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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1971)
I I 3RARY U OF 0 E U a E C . o :. n 0 7 4 0 3 By JUSTINE WEATHEBFOHD The 1971 Pendleton Round-Up la almost turning into a Morrow County event with the appoint ment of HeDDner's Harold Er- win aa grand marshal of the Westward no! raraae. raw Healy of Butter Creek is the rultnff aueen: Jerl Krebs of Ce cil is a royal princess, and quite a few Morrow famines are in volved in the Round-Up in one way or another. Row it appears that Thursday of Round-up ween, me oay De fore the big Westward Ho! Pa rade will be designated as Mor row County Day and will bring special treatment for Morrow ites and special fine publicity to this county. Last year, Thurs day was called Elgin Day and over 100 persons attending from Elgin community were especial ly honored. Morrow County Day will be a bigger event than that, for sure. Harold Erwin was dubbed "Mr. Rodeo" quite a few years oacK Dy Mr. Bob remand, a for mer nuhllfihor of this nniwr Many of Harold's friends and admirers find that ho still ans wers to this title. A Dossession in which Harold takes greatest priae is his gold lifetime mem bership card from the Rodeo Lowooys Association. On Sunday, March 21 (Har old's "past-fiftieth" birthday) a large eet-acaualntid nortv at me renaicion country Club was arranged oy tne Kound-Up board of directors to honor the Round Ud Queen and her court h Happy Canyon Princess, and meir parents, u was at inis ga thering that Mr. Jack Howard nf Pendleton, the Round-Un nararto director announced Harold's sel ection as grand marshal for 1971. This honor was first mnrto known to Harold early this year, and he has had to try to keep it a secret until the public an nouncemenf. The selection of Harold will bring much public Ity to Heppner and to Morrow county. Harold Erwin Is an experienc ed grand marshal having held that position at the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Parade here in 1908 (and there really aren't too many fellows avail able with experience as grand marshals). For several years Harold was chairman of the ro deo committee and arena direct or for Heppner's annual late- August Fair and Rodeo. During those years he started the 411 and FFA livestock sales at the County Fairgrounds which have continued each year. The Harold Erwin family has become well-estnbllshed, well- known, and well-liked in Hepp ner. Mrs. Inez Erwin has taught the sixth grade at Heppner Ele- ! mentary School for many years, Inez has been active In several social clubs and connected with many community projects. She Is a member of the Methodist Church. , Tho Erwln's daughter, Shirley Erwin Clark, a graduate of Heppner Schools, was Involved In many activities at school and In the community, Including i n groups and serving as Wor thy AdvLsor of the Heppner Rainbow Asoembly. Shirley and her husband, Dick Clark, also a graduate of Heppner schools, have a wonderful young son, David, who really makes Grand ma Inez's and Grandpa's Har- old's eyes shine. The Clark threesome is now In La Grande where Dick attends EOC. Newly designated Grand Mar shal Erwin worked with rodeos for nearly 35 years doing many different Jobs. Inez often assist ed her husband with rodeo chores. Harold also worked as a cattle buyer during years past. Presently he owns a wheat treating outfit and has an ele vator Just north of Heppner's city limits. He also has two port able wheat treating outfits that go out to ranches. One well-known story about colorful Harold tells of his set ting the producers of a certain western TV commercial straight. Harold wrote to the producers pointing out that a cowboy char actor shown on the commercial had his spurs on upside down. The TV producer wrote back that they appreciated his expert help and the next week that commercial showed the error had been corrected. In mentioning Morrow County families being very Involved with the Pendleton Round-Up, it must be pointed out that this year's Queen Patti Hcaly has much royal blood. Her mother, Mrs. Bill Healy, ruled as Round Up Queen, Kathryn Lazlnka in 1958. (Two other aunts of Pat ti's were Round-Up royalty, but are not residents of this coun ty). The Healy and Currin fam ilies live on adjoining cattle ranches on Little Butter Creek, and both families still work with and strongly support the Round-Up. In the picture on this page Harold is shown wearing a spe cial hand painted rodeo necktie which his sister, Gladys, sent htm from Texas years ago. He says "I saved tt for that big Sun day party at which my latest honor was announced and where this picture of Jack Howard and me was taken." .All -of -Morrow . County hall with pride its three honored cit Izcns, Round-Up Queen Patti Healy, Round-Up Princess Jeil Krebs, and Westward Ho! Pa rade's Grand Marshal, Harold Erwin. FOR ABSENTEE VOTERS Absentee ballots may be obtained at the district office at Lexington until 4:00 p.m. Friday. April 2. Voters who will not be able to ote at their regular precincts on Mondav. April 5 may use these absentee ballots up to the 4:00 Friday afternoon deadline. Long Range Speaker Drops Ag Bomb Shell Range were Those at the Long luncheon Tuesday noon stunned with the information given by Dr. Lee Kolmer, Asso ciate Dean and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service at Oregon State. The guest speaker outlined the proposed changes in the ag ricultural program as it pertains to Extension. Technical in scope, the Extension would be remov ed from formulae funding under the Smith Lever Act for Federal funding. It would be part of a revenue sharing package under "Rural Development". He quoted from the President's message to congress, as saying, "No state would receive less than they are receiving now". These funds would be channeled through the Governor's office. j There is no assurance that the programs now functioning would be contmuea. ur. A.oimer stuu a letter had been prepared and was to have been sent out from his office on Monday. Checking with the Extension office Wednesday morning the letter had not yet arrived. The Gazette-Times will pass on the information in the letter as soon as it arrives. nr. Kolmer recently from Iowa said that as he had listened to the reports of the several long range committees that morning that "Oregon is auiereni anu i so the same". He felt it was im rtant to Drovlde quality liv inp in the rural areas. People nimi nroblems were the drv - r , oamo rnnpern for economic de medical services, ed ucational facilities and living situations. Economic and non-economic choices in Extension are import ant because there aren't enough resources for everything. u foit the involvement of maov neonle in solving prob lems on the rural level was im Dortant. He said the proposed program might eliminate the very successful and money sav ing volunteer program of exten sion and could remove the con tinuity in programming and planning. He said, "The flexibility of the Oregon Extension program has been prociaimea worm wide". He fears the proposed program would destroy the co operative program now financed by the Federal government through the land grant schools, 88th Yeai Price 10 Cents the v-w mm" GAZETTE HEPPNER -TIMES GRAIN PRICES (F.O.B. Lexington, does not In clude warenoute cbgs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) White wheat 1X5 Red wheaj 1.65 Barley 48.00 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 1, 1971 Number 6 HAROLD ERWIN of Heppner. left who will be the grand marshal for the Westward Hoi Parade In Pendleton in September, vis its with Jack Howard of Pendleton, Round-Up parade director. Blood is Needed T mf ft 7. ' ' E4 THE GOOD WORK of the Heppner Chapter of the American Red Cross is evident with this refrigeration unit used for blood stor age at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital. The Chapter purchased ine unii a numoer ox years ago. Joan Cray. KN, is checking ine supplies in me unit, tvery enort is being made to reach quota at the Blood Drawing here next Monday, April 5, at the Elks Lodge from 2 until 6 p.m. Friends will be interested in Knowing mat Emile Groshens received 22 units of blood in Ap ril a year ago and Emmett Davis of Lonerock received 6 units in December. Anyone wishing to, may give blood in their names. Now as at the time of any war, blood is desperately needed. their pre-school classes be sue cessful, TV Set Given for Rummage Sale Mrs. Ginger Keithley announc- portant to our small fry that es that a console TV has been this main fund-raising event for added to the growing collection of goods accumulating for the Heppner Civic League Rummage Sale set for April 2 and 3 at Heppner's old REA Building. The TV set will be sold. to the highest bidder. This year's rummage sale fea tures some special attractions. Baked foods will be sold each morning. County artists and craftsmen have been invited to display their works during the sale. Mrs. Keithley also states that the Civic League Rummage Sale will be open late on Friday, matching hours with the merch ants' Moonlight Sale. The rum mage sale will open at 8:00 a.m. both Friday and Saturday mornings and will end about 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. The proceeds from this sale support the kindergarten pro gram in Heppner. It is very lm- Local Merchants Offer Public Weekend Bargains Heppner retailers have reck lessly reduced prices for the big annual Moonlight Sale tomor row night (Friday). Some prices are also good on Saturday. Everyone is , advised to care fully study the ads, come on down and look and see. what's offered. SEE SALE ADS IN THIS SECTION Benefit Auction Set for April 10 Car Wreck Claims Mildred Yarneff Mildred Sibley Yarnell, 56, was killed Monday, March 29 in a single car accident on North Main Street in Heppner shortly after 2:30 a.m. Mrs. Yarnell was alone in the car which hit the railing on the right, then crossed the street and hit the end of Hinton Creek Bridge. Her head hit the dash board and she was killed In stantly. The accident was discovered by Bert Corbin, Heppner City County Supt., Ron Daniels Facts at Chamber Gives Jack to Open Sears Store Here Jack Van Winkle has been doing more redecorating in the old Van's Variety Building. Good looking wallboard is installed and there will be new carpet-: ing, too. Jack expects to open a Sears Merchants Catalog store which he will own and operate. He announces that the grand opening for the new business here will be April 23 and 24. There will be a number of free (Continued on page 8) 12th Wranglers Cow Cutting The 12th annual Wranglers Spring Meet cow cutting will be in two go-rounas saturaay ana Sunday here at the Fairgrounds covered arena. Saturday contests start at 6 pjn. The Sunday contests starts at 9 a.m. and the 1st point Wranglers Playday is to start at 1 p.m., Sunday. There will also be OBRA Barrel Racing at this time. Everyone is cordially invited. There is no admission charge. prizes given away. Two School Issues Before County Voters Friends in the Heppner area announce that April 10 starting at 10 a.m. at the Morrow Coun ty Fairgrounds, there will be a big auction sale. This will be for the benefit of Bob Pierce who was injured in an auto accident Feb. 24. He remains in a cm ical condition. As there is a cutting horse contest at the Fair barn April 3 and 4, it would be appreciated if contributors would wait until April 5 or after to bring in the items they have to offer. Columbia Basin Electric Co op., Inc. is assisting in the sale Information or help in hauling donated items can be obtained by calling 676-9146. Don Wink of Northwestern Livestock Commission Co. has volunteered to be auctioneer. This assures us it will be a well run sale. Remember, folks, anything of value from a chicken to a horse or cow, furniture, appliances, antiques, machinery or whatev er would be of value, even mon ey, will be much appreciated. For convenience of anyone wanting to contribute money, the Bank of Eastern Oregon and the First National Bank of Ore gon will accept contributions for the benefit. Morrow County voters are re minded that the future opera tion of Morrow County School District No. R-l depends on their votes on Monday, April 5, at the polling places listed below. Vot ing on the tax levy for the Blue Mountain Area Education Dis trict (Blue Mountain Communl ty College of Umatilla and Morrow Coounties will be held at these same polling places. Voting- will take place between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. General Election Precinct No. 1 Riverside High School, Boardman, Ore. General Election Precinct No. 2 Rhea Creek Grange Kail, Ruggs, Ore. General Election Precinct No.: General Election Precinct No. General Election Precinct No. 5 General Election Precinct No. 6, 7, 8, 9. lone High School, lone, Oregon A. C. Houghton Elementary School, Irrigon, Oregon School District Office, Lexington, Oregon Heppner Elementary School, Heppner, Oregon Morrow County voters wishing to vote bv absentee ballot should apply at or write to the District School Office. Lexington. Oregon. Forest Plans To Be Told Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce President Gene Pierce has announced an interesting program for next Monday's luncheon at the Wag on Wheel. Sam Miller. U. S. Forest Serv ice, will present an illustrated talk featuring the Heppner Dis trict of the Umatilla National Forest. This will include new wrinkles in forest management aimed at multiple use of the forest including recreation, tim ber sales and management These are interesting compre hensive plans being considered for this area called a "Resource Inventory Plan." Superintendent of Morrow County Schools Ron Daniels passed out fact sheets at this week's Chamber of Commerce meeting and then explained what the sheets showed. The first sheet covers 1970 Morrow County Budgets and Tax Levies. It shows budget of various county institutions and gives their levies and their per centages of the total county levy. The R-l budget or $1, 460,774 is 43.2 per cent of the total budgeted for county insti tutions and the R-l tax levy of $1,199,870 is 63.5 per cent of the total county tax levy of $1, 889,265. On another fact page Mr. Daniels points out under the heading Budget Summary 1971- 72 that the district budget re quires $1,520,472, an increase ov er the 1970-71 budget of $59,698, or 4.08 per cent. Recently re leased figures have arrived from the Oregon State Department of Education showing that Morrow County will have $18,000 more coming from The Basic School Support Fund than the budget figures show, but because the ballot has to contain the exact figures established by the coun ty school board at its budget hearing, voters will actually vote Monday on a levy that is $18,000 over the true levy. The budget shows taxes to be lev ied for the ensuing year total $1,250,657, an increase of $50, 787 or 4.23 per cent. This in crease Is approximately 57c per $1,000 of true cash value. Mr. Daniels final page of fig ures compares the school tax levy in Morrow County with nearby school districts and in- j dicates that the Morrow County District levy compares very fa vorably. Morrow County School taxes are 74.90 per cent of the the total taxes collected. Uma tilla County School taxes are 76.62 per cent of the total col lected. Gilliam County School taxes are 74.90 per cent of tre total. Here, however, remember that the percentages for Uma tilla and Morrow Counties in- elude BMCC and Bonded Indebtedness. Other matters called to the attention of the Chamber of Commerce concerned the disap pearance of Morrow county's stands of virgin forest which was presented by O. W. Cuts forth, commented on by Glen Ward, and held for further study at the suggestion of P. W. Ma- honey. The Chamber was re- nlght policeman. In the opinion I years on the East Coast. Her first of Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Morrow husband died in a Japanese pris- County medical examiner, "if on camp in 1945. she had been wearing seat belts, on Oct. 12, 1960 she was mar it would have saved her life." riod to her present husband. Al- Mrs. Sibley was born Nov. 26, ton. in Reno. Nov. Tliev rpsid- 1914 in North Lexington, close Cd in the lone area except for to South Spring Elevator, dau- two and one half years sDent ghter of Joseph Sibley and Jen- n Lewiston, Idaho. nie White. ; I Trap shooting, bowline, hunt- Her parents were homestead- ing and fishing were Mrs. Yar- ers of the early 1900's, however, nell's interests. she moved to Portland in her Besides her husband, Mrs. Yar early teens and spent many nell is survived by her father, Joseph Sibley of Wcnatchee, Wn.; a sister Eleanor Craig, Pasco, Wn.; two brothers, Alfred Sibley of Cove, and Grover Sib ley of Mtn. H-me, Idaho. iervices were hold., .Wednesday. March 31 at. 1:00 p.m. at All Saints' Episcopal church with RnV Hfln Tllnmninll nff innr minded of the weekend's Moon- K.qrrPd Rfir, inns .. light Sale by Sharon Gorman, by Gail Hughes, oigani.-t. Cas- president of the merchants' as-1 ket bearers were Larry Prock, sociation. Rev. Rudy Mensch Gpnc Culsforth, Chuck Bailey, J I Dill AnVi..4- T" 11 71.. Jl called the attention of those tZT r , "re present to the Good Friday Ser- la"d. onl r?.he Concluding , n 4. o... services were held at Hormiston vice on April 9, at the Seventh day Adventist Church, City Cemetery. Donations may be made to Mental Health Research Founda tion co Bank of Eastern Ore gon. Sweeney Mortuary was in care of the arrangements. Petitions Out for Vacancies on School ciu inctallatJon Board and Council And Dinner Tonigh, Petitions to place names of candidates on the ballot for the! Tonight new officers are being vacancies on tne Morrow coun- installed by the Heppner Elks, ty School District R-l board and This will be a three event eve- the Advisory committee are be- ning featuring a ham dinner ing circulated. They must be put on by the wives of Past Ex- filed at the district office by alted Rulers (co -chairmaned by April 2. Marge Gardner and Lib Dag- Petitions being circulated to gett), the installation (to which fill the three vacancies on the ladies are invited), and then the Advisory Committee are for Jer- lodge meeting for members, and ry Sweeney, Harley Sager and bridge and pinochle for the la- Beatrice Luclani. A petition to dies. Dlace Pauline Winter's name on Officers to be installed in- the ballot for the one year va- elude: Exalted Ruler Cal. Sher- cancy on the District R-l board man, Leading night, Dave Mc- is also being circulated. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 52 39 T Thursday 52 42 .12 Friday 57 36 .07 Saturday 52 35 .08 Sunday 59 35 .01 Monday 59 37 Tuesday 52 37 .08 I Leod, Loyal Knight, Bill Siew ert, Lecturing Knight, Bob Ma honey, Esquire, Ralph Kincaid, Chaplain, Dean Naffziger, Inner Guard, Hal Whitaker, Tiler, Douglas Dubuque, Organist, Kenny Turner, Secretary, Glen Ward, and Trustee, Jerry Dag gett. Mr. Sherman says that tho big event he looks forward to during his term of leadership will be the 75th Anniversary of the Hennner Lodge which will be celebrated in February, 1972 Churchmen List Schedule Of Holy Day Services The Good Friday services on April 9 at the Assembly of God Church have been planned by the South Morrow County Minister ial Assn. The service to which everyone Is invited will begin st 2 p.m. The afternoon will be a word portrayal of Christ's betrayal, trial and crucifixion. Each minister will talk. The program is so arranged that people can slip in for as much ;f the afternoon as they find it convenient to stay. At 2:00 Rev. Dan Thompson of All Saints' Episcopal "Bv Moon light": at 2:20 Rev. Rudy Mensch of Hope and Valhy Lutheran, "By Torchlight"; at 2:40 Rev. William Arthur of lone United Church ot Chiist "By Lamplight and Firelight": at 3:00 Rev. Ed Cutting of United Methodikt "Bv Dawn Light"; at 3:20 Rev. Don Hall of Seventh-day Adventist "By Morninglight"; at 3:40 Rev. Don Burwell of Assembly of God "In the Darkness".
