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Queen returns to Grand Marshal Parade
lim a Kmny gurrn of Ilia IMS
Morrow County I'air and Kodao ha*
rorna borne altar 10 yaara to 1» tba
Grand Marshal of thr IMS Fair and
Hadai Parade
gurrn liana » a t horn in Heppner
in 1917 and raiaad on a ranch in
Sandhollow Tlia daughter o f John
and H rid grtf
Haa
Mollahan
K r n n y . the <>randdau||hlar of
Michael Kannv and Mary lloharty
Krnny
who im nnttralad from
County Itailrim Iraland in tha 1170 1
to aatabliah stock and wheat
ranche* which ara alili in operation
Tha Sandhollow Hanrh i> under tha
ownership of lim a i brother Hill
Kmn> and thr Hultarcrrak Ranch
by a rounn Hill Healy
guran lim a wai tha third of 7
children Fddie Kmny ol Spokane
Matt Kenny of Portland Kmmett
Kmny of Pmdlaton Jama* Kmny
of I.akr Oswego
Hill Kmny of
llrppnar
and a in te r Patricia
Krwin of Prndlrlon
Her lather John Kmny w ai one of
the founder« of the f in i rodeo* and
participated for many y r a n a i a
field lodge In IkU ha wa* given the
award lor thr oldest row hoy in the
parade
In hakS he w ai rhoam
Co-Grind Marshal with Frank VV
Turner
All of tile ir v m Kmnv children
were hlraaad with hrautiful Iruh
vinging voice* They ware the main
attraction at many of our grade
school and high school musical
program*
They Hill coma back
each year to ung at SI Patrick a
Hay Celebration on the K IM A
Koflae Hour
The Krnny kid* rodr each day to
catch thr Hintun Creek school hua
from ITieir home in Sandhollow. a
diatance of seven mile* round trip
A lean to ham w ai erected near (Tie
poplar tree* below the Floyd Jones
Hanrh to houae the h one* while the
children were at ichool
Fifty yeari ago they had a much
different way of making thr gu em *
■election Thr four county granges
each chose a candidate In IMS the
candidate* were
lim e Krnny.
Im in glon 1.range F ilem Farley
Aillows <>range Manna McCurdy.
Khra Creak G ra n g e. C a m ille
Stanley. I n n Grange Iluring the
summer rodeo jitney dance* were
held at each grange and the finale
was held at the old Fair Pavilion
i the site where our Library and
Museum now stand
Kach candi
data had a locked bos with their
name on it As each person m trrad
thr dance area, they bought their
tickets snd deposited them in the
hn« of their favorite candidate for
1985 fair result of many changes ?
large steel bam was built in IM&
Thr Morrow County h air (¿rounds
the seats and bleachers inside in
at ita prrsm t location sinrr I9J9.
19M> A new south grandstand was
acrommoriate« thr schools sports
erected in 1966 to replace the old
and phy steal rduration puhln and wooden structure A large portion of
private gatherings four >rars of
the rodeo arena was seeded to grass
weekly senior citizen dinners and
and is used for football sports I* E
has provident .nlequate fa d lit IT* to ( lasses, as well as baseball through
atcomnuMlatr annual events which
out the summer
A small block
have tievomc* traditional and could
building was built, known as the
not have been acenmodated else
dormitory to replace an old wooden
where in the community
The
building, formerly a supervisor s
ai nual Pioneer Punic, the Arti
residence during the C C C encamp
factory St Patrick % Pay events
men! Tite Wranglers Riding Club
Morrow County (.ra in (¿row ers
renovated a wooden building for a
dinner Wheat leagu e Historical
tvarn and supervised the horse
.Society Pinner and Soroptimists
»torn starting in 1952 as part of the
and Senior Citizens rummage sales
fair activities I*»* stalls for horses
all attract large crowds second only
wrre built late and in 1975 the
to the annual Morrow County Fair
wooden iwirn building was converted
and Kodro Heppner can be justly
into Shorty's Museum which now
proud of having one of the better fair
houses a large variety of antiques
ground facilities on any of the
Additional antique machinery is
smaller populated counties in thr
sheltered under an outside area
state
which was added by Harold Peck In
The first county fair was held in
thr fall of 1961 Pecks moved a log
1VI2 in what is now the city park and
i a bin to I lie grounds from the foot of
the north of Mam Street In Hepporr
Madison Butte, and com p letely
Wallace Smead was the first Fair
refurnished it with authentic fum
manager and is credited with having
ixhmgs
Recent major improve
a great influence on its promotion
mrnts include a large fill adjacent to
Records show there wrre 200 entries
highway and installation of cyclone
and no premiums paid
fencing
1984 necessitated instal
The first fair pavilion was located
lation of sewer lines throughout the
in the park area on Main Street
grounds, and three phase electrical
along with a large shed for storing
service to accommodate increasing
county road equipment
The pavi
power demands
lion was built by ranchers and
Endeavors to continuously up
volunteers who donated time to build
grade facilities are reflected in the
this building specifically for a fair
work which has gone into the
When the fair was not in prygeeSf it
grounds and activity is now in
was used for dAnce* and roller
high gear to prepare for a combined
skating Records show that the 191S new format, which will see the Eair
fair paid ilio o for premiums The
and Rodeo running concurrently
1916 fair was held Sep? 14 15 and 16
Aug 14 IB
In m i 0 N t l m i M
floor was
ruined because of flooding and 1919
was a severe year of drought with
meager crop*
That year Irngon
won first in community exhibits, and
Hoardman had the best school
Visitor* who havr enjoyed floral
exhibit
In 1930. Hoardman held the first decoration* on thr lair ground* thr
Commercial Fair. Sept 23 Kxhibits pa*t few year* car espert to see
were sent by express to the state fair rxpandrd displays thi* year a* thr
in Salem Hoardman was the only local garden dubs from Hrppner,
county fair held that year Fairs tn tone and Islin gto n are planning to
the south end of the county were held make the ground* come "A liv e in
with container* of (dooming
interm ittent for a number of years
The Fair at Heppner became a plant*
Garden club container gardener*
permanent annual event in 1999
when it was moved ¿o the present havr watered. Irrtilurd. snipped
site on Hinton ('reek This acreage faded (doom* and loughl thr g r a n
was acquired when the county hopper* to a standatill on over
traded the block on Mam Street to three hundred planters to Tie used
Tri
the city for the C C C camp location around life lair ground*
which had been vacated
Old chairman of thr staging committer
barracks buildings were con verted Pat Pettyjohn Katie H arm , and
into usage iwr ihe same The north Martha llohrrty are planning some
end of the county discontinued their new garden spots and other floral
fair When it became a state law in surprise*
In conjunction with the Fair
1954 limiting each county to one fair
From 1923 through I9J0 the County Mower show thr dub* are alao
Extension Agent took the lead in sponsoring a new contest a Scare
See thr prrmium
putting on the fair until the County crow Contra!
The scaresrrnws
Court appointed three persons to book for detail*
arr to he entered on Tuesday and
form a Fair Hoard
In 1952. a block building was built will br staged on an outside wall of
at the fair grounds, known as the thershibil hall They will fir judged
pavilion and the annex and other by a public ballot Caah prim * of
additions were added later
The f|i> I* and W will br awarded by the
garden dub*
Floral displays
expanded
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