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Bruce Gibb left yesterday evening
for Bremerton, Wash., where he goes
to accept a position with a concern
working on national defense pro
ducts. Mr. Gibb is a trained mach
inist and has been with Ferguson
Motor company for the last several
years, more recently handling ra
dios and parts. Mrs. Gibb and the
children will join him later. He
was accompanied as far as Seattle
by Mrs. Orville Smith and son Jim
who will visit for a few days at the
.home of Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Pfeiffer.
Mrs. J. A. Anglin arrived home
Sunday from Yakima and Seattle.
She had been at the former place
for several weeks assisting with care
of her son-in-law, who. was critic
ally ill.
Al Lovgren was treated at a local
physician's office yesterday for a
badly cut right foot, accidentally
received while chopping, wood.
Mrs. Oscar Minor entered Hepp
ner hospital Monday for treatment.
She suffered a slight stroke at her
home.
Jack Glavey returned home this
week from Heppner hospital, having
recovered from an attack of flu.
Mrs. Chas. B. Cox went to Port
land Monday in company with Mr.
and Mrs. Truman Babb.
THE
Hehisch
Published by the Students of
Heppner High Sqhool
A Letter to the Editor
This letter is being written to ex
press a definite disagreement with
the band editorial written in the
last issue of the Hehisch.
It is an established fact that a
good musician needs practice. It is
also understood that for several
years the majority of the practice
hours put in by the members of the
band have been put in at home after
school hours. Two hours a week
for practice under the supervision of
an instructor should be sufficient.
Compared with other schools we
have almost the same amount of
time for practice.
Abolishing the chorus classes
would be taking an unfair advantage
of the students who are not in band
but who wish some type of musical
instruction.
The band editorial mentioned that
the chorus did not turn out any
chorus girls. Speaking of singers,
not dancing girls, your writer wishes
to enter a definite disagreement.
Our chorus class has turned out
many very fine voices and is still
doing so.
Another point we should like to
establish is the fact that each year
the operetta is put on by the stu
dents taking chorus. The operetta
gives, the student body some finan
cial support every year and is one
of the outstanding events of the
school program. Surely no one would
suggest abolishing the operetta, and,
yet in substance, that very thing
was implied by the editorial.
Your writer does not wish to
run the band down, because, like
everyone else, the writer is inor
dinately proud of the record won
by the band in the years gone by
and is eagerly awaiting the laurels
to be gained by them in the future.
It is the hope that this letter to
the editor will show in some way
the inadvisability of abolishing the
chorus classes in Heppner high
school. Opportunity should exist for
all types of musical instruction.
Gone and Forgotten
- On January 16-17, the high school
students were given a trea that has
long been awaited. Yes, you said it,
the semester exams are over. Should
we sleep until the end of the year
Mrs. Truman Babb entered a hos
pital in Portland yesterday morning
for treatment of an illness with
which she was suddenly attacked. In
response to telephone word, her son,
Norton King, and daughter, Mrs. J.
V. Crawford and son Jim left im
mediately for the city. Mr. and Mrs.
Babb had returned to Portland on
Monday after spending several days
in Heppner on business.
Henry Howell received word this
week from his son, Richard, who is
in California that the son was in a
cast for a broken back, received
recently in an automobile accident.
RUSH WORK ON LIBRARY
Oregon State College Placing of
the brick veneer on the new three
story wing of the library here has
been completed by the contractors
and work on the interior is being
pushed by the contractor, L. L.
Quigley. L. N. Traver, superinten
dent of physical plant and super
visor of the building construction,
says that with favorable weather
it may be possible to complete the
addition in time for it to be used in
the third quarter. The new wing,
on the west side of the main build
ing, will increase the lirbary seat
ing capacity nearly 100 per cent and
provide book storage for five years'
growth.
and again wait for the treat, the way
so many did the first semester1 or
should we look into the future and
keep our daily work up so that we
will kn&w the material so well that
we will not have to stay up til mid
night (starting two weeks before the
exams) to study or polish up on the
material that we should already
know? If we would keep up on our
school work and learn it as we go
along, there would not be that head
ache at the end of the year.
Valentine Dance Planned
The band is planning a dance to
be held at the Elks hall, February
15, for the purpose of obtaining
money for new uniforms.
Why not follow the custom start
ed by the Patron Saint of Valen
tine's day and pick out your fav
orite damsel and escort her to the
dance? It would help the band out
a lot, and boy! What fun you could
have, too.! ,
Come one, come all to the band
Valentine dance and don't foreet
to tell your parents and townsfolk.'"!
High School Evaluation
On February 3-4, a state evalua
ting committee has been invited to
visit and evaluate our high school.
They will go over the entire school
and evaluate it upon the basis of
some carefully worked 'out criteria
which are used as a basis for check
ing the entire school building, in
struction, administration, curricu
lu, student activities, , and related
phases.
This committee is headed by D. A.
Emmerson, assistant state superin
tendent of schools. On the commit
tee there are five outstanding pro
fessional school authorities from this
part of the state. One of the com
mittee members is James Burgess,
who was the superintendent of the
Heppner schools in 1927-1929. Other
members include Dr. Roben J.
Maaske, president Eastern Oregon
College of Education; Mrs. Lucy
Rodgers, county school superinten
dent; Austin Landreth, superinten
dent of schools, Pendleton, and
George Corwin, superintendent of
schools, Boardman.
All member high schools of the
Northwest Accrediting association
are now evaluated once every five
years by the Northwest High School
association. There are now 80 be
longing to this northwest associa
tion. We are one of these.
After their evaluating has been
completed, the results will be fur
nished to the local schooj author
ities so that they will have an eval
uation of all the important phases
of the school program.
Use G-T want ads to dispose of
your surplus stock.
Statehouse, Salem, Jan. '23. With
the usual preliminaries out of the
wey, the legislature is now down
to serious work. The first several
days of the session are always tak-.
en up in organizing, election of
speaker, filling the various offices,
the governor's address, committee
designations, etc. A real hot fight
of over two months' duration de
veloped for the speakership of the
house, with Robert Farrell of Mult
nomah county a close winner over
William A. McAllister of Jackson
county by three votes. Mr. Mc
Allister bowed to defeat most grace
fuly and proved himself a big leag
uer in every sense of the word.
Anyone can be a good winner, es
pecially in politics, but it takes a
thoroughbred to be a good loser.
It's the opinion of many astute pol
iticians around the statehouse that
Bill McAllister will go a long way
in the political field.
The new Oregon code, which was
supposed to have been ready for
delivery to legislators January 13,
started out to be a mess. Several
errors were found, but what isn't
generally known is that one of the
supreme court judges and his secre
tary found a whole flock of other
errors. Fortunately, they were cor
rected and the supreme court put
its o.k. on the corrected volumes.
The San Francisco publishing house
that did the printing was sweating
blood. It stood to lose a pretty pen
ny on the deal if the books were
rejected, and for a few days it look
ed as if that very thing would hap
pen. So now the usual flock of new
bills can be expected, as legislators
have the new code for guidance.
The first seven days of the ses
sion were very tame, so to speak.
Only two or three highly controver
sial bills were dropped in the hop
per of either house. However, there
is plenty of dynamite under the sur
face, with the fuse in a certain leg
islator's pocket, scheduled to have
the match touched to it in a few
days. The said package of dynamite
is wrapped up in a new truck bill
granting additional weight and leng
th to trucks. The railroad lobby is
here enmasse to see that the bill
does not pass and just as many
truck men, if not more, are on the
job buttonholing every senator and
representative possible to see that it
does pass. The fur is bound to fly,
and how.
Both houses are trying to prac
tice economy and hold expenses
down. However, said economy evi
dently didn't apply to Joe Singer,
veteran sergeant - at arms of the
house. Joe had, his salary boosted
from $5 to $6 a day. A bit of bad
news for the rest of the hired help
was the dictum of no overtime pay
except in special cases, which are
to be passed upon by a committee.
To Miss Ann L. Leisch of Portland
goes the honor of being the first
woman ever appointed a deputy ser
geant at arms and Joe doesn't seem
to mind it a bit.
Not nearly the big lobby here
this session that usually appears on
the scene, representing everything
from soup to nuts, and much to the
disappointment of some of the cus
tomary entertainment with free
drinks and eats seems to be taboo.
Many old-timers who have been
members of the "third house" for
years are conspicuous by their ab
sence. Of course, it wouldn't be a
legislative session without fish, rail
roads and utilities. Their repre
sentatives are on the job, but very
Plenty of political talk is heard
around the corridors, although the
next election is almost two years
away. What will Earl Snell do seems
to be the big question. Will he be
a candidate for governor, or seek
the toga of United States senator?
Snell has to retire from the office of
secretary of state when his present
term expires in January, 1943. No
third term for this office. Some of
the, politically wise think he will be
a candidate against Governor Spra
gue, who is almost certain to seek
re-election. Others think Senator
McNary will retire at the end of
his term in 1943, and if so they be
lieve Snell is a cinch to succeed
him.
Observations: The press section of
the house is crowded this session;
just room enough to turn around,
and that's all C. C. Chapman,
editor of Oregon Voter, seems to be
more at ease as a member of the
fourth estate than as a lawmaker,
which he was last session. . . . Many
new faces among members of both
houses. . . . The house seems strange
without a woman legislator; Han
nah Martin and Mrs. Munroe are
not present this year. Senator Dor
othy McCullough Lee is the only
woman member of the upper house.
Ben Cox, who has been under
going hospitalization for flu, is re
ported much improved. He is at
Heppner hospital.
WE LIKE TO HAVE
That's why we offer
To anyone breaking present high
score, $5.
To high man bowler each week,
10 FREE GAMES.
To high lady bowler each week,
10 FREE GAMES.
YOU WILL LIKE TO BOWL
FOR
Pleasure-Health
Relaxation
HEPPNER BOWLING ALLEY
O Public Opinion
My Uncle Sam:
He say to me, Sammy my son you
all must dig in and help usens all
ter defend dis her great big USA
agin that old Devil Hitler he think
he would like fer ter move over
here and run things, we alls got
another thunkm, so I piches in and
woks like I was a killing snakes
when here comes long feller who
sayin ter me Hey you all don't work
so fast, if ye don't stop hit we Yun
ion Laborers will all walk out. Say
I, I thought that Uncle Sam wanted
usens to speed the defense makins.
Durn yer ol Uncle Sam we labor
bosses is a runnin this har country,
yer better lay off ef yer want yer
good health yer can't wok now
unless yer jine our Yunion, I says
ter him I done got a union suit
haint that ernough. Not so yer hill
Billy. How much do hit cost. $25
Bucks, what ef I doan have the $25
Bucks, then yer cant fend the old
flag. Sure this here is a quere world
Well I will hev to sleep on hit. so
long Pard hope Hitler doan move
in ter night.
HANK HAWKINS.
CALL FOR WARRANTS
All outstanding warrants of School
District No. One, Morrow County,
Oregon, up to and including War
rant No. 6448, will be paid on pre
sentation to the district clerk. In
terest on said warrants not already
called ceases January 24, 1941.
ROBERT V. JONES, Clerk,
School District No. 1,
Heppner, Oregon.
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