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Wednesday
Thursday
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Coronation Feature
Spiri
The date for the Queen's Cor
onatlon has been set as Aug. 15,
7:30 p.m. at the Morrow Coun
ty Rodeo Grounds. Gene Pierce
will act as Master of Ceremon.
les at the annual event. This
year it will start off with
swinging time with the lone
Grand Squares and then music
by the Wagon Wheel Band. A
Boot Race, sponsored by the
Wranglers, with Dick Schlichting
as their chairman, will follow.
The crowning of the Queen will
serve as the early highlight of
the evening.
It will be followed by a group
of Riverside High Singers, con
sisting of Dianna Black, Pam
Kuhn, Donna Pummel, Grant
Walters, and Gary Green. More
"activity" will follow with the
Rawhide Race, also sponsored by
the Wranglers. The "Page 12"
will play several musical selec
tions allowing the crowd to rest
up before the Girls Camp Out
Race. The Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
and the Heppner Soroptimist
club will then present prizes for
the different races and corsages
to the court.
The Coronation Ceremony will
be followed by the Queen's
dance honoring Queen Sherri,
and beginning at 9:30 p.m. at
the Fairgrounds with music by
the Western Gentlemen. Mrs.
Joyce Ritch is chairman of the
Coronation.
New Oil Out
Swale Creek Way
This Weekend
Weekend drivers from Cuts
forth Park towards Swale Creek
should proceed with caution.
The Forest Service is applying
dust oil to the Forest Service
road from Swale Creek to Cuts
forth Park. This oil is hard to
get off the car when it is fresh.
The oil will be applied satur
day and Sunday. Drivers are
asked to avoid driving that way
wntll Monday. -A
very slow speed will pjre
vent the oil from flying if the
"trio is necessary.
Cars driving to Cutsforth will
only have about a mile of the
oil to traverse,
More County
Roads Oiled
At yesterday's meeting of the
Morrow County Court, it was de
cided that five more county
roads will be oiled. The Court
believed that great savings in
maintenance costs are effected
In base work and road oiling
that last for a considerable
time.
There will be sealing and
patching work on the Irrigon
Road. The Gooseberry Road will
be patched.
County roads to be oiled this
time are the Lovgren Road for
1.3 miles; Malcolm Baker Road
3 miles; French-Brosnan Road
3 miles; Upper Willow Creek 2.8
miles: from Ruggs up Rhea
Creek 1.3 miles.
The Forest Service as recently
announced In the G-T Is ap
plying oil dust coats on about
11 miles of Forest Roads from
Cutsforth Park area.
Jeff Walker
Tract Sold
The 40 acre Jeff Walker tract
on Upper Rhea Creek was sold
at auction here Monday to Dal
las McDaniel.
Place includes some 10 acres
of irrigated land with about 30
acres of grazing land.
He's Arriyed
Young Daniel McCarty put in
his appearance on July 31. He
weighed 7 lb., 6 oz. He is now
at home with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gail McCarty. His
middle name is Alvin. '
His grandmother is Mrs. Clara
Quimby of Pendleton, his great
grandmother, Rose' McCarty,
now of Pendleton is an old tim
er from Morrow County as she
lived at Hardman for many
years. She lists Daniel Alvin as
her 20th great grandchild.
J. K. Charlton Passes
Word was received Wednesday
morning of the death of J. K.
Charlton in La Grande. He was
the stepfather of Harold Becket
of Heppner and Merle Becket
and Bill Becket, both of Portland.
Titanic Use of
Swimming Pool
Noted at Meeting
Jackie Wagenblast In her re
port to the City Council Mon
day evening said attendance at
the pool was averaging more
than 200 a day. The third ses
sion for the swimming lessons
were to begin this week and
(here have been large turnouts
for the classes. Added new this
year is the Adult swimming les
sons. They have also included
time for Men only and Women
onlv swimming periods.
Councilmcn noted there had
been a minimum of complaints
from the swimming pool this
voar and coneratulated Mrs.
Waeenblast on doing a good job.
rviiincil was interrupted at
9:15 while two of the council-
men, Clyde Allstott and Jerry
Hollomon rushed out to help
nut out the fire at Peterson's
Jewelrv. They were back at 9:25.
Council agreed to iohow me
advice of their attorney, Bob Ab
rams and accept $1000 settle
ment on Well No. 5. This with
the money withheld irom me
well driller until completion of
the 1ob will amount to about
$3000.
Sheriff John Moiianan mei
with the Council in regard to
moving the City night man up
to the Courthouse with the same
hours and the same telephone
number as at present. The coun
ty pays half of the salary. While
the jail is not used too oiien,
it was agreed that the public
could be better served by the
change. Insurance-wise it is ad
vantageous. The two-way radio win con
tinue to be in use all day at
the City Hall.
Two variance requests were
referred to the street committee
with Dave McLeod chairman.
Dean Teel requested a variance
to tear down remainder of the
burned residence at 180 May St.
and place a temporary 8x45
trailer on the lot while building
single family residence.
C. H. Privett requested vari
ance to tear down old residence
at 330 N. Gale St. and replace
with a mobile home of approx
imate $5500 value.
The council was to meet at
a special session Wednesday
night of this week to hear a re
port of the committee and make
a decision.
Clista Venard requested the
city to- investigate the fire haz
ard on a lot adjacent to her
home on Barratt Blvd. owned by
Vern and Francine Evans of Ir
rigon. Council gave instructions
to have Fire Chief Burkenbine
examine the lot and notify own
ers of condition. I
Fire hazard of Floyd Hutch
ins residence property was dis
cussed as was the Irvin Ander
son property. It was reported
there was a problem of trash
on this lot that would make
mowing as well as burining it
a problem.
The County Court has approv
ed the bid of the City for the
Alpha Wilson property for $300
plus the tax lien on the prop
erty. This will enable the city
to broaden the approach to the
bridge.
Local Boy Leads
Seattle Dance Group
Heppnerites seen at the dance
in Pendleton Saturday were Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth, Billy
Irvin. Kenneth Jones and Pat
Sweeney. Playing for the dance
were The Morning Reign, from
Seattle. Playing lead guitar for
the group was Gene Heliker.
Like Page 12, Uene started
playing with a group when he
was in high school. When he
was in college he played weeK
ends with a group and then
switched from a career leading
to law to full time musician
The group has just completed
a two-week engagement at
club in Portland. From here they
went to Salem, Corvallis, Eugene
and then to Spokane for a two
week engagement before return
ing to Seattle.
To relate to his youthful danc
ers. Gene is weirnne nis nair
in bangs and a bob. As he says,
"not just way out".
JOHN PIPER
DESIGNS TIE
The Oregonian yesterday car
ried a feature story about John
Piper, a Heppner native, who
has designed a new knotless
tie. Title on the label of the in
teresting tie is "Why-Knot?"
It is manufactured by Piper's
Classic - Cravates: "Uptight and
Out of Sight".
His brother, Mel Piper, show
ed us some samples. They are
most colorful ties and John Is
manufacturing them in a little
basement factory and they are
selling as fast as they can make
them.
Tie Is designed to easily slip
on. (Ed. Note: This surely looks
like a winner!) Some ties on
Broadway In New York sell for
a hundred bucks!
87th Year
THE
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August
Lake Pen land Project
Has Better Outlook
At Monday's Chamber of Com
merce luncheon, Orville Cuts
forth told of progress with the
proposed Lake Penland project,
located about 26 miles south
east of Heppner. He said a con
tractor from The Dalles, Mr.
Baldwin, was discussing with
the Lake Penland developers a
tentative construction price of
about $45,000. Orville said he
felt the project would be built
this year.
President Paul Jones said in
terested parties were going to
Salem Thursday to meet with
State Highway engineers. The
group seeks an access from the
highway for the new Morrow
Produce plant.
Merchants Meeting
Sharon Gorman, chairman of
the Merchants Committee, said
a meeting would be held of the
Merchants at noon Friday at the
Wagon Wheel Cafe. Plans for
fall will be talked.
SOLV
Vice President Ed Dick head
ed a brief discussionn of SOLV,
the anti -litter organization. Mr.
Dick said he felt with a little
momentum for a start, the coun
ty committee will receive some
help from the state and such
a group could provide valuable
help In many ways.
Forrie Burkenbine, representing
the Jaycees, said his group
would cooperate in the program,
chairmanning the local county
chapter.
Co-chairmen will be secured
from all areas of the county,
according to President Paul
Jones. He said the county parks
have had no serious litter prob
lems and the only vandalism
has been the theft of a few
light bulbs.
Orville Cutsforth asked if the
group could get some old car
bodies hauled away as they
institute terrible eye sores. It
was suggested that the Cham
ber or some other group make
a payment in order to defray
costs of moving or disposing of
the old cars.
New Census
Mayor Bill Collins said the
tentative report on the Federal
Altha Kirk Injured
In Car-Truck Wreck
Altha Kirk who is just out of
the hospital from major surgery
was injured in a car-truck col
lision at North Lexington eleva
tor Saturday. She had left Hepp
ner to drive to her home at Her
miston. The collision involved a wheat
truck driven by Wilbur Steagall.
Mrs. Kirk was taken to Good
Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston
with a broken nose, broken jaw
teeth broken out, broken wrist
and knee cap. She was wearing
her seatbelt at the time or fur
ther injury may have been ex
perienced. She is just now beginning to
find all the places she hurts as
she also has numerous cuts and
bruises.
She had been in Heppner to
spend the day with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Don Robinson and
friends.
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INSTANT SNACK SHACK ... one
and three days later it looked
the foreground is waiting for a
Piper is the carpenter.
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census showed a drop to a lev
el of 13S8. He said the Jaycees
will conduct a population count
County population loss is said
to be about 450. There is a loss
to the county and cities in tax
revenue from cigarettes, liquor
and gas taxes. The count will
be a Jaycee chapter project for
September.
The Lions Club has express,
ed a willingness to provide lit
ter barrels for county road junc
tions, etc. Question was asked
"Who would empty the bar
rels?" This was cited as an ex
ample of something the new
SOLV chapter could work out
Next Monday noon a regular
business meeting will precede
the potato tour.
$14,000 Hay Loss
At lone Ranch
A hay fire July 29, destroyed
542 tons of baled alfalfa hay,
belonging to Delbert (Slim)
Emert. The hay was located in
a stack on his' ranch just up
the creek from lone. Spontan
eous combustion is believed to
be the cause for burning of the
12,145 bales. Help arrived from
neighbors who- brought their
equipment but ?the blaze was
too strong. A small portion of
the hay was insured. The esti
mated value of the loss Is ap
proximately $14,000.
Big Potato Tour
Next Monday
If you would like to take a
look at Morrow County's new
potato industry, you're cordially
invited to join a tour next Mon
day at 2 p.m. Folks will gather
at Hotel Heppner and there will
be rides avauabe. Caravan ex
pects to be at D. O. Neson's
about 3 p.m. and will tour and
observe the potato digging op
eration of the Nelson - Tucker
Ranches.
From there, tour will go ovei
to Boardman about 4:30 to
watch the new Morrow Produce
Company in operation, process
ing and packing the potatoes.
After the visit to the packing
firm and its new electronic pro
cessing machinery, the group is
invited to a no-host dinner at
the Dodge City Cafe.
Port official Rupert Kennedy
will tell of future plans as pro
jected by Port personnel and
project developments.
Harold Kerr for the Chamber
is chairman of the tour.
GRAIN PRICES
(Courtesy of Morrow County
Grain Growers)
(F.O.B. Lexington, does not in
dude warehouse chgg.)
Soft white wheat 1.41
Hard Red winter wheat .... 1.48
Barley 33.00
dor it was a slab of cement
like this. The lonelT chair in
happy hungry customer. Mel
6, 1970
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FOR PRINCESS SUSIE:
to roam I
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Princess Susie Likes
Wide Open Spaces
Over hill, over dale, up a hill
and around a bend and where
Johnson Creek flows into Butter
Creek is Susie French's hideout.
Princess Susie is in her element
out there on the 4th generation
ranch with her horse, Tijuana
Taxi and her dogs and cattle,
Her great grandfather, Dillard
French and her grandfather,
Herbert French had the ranch
before her father, Raymond
French. In riding over the ranch,
Susie says she keeps coming up
on homestead cabins and near
one is a graveyard where four
or five are buried.
The youngest of three daugh
ters belonging to Raymond and
Norma French, Susie is the torn
boy. She helps her mother in
the house until there's some
thing to be done outside and
then it's "gotta go, Mom".
She has worked with the cat
tie in the mountains lots this
Justice of Peace
Resigns Position
Judge Paul Jones said Wed
nesday that Lowell Gribble had
submitted his resignation to the
County Court as Justice of the
Peace. The Court has appointed
Mrs. Gribble as Justice of Peace
in the interim until Governor
McCall can make an appoint
ment. This appointee would
serve until Jan. 1. The vacancy
will be filled by a vote of the
people in the November elec
tion.
The Court doesn't anticipate
closing of the two Justice of
Peace Courts in Morrow County
as has been done in the neigh
boring Umatilla County.
County Clerk Sadie Parrish
said anyone filing for the non
partisan office must have 150
signatures filed in her office by
Aug. 26. Forms may be secured
from the office of the County
Clerk. Signatures of registered
voters may be secured from the
precincts of lone, Lexington,
Heppner or Hardman. The' pres
ent salary for the office Is
$297.50.
14 Courts Invited
To Luncheon
The Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Court will welcome the
other Fair and Rodeo Courts at
the luncheon on Saturday of the
Parade. Fourteen courts have
been Invited to ride In the pa
rade and Grand Entry and at
tend the luncheon. The lunch
eon will be served at the Elks
prepared by the St. Patrick's
Altar Society.
Price' 10 Cents
3PPNER
Number 24
Happiness Is: a horse, a dog and space
summer. She chocKs .them fre
quently and moves them out to
better grass. Around the ranch
Susie rides Tijuana bareback
but parade time Is different.
He is a family favorite and
comes when Susie whistles. He
is scrubbed and polished before
each parade. Susie gives her sad
dle the same good waxing and
polishing. The saddle is a
French tradition. It was made
for Verina when she was Prin
cess and later, Queen.
The Princess Susie dance Is
this Saturday at the Fair Pavil
ion with Page 12 doing the mu
sic. To Cheer Leader School
On the day after her dance,
Susie with Kathy Sweeney and
Debbie McLeod will go to Eu
gene to attend Cheer Leaders
School. The girls are busy this
week making alike outfits in
blue and gold print.
Susie says "I Love Heppner
High School and I like living
in a small town. I like people
and I like to be involved." And
involved she is. Her sophomore
year in high school she had a
student's permit and drove the
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Clair Cox Wins
Contest Award
Clair Cox has won a first prize
in a 1970 National Association
of Real Estate Boards contest
for best usage of the word "Re
altor" in a booklet according to
an item in the July 27 Issue of
the Gazette-Times at Corvallis.
NAREB sponsored the contest to
stimulate use of Realtor in con
nection with a firm name.
Clair designed (and the Hepp
ner Gazette-Times printed) an
advertising booklet in which
there is space for notetaking
With the other part listing Cor
vallis parking policies and reg
ulations The booklet is given to
customers in the area.
Clair owns The Clair Cox Re
alty Co. and is public relations
chairman for Corvallis Board of
Realtors. He Ls the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Cox of Hepp
ner. SCHOOL STARTS AUG. 31
There has been some con
fusion regarding the first day
of school. Supt. Ron Daniels
called Monday to say that the
tint day of school is Aug. 31.
School will be dismissed at 1
o'clock. Busses will run. This
will give time for registra
tion and oiber organizational
details.
There will be a detailed
story next week with informa
lion pertinent to the beginn
ing of schooL
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Valued over $1300
Trophies for the Morrow Coun
ty Rodeo are valued at more
than $1300 and are given In ad
dition to the purses. The presen
tation of the trophies is a high
light of the Rodeo. Heppner Is
gearing for six big days. The
Fair August 24-28. Horse Show
August 23 and the Rodeo August
29-30. Trophies and their donors
1970:
SADDLE Presented to Cham
pion All-Arond Cowboy by Mor
row County Grain Growers and
Padberg Machinery Co.
SADDLE Presented to winner
Morrow County Amateur Rop.
ing, by Klnzua Corporation.
TROPHY (Revolving 3-year)
and $50 CASH AWARD presented
to Morrow County Ail-Around by
Orville Cutsforth family.
BAILEY FUR FELT HAT Pre
sented to "Hard Luck Cowboy"
each day from Jack Saul, New
York Store, Pendleton.
GIFT CERTIFICATE For pair
of handmade boots for Second
Place, Morrow Amateur Roping
by Heppner Lumber Co.
GIFT CERTIFICATE For Third
Place, Morrow County Amateur
Roping, by Gardner's Men's
Wear, Heppner.
SPURS For First Place, Bull
Riding, by Ron Palmer, Wagon
Wheel, Heppner .
BAREBACK RIGGING For First
Place, Bareback Riding from
Severe Bros., Pendleton.
SADDLE BLANKET For First
Place, Bulldogging, from Cornett
Green Feed, Heppner.
CHAPS For First Place, Saddle
Bronc Riding, from Peterson's
Jewelers, Heppner.
NAVAJO BLALNKET To win
ner, Barrel Race, from Rod Mur
ray of Murrays Drug, Heppner,
Condon, Prairie City.
$50 CASH Presented to winner
Morrow County Derby, by Hepp
ner Elks Club Room and $50 in
cash from P. W. Mahoney, Hepp
ner.
TROPHY BUCKLE To winner,
Novice Bronc Riding, by Charlie
and Dorothy Heard, Heppner Gazette-Times.
TROPHY BUCKLES To winning
team, Morrow County Team Rop
ing by Gardner's Men's Wear,
Heppner..
TROPHY To winner, Flag Race,
by Farley Motor Co., Heppner.
TROPHY BUCKLE To winner,
Wranglers Cow Riding, ty Her
man Green, Heppner.
Slim Emert Hurt
In Truck Accident
An accident which occurred
about noon, left Delbert (Slim)
Emert, lone, as a patient in Pio
neer Memorial ' Hospital where
he ls In fair condition. He suf
fered several deep lacerations on
his scalp and face, fractured
ribs, and a collapsed lung.
Slim was moving haying
equipment on a semi-truck and
trailer from his lone ranch to
his ranch at Izee. Going down
the grade below Fairview Camp
on the Heppner-Spray highway
he lost his air brakes. He tried
to slow the truck down by
climbinu an embankment, los
ing part of his load, but the
truck veered across the highway
dropping over a bluff and com
ing to a stop against a log.
His scout pickup was totally
demolished; tools and other
parts of the truck and machin
ery were thrown all over the
road. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bry
son, of lone, were following Slim
at the time. Mrs. Bryson remain
ed on the road to stop other
traffic for help while her hus
band went down the bluff to
get Slim.
Dance to Honor
Princess Susie
Enjoy the dance this Saturday
night honoring Princess Susie
French. The dance will be held
at the Heppner Fair and Rodeo
grounds from 9:30 p.m. to 1:00
a.m. with music by the "Page
12". The dance will be sponsor
ed by the Lena Community.
Keep Them Coming
Mrs. Joel Engelman said Tues
day that she had 1608 Betty
Crocker coupons to send in this
week. Added to last week's 4000,
this makes a total of 5608 from
Morrow County.
Word from the state office is
that over the state, there's e
noueh coupons in for half of a
kidney machine. The collection
of Betty Crocker coupons for the
purchase of kidney machines in
Oregon continues for 18 months.
Collection points in Morrow
County: Elma's in Heppner,
Del's Market in Lexington, Bris
tow's Market in lone, Hick's Gro
cery in uoaraman ana i-e s
Texaco in Irrigon. (Sorry about
that last week it came out Lee's
Tavern).