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Heppner High School's cheer leaden who will leave for
Seattle to attend cheer leaden school. July 1S-1. are. left to
right. Marjie Roberts. Tonl Toll. Mary Healy. Judy Healy and
Donna Bellamy. The girls plan to sell snow cones at the
Sidewalk Sales event Saturday to help raise funds to offset the
expense. Blue and gold booster jackets are also for sale.
ndewalk Sales
this weekend
Something new will be
added to the 10th annual
Sidewalk Sales. Friday and
Saturday. Haggling.
Yes, haggling. Bargaining.
It goes like this, in case
readers haven't done any
horse-trading lately.
Merchandise that isn't sold
for the special bargain occa
r'' sion on Friday, the first day,
will be offered the next
afternoon Saturday, on a
bargaining basis. Saturday
afternoon, some businesses
will offer left-over items at the
marked price. A shopper
makes a lesser offer, and
maybe the sales clerk will
hedge with a counter-offer.
Somewhere in between the list
price and the lowest bid
somebody is going to make a
bargain purchase, and go
away happy.
The idea is, outsmart the
merchant! He has a number of
items that he, would rather
take half price for than take
inside the store and put in
stock again.
The best and most sought
after merchandise will prob
ably go at bargain prices
Friday, but it's worth staying
around for Saturday to see if
some choice tidbit can't be
picked up for a song.
Organizations, school and
church groups will have food,
refreshmant and novelty
booths.
The traditional greased pole
climb will be back this year,
with a $5 bill awaiting the
winner at the top of the pole.
About $20 in pennies will be
tossed with straw for the cash
Roy Robinson, piocaGeir
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Funeral services for Roy
Robinson, who died July 6 in
Heppner, were held Monday at
1:30 p.m.. in Hope Lutheran
Church with Rev. Mark Johnson
officiating.
Vault interment was in Hepp
ner Masonic Cemetery.
Mr. Robinson took an active
interest in livestock affairs, and
held varipus off ices in the Grant
County Cattlemen's Assn.,
Oregon Polled Hereford Assn.
and Columbia Empire Polled
Hereford Assn. (he was a
charter member of the latter
two organizations). He was also
a member of the Oregon
Cattlemens Assn., National
Cattlemens Assn., American
Polled Hereford Assn. and the
American Hereford Assn.
Mr. Robinson was born Feb.
22, 1893. near Condon. His
mother died when he was S. and
when he was 16 his father,
George Robinson, took the
family on a world tour that
lasted two years. The family
treasure hunt, and that should
take care of the children for a
couple of hours.
There will be free parking
on Main Street during the
two-day event. The Princess
Dance will be held Saturday
night, and there may be band
entertainment in the down
town area during both days, if
plans of Chairman Randall
Black horse site' out'
as new disposal site
The proposed Blackhorse
disposal plan got a sharp
setback this week.
A group of citizens living
near the Blackhorse area,
Lexington, a site considered
for a new solid waste disposal
location, are opposing it.
The group, which includes
Mrs. Charlene Papineau, Mrs.
Lyle Cox, Mrs. L. E. Ruhl and
Scott Weaver, landowners in
the Blackhorse area, met
Monday with Judge Paul
Jones, Planning Director Del
Smith and Dorris Graves,
chairman of the planning
commission.
Objection to the Blackhorse
site has to do with pollution of
water upon which livestock
depends, the expected litter
and unsightliness to be ex
pected, and the proximity of
the site to the city limits of
Lexington.
Judge Jones, after listening
decided to reside in Australia,
and the elder Robinson spent his
remaining lifetime ranching
there. But Roy Robinson pre
ferred Oregon, and came home
alone when he was 18. The next
year he took over his father's
original homestead in Morrow
County.
On Dec. 24, 1918, he married
Eva May McDonald in Condon,
Ore. They ranched in the
Lonerock and Hardman area
with holdings in both Morrow
and Gilliam Counties until 1949.
Realizing the need for im
provement in beef cattle in the
state, Robinson founded one of
the first herds of purebred
polled Herefords in Oregon. The
original foundation stock came
from Montana in 1929 and from
Wyoming in 1932.
Thirty-five years of select
breeding produced a purebred
herd that was widely known and
which contributed to the up
grading of the beef industry in
the Northwest. He was the
longest continuous breeder of
Peterson work out.
Cash for the penny treasure
hunt is furnished by Case
Furniture Co., Peterson's
Jewelry, Gardner's and Sears
Catalog Store. The loot at the
top of the pole is furnished by
the Gazette-Times, and lum
ber for the treasure box from
Kinzua Corp.
to the complaints, suggested
that anyone in the county
having a feasible area in
which to locate the disposal
site misght contact him or
. Smith.
"The County Court has no
desire to arbitrarily select a
site that does not meet with
the approval of the residents
in the area," Judge Jones told
the Gazette-Times.
Consequently, the Black
horse site is no longer being
considered. The planning
director and city engineer met
Wednesday morning in an
effort to come up with an
alternate site.
Meanwhile, a petition is
heine circulated in opposition
to the Blackhorse site.
Dave Matheny entered the
bull riding competition at the
4-day Molalla Buckaroo last
week, and scored 71 points to
win first place over 48 entrants.
polled Herefords in the Nortn
west. In 1949 the Robinsons moved
to Grant County, purchasing a
ranch near Mt. Vernon, Ore. In
September, 1963, they dispersed
their herd, reducing the work
load, and in 1968 sold this ranch
and retired to a home in
Heppner.
Mr. Robinson's survivors in
clude the widow, Eva; a
daughter, Rita Caverhill of
Wallowa; two sons, Donald and
Creston, both of Heppner; a
brother, Henry Robinson of
John Day; a half-sister, Grace
Harrison, Redmond; eight
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren. The casket bearers were
Gerald Bergs trom, Frank An
derson, Elmer Steers. Robert
Holland, James Campbell and
Ferrell Lemons.
Honorary bearers were
William Minkoff, Clyde Gal
breath, Ervan Simmons, James
Morgan. Richard Hibberd and
James Hams.
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First Health Fair to be
held July 19 21
Soroptimist Club members city machine, a nutrition ex
are making preliminary plans penment, vision charts and
for Heppner first Health Fair cards a anatomical torso
to be held July 19 21 at themodel. a plaque light for teeth
Lirom.mHs anemia , and urine sugar
fairgrounds. ...... Aa.,: cmnkin marhine.
club is seeking the kind of
exhibits and tests the commu
ity would like to have. The
Health Fair staff ' may bring
with them on the Health Fir
truck: exhibits and display
materials, handout pamphlets,
and free items (such as
toothbrushes and prizes),
banners, projectors, recorders,
films, simple health educational
equipment such as puppet
shows, electrical quiz boards, a
blood pressure cuff, lung capa-
New appraiser
joins staff
Monday, Ross Walker joined
the county assessor's office
staff as an appraiser. He has
rented Nora Rasmus' little
garden cottage in back of her
Center St. home.
Ross has lived in McMinnville
and Coquille and most recently
in Portland. While he attended
Portland State University he
met and married a most
attractive fellow student, a
native of Taiwan. Mrs. Walker,
Connie, is employed by the
Portland branch of Armour
Meat Co. and intends to stay
with her job there. Ross
understandibly, will be off to
Portland most weekends.
. Ross Walker will working
with appraiser Larry Morris,
who came to the county last fall.
There has not been a second
appraiser since the departure of
Elwood Worth.
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July 4 looked like "Morrow
County Day" in Condon, as
i many residents moved into
neighboring Gilliam County to
enjoy a "Fabulous Fourth."
With this area's own Michael
Benge. returned Vietnam POW
serving as parade grand
marshal, several parade entries
from Heppner and so many
local citizens there to watch,
Heppner was left looking like a
' ghost town.
Morrow girl barrel racers and
cowboys excelled in several
rodeo events. The nine-girl
mounted group which included
i the Morrow County Fair &
Rodeo Queen and her four
' princesses, and four pennant
bearers, were smart in their
' gold and brown regalia. But the
, blue ribbon went to Arlington's
court and the local girls settled
' for the red award.
The Chamber of Commerce
float suffered a similar fate,
and came off with a red ribbon.
The float bearing the Condon
High School cheerleaders got
the blue award.
A small "safe and sane"
; hometown celebration at Con
don has now grown into a
utviv. .0
canvas "cranky movies,
games for children and adults.
Anyone wishing any partic
ular test or display is asked to
call Miss Davis at 676-5031,
evenings.
Youth groups from schools,
churches and 4-H Clubs are
encouraged to set up food
booths at the fair.
The health team numbers up
to 15 persons (7 to 10 high school
and college students, three
professionals and an adult team
leader). Professionals include a
doctor, dentist or dental hy
gienist and nurse.
Churches are providing even
ing meals for the group. The
City of Heppner is giving free
swims.
Anyone wishing to help with
the Health Fair is asked to call
Miss Davis.
Princess Kathy to
reign over
This year holds two long-to-be
remembered events for Kathy
Bartlett, Boardman's princess
to the 1974 Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo Court.
First, was the fact that she
was chosen to be a princess;
second she will celebrate her
18th birthday during the fair
over which she will preside.
The only child of Joe and
Alice Bartlett, she was born in
Pendleton. At age 2 the family
moved to Texas, where her
father worked for nine years.
She attended school in Texas
until she reached the 6th grade,
then the family moved back to
Lexington.
Kathy finished with honors at
Heppner High School. Although
the family moved to Boardman
when she was a junior, she
continued on and finished at
Heppner because, as she said,
'I wanted to finish with the kids
I started high school with."
In high school, Kathy was
very active in sports, especially
track. She was chosen to go to
Portland and compete in the
Junior Olympics track and field
events for . girls. She also
competed in track and field in
Springfield and Pleasant Hill
during her sophomore and
junior years.
Among her other activities in
school, Kathy played basket
ball, took an active part in 4-H
noteworthy two-day event.
About 40 Morrow folk camped
at the fairgrounds Tuesday
night. The Don Evans, Jerry
Dougherty, Ron Currin and Bob
Stcagall families and a group of
single cowboys totaling about 40
persons enjoyed the Gilliam
hospitality and enjoyed Joining
together for meals. They each
had members participating in
the rodeo on both Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoons. .
. Wednesday, people gathered
all during the day at the
attractive Condon City Park (a
monument to the W.P.A. of New
Deal days). A Cowboy Break
fast was -followed by a brief
ceremony at which Marvin
Albee welcomed visitors and
introduced POW Benge. Benge
spoke briefly, urging everyone
to keep the fate of the 1,300 U.S.
Missing-In-Action in their
thoughts. He was promoting the
wearing of souvenier memorial
bracelets for MIA's, and pre
sented one to State Senator John
D. Burns.
The parade along Main Street
began at 11 a.m. with Benge
mounted and out in the place of
honor behind the flagbearer.
There were about 30 entries.
Japanese youtii due tto
visitf Dogtou County
Eighty young Japanese will
arrive in Oregon on July 26, and
10 of the 12- through 17-year-old
young people and their
chaperone will be living with
host families in Morrow County.
Plans were made early last
year for the exchange, and all
families have exchanged corre
spondence in preparation for
the visit, according to Mildred
Davidson, coordinator for the
county program. Orientation
meetings were held to acquaint
host families with Japanese
culture. Mrs. Davidson attend
ed a special training session at
Balfe is DA in Alaska
Joseph Balfe, former Hepp
ner attorney for several years,
has been appointed district
attorney for the 3rd judicial
district at Anchorage, Alaska.
While in Heppner, he served
as assistant Morrow County
dance
work, and worked as a junior
leader.
This fall she plans to attend
Modern Business College of
Kennewick to prepare for a
career as a legal secretary. "To
be able to work for lawyers has
always fascinated me," she
admitted.
Princess Kathy is a modern
young girl; who, although she
appears shy at the first meet
ing, soon reveals she is only
modest.
She enjoys sewing, and makes
most of her own clothes. "It
saves me money, and I enjoy
making them." Just that
simple.
About 18 months ago the
family moved to the Columbia
Villa Apartments in Boardman,
quite a change for the young
princess who had been used to
the "wide open spaces" all her
life
But she accommodated to
chance, and found enjoy
the
ment in working in the garden
and using the swimming pool.
"Only disadvantage to the
apartment house living is that I
can't ride as often as I would
like," she sighed. She expressed
the hope that she will some day
find a way to combine modern
living with the feel of the open
spaces.
Princess Kathy will preside
over a dance in her honor,
Saturday night. July 14, 9 p.m.
ui.til 1 a.m.. at the fair pavilion.
Rodeo courts from Gilliam's
Fair, Arlington's Rodo,
Wasco's Fair, Spray's Rodeo,
Morrow's Fair and Rodeo,
Wheeler's Fair, Sherman's Fair
and the Sister's Rodeo were all
groups of pretty girls on horse
back. A lively band composed of a
large group of young muslcans
gave zest to the front section of
the parade. A display of
old-time cars lent variety.
Several organizations-Elks,
Seventh Day Adventist Church,
and TOPS had good entries.
The afternoon rodeos at the
fairgrounds began at 1:30 p.m.
each day, with the largest group
of participants from Morrow
County. There were 190 contest
ants on Tuesday and 220 on
Wednesday. On Tuesday, the
team ropers Jerry Dougherty
and Bob Steagall placed 1st and
Bob Steagall and Bill Cover
took 5th. In junior barrel racing,
Jana Steagall placed 3rd on
Tuesday. Janice Healy was the
outstanding girl winner, taking
the 1st place in junior barrels
for the two-days' total time.
Ron Currin brought home a
3rd place in calf roping in
competition with an eager
Oregon State University to
prepare her for the rale as
coordinator for the program. ..
Arrangements for the ex
change were made through the
. Labo Teaching Center, Japan,
and the state 4-H Office. Only
cost to host families is room and
board while the exchangee is in
their home. During 1974, the
second year of the exchange,
plans call for 80 Oregon youth,
plus 8 advisors, to return the
exchange, living with host
families in Japan, as well as an
additional 80 Japanese youth
district attorney while practic
ing law in the Herman Winter
law office. .
He is a graduate of Willam
ette Law School, and was an
Oregon State Police patrolman
prior to entering law school.
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group of professional cowboys.
Mary Healy did well In senior
barrels. Several others from the
county helped make these
rodeos outstanding.
The families of Queen Jeanne
and her princesses and pennant
bearers Joined In a picnic on the
Fourth. Gilliam residents and
visitors who golf enjoyed a
Hole in-One contest at Condon
Municipal Golf Course Wednes
day afternoon. Kid's games and
races were presented on the
high school athletic field and
cash prizes awarded. Tennis,
swimming and horseshoes took
place throughout the day.
A public barbecue featuring
halves of chicken, roast pork,
French bread, cole slaw, and
baked beans, with coffee or
milk was served to more than
350 persons between 5 and 6:30
p.m. At 6:30 the park vibrated
to the music from a hootenanny.
As daylight faded, fireworks
were displayed from the ath
letic field. A public dance at the
fairgrounds was the final event
each evening. Dancing took
piace to music by Condon's
well-liked musical group of
Western Gentlemen.
visiting in Oregon. Oregon
exchangees making the trip in
1974 will pay their own expenses
of approximately $600, with
Japan providing host families
who will furnish room and
board.
Host families for the ex
changees: The Del Piper, Bob
Laughlin, Dick McElligott,
Roger Palmer, Dick Sargent,
Del LaRue, Roland Bergstron,
Jerry Myers, Leonard Toll and
Bob Davidson families. The
chaperone will be a guest of the
Don Bennett family.
Balfe conducted the presump
tive death hearings in Anchor
age following the disappear
ance of Congressmen Nick
Begich and Hale Boggs, lost in
understandably, will be off to
last winter.
KATHY BARTLETT
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