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Welcome to the 'Fastest Show In the West
86th Year
Number 26
School bells to ring
August 29, and staffs
are complete.
See page 8.
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GAZETTE-TIME.
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 21, 1969
Fair and Rodeo Court
spent Sunday relax
ing. See page 3,
Section 2.
Price 10 Cents
Exciting Action On Tap
During Rodeo Weekend
showing by Fallout, probably
It's called the "Fastest Show
in the West."
It's the 1969 Morrow county
Rodeo, and it's this week-end.
And with more than 130 en
tries as of Wednesday noon, it's
sure to provide some of the best
action ever seen here.
Included in the field is for
mer world's champion bull rid
er Bob Wegner of Puyallup,
Wash.: 19G8 all-around cowboy
Hatfield Due
A potluck picnic will be held
Friday for the visit of Sen. Mark
O. Hatfield to Heppner, accord
ing to Mrs. Pauline Winter,
county Republican chairman.
The picnic, set for the fair
grounds picnic area will begin
at noon. Utensils and cups will
be furnished. Mrs. Winter said.
The senator is slated to stay
here until about 2 p.m.
Larry Smith of Sublimity; top
bull rider Marvin Bothum of
Aurora and Northwest Rodeo As
sociation president Norman Gor
ee. Wegner was Rodeo Cowboy's
Association champion bull rider
in 1964', and finished in the top
five in the world for several
years. He became an NRA cow
boy in 1968.
Smith won the all-around ti
tle here last year, and in the
process was first In bull riding.
"Entries are filling up a lot
faster than they did last year,"
said Charley Daly, rodeo chair
man Tuesday.
More than 200 cowboys are ex
the best bull on the rodeo cir
cuit. It has only been ridden
pected by the time entries close
tonight at 8 p.m.
Two popular events, bull rid
ing and Wranglers cow riding,
have already been filled, ac
cording to rodeo secretary Joyce
Ritch.
Bull riding filled up in 45
minutes after the books opened
Monday afternoon, she said.
The cow riding event was fill
ed about 10 Tuesday morning.
Entry fees are required of all
who plan to enter races, except
pony races, according to race
director Don Evans.
Entry fees for all races are
$10, except the Morrow county
Derby, which has a $25 entry
fee, and the Morrow county reg
istered quarterhorse race, with
an entry fee of $20.
Stock for the three shows,
supplied by Howard Johnson,
Condon, began arriving Tuesday.
Ron Currin will also be back
to defend his title as Morrow
county all-around cowboy after
winning it in 1968.
Two handmade saddles will
be offered at the rodeo, one to
the all-around cowboy and one
to the Morrow county amateur
cclf roping winner. The all
around saddle is offered by Mor
row County Grain Growers and
Padberg Machinery Co., while
the roping saddle is supplied by
Kinzua Corporation.
Rodeo perfomances at 1:15
Saturday afternoon. 8 that eve
ning and again at 1:30 Sunday
afternoon will highlight the
week-end.
Queen Sheila Lucianl and her
court, Princesses Patti Heaiy,
Lena: Janet Palmatcer. lone;
Sherri O'Brien, Heppner; and
Rhonda Bellinger, Boardman,
will reign over two rodeo danc
es during the week-end.
Friday night's dance will fea
ture the Picadilly Line of Pen
dleton, while the Saturday night
affair will feature the music of
the Western Gentlemen, Con
don. Both dances are $1.50 per per
son, and will run from 10 p.m.
to 2 a.m.
Setting the theme for the
week-end will be the Grand Pa
rade, set for Saturday morning
in downtown Heppner at 10
a.m.
For those who want to forget
cooking, a barbecue beef din
ner is offered after the Satur
day afternoon show at the Epis
copal church, at the corner of
Gale and Church streets. Din
ner is served from 5 to 8 p.m.
Sunday morning, the Wrang
lers riding club offers a cowboy
breakfast at the city park, be
cinning at 7 a.m.
Prices for , the shows are $2
for adults and $1 for children
during the afternoon shows, and
SI for adults and aOc for stu
dents Saturday night.
Sale.. Horse Show
Conclude Fair
Frank Turner to Head
Saturday Rodeo Parade
Fourteen past queens of the
Morrow county Fair and Rodeo
will be featured during this
year's Grand Parade, according
to the chairman of the event,
Randall Peterson.
Longtime Heppner business
man Frank Turner will be Grand
Marshal of the event, set for
10 a.m. Saturday.
It will be the first event of
the long Rodeo week-end.
The parade will form at the
corner of Main and Baltimore
streets, with floats and other un
its beginning at Main and
Church streets.'
Almost $500 in prize money
will be offered entrants in the
parade, and early entries are
about the same as last year,
Peterson said.
Floats already entered include
Soroptimist club, Jaycees, Uma
tilla Ordnance Depot, Hermiston
Chamber of Commerce and Pen
dleton Main Street Cowboys.
Others are expected by parade
time, according to the chairman.
No advance entry is needed.
Heppner and lone High bands
are also expected for the event.
Riding clubs already signed
are the Heppner Wranglers and
the Umatilla Sageriders.
Nine contingents of royalty
will ride in the parade, Peter
son said.
Besides Queen Sheila Luciani
and her Morrow county Fair and
Rodeo court, other courts will be
the Umatilla Sageriders, Happy
Canyon, Pendleton Round-Up,
John Day, Wheeler county, Ar
lington Saddle club, Umatilla
Fair, and Appaloosa club.
A $50 sweepstakes award
will be offered the best float
of the parade, Peterson said.
Morrow County Jaycees, winners
of that prize last year, will be
out for the top award again
this year.
First place prizes of $25 are
offered in business, adult riding
club and juvenile divisions.
Best out-of-county float and
best band will receive $15. Oth
er prizes are offered in numer
ous adult categories, according
to the chairman.
Bicycles, tricycles, go-carts
and many other categories are
offered youngsters who enter
the parade. Juveniles are urged
to enter the event in any way
possible, Peterson said.
Theme of the parade is "Yes
teryears of Morrow", and ent
rants are urged to carry out the
theme.
Past queens riding in the pa
rade include the second queen
Mrs. Eva (Padberg) Griffith,
1923; Mrs. Dimple (Crabtree)
Munkers, 1934; Mrs. Genevieve
(Hanna) Corbin, 1936; Mrs. Mer
lvn (Kirk) Robinson, 1947; Mrs.
Shirley (Wilkinson) Rugg, 1949;
Mrs. Sharon (Cutsforth) Gor
man, 1959; Mrs. Marlene
(Fetsch) Longgood, 1962; Mrs.
Sandra (Eubanks) Rodriguez,
1963; Mrs. Jo Anne (Moe) Hud
son, 1961; Erna Lynn Winchest
er, 1966; Verina French, 1967,
and Berniece Matthews, 1968.
Announcers for the event will
be E. H. (Tad) Miller, Jr., for
mer rodeo board chairman, and
Joe Daly, Pendleton, rodeo announcer.
The annual 4-H auction sale
tonight and the Morrow county
open norse snow triday will
conclude the1 1969 Morrow coun
ty fair.
A much larger number of en
tries this year than in previous
years was reported Wednesday
by Mrs. Lenna Smith, fair sec
retary.
The auction sale will be pre-
coded tonight by the crowd-
pleasing 4-H Pig Scramble.
That is set to start at 7:30, and
an awards program will be in
cluded.
In Judging Wednesday, Robert
Richards, Irrigon, showed the
grand champion market hog.
His bother David had the re
serve champion hog.
In three . classes of dairy,
champions were also named.
Sue Greenup, Heppner, showed
the champion Jersey cow, while
Patti Healy, Heppner, had the
champion Holstein and Mary
Ann Greenup had the champion
Guernsey.
Reserve champion Holstein
was shown by Rick Drake, Hepp
ner, and reservee champion
Guernsey was owned by Sue
Greenup.
The medium-weight steer ot
Joan Hoaly, Heppner, was judg
ed grand champion market steer,
weighing 1,010 pounds. Pete Me-
Elligott, lone, showed an Angus
steer weighing 1,000 pounds for
reserve grand champion.
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BIG BAD BENNY and little Cindy got together at the Morrow County Fair this week, but Cindy
wasn t too happy about the proposition. After promises of candy and other enticements, the 5-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gochnauer oi Heppner promised to smile, and Benny
. . . well, he just didn't care. Benny belongs to Sandy Bennett a Heppner 4-H club member ex
hibiting at the fair. (G-T Photo).
Plane Crash
Claims Two
Bergstrom Girl Named As 4-H
Style Revue Grand Champion
Two Washington men were
killed late Tuesday night when
their Navy aircraft crashed on
the U. S. Navy Bombing range
south of Boardman.
The two were identified as (he
pilot, Richard Wall, and the
bombadier, Barry K. Cochran.
Both are of Oak Harbor, Wash.
According to Navy officials at
Whidbey Island Naval Air Sta
tion, Washington, the plane was
on a routine training mission at
the range when it crashed.
Navy officials said mere were
no witnesses to the accident.
The accident occurred about
10:50 Tuesday night.
"My Favorite Things" in gar
ments, constructed by 4-H cloth
ing and knitting girls, were
modeled on the stage of the
Heppner multipurpose room
Tuesday evening and received
congratulations of a large gath
ering of parents and friends for
work well done.
Garments of the young creat
ors, all members of 4-H clubs,
had been done early Tuesday
with necessary information on
description and cost of the cos
tume turned in by contestants
to their leaders early in the
month.
Carley Bergstrom was an
nounced as overall grand cham
pion and senior style revue
clothing champion at the close
of the evening; with Vickie
Hobbs as reserve champion.
Junior style revue champion
was Sharon McCarl, and inter
mediate champion was Shauna
Bergstrom. Reserve champions
were Karen Crowell and Jan Ed
wards. Knitting style revue cham
pions were Kay Van Winkle,
seniors; Anita Davidson, juniors,
and Cindy Ekstrom, intermedi
ate. Reserve champions in these
divisions were Diane Cutsforth,
Christina Lindstrom, and Carol
Iloltz.
Championships in clothing
construction went to Vickie
Hobbs, Carley Bergstrom, Jill
Scott, Barbara McCarl, Anita Da
vidson and Sherri Wilson. Re
serves were Sandi Carlson, Kar
en Crowell, Kathleen Bartlett,
Kay Bergstrom and Sharon Mc
Carl. In knitting construction, cham
pions were Cindy Ekstrom, Kay
Van Winkle, Jan Ekstrom, Anita
Davidson and Kathleen Bart
lett. Placing as reserves were
Christina Lindstrom, Carol Iloltz
and Sharon McCarl.
Narration of the program was
by Mrs. Bonnie Adamson, with
Darrell James as pianist. Escorts
were Phil Carlson, Herb Eks
trom, Keith Nelson and Larry
Pettyjohn. Participating as small
living doll models were Marilyn,
Glenda and Marie Jessmer.
Theme song for the program.
"My Favorite Things" was by
Sara Miller accompanied by
Mrs. W. S. Miller. Folk numbers
added entertainment by Sue
Chally, Steve Hedman, Billie
June and Rick Marquardt.
Honor guests were Queen
Sheila Luciani and her court of
princesses.
Office Date Changed
For Social Security
John A. Pasek, field represen
tative for Social Security Admin
istration from the La Grande
office, has announced a date
change in his service to thi3
area.
Effective in September, the
contact station here will be op
en the second Friday of each
month instead of the second
Thursday. The three-hour sched
ule will be from 10 a.m. to 12
noon, and from 1:00 to 2:00
p.m.
Next scheduled contact date
will be Friday. September 12. at
the Heppner Neighborhood Cen
ter on Main Street.
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THE QUESTION (Asked at the Morrow County
Fair) :
"What do you think will be the most exciting thing
at this year's fair?"
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Charley Waldrich, 14, Port
land. "I'm looking forward to
Kirk Robinson showing his steer
in FFA. I'll also help show some
animals in open class." This is
Charley's first fair. He was on
the Eighth Grade Farm Tour
and is back visiting.
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Joan Partlow, 8, Boardman.
"I like it when they show the
animals in the big ring. When
I am a couple years older I think
I'll be in 4-H." Joan will be a
third grader this year at A. C.
Houghton Grade school.
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Louis Carlson, lone farmer. "I
was in 4-H for 10 years, so that's
easy. The 4-H Eeef Showman
ship contest. It shows you what
the individual has been doing
with his time all year long. If
he has spent it training his ani
mal, you can always tell."
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Gayl Phillips, 10, Boardman.
'The beef and lamb exhibits are
what I like best." Gayl's sisters
recently participated in the
Horse Show and "won some
prizes", according to their brother.
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Mrs. Gladys Hobbs, Irrigon.
"You're talking to a 4-H mother,
so of course I think the Style
Revue is most exciting. I have
a daughter, Vickie, modeling in
the revue." Mrs. Hobbs teaches
fourth grade at A. C. Houghton
Grade school.
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Mike Hedman, Heppner, 17-year-old
Heppner High school
senior. "I like the girls over there
washing that steer." Of course
that was iust his favorite thing.
"I've looked at some good pig
and beef exhibits, too," he admitted.