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Its first puUic Installation
last Saturday nicbt. The
regular LaJit-s Niht dinner
ws moved from Thursday
to Saturday and as followed
by the installation and a
dance.
Un relators and friends
attended with Mr. and Mrs.
Live Mcleod. New Exalt
ed Fuler M'Leod wasnapry
to Introduce las wife Mary,
and ttieir daughter Prbhie and
son David. Joining thrmalso
were his brother and sister
ln-ta Mr. and Mrs. Corliss
VcLeud, Vancouver, Wn., and
their son Steve and daughter
Karalee, and two of his sis
ters and their husbands Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin VtagenUast
and Mr. and Mrs. Randall
Martin.
Others installed included:
Esteemed Leadinp Knight,
Clint Agee, Esteemed Loyal
Knight, Bob Mahoney; Es
teemed I erturing Knight,
Rait h Kincaid, Esquire Dean
Nsffzirer; Chaplain, Hal WW
taker; Inner Guard, Dale
Holland; Organist, Kenneth
Turner, Secretary, Glen
Ward, Treasurer, Ed Dick;
and two new trustees. Jack
van Winkle and GeneOrick.
The Installing officers were
all Heppner Past Exalted Fil
lers. Distinguished guests
included Mdton-Freewater's
exalted Fuler Sam Vincent
and Mrs. Vincent, Her
m'.Ftor's Exalted RulerCarl
BUler and Mrs. Bixler, and
Hermiston Past Exalted Ru
ler D?lmar Craford and
Mrs. Crawford.
lone Honor
Roll Told
By Linda McKay
A total of 23 students have
been listed on the honor roll
at lone Junior -Senior High
School for the third nine
week period. Two students
received straight A' s: Mary
McElligott, senior; Joel Pet
erson, freshman.
Those on the "A" honor
roll: Cheri Carlson, sen
ior; Christina Lindstrom,
junior; Jan Ekstrom, Donna
Flack and Jean McElligott,
sophomores; Sheri Wilson,
freshman; Catherine McElli
gott, eighth grade.
Students on the"B" honor
roll: Seniors: Shauna Berg
strom, Clint Krebs, Marlene
Migill and Julie Zinter.
Juniors: D-Ann Barnett,
Melissa McElligott, John
Rietmann, Dick Snider and
Gregg Wilson.
Sophomores: Cassandra
Chapel, Cheryl Hams, Doris
McCabe, Mark Rietmann and
Teena Stefani.
Freshman: Barbara Pal
mer. Eighth Grade: Skye Krebs
and Joe Rietmann.
Seventh Grade: Joan Marie
Doherty, Debora Palmer and
Donna Palmer.
OSU Honors
Announced
The winter term honor roll
for Oregon State University
has been announced.
Kristin S. Nelson, a soph
omore in Home Economics,
had a straight A average.
Claries A. Nelson, a senior
in Agriculture is on the honor
roll from Morrow County.
Billy C. Bellamy of Hep
pner, a senior in Agriculture
joins those being honored.
Winning honors from lone
are Janice A. Brooks, junior,
Humanities & Social Sci
ences; Leslie G. Brooks, jun
ior, Agriculture; John E.
Rawlins, senior, Science.
graTn" PRICES
(FOB Lexington does not
include warehouse chgs)
Courtesy MCCG
Soft white
wheat 1.59 bu.
Red wheat 1.52 bu.
Barley no bid
Moonlight Sol
Last of April
The Heppner Merchants
will present tin-lr annual
money-saving went, the
Moonlight Sale, on Friday
night. April 28th. Some ol
the bargains carry over lite
next da.
At Tuesday" me etingat the
Uagon Wheel. Harold Kerr
told of help from Oregon
State University and the Ex
tension Service that is avail
able for a business survey
here. Stan Miles will be here
Apr. 26.
Merchants plan to Invite
clubs and organizations to
have concession booths July
22nd during the annual Side
walk Baiaar bere.loneGrand
Squares will bold an interest
ing street dance at that time
in addition to a possible Prin
cess Dance ami other acti
vities. Events at this time will
prolabl) serve as a kick-off
celebration starting this sum
mer's Heppner Centennial
celebration.
Wranglers Set
Four Play Days
The Mrrow County Wrang
lers are announcing their
spring Play Days. They thank
those who turned out to work
at the Wrangler grounds this
last Sunday, April 9. The
wonwn kept bus painting, the
mn were fixing fence,
making rock crils, clearing
out vines around the corrals
and burning litter.
Each Play Day will begin
with a noon potluck. The
first is April 23 and the com
nrttee includes: Mr. and
Mrs. Ron Currin, Dr. and
Mrs. Jim Norene, Mr . and
Mrs. Joe Yocom, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Healy, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob VanSchoiack, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Myers.
On April 30 the commit
tee is: Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Nelson, Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Abrams, Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie Daly, Mr. and Mrs. Jer
ry Dougherty.
Committee for May 7 is:
Mr. and Mrs. Art Vance,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pierce,
Mr. and Mrs. RonHaguewood,
Mr. andMrs.GeorgeLuclani,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Evans.
On Saturday Night, May 20,
the committee includes: Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Healy, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Montgomery,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson,
Mr. and Mrs. Tad Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Alder
man, and Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Schlichting.
Special helpers for Play
Days are: Merlyn Robinson,
Ribbons; Point Committee,
Donna Peterson, Mrs. Lee
Palmer, Mrs. Bob Montgo
mery; Announcers Charlie
Daly, Norman Nelson, Mike
Matthews, Dick Schlichting;
Timers, Bill Collins andStan
Kemp.
Wranglers encourage new
members to join them. Dues
are $5.00 for the family or
$3.00 single person and must
be paid before Play Days.
A jackpot drawing is held for
paid-up members who attend
meetings.
Masonic Senior
Boys Banquet
The Annual Banquet honor
ing the senior high boys,
sponsored by the Heppner
Masonic Lodge, will be held
at the Masonic Temple Thurs
day, April 20 starting at
6 p.m.
The speaker to be featured
at this years banquet will
be Karl Urban, instructor of
Botany and Biology at Blue
Mountain Community Col
lege. The presentation he will
give is entitled "Education
For Survival". The annual
scholarship award appli
cation rules will be explained
to the seniors at the dinner.
The scholarship will be pre
sented to the winner at the
high school awards night.
Little League
Tryouts Saturday
All who played last year
who are eligible to play this
year are asked to please
show up for Little League
Tryouts at 10 a.m. Saturday.
All interested are asked to
show up at that time.
Annual Band Carnival - -
R9th Year
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GAZETTE-TIME
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Everyone -One Week
One Subject
This week that was different "Environmental Aware
ness Week" at Heppner High School, April 3-7.
The all-areas effort focused attention on the environment
for all five senses plus a couple of extras! It was so en
compassing that to know what was going and where nearly
required a computer.
Beautification
Most obvious to the people shopping in Heppner is the
beautification project on Main Street. Students contacted
the merchants to finance the purchase of 51 trees Japa
nese Flowering Cherry and Irish Juniper alternate down
both sides of Main St. Handsome containers are halves
of 50 gallon oil drums painted Forest Green.
Concern for the sharp edges of the barrels was brought
up when the students met with the City Council. Students
covered the sharp edges with split spray hoses donated
by Inland Chemical.
Merchants will care for the tree closest to their busi
ness. Some have Indicated they will plant petunias around
the trees to further enhance the planters.
This project was supervised by Frank McAllister who
besides teaching commercial subjects has had training in
greenhouse and florists work.
Students who worked on the project: Shanny Farley, Tri
cia Prock, Sally Winters, Peggy Taylor, Bruce Bergstrom,
Mike Bergstrom, Alan McCabe, Carl Ritchey, Craig Mun
kers, Bobbette Jones, Debbie M:Leod, June Ledbetter and
Rick Drake.
Youth Impress Chamber
With Their Dedication
Kids impress Chamber with
their dedication at the Monday
Chamber of Commerce meet
ing. District Attorney Herman
Winter passed around peti
tions, for signatures to place
on the ballot the measure
that would change the seces
sion for those who act as
governor if and when the
governor is out of state or
incompacitated in anyway.
With the new proposal, it
passes to Secretary of State
and then to Treasurer, both
of whom are elected by the
entire state.
Presently it passes to the
President of the Senate,
Speaker of the House, then
to Secretary of State and
State Treasurer. The first
two officials are elected by
only a portion of the state
which they represent in the
state legislature.
Anyone interested in sign
ing these petitions may stop
in at the DA's office.
The matter of including Te
xas Butte and Kelly Prairie
as "study areas" in the Wil
derness Preservation System
was not brought up for a
revote. Although second
thoughts may have been in
dicated, when one member
about the time that such a
study would take he was
told "Such a study might
take until 1990. Another not
ed that everyone favors im
proved logging practices and
thought that putting these
areas in a wilderness area
away from logging operations
was a way of some to in
dicate their displeasure with
the present logging practices
but this wasn't necessarily
the way to bring about nn
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better and Bobbette Jones.
proved logging practices. An
other noted the seriousness
of the problem of unemploy
ment in the country nationally
and unemployment would sur
ely hit Heppner with any cur
tailment of the Kinzua Mill.
Beryl Stillman, Jeanne
Daly, Barney Marshall and
Sue Wilson related incidents
from the recent Environmen
tal Week. The results are
not all in for the survey
taken. There are 200 ques
tionaires but with 140 return
ed. They felt the answers
indicated a public concern for
the environment.
Jeanne told of her talk to
the 7th and 8th grade stu
dents to Interest them in con
tinuing the Environmental
Week study as started this
year. She also hoped to in
terest them in learning to do
things now that would im
prove the environment.
Barney told of the Wil
low Creek testing at four
sites, city limits at the up
per edge of town, lower edge,
at Kinzua and the city
sewage plant. They tested
in the ripple zones. He said
the increase of grubs in the
lower part of the creek would
indicate more organic mater
ial In the water. The creek
study is expected to conti
nue. Sue recapitulated the we-
WEATHER
BY DON GILLIAM
Hi Low
Wednesday 70 50
Thursday 54 40
Friday 54 34
Saturday 54 35
Sunday 51 28
Monday 54 25
Tuesday 53 32
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Al Ullman Here
Friday at 3 p.m.
Friends will have a chance
to meet with Congressman
Al L'llman this Friday (Apr.
14) at 3 p.m. at the Wagon
Wheel.
Not only are friends cor
dially Invited to drop in but
those who have never met
this representative of East
ern Oregon are invited to
attend.
Schlichting
To Refile
Dick Schlichting said Mon
day, he expected to refile on
the Schlichting vs Bergstrom
suit. Dennis Hachler and Bob
Ridgway represent the plain
tiff. WILLOWS GRANGE regu
lar meeting has been post
poned to April 22 due to the
visitation at Greenfield April
15.
ek's activities on a day-today
basis.
Glen Ward announced there
would be a family type tour
of the Pistol 4 Rifle Club
on April 23. The 6-hour tour
would leave from Anson
Wright Park. There Is too
much snow to get Into the
Texas Butte-Kelly Prairie
areas but he said they would
observe the results of some
of the logging done up on
Rhea Creek.
On May 5, there will be
a speaker at the High School
to talk about Recycling, how
lo prepare and separate the
items to be recycled and
whether it is feasible to be
handled from Heppner.
Nona Sowell won the pot.
Guests were Milo Prindle
and Barney Neistadt.
Centennial Committee will
meet May 1,
Steve Lindstrom
Sailor of Year
Williamsburg, Va. Navy
Petty Officer Second Class
Stephen R. Lindstrom, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy W.
Lindstrom of lone, Ore., has
been nominated for "Sailor
of the Year" for Service
Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet by
the Navy Cargo Handling and
Port Group, Williamsburg,
Va.
He was nominated for his
performance as Assistant
Community Relations Coor
dinator. In this capacity he
was responsible for planning,
organizing, promoting and co
ordinating 'the Group's
domestic, civic, and under
privileged assistance pro
grams.
Saturday, Fair Pavilion
HEPPNER
Centennial Plans Start
A meeting of the Centennial
Committee was held Apr. 5th
at the Court House. Group
Is acting as a steering com
mittee and is made up of a
number of city and county
organizations and all are wel
come to Join in the big cele
bration. Gene Pierce was chairman
of the planning session. First
store le believed to have been
erected in Heppner Aug. 9,
1872. The Centennial cele
bration will be noted during
the annual Heppner Sidewalk
Bizaar July 22 here. Special
entertainment is to be pro
vided at that time.
Other events planned in
clude a Jaycee Horseshoe
RC&D Project
Meeting Date Set
Columbia-Blue Mountain
RC & D Executive Board
President Ed Hoeft has an
nounced the Quarterly Spon
sors Meeting will be held
April 18, at the lone Grange
Hall in lone, from 1:30 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m.
During the afternoon pro
gram project sponsors, re
source committees, sub-com-mittes,
and cooperating agen
cies will discuss those
activities and project mea
sure priorities of interest to
citizens of Gilliam, Morrow,
and Umatilla Counties.
Mr. Hoeft stated that the
RC & D has been in opera
tion for one year, and It
appears the first construc
tion funds will be utilized by
Stanfield Irrigation District
to replace 1,345 lineal feet
of open Irrigation ditch with
a pipeline. This project mea
sure is sponsored by the
Stanfield Irrigation District
and West Umatilla Soil &
Water Conservation District.
At the present time this mea
sure is awaiting approval by
the SCS Washington office.
Ed encourages all persons
interested in sound re
"nirce development to attend
Ralph I. Thompson Dies Sunday
Pioneers' Son, Retired Sheepman
Ralph Infeild Thompson, 87
years of age, passed away
at a Pendleton hospital, Sun
day, April 9. The son of
pioneer parents John A.
Thompson and Mary Infeild,
he was born near Heppner,
February 23, 1885. He was
educated in Heppner and at
Oregon State University.
He retired from ranching In
1947.
Ralph Thompson was a well
known sheep rancher and had
served as County Commiss
ioner for 3 terms, and also
was a member of the Ore
gon Wool Growers Associa
tion. He served as a direc
tor of the Pendleton P.C.A.
served as President and also
a 56 year member of
B.P.O.E. No. 358.
He was united in marriage
to Helen Hays In Portland on
August 21, 1912.
Besides his wife Helen, he
is survived by a son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Thompson (Jose
phine Case) and grandchild
ren Linda and Brian of Port
land and a niece Jean G rone-wold,-
Vancouver, and a nep
hew John E. Hays, of Sea
side, both of whom lived with
the Thompsons here.
Services were conducted on
Wednesday, April 12, at
2:00 p.m. at the United Meth
odist Church with the Rev.
Edwin C. Cutting officiating.
John Maata sang "In the Gar
den" and" Somewhere the Sun
is Shining." Pauline Mille.
served as organist. Inter
ment followed at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery; Sweeney
Number 8
Pitching Contest, watermelon
eating contest for kids.
Organizations plan a num
ber of events. The Jaycees
now have a Whiskeroo Con
test on. The Merchants Com
mittee plans to print "Sheep
skin Scrip" that may be used
just like other dollar bills
or may be kept for souve
nirs. Other events that may have
a tie-in with the Centennial
include the annual Pioneer
Memorial Picnic on May 29th
and the Junior Rodeo June
10-11.
The Morrow County Fair &
Rodeo notes its 50th birthday
this year, along with the Hep
pner Centennial. Fair is to
be Aug. 21-25 followed by the
Rodeo Aug. 26-27.
To avoid duplication, a Cen
tennial calendar of events is
to be maintained on the in
side office door at the
Gazette-Times.
The Centennial Committee
will meet again at the Court
House at 7:30 p.m., May 3rd.
Labels and other materials
advertising the Centennial
will soon be available here
(probably about May 1st.)
All are cordially encour
aged to have a float in the
' annual Grand Parade on Aug.
26.
Car Overturns
on Icy Road
James Dale Marquardt, 16,
was hospitalized April 12 with
a scalp laceration following a
one-car accident Wednesday
morning.
The 1966 white Oldsmobile
he was driving overturned ap
proximately three miles out
of Lexington due to icy road
conditions. No citation was
issued. His sisters, Lolita,
15, and Carlita, 16, whowere
passengers, were uninjured.
MR. AND MRS. HARRY
GREEN sold their dachshund
puppy with a G-T classified
by 10:30 last Thursday
RALPH I. THOMPSON, pro
minent retired sheepman,
former county commissioner
and director of P.C.A. who
died on Sunday.
Mortuary in care of arrange
ments. Honorary pall bearers
were: Harold Cohn, Gar
nett Barratt, Frank Hamlin,
Norman Florence, Walter
Moore, Charles Vaughn, and
Bob Lowe. Active bearers
were: Dick Wilkinson, Ho
ward Cleveland, Dean Gil
man, Paul Hisler, Jim Far
ley and Harold Sherer.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Thomp
son arrived from Portland
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hays came on Tuesday, Mr.
and Mrs. Gronewald and their
son and daughter on Wednes
day as did Linda Thompson
and Mr. and Mrs. Brian
Thorrtpson.
L KimX Ami
Thf 13th Annual llepptier
Wrangler! Cow Cutting will
be held at the M irrow County
Fairgrounds her April 15
thru 18.
Entries ire open until 3
p.m. on Saturday with the
first go-round to start at
4.30 p.m. The second go
will begin at 9 00 a.m. Sun
day nwrnlng.
Horses from ill over tb
northwest enter this contest
and the show is approved by
the Northwest Cutting Horse
Association and the Oregon
Cutting Horse Association.
Money won by the contesting
horses counts for the top 10
hones In both associations
and counts toward year end
awards at the finals held In
the fall.
Dutch Starzman of Newport,
Wash., will be judge this
year.
Floyd Jones, Heppner, is
chairman of the cow cutting
committee for the Wranglers.
Gene Pierce and Alice Vance
are secretaries for the show
and any one wishing to enter
should contact them.
There Is no admission
charge for the show and spec
tators are welcome.
A cow cutting contest Is
between horse and cow. The
rider just points the horse
at the cow he wants cut from
the herd and the horse does
the rest.
Horses are highly trained
for cutting and someare very
highly priced, too. Some have
cost their owners up to
$40,000 or mare. Many are
far less expensive but an
attachment exists between
horse and owner and most
are not for sale for love nor
money.
To begin the "work", the
horse is ridden Into a small
herd of cattle, usually 8 or
10, at one end of the arena
and one cow Is picked out
to be cut from the herd.
The rider signals the horse
which one it Is and the horse
takes it out of the herd and
stays between that cow and
the herd. This Is called
"herd work".
By various maneuvers and
some fancy footwork the
horse prevents the cow from
getting back to the herd and
tires to keep it in the mid
dle of the arena.
If the cow turns its tail
to the horse and heads away
from the cutter, the cutter
can signal the horse to stop
working that cow and go back
to the herd where another
cow is cut out. The pro
cedure of "setting up the
cow" and keeping it from re
turning to the herd is then
repeated. A cutter usually
cuts out 2 or 3 cows in the
Zlt minutes time allotted.
Judges score the horse bet
ween 60 to 80 points with
. 70 being the average from
which points are deducted or
added. If a cow escapes and
goes back to the herd 5 points
are deducted and unless the
horse does extra good work
before or after losing the
cow, the score will be 65.
Points are added to the 70
for exceptionally good work
and these extra points are
hard to come by. A score
of 74 or 75 is really out
standing. A favorite sport of the spec
tators , which, at most of
the shows I have attended, is
made up of cutter's wives and
families, is to out-judge the
judge.
Of course, this all started
many years ago, on the cat
tle ranges, when it was ne
cessary to cut out a cow to
be medicated or doctored, to
be moved to another place,
etc., and has been refined, to
the "horse science" is to
day. In the various cutting horse
organizations around the
country now the dollar win
nings on each horse Is com
bined from all shows the
horse places In, for year
end awards.
Horses work In the novice
classes according to their
lifetime earnings. When a
horse has won $1000 or more,
it goes into the Open class,
but any horse can enter the
Open class.
A new class just started
In the Northwest last year is
the $2000 Non-Pro. Any horse
that has won less than $2000
and Is ridden by his owner
or member of the immediate
family may enter this class.
Winnings come from the en
try fees paid by the contes
tants and any added purse
put up by the show commit
tee. Usually 4 places are
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