or O E U 3 E M C . ORE 07403 85th Year Number 24 GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 8, 1968 10 Cents lip t?1. ' v,.-- Jji;fe -fL: J Queen Coronation, Dance Due Saturday NEW ALL-STEEL GRANDSTAND at the Rodeo Grounds was going up fast this week, and all indication are that it will be in readiness for the Queen's Coronation program Saturday night The sturdy structure will give the Morrow county event the most modem and attractive grandstand In the state. Seat brackets were being put in place when photos were taken Tuesday. In the top photo Rich Vinson of Lotfs Electric is at the end df the hoist boom installing wiring under the roof. Photo at left, taken from the hill above, shows the grandstand as it appears from the highway. The structure will cost $34,389, plus engineer's fees. ' (G-T Photos). Advance Interest Keen For 1963 County Fair It's just 12 days before the Morrow county Fair opens at the fairgrounds here, and there are many reasons to believe that it will be a dandy! Harvest is earlier this year, and this may mean greater par ticipation from those who are Ihrough toiling in the fields for the time being. While the grain yield is down, the quality is eood. and it is almost a cer taintv that the fair will have some fine grains to exhibit. Advance entry of community booths is probably the greatest in recent years, according to Mrs. Lenna Smith, fair secre tary. Twenty-two reservations are in at the present time. Ali booth space is taken, but it may be possible to provide ta bles for others who wish dis . plays of this type. Some new features have been added to the fair this year to go along with the popular an nual attractions. There will be a ' Collectors' Corner for those who have collection hobbies. A new home canning contest is of fered under the sponsorship of Ball Brothers Company, and Mrs. Smith said that - she has received 12 dozen .iars to be giv en as prizes, together with the premiums offered for the best canning exhibits. Details of the canning contest, with divisions for adults and for 4-H or Future Homemakers of America, may be found on page 30 of the premium book. Dinner to Be Served Another happy note for the forthcoming fair comes with the announcement that the Rhea Creek Grange will again serve dinner on Thursday night, Aug ust 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. The dinner is almost a traditional event at the fair but was not served last year and was miss ed. The public is invited to come to the dinner and obtain de licious food at nominal price. Throughout the course of the fair again, the Snack Shack will also be operating with its good things to eat and its many refreshments for the public. Among the popular attractions back again will be the 4-H Dress Revue on Wednesday night, August 21; the pig scramble and the livestock auction on Thurs day night, August 22; the pet show during the day of August 22; and the annual cake bak ing eontest sponsored by the Oregon Wheat League. The county winner will compete against other county winners la ter for state honors. First event of the fair pro gram will actually be held nine days before opening day of the fair itself the 4-H Horse Show which will be Sunday, August 11, starting at 1:30 p.m. at the grounds. Information on this has gone out through the coun ty extension office to the 4-H participants. Organizations and others who have reserved space for booths at the fair include the follow ing: State Game Commission, American Legion Auxiliary, De gree of Honor, Wranglers club, CowBelles, Rhea Creek Grange, Willows Grange, Lexington Grange, Senator Wayne Morse. Republican Party, LDS church, Assembly of God, United Youth Fellowship, Rockhounds, TB and Health association, Neighbor- (Continued on page 8) Interest Mounts In Rodeo Events Interest in events of the 1968 Morrow county Rodeo is mount ing at an early date, and a number of entries have already been received, according to Charley Daly, vice chairman of the rodeo committee. Six have already entered nov ice bronc riding, a new event this year, he said. Indications are that the number may reach as many as 15 or lb contest ants. If this occurs, some will appear on the Saturday and Sunday afternoon programs, as well as on the Saturday night program where the event is scheduled. A silver trophy buckle will go to the winner, donated by The Gazette -Times. Daly also said that arrange ments have been made with the Tygh Valley rodeo, which will be held at the same time, so that saddle bronc riders may compete in both rodeos. On Saturday, the bronc riders will start the program at Tygh Valley, and at Heppner they will be the last on the program. On Sunday, the reverse will be true. They will start the pro gram here, then go to Tygh Val ley to catch the end of the pro gram there. Many trophies have been do nated for the rodeo here, and Daly said these will be placed on display at Gardner's Men's Wear beginning Monday. I Ullman Presses For Top Priority On Willow Project "In my judgment. Willow Creek ranks number one in pri ority for funding in next fiscal year. You may be sure of my strongest efforts to get Congres sional approval." So said Congressman Al Ull man in a telegram last Wed nesday, July 31', in reply to one from County Judge Paul Jones. The judge asked for clarifi cation of a $27,000 appropria tion for investigation and study on the Willow Project, approv ed by House and Senate con ferees, which was announced in the daily press recently. In reply, Cong. Ullman said, "House and Senate have both approved $27,000 for continued Bureau of Reclamation studies of irrigation features of Willow Creek project. Administration budget request did not include funds for Corps of Engineers construction. As expected, no unbudgeted new starts were added by Congress because of national fiscal crisis." Judge Jones said that the $27,000 apparently is in addit ion to a previous appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation study which has been in prog ress this summer. Since the news item, from a wire service and carried in the daily press, referred to Army Corps of Engineers appropria tions, the local interpretation was that the $27,000 for Willow Creek might be other than that for the Bureau of Reclamation study. Judge Jones said that the comment by Congressman Ull man that Willow Creek rates No. 1 priority in the congress man's opinion is encouraging. JiZJ AL BOSCHEE Queen Bcrnlece Matthews and her princesses apparently will have the distinction of being the first royal court of the Mor row county Fair and Rodeo to bo honored at the new grand stand at the rodeo grounds. Report was Tuesday that the new stands will De ready lor use by Saturday night for the coronation program and work men were rushing the Job to wards completion. Fair board members and others assisted over the week-end by painting the lumber that will be used for seats. The coronation, In fact, will be the first time that the new stands will be used, if, indeed, they are ready on time. Javcoes are sponsoring the program which will start at 7:30 p.m. at the grounds, mere win be no parade nor observance in the downtown district. Chaperone Dimple Munkers again will have the honor of placing the crown on the head of Queen Berniece and of for mally acknowledging the prin cesses bhciia Luciani or Lex ington, Sue Ellen Greenup of Lena, Marcia Jones of Heppner and Kathy Hlnton of Boardman. Fun events of the night will follow after the coronation cere monies. Jaycees will endeavor to wrest the tug-of-war trophy from the Chamber of Commerce in the event that will see the two organizations match their brawn and with a dousing fiom the fire hose for the los ers. Jaycees will put their officers in the front lines on their end of the tug-of-war rope but the C of C members have not an nounced their strategy. Randall Peterson has been appointed as field general for the Chamber and he has kept mum on plans. Some eight boxing bouts are scheduled in a smoker that will conclude the program on the field. The boxers will range in ages up through high school. Some have been in training at the summer recreational pro gram. Bruce Rigby is scheduled to be master of ceremonies for the Jaycees at the coronation. Following the program on the field, the Queen's Dance will be held in the fair pavilion. " 'V ' -'") 1 y QUEEN BERNIECE MATTHEWS Events to Pay Homage To Berniece I, Court Queen Berniece Matthews will take center stage Saturday even ing, August 10, for official coro nation ceremonies, proclaiming her reign over events of the 1968 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo. Sen. Wayne Morse Plans Heppner Visit August i'9 Variety Store's Future Announced Van's Variety will close for one week, beginning Monday, Aug ust 12, while rearranging and painting are being done, Mrs. Mary Van Blokland announces. The store will reopen on Aug ust 19 for sale of merchandise that was not sold in the liquid ation sale. Opening of the new store will take place by Septem ber 15 with new stock if merch andise arrives without delay, she said. Announcement of the type of store and services to be offered will follow in a subsequent issue of the Gazette-Times, Mrs. Var Blokland said. ' Boschee Accepts Union County Post Al Boschee, pastor of the Hepp ner and Lexington Christian churches for the past three years, announced his resignation to the two churches Sunday. He has ac cepted the position of director of the juvenile department of Union county with headquarters in La Grande and expects to start his new duties on September 3. The pastor also announced his resignation to the Unity Council, administrative organization of the two churches here, and said that it will be effective as of August 31. Boschee currently is juvenile counsellor for Morrow county, a position he has held for the past year. He said that he has become very much interested in youth and iuvenile work and is looking forward to devoting full time to it. During the time he has been in Heppner, Boschee has been very active in community ana loage affairs as well as in church work. He served as secretary of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce, was secretary of the South Morrow Ministerial association, served as president of the Heppner Booster club, and was active in the Masonic lodge. The Boschees came here from Trafalgar, Ind., 25 miles south of Indianapolis. In La Grande, Boschee will set up the juvenile department un der the jurisdiction of circuit court as it makes a transition from the jurisdiction of the coun ty court. At the onset, he and a secretary will staff the depart ment but it is expected that rthers may be added later, he -,aid. Since the announcement came tnexpectedly for the churches, no iction has been taken as yet towards selecting a successor. Senator Wayne Morse will visit Heppner on Monday, Aug ust 19, unless unexpected de velopments make it impossible for him to be here, his office has advised County Judge Paul Jones. The senator is expected to ar rive sometime during the morn ing and is slated to speak at the regular meeting of the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce at noon. It is planned that he will spend about an hour with the county court on projects con templated for Morrow county. Members of the court were in Portland Tuesday to see if something could be worked out to expedite the development of the Kelly Prairie fish impound ment, and they were working with Sen. Morse's office on this. The Kelly Prairie project suf fered a setback a few months ago when the Bureau of Out door Recreation denied federal funds for the project on the grounds that it would oblige another federal agency (the U. S Forest Service) by doing so. Until that time it appeared that the project would be ex pedited and was high on the priority list of the Oregon State Game Commission for state funds. At the meeting of the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Monday members discussed the forthcoming visit of Sen. Morse and hope was expressed that need for local projects requiring government aid, such as the Willow Creek project and the Kelly Prairie project, could be demonstrated to him. Information from Sen. Morse's I It , L ML SENATOR WAYNE MORSE office was to the effect that he will be here August 19 unless some complication, such as bus iness in connection with the forthcomnig national Democrat ic convention, prevents him from coming, County Commissioner Jack Van Winkle said. Also at the meeting Monday, Bob Abrams, newly-elected chairman of the Blue Mountain Community College education district, was congratulated on his election, and he gave a re port on plans for construction of the third building at the col lege. He said bids were to be opened Wednesday night. The district, which includes Uma tilla and Morrow county, voted $1,250,000 in bonds for the build ing and $250,000 will be added by the state. Following entertainment and coronation program, Queen Ber niece and her four princesses will greet their guests at the annual Queen's Dance in the fair pavilion, the last in the series of pre-rodeo dances. Pro viding music for all ages will be The Western Gentlemen of Condon. On rodeo week-end, dances are planned for both. Friday and Saturday nights. Although slight in stature, Queen Berniece rides tall in the saddle, and displays true royal ty in her appearances with this year's court. She possesses a radiant personality that im mediately makes friends with everyone and is always ready with a warm smile of friendli ness. The 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace (Mike) Matthews of lone is a good-will ambassador for her community and for the county, and has full backing and cooperation of her community-minded family which includes her devoted par ents and her twin sister, Den iece. Queen Berniece will enter her sophomore year this fall at Ore gon College' of Education in Monmouth. Encouraged by re ceiving a state teacher educa tion scholarship from the Ore gon Congress of Parents and Teachers, she is majoring in the field of elementary education. She plans to cut down, some what, on campus activities this year to devote additional time to studies. In her freshman year she was junior varsity rally queen, and also spent consider able outside time performing with the college marching band. During the coming year she will serve as treasurer of Arbuthnot dormitory, where she and her sister will reside. Berniece graduated from the lone High school with the class of 1967, sharing top scholastic and leadership honors with her twin sister. They received sev eral scholarship awards upon graduation, and held enviable records as outstanding school citizens, participating' in many school and community achieve ments. They attended all 12 years of school in lone. Outside sports, especially rid ing, are favorite interests for (Continued on page 8) Council Alters Curfew, Zoning Laws Ordinances were passed at the regular meeting of the Heppner city council Monday night amending existing ordinances on the curfew and on zoning. Ordinance 374, setting curfew hours for minors, repealed pre vious ordinance 288. The new city statute makes it unlawful for anyone under 18 years of age to be on the street between midnight and 5 a.m. Saturday and Sunday and from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. any other nignt, ex cept when accompanied by par ents, legal guardian or going to or from work. This brings the city ordinanc es into conformity witn me county ordinance and state law. Anyone in violation on Iirst ol fense will be placed in custody state law. and taken home. On second of fense the parent or guardian shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor and subject to a fine of not less than $2 nor more than $50 andor a jail sentence of one day to 25 days. The council discussed the matter of rodeo dances. It was pointed out that under terms of the ordinance a youngster would be in violation even if ho were proceeding directly home from the dance at its nor mal closing time. Attorney Bob Abrams pointed out that the dance pavilion is out of the city limits and that those under 18 leaving the dances at closing hour are already in violation of the county ordinance and the In amending the zoning or dinance to permit a trailer pad in a commercial zone, as re quested by Dick Robison, the council telescoped the usual procedure for passing an ordin ance. Normally it requires a per iod of two months, encompass ing three meetings, for three readings of the proposed ordin ance. However, a provision in the city charter permits passage of an ordinance at one meet ing provided two-thirds of those attending agree to voting for the second time and the full coun cil votes unanimously for the presentation for third reading at the same meeting. The full council was present Monday (Continued on page 5)
