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Page 10 - Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, W ednesday, July 29, 2009 Back in the saddle again Mike's Mobile Slaughter & Processing 130 W. Coe. Stanfield, OR 97875 1949 court rides in to take up court duties F By David Sykes With no local young women applying for the Fair & Rodeo Court this year, the 1949 court is coming back together to pick up the 541-449-1716 Res. slack When 1949 Queen and local rancher Custom Processing in Beef, Pork and Lamb Shirley Rugg heard there would he no court this year, she called the fair and offered the sen ices On the Farm Slaughtering o f the court that reigned 60 years ago. “I like Smoking and Curing available Pictured (T.-R) are the 1949 Fair and Rodeo Court. it," say Rugg about coming back as a group “It Dorothy Wiglesworth Graham, Faye Cutsforth, Shir ley Rugg, Betty Walker Edwards, and Ingrid Hernirn is our last hurrah,” she says with a smile Now doing our own smoking & curing! Recalling the time she spent on the Crawford. A ll s m o k e d / c u re d item s eourt all those years ago Rugg said the five girls are v a c u u m s e a le d . were “pleased as punch to represent our county and our town " She said the girls were 16 to 18 years old Among the rodeos and parades they attended were Round-up, and Elgin and Fossil rodeos Rental lockers available fo r “We provided our own transportation for ourselves and our horses,” she said. She remembers the your frozen food needs girls going to a luncheon at the Catholic Parish Hall where they all introduced themselves. The court got together five years ago and rode in the Morrow County parade and also in M IKE A JU D Y J U L I O , Owners the Pendleton Round-up parade Rugg said the group had planned to get together this year to ride in the Morrow County parade, but when it was discovered there was no court this year, the group agreed to step in and as sume the honorary court duties The youngest o f the group is 75 and Rugg herself is 80, but she is still going strong and rides on a regular basis working cattle for a local ranch She said this may be the last y ear the court gets together Rugg's four princesses, Fay Cutsforth, Betty Walker Edwards, Ingrid Mermen Craw ford and Dorothy Wiglesworth Graham, are coming from the Tri-Cities, Pendleton, Weiser and Sun City, AZ, respectively. When on the court, all the girls Till amooK County Creamery A ssociation, were from the Heppner area except Dorothy Graham, who celebrating a century of excellence. cam from Echo 541-449-3763 Shop f 5 r r O u r tra d itio n o f creatin g high quality, great ta stin g cheese was started 1 0 0 years ago hy o u r foun d ers, today, we work hard to carry o n th o se tra d itio n s and values. SEED CLEANING Tillamook Cheese M ad e in 1 illa m o o k a n d B o a rd m a n , O re g o n ON FARM SERVICE “Have Cleaner. Will Travel” IN BUSINESS 25 YEARS c/H Jim's Seed Cleaning A Treating Jim Harting (509) 382-4874 627 Harlem Road Dayton WA 99328
