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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, O.IE 3740 J Top Winners Named At I968 County Fair There wm "something for . Jep'sen, and Mrs. John Graves, everyone" at the 1WM Morrow county mir. compvuimn was ktH'n amoii)' the unusually large number of entries and exhibits, with persons of all ages compet ing (or the coveted ribbon awards and premiums. Wide mm itf th riiiniv wore rcnre- H'nted oy the best they hud to ciUer in II. f rA ami open class ngricultural and home ec onomics exhibits, demonstra tions, home and farm projects, horses and livestock. A good variety of booths by organizations and commercial groups attracted attention throughout the fair. Sweepstakes winner was the Heppner Ele mentary 1TA, which also won first in the community service class, using the theme, "Com munication Takes Two" based on the trio of parent, child and teacher. Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District placed sec ond and the Irrigon Home Ex tension Unit, third. In youth organization entries, the 4 11 Cookettes club placed first; Little Sisters 4 11 club, sec ond; and Butterfingers 4 H club, third. The red, white and blue booth of the Heppner American Log ion Auxiliary was first In social organizations; Degree of Honor, second, and Heppner Wranglers club, third. Morrow County Gem and Mineral club was first in hobbies. Lexington Grange booth was Judged first in Grange and other farm organizations; Willows Grange of lone, second, and Mor row County CowBelles, third. In the church division, Heppner chnroh rt Tosna rhrist nf Latter- day Saints placed first; the As sembly of God church, second, and the United Youth 1 ellow ship of the Christian and Metho dist churches, third. Counter Store Popular Among booths which were found popular, but not in com petition, was the Country Store, under the sponsorship of the Sor optimist club of Heppner. Com mercial booths were entered, but no prizes awarded to them. A profusion of color was on display in the large section of horticulture and floral arrange ments. Grand sweepstakes award for Best of Show in horticulturt went to Bill Rawlins for his en try, a single pink hybrid tea rose. Sweepstakes for best ar rangement was won -by Mrs. Berdine Tullis, lone, for her "Autumn Glory", comb i n 1 n g gloriosa daisies, Indian corn and ivy on a bamboo mat-She -also won several blue ribbons hr ar rangements in other divisions. Other arrangement winners were Mrs. Delta Huber, Mrs. Ida Farra, Mrs. John Eubanks, Mrs. Car men French, Mrs. Jewel Hager, Mrs. F. T. Martin, Mrs. Elwayne Bergstrom. The sheath of excellent Flynn wheat entered by Harold Peck, took sweepstakes and first place. The fine bulk exhibit of Gaines by Don Eobinson was judged best in its division. Other first place winners In grain were Bob Gaines; Paul Arbogast, Forty fold; Harold Peck, beardless bar ley 1 Bill Rawlins, Triumph; Bob Jones, Omar; Don Koblnson, -h..r,ikiw nai'o Hall niacin! first In FFA grain and hay, and Bob Manoney, nrsi in gross ii-gume. 4-H Livestock A large number of 4 11 Live stock clubs supported entries in beef, sheep and swine. In Judg ing, Pattl Healy placed first with a score of 716 out of a possible 800 points; Sue Greenup was second wllh 646.6; Judy Bennett received 57-1, Susan Healy 502, and Gwen Drake 554.7. Champion and reserve champ Ion honors were shared, in many instances, by members of the same family. Grand champion (Continued on page 5) Paper to be Late Due to Labor Day In order that the staff of The Gazette-Times may Join ethers In enjoying summer's last chance for an outing, the paper will be a dny late next week. The shop and of fice will be closed on Mon ciav, Labor Day. Reggie Pascal, linotype op erator, will be on vacation d urine the week going to Wellplnlt, Wn for a Labor Dav celebration. Mast all businesses in Heppner will be closed on the holiday except for some serv ice stations and service establishments. 85th Year Number 27 Canby Cowboy, Currin Take All-Arourid Titles Tom Martin Gets Saddle For Roping I. T-- - - - the mm? Hlakiiu GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 29, 1968 10 Cents That Time Again! School to Start Tuesday All Buildings Across County Plan Full Day Falling Tree Causes Phone Interruption Long distance telephone serv ice to and from Heppner, lone, Lexington and Boardman was interrupted about 3:15 p.m. Sat urday when a farmer in the Echo area felled a cottonwood tree that hit and knocked down a telephone pole, according, to Dale Slusher, Pendleton mana ger of Pacific Northwest Bell. Twenty-nine circuits were carried on the line. Long disr tance service for Kinzua, Con don, Fossil and Arlington was partially disrupted, Slusher said. The company heard of the outage at 3:30 and by 4:45 p.m. had a crew on the job of re storing service, the manager said. Morrow county towns were back in service Dy c.io, ana the entire system was In oper ation by 10:20 p.m. Only long distance was inters rupted. Local . service was not affected. Pool Closes Saturday HcTmnpr's municlDal swim ming pool will close for the sea son after the afternoon swim on Saturday, August 31, according to announcement by Stuart Dick, lifeguard. A fine summer of swimming activities has been enjoyed, with a record number fairin nart In supervised in struction, and no major accidents occurring, Jaycee Float Wins Parade Sweepstakes 'Thousands of yards of crepe paper and a Jilllon staples" went Into the construction of the Morrow county Jaycees' float, "Musical Revue," which won the grand sweepstakes in the Rodeo Parade Saturday, ac cording to the report of one of tht Jaycee Wives who helped work on the float. The big prize winner, which also captured first in the adult float division, depicted four types of music in panels, two on each side of the float. These inrludpd western, waltz, barber shop, and beat. Beautiful weather smiled on the parade after uncertain skies Friday had threatened rain. The weather was cool with the sun peeking through, and many comments were heard that this was "one of the best" parades though not the longest. Harold Erwin, rodeo supporter for years, was grand marshal. Floats were of excellent qual ity and it was obvious that their entrants had spent literally hundreds or hours oi worn in canHnii Pptprsnn was again chairman or the paraae ior tne Heppner-Morrow county Cham- Km. f9 Cnrnmarra find With his crew, started the line of march right on time again. n.veryxning went "like clockwork" with the exception of the fact that a short-circuit developed in the speaking system at the review ing truck, and a substitute had to be obtained, leaving the pro cession without "audio" for a time. , Harlan McCurdy, Jr., and Mike Sweeney acted as announ cers. The Jaycees had a chairman for each section of their float. Mrs. Ron (Shirlee) Gray hand led the country western section, (Continued on page 8 If- : mm' III -Vf ," ' U X " J Bergstrom Finishes 6lst Harvest When Carl Bergstrom of lone hung up his hat after harvest this year, it was probably Just like any other summer except that the croD was down some. But friends and neighbors said there was something more note worthy about it. This was the sixty-first consecutive year that Bergstrom has worked in har vest. He has never missed a season since he started in 1907, and he has never missea a aay during a season, tin ctartoH in 1RfV7 on the Jake Young ranch, where Jack Sumner now lives. In this first job he drove header dox. RoT-fTctmm war hnrn in 1892 in a sheep herder's cabin on " the Olaf Bergstrom nomesteau, and so he was just 15 years of age when he got started in harvest. The first harvesting was done with six head of horses push ing the header. The header puncher rode the rudder to guide, and the threshing was done with a stationary steam driven engine. Crew Big in Them Days' Grain was cut with the head er, then hauled by wagon and piled in 40 ft. long stacks. Men used in this type of harvest in cluded three box drivers, one header puncher, one stacker, four hoedowners (raked cut hay in from derrick table), two der rick fork drivers, one loader, two water haulers, one separator tender, one engineer, one fire man, two sack sewers and one iigger. Two women cooks work ed in a horse drawn cook wag on. Bergstrom recalls that wheat sold for 70c to SI per bushel. In 1912 the Bergstrom ranch ' improved its method of harvest ing with a combine pulled by 27 horses. This combined the threshing and cutting operation. The ground power used a big chain driven on a wheel which powered the combine. The crew and horses harvest ed about 30 acres per day and worked about 25 days. Less men were used in this method, the crew consisting of a driver, a header tender, a separator man, a sack sewer, and sometimes a jigger. In the fall of the year the : ,--7 :'M-f' , 4 t . ' - i - 1 ! L I ENOUGH WATER to provide complet irrigation for the Willow Creek Country club is flowing from the new well brought in ' by Inter-Valley Drilling Co.. Island City. The well is expected to produce 300 gallons per minute. Dan Ellsworth, who works Wlin X11S luuier, uuo buswonu, 1U uio cmopuar wauun miw flow. Dan attends Eastern Oregon College and is the 137 lb. conference wrestling champion. (Photo by Dr. Ed Schalllltz). New (5olf Course Well Greeted with Joy Officers and members of the Willow Creek Country Club are just about to turn handsprings. Inter-Valley Drilling Co. of Island City, operated by Otto Ellsworth and son Dan, has brought in a well that is ex pected to produce about 309 gal- Inns a minutp at the course. This will be adequate to irri gate the greens and fairways to keep them in tip-top shape as they have been this year un der the continuous care of Ray Ferguson. The new well will solve a water problem that had the frnlforc Kcratrhinf thpir heads. Tl-.tv hnH nrnnnspH a nlan tn take effluent from the city sew- age disposal piant ana pipe n to the course, but this now will not be necessary. TVio 711 ramp in Aupuct 17 and is at a depth of 164 feet. It is located about 150 yards cast of the home of Orville Cuts- CARL BERGSTROM off lone has completed his bist narvest, having started in 1907 and never missing a year. He is shown dumping a load of arain and in a closeuD at right. Bergstrom can recall when six head OI norses were i I ... cV. ft hMHor. nneh. ! M t. uacu iu i r inq insteaa oi puiung in maei to prevent grain. trampling the sacks were hauled to lone ev- f crv other day witn 1U norses , pulling three wagons, each T" Three trips per week extended f the hauling into the winter in i many years. Wheat sold for 75c to $1.2a per ousnei. Jn 1Q9fi a mntnr ririvpn thresher and 12 head of horses (Continued on page 5) Solicitation Set On History Book Morrow county Historical as sociation will start a solicita tion within the next few days in the hope of completing the job of raising funds for publi cation of the county's history, Oscar Peterson, chairman, states. He plans to go one day with each other member of the com mittee in making contacts. At thn present time there is $2128.70 in the bank for the book and another $1000 is pledged from the county. Giles French of Moro, editor of the book, has been working tor some time garnering mater ial and was expected here this vcek to do more research. Do nations have been sought through the mail previously but no person-to-person contact has been made before. Anyone wishing to contribute is asked to send their checks in care of Gene Pierce, Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner. Thomson Undergoes Emergency Surgery Rod Thomson, who is on leave of absence from his po sition as Morrow county assess or, went to Portland early Tuesday for emergency surgery that was scheduled to be per formed on his eye. Thnmsnn Kalri Mnnnav I night that he has a detached retina in tne eye ana nis pnys ician urged immediate surgery. The operation was to take place in Good Samaritan hospi tal. Portland. Thomson has had persistent eye trouble for sev eral years. forth, just off the sixth fair way. The water will be piped to all parts of the course, much of it through a 2,200 ft. system of underground piping, already laid. The water will not only help keep Willow Creek's reputation for having one of the finest lit tle golf courses in the north west, but will help to make it even better, according to Dr. Ed Schaffitz, vice president of the club. Among improvements made this year and last year were: The building of a new green at the sixth hole, providing all grass greens now and with the reputation of being some of the best greens in the state. Lengthening of No. 1 hole. Placing 10 benches around the (Continued on page 8) One last holiday Labor Day stands between youngsters and the opening of school In Morrow county. The alltoo short summer for them ends on Tuesday, September 3, when all schools open their doors for the fall semester. Announcement of first day plans at lone and Heppner High school were published in last week's Gazette-Times. Alan tartin nrincfnfll of Heppner Elementary school, said that classes there will begin at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday and will be dismissed at ior pupils in n a nw.u nnp twn Ann thrPP who walk home. All other students will be dismissed at 3:35 p.m. AH busses will run Tuesday nn tha snmA rnntpa and tlmps as last year. The cafeteria will be open, luncnes win De zoc onoli onrl nvtro mlllf will hp 3c for students. A month's lunch ticket is $5. Students in grades two, tnree their lunch money and $2 registration-insurance fee on Tues day. Muaents in me niin I awards were announceq. vy sixth grades are asked to bring Daley, rodeo announcer. One thnflr lunrh mnnpv and H Ul stu- I t 1I Wnrrl uhn suffer- on Thursday, Pictures to be Taken Students and parents are re minded that Heppner Element ary school pictures will be tab-on n ThnrsHnv. Spntpmhpr 5 In the primary multipurpose mnm Thla has hppn KPhPhll pfl early this year so that all pic tures and re-taKes win De reaay in plenty of time for Christmas, Principal Martin said. Principal Mick Tolar of A. C. Houghton school, Irrigon, re minds parents in the northern nnri nf thp cnnntv that students In grades one through six from both Boardman and Irrigon will attend Houghton for the first Hv,a Uie imar RtlCCPQ will fill - I J J 1 1 1 - 111 IJ J v u . . ' ' ' - - - low the same schedule as last vcar until adjustments can be made.. Registration fee is $1.50 and student Insurance will be $1 at Houghton school. "It should be noted," Princi pal Tolar said, "That there will be no early dismissal of grades one and two and no special busses will run for these grades. The regular busses will leave (Continued on page 5) Larrv Smith, who lists Whls key Hill, Ore., as hU home community but Rets his mail Irom fa nl) v, emerged from a field of Zi'i cowboys to take the all-around cowboy saddle at the 41th annual Morrow coun ty rodeo, which concluded here Sunday. Tom Martin of Lexington won the custom made saddle given by Kinzua Corporation as the champion Morrow County ama teur calf roer, being one of two contestants to successfully rnpe his calf In both eo-rounds. Martin tied his calf in 60.5 the first day and 3U.5 seconds the fcccond day. Morrow county all-around cowbov was Ron Currin who was first in bulldogging with an average of 111 seconds on 4.7 seconds in the first go round and 6.4 in the second. He also entered wild cow milk ing. Currin, a popular local fa vorite, received a leg on the Or ville Cutsforth trophy, $50 in cash from the Cutsforth family, and a silver buckle from Cor nett Green Feed for his first in hnlldne'elnir. Scores 159 Points Smith received the nanasome saddle Riven by Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers and Padberg VlnnhlnArtr In for the rodeo's open all-around. He gained most of his 159 points with a first in bull riding ta poimsj ami fir rlrlinc (60 points). The first in bull riding won for him a pair of spurs trr.m Mr and Mrs. Ron Palmer of the Wagon Wheel. Second in Morrow tuumj onlf rnninir was Bob n lam u,hn will rpceive a m i H1'11 .. - - - - pelr of handmade boots as an award from Heppner Lumber Company, and third was jonn rr . . i Xnawiinan uhrfc rpCPiV- ed a Rift certificate from Gard ner's Men s wear. . . Three hard luck cowboy awards were announced, by Joe tneir luncn money aim o.ju mu-1 went to Jim wara, wno uu dent fees on Wenesday. Seventh e(j bruises and lacerations when- onri Atnrhth rrrarta ctilHpnta ATA I i T 1 -J ni,a. fin him In 1 )yV.t .11 if " ' I - ana eigntn graae siuuenis uie R horse rollea over on mm " asked to bring their lunch ure-show go-rounds on Sunday nnnw nii S3 SO student fpea ennthpr wpnt to Con- ........ r, t - i iiiuilllllK, - nie - r . y UP wnen ner nurae Diumuicu foil nn hor tn a. race Sun- day afternoon; and the third, went to Jerry Dougherty tor his hard luck in amateur calf rop ing, failing to win the saddle i . n itran t affnri. Each 01 the hard luck cowboys will re ceive hats from Jack Saul, New York Store, Pendleton. the Wranglers cow riding event and won a tropny ouuue nui Hprman Green of Heppner. Judl Dryden Wins ' , , A T aurlutnn Idaho. COWgirl. Judl Dryden, had two fast runs in barrel racing and swept the event, taking the first go-round in 18.1 seconds, and the sec ond go-round in a time of 17.8 seconds. She receives $25 in cash from Murrays Kexan urug s an added trophy. urM r,f Wavnp Panineau, Lexington, came in first in the Morrow county derby Sunday, ha unn in addition to nurs es, $50 cash from the Heppner Elks and $50 irom r. w. ividuu- ney. in bareback riding, last years all-around, Sid Britt, then of Spray and now of Lexington, captured first. He earned a set nf hnrehack ringing from Sev ere Bros., Pendleton, as a tro phy, as well as nis purse mi the event. .- . nurfpv nf Condon, son- in-law of Howard Johnson, ro- (Continued on page 5 August Threatens Wet Month Mark As of Tuesday evening, the month of August, 1968, had al ready stepped into third place as the wettest August in Hepp ner for the many years on rec ord here, according to Don Gil liam, official weather observer. It threatened to move into second place by Wednesday morning. At the Tuesday after noon reading, August had re corded 1.79 inches, topping the wet Augusts of 1965 (1.67) and 1918 (1.65). It had only .05 inch to go to top August, 1953 (J.83). If the last week of the month continues wet, it appear ed that the all-time record of 2.18 inches in August, 1941, would be surpassed. Fortunately the rains pretty well dodged outdoor events of fair and rodeo week, and the crowds enjoyed the cool weath- el"baily high temperatures ranged from 72 to 77 degrees and lows were from 46 to 56. Complete report for the week is as follows: 4 If 7 1 k 1 A lull " - I IllHHlilll lililKliMIHl"! 'II NOW FULLY QUALIFIED as water safety instructors are Marsha LOvgrea ana jdui racieoa, mints pieair wnu 1 chapter. Red Cross, instructor cards by Lynn Pearson (center), area chapter representative in water safety. Marsha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lovqren, and Bill, son of Mr. and Mrs. David McLeod, earned the instructor cards after taking a course in Pendleton. They are also cpialiiied as water safety instruct ors in Umatilla county. The two have been working at the Hepp ner municipal pool this summer assisting Stuart Dick, lifeguard. (G-T Photo). Hi Low Prec, 72 47 75 46 77 54 .14 73 55 .01 72 55 .04' 77 52 .05 74 56 .04 Total .28 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday (For month so far, 1.79 inches)
