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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
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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
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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
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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".