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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday June 11, 1953
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
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ROBERT I'ENLAND
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GRETCIIEN PENLAND
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter.
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents.
To Those Who Helped,
Our Thanks
In this issue of the Gazette Times we have, on
this 50th anniversary, compiled what we believe
and hope is one of the most comprehensive group
of authentic stories and pictures of the Heppner
flood ever gathered for a single publication. It
could not have been done without a lot of extra
work and help from many persons. To all of them
we want to extend our sincere thanks for the in
terest they took to get us the information, and for
the time many of them spent to either tell or write
their remembrances so that the stories they had to
tell could be put into print.
Each individual story carries the name of the
person telling it, but in most cases it doesn't say to
whom it was told. The credit for being a good
listener, and then a good transcriber, goes to Mrs.
Tom Wilson, for it was from her typewriter that
many of the stories came into news form. We ex
tend to her a special thanks for the time and ef
fort she has spent (luring the past three or more
months to get for us these many eye-witness ac
counts of the great disaster.
Many of the pictures used In this edition are
the valued property of the Gazette Times, as Is the
old copy of The Oregonian from which several
articles were taken, but for several others we give
credit to Mrs. Sadie M. Sigsbee for their use. It Is
only logical, too, that they should come from her,
for shortly after the flood, she married the photo
grapher who took many of them, Bert Sigsbee.
We know that in some of the descriptions and
locations written to describe the pictures used,
there undoubtedly have been a few mistakes creep
in, yet so far, we haven't been able to uncover any
j-erious ones. Several long-time residents helped
us with these identifications but their names are
going to remain our secret if some of the descrip
tions are off a little in minor points, it's our fault.
As we have said elsewhere, this edition is not
to celebrate, but to commemorate. It is meant too,
to record the "little" happenings that we believe
are just as important as the overall "big" story of
the flood in fact, even more important, because
these little stories will not be remembered too
many years longer by those who are yet able to
tell them, though the main story will be in histor
ies for years.
It is actually for the generations to come, rather
than for we who are here today, that this edition
has been compiled.
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By N. C. Anderson '
Morrow County's delegation of
1 H club members to 411 Summer
School are making last minute
preparations for the trip. 4 II
Summer School will be held this
year at Oregon State College,
June 10 through the 2(ith. Thirty
five 4 II club members, who have
done good work and have met
the qualifications set up by our
4-11 leaders, will attend. In order
to earn a trip to 4-H Summer
School a club member must be at
least 13 years of age, have com-1 group will travt
pleted at least 2 years of 4-II club
work, and have completed all
projects successfully. Attending
from Morrow County this year
be: Carol Ilamillon, Sharon Fus
soll, Marie Potts, Maxine Sicard,
Connie Baker, Albert Seeber, all
of Boardman; Carol Hill, Dorothy
Hinkley, Nancy Graybeal, Jeanne
Calif f, Nora Jane Hinkley, Nancy
Iloadley, Sally Coleman, Michael
Califf, Dale Macey, all of Irrigon;
Jean Ann Swanson, Barbara San
ders, Sue Coleman, Grace Mc
Cabe, Billie Seehafer, Gerry
White, Wayne Kail, Richard Ek
strom, Alvin McCabe, Jerald Rea,
Janet Wright, Meredith Thomson,
and Deane Graves, all of Heppner.
Paul Tews, lone, will accompany
the group as chaperon. Mrs. Maud
Casswell will be in direct charge
while assisting with classes (lur
ing the summer session. The
this year, by
LATE McKAY EXCERPTS
in six public and informal soc.
ial meetings in Oregon the past "Drunkern a skunk."
week Serrptarv of the Interior The district judge apparently
Douglas McKay said: recognized that as being pretty iweok
"President Eisenhower Is a bril-; drunk, as he fined tne accuse
liant man keen of mind and asi$100.
approachable as the person in the The same judge, Val D. Sloper
mi i,,v,i oi,,,rv,ca,.oo of the Marion county district
tnis weeK assesseu a iw-
Francine Moyer, Dick and Shir
ley Kononen left the last of the
lor OOKllMIUciii-, .u...,
where they will spend the sum
mer vacation at the form of their
uncle, William Cunningham.
it New Hobby
A icw Star Willi
i , h .- , if
. j 4 jr Mums Cnry
(iRi I'rrrruu, l'J-vear-oliI movir ami li'lrvisiim performer,
makes wall plaque from peanut butter jar lids. 'Die caps are
ili' orated with characters from the Walt Disney movie "I'ctcr Pan."
(.ici's )I.Miie contains eiht dilterent characters from I tie Karrit play.
chartered Greyhound bus. An in
teresting program is again out
lined for our 4-H boys and girl.3
with classes in the morning, re
creation in t he afternoon, parties
and get to-gethers during the
evening. Among the special at
tractions for the club members
attending summer school will be
a matinee performance on June
24 of the 100 piece U. S. Army
Field Band. The eighteen hun
dred youngsters expected to at
tend the summer school will have
a chance to see and hear why this
famed military musical organi
zation that has traveled two
hundred thousand miles and per
formed in -eight hundred cities in
the U. S., Canada and Europe, Is
called the Kings of the Highways.
June 21 will also be annual bank
ers day. The Oregon bankers will
present Monty Brooks and his
vaudeville troup for their annual
performance that evening. All In
all it looks like an Interesting
session for the lucky boys and
girls who were selected to attend.
A letter was received this week
from Cal Monroe, State 4-H Agent,
congratulating Morrow County on
the contribution which they made
to the 4-H sponsored Internation
al Farm Youth Exchange Pro
gram. Cal reminded us that
there are several IFYE delegates
who have returned during the
past six weeks from trips abroad
that could present their pictures
and talk on their stay before any
group In the county. Jack Wells,
who has just returned from Bo
livia, has one of the finest sets of
pictures and best talk of any
that have yet returned. Jack's
report Is good enough to provide
the entire program for an even
ing meeting. If any of our or
ganizations are interested In
using Jack, we would be glad to
schedule him.
STAR THEATER, Heppner
ADMISSION PRICES
Adults 70c Students 50c Children 20c All . including Federal Tax. The
student rate applies to all who have reached their 12th birthday and until gradu
tion lrom high school or discontinuing attendance at school. If the theater man
agement does not KNOW the patron to be eligible for the student rate, the adult
rate shall prevail.
Thursday Friday-Saturday, June 111213
MONTANA BELLE
Jane Russell, George Brent, Scott Bradv, Forrest Tucker. Andv Deviue. Topside
a solid storv packed with everything in the way of
Plus
FLIGHT TO MARS
Cameron Mitchell, Marguerite Chapman. One of the better entries in the popular
science fiction field. Also, "Johann Mouse", Tom & Jerry cartoon in Technicolor,
Academy Award winner as best of the year.
western, filmed in color
ridin' and shootin'.
Sunday-Monday, June 14-15
PONY EXPRESS
Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Jan Sterling, Forrest Tucker. In Technicolor.
Here is the story of the daring young Americans who established America's life
line to the west over 1"hH) far flung miles from Missouri to California.
Sunday shows at 2 p. m. 4:20 6:40 and 9.
Tuesday-Wednesday, June 16-17
THE I DON'T CARE GIRL
Color by Technicolor with Mit.i Gaynor, David Wayne, Oscar Levant. The Big
Musical about Eva Tanguay, the Bad Girl of show business.
"Cln tYin nuMin t,c nrivnto nnuor
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great that cooperative efforts of
the federal govenment, private
business and public utility dis
tricts are all necessary.
'The historic boundaries of
states should be recognized when
confronting the tidelands oil
question.
"We are in our present condi
tion nationally because we listen
ed too much to what others said.
We do not do enough thinking for
our selves. We moved along in
good times in this country with
the Idea that 'Let George do it'
was a good Idea."
PUNDITS ALL
With farming at a standstill-
fields too wet to work there is a
lot of politics being talked.
Here at the Capitol we get a
cross-country reflex of political
thinking from both Republicans
and Democrats who come from
all points of Oregon on state business.
Some are so naive as to ask if
Governor Patterson will run for
governor.
He has not announced that he
will. Neither has Secretary of
State Newbry. But if you don't
know they will be candidates,
where forever have you been?
Governor Patterson has aver
aged a speech a day for the past
three weeks and covered main
points In Western Oregon.
Recently his friends advised
that being governor but becom
ing so by succession from senate
president, does not give him the
introduction and touch with the
voters he might have, had he
been elected, at the polls.
No ex-officlo governor of Ore
gon has ever been elected gover
nor. Four have tried and failed
So the former senate president
may be speaking at the Rotarians
lunch in your town any week
now.
WALLACE PERTURBED
Lew wanace tninKs it was a
mistake to invite U. S. Senator
Wayne Morse to be the speaker
at the Oregon Democrats' annual
Jefferson-Jackson ($10-a-plate)
dinner.
He Implies in a widely circu
lated letter that as a result the
party will loose registrations,
Who is Lew Wallace? He was
the unsuccessful Democratic can
didate for governor in 1948 and
unsuccessful candidate for con
gress orfthe Democratic ticket in
1946.
PUBLIC NOT NOSEY
State Welfare Commission of
ficials report that only a few in
quiries have been made about in
spection or weuare roils, a law
was passed by the recent legis
lature which throws welfare rolls
open to public inspection.
EPIGRAMMATIC
All state patrolmen arc not as
laconic as this one.
After arresting a man for being
drunk on a public highway, he
noted on the back of the ticket,
court
five-time repeater
on a reckless driving charge.
DRAFTSMEN NEEDED
Jobs are open for experienced
draftsmen in two state depart
it h headauarters in
Salem. Applicants should con
sult their civil service office or
write State Civil Service Commis
sion, James M. Clinton, director
State Office Building, Salem, Ore
gon. A NEW STATE TITLE
The next chancellor of the Ore
gon State Board of Higher Educa
tion apparently will be Dr. John
B. Richards of New York Univer
sity. Acting Chancellor Charles
D. Byrne who took the post three
years ago said at the time he did
not want the office permanently.
Anew title was created this
week by the board when Rich
ards was hired as vice-chancelor
and secretary to the board.
Dr. Byrne has also been acting
as secretary of the board.
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