HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thunder. August 7. 1969
2 Rodeo Board Men
Speakers at Chamber
Entries for the Morrow coun
ty Rodeo will open Monday,
August 18, accord inj; to Itodco
Hoard chairman Charley Daly.
IJiilv and Tom turrin, public
ity drt'ttor for the AucukI 23-24
thaw, were guests of the Hopp-tier-Morrow
county Chamber of
Commerce at its luncheon meet
ing Monday.
Da'v said he expected all poj
fille bull riding entries to be
filled the first day. There are
only 24 spots for bull riders, Daly
fHui. so contestants usually en
ter that day.
Lull riders compete here and
at the Tyh Valley Rodeo, which
has the same dates. Contestants
ride at the Tych Valley show
earlv Saturday, then fly here to
oe in the last or the show that
day. Sunday, the arrangement is
reversed.
According to the chairman,
two other events at the rodeo
are limited also.
Wranulers cow riding, always
a popular event featuring local
enthusiasts, is limited to 18 en
trants, and novice bronc riding
has place for 24 cowboys.
Rodeo secretary Joyce Ritch
will take entries at the rodeo
office, at her home and at her
office in the county courthouse.
Daly urged the members to
boost the local event the year
around. "You don't have to apologize
to anyone for our show," the
chairman said. "It is one of the
smoothest-run rodeos on Hie
West Coast."
He noted It took two days
less to run the local show than
It did to run the Pendleton
Itound-Up last year, while the
number of cowboys at the two
rodeos was almost equal.
Daly said the local event
would bring "as top quality
cowboys as you see anywhere."
The chairman commented on
the Cowboy Breakfast, an an
nual affair of the rodeo, saying
it would be moved in hopes of
Increasing gate receipts at the
rodeo grounds.
Persons coming for the break
fast have stayed on the ground?
and watched the afternoon
The breakfast, sponsored b
the Wranglers Riding club, is
to be held either In the city
park or at the county court
house. Daly noted.
Currln told the Chamber the
rodeo In given $850 each yea
for publicity.
Newspapers throughout East
ern Oregon are furnished pub
licity pictures and stories, he
sn id.
Currln said Queen Sheila Lu
clani and her court will be fea
lured on KUMA radio in Pen
dleton Thursday, August 14 at
10:03 a.m.
In other business, the group
heard a report from Heppnir
Mayor Bill Collins on a me t
ing held with the U. S. Army
torps of Engineers recently.
Local Marine Gets
Bronze Medal
show without paying, he said. ( Depot.
Marine Corporal Simon B.
Winters, son of Mrs. Mildred
Winters, Heppner, has been
awarded the Navy Commenda
tion Medal with Combat "V",
according to the Marine Corps.
It was awarded July 25 at the
Marine Corps Recruit Depot in
San Diego, Calif.
"Corporal Winters received
the medal for performing his
duties in an exemplary and
highly professional manner
while serving as squad leader
with Company G , becond Bat
talion, First Marines, First Mar
ine Division in Vietnam," the
Corps said.
The citation says Winters was
instrumental In leading his unit
in killing three hostile soldieis
"as well as three weapons, sev
eral grenades, and documents of
intelligence captured."
Winters graduated from Hepp
ner High school in 19C6, and
served in Vietnam from April
20. 1968 to May 10, 1969.
He is now a drill Instructor
with Headquarters Company, Re
mit Training Regiment at the
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ness Claims Scott Furlong
DR. FRANCIS NICKERSON
Nickerson Takes
New Position
n South Dakota
Dr. Frar.cls B. Nickerson, as
sociate dean of students at the
nversity of Oregon, has resign
ed to accept a position with the
recently formed higher educa-
on system in South Dakota.
Nickerson will leave Eugene
August 15 and will take on re
sponsibilities as associate com
missioner for higher education
tor South Dakota August la. His
offices will be in Pierre.
As associate commissioner.
Nickerson will be responsible for
curricular allocations of the sev
eral institutions of the new sys
tern; for development of a mas
ter plan for higher education
and for student personnel policy
formulation.
"Nick, as he is known to most
of the University and the com
munity has been associated with
the University and the Oregon
State System of Higher Educa
tion for many years. A student
at the University, he received
his bachelors degree In 1940
his masters degree in 1954, and
the doctor of education degree
in 1959."
He was with the State System
of Higher Education in Eugene
from 1955 to 1963.
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Elder and Mrs. R. L. Chase
and children, Jerry and Jeanie,
have been guests of her par
ents. Elder and Mrs. H. E. Pres
ton. They will leave by plane
from Pendleton on Sunday, Aug
ust 10, to return to Govnia,
Goias, Brazil, where he will do
mission work as a youth leader
In the Seventh-day Adventist
church. They have been in the
states ior a years furlough and
study at Andrews University in
Berrien Springs, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard CHarra,
Mary, Colleen, and Raymond re
cently spent a two week vaca
tion traveling on the Canadian
coast and south along the
Washlngjon-Oregon coast. For
one week the family spent their
time going sightseeing from
Island to island off the Canad
ian coast in a 40-foot ketch.
The boat was manned by the
skipper and his wife, who also
did the cooking. Just before
coming home they stopped in
Koseburg to visit Mrs. Bertha
Davidson, grandmother of Mrs.
O Harra.
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MEW YORK
STOR
369 S. Main St
Pendleton, Oregon
Walter Scott Furlong, 76, a
lifeJme resident of this area
died Saturday, August 2, at
Pioneer Memorial hospital. He
had been In failing health the
past two months.
Services were held Tuesday,
August 5, at 2:00 p.m. at the
United Methodist church, with
the Key. Edwin Cutting offic
lating. Interment was In the
Heppner Masonic cemetery, with
Sweeney Mortuary directing the
arrangements.
He was born on Rhea Creek
beptember 13, 1892, one of 12
children of Mary Ann (Noone)
and Henry Patrick Furlong, pio
neer ranchers In that area. He
was raised at llardman, and at
tended school there. He worked
on ranches and as a sheep
herder. On June 14, 1914, he was
united in marriage to Jessie
Owen, in Heppner. At separate
times he operated a service sta
tion and a tavern, but in later
years returned to working on
ranches. Recently he helped with
farming- on the Dee Cox ami
Judge Carmiehael ranches. He
was one of the early supporters
of the Heppner Rodeo and get-
nog u started nere.
He Is SUrvivpH hv hia wlfn
Jessie; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi
Mathews; one sister, Mrs. Elsie
Ayers, all of Heppner; four
granddaughters and four great
grandchildren. Donations may be made In
his memory to the Oregon Can
cer Fund.
Chamber to See
Forest Film
A film dealing with forest
conservation and firefightJng
technique will be shown Mon
day at the regular meeting of
the Heppner-Morrow county
Chamber of Commerce.
"Land Born of Fire." a color
film, will be shown bv Euaene
crooks, supervisory research
technician of the Pendleton of
fice of the U. S. Forest Service.
Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Alderman and fam
ily were his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Lineberry of Galax, Va., and
their son. Wesley, of Seattle.
Wn. They also visited the Dunne
Alderman family in Hermlston,
and continued to HllUboro to
visit the Arthur Alderman fam
ily. After a fishing trip into
Canada, they will return home
by plane this week-end. While
here they railed at the home
of Claude Cox, who has rela
tives living near them In Galax.
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HOSPITAL NEWS
Patients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital during the
past week, and still recelvine
meaieai care, are the iollowine:
Helen Salter, lone; Mary Emert,
lone; Ruben Patzer. Monument:
Kuby Fuiieton, Heppner; Ralph
Jackson, Spray, and Mildred
Hanna, Heppner.
Those who were dismissed, af
ter receiving care, were: Ken
neth Case, Heppner; Gretchen
Barratt, Heppner, and Donald
Gilliam, Heppner.
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SPECIAL FEATURES AT THE FAIR:
4-H Dress Revue
August 19
Pig Scramble, Aug. 21
Livestock Auction
Aug. 21
Pet Show, Aug. 21
Snack Shack Open
All Days
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Full Schedule of NRA Cowboy
Events and Local Performers
In Three Great Shows
Coming Aug. 23-24
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Rodeo Grounds, Heppner
ENTRIES CLOSE 8 P.M.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21
FEES MUST BE PAID BY THAT TIME
TO JOYCE RITCH. SECRETARY. HEPPNER
MORROW COUNTY OPEN
HORSE SHOW
Friday, August 22
Wranglers'
COWBOY
BREAKFAST
Sunday, August 24
Robeo Dances
Friday and Saturday
Nights
August 22 and 23
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