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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 15, 1951
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School Folk Did Their Part
There was one thing in connection with the re
cent March of Dimes campaign which must have
appealed to our readers. That was the part play
ed by the school children. While segregated am
ounts have not been reported from all of the
schools, or had not been received up to the time
of writing this article, the support by the schools
was notable.
Hardman, with just a handful of youngsters,
turned in $12.55. This was approximately four
times the amount from the same source in 1950.
The lone school accounted for $37.04; Boardman
school over $60, and the Heppner school $317.91.
Lexington and Irrigon contributions were not
given in separate amounts, while Cecil and Pine
City contributions doubtless were turned in at
the Arlington and Echo schools, respectively.
Educational material relative to the March of
Dimes campaign was given wide circulation in
the schools and teachers also did their part in en
couraging the children to aid in stamping out
the polio menace.
The response by the young people is evidence
that they are unselfish and that they will do
their part as young citizens when given an op
portunity. There probably will be no public rec
ognition of their generosity other than appears
herewith, but the Gazette Times is speaking for
the community in commending them for this
outstanding service.
Should Plan Recreational Facilities
A matter that has been agitating the local
ranger's office of the National Forest service
seems to have captured the chamber of com
merce. At least some attention is being given the
question of making greater use of our forested
areas for recreational purposes. This is a subject
that is close to the hearts of the foresters and
they have done no small amount of planning,
mapping and other preliminary work to set up a
system of recreational parks or campgrounds
throughout their jurisdictions. The time has now
arrived when the forest service must have a little
assistance as funds for this part of the program
are none too plentiful and the scope of their de
velopment program is limited to the meager funds
on hand or that can be made available.
Attention of the forest service has been called
to the need for an outlet for the people of the
rapidly expanding industrial centers of the area
Hermiston, Pasco, Kennewick, Richland and oth
ers of the upper Columbia river basin. This par
ticular section of the Blue Mountains does not of
fer anything big in the way of fishing, although
hundreds of people from the river belt visited the
streams in the Heppner area last year and wheth
er or not they got much of a catch they at least
got recreation out of a day in the mountains.
The forest service has in mind suitable camp
sites where our local people and those from sur
rounding neighborhoods may find relief from the
midsummer heat, even if only over the week
ends. Some sites have been chosen and a limited
amount of work done. Unfortunately, for the for
est service, other larger and more suitable sites
are held by private parties who probably have
developments of their own in mind. Whether
these plans include public use has not been di
vulged but the recreation committee of the cham
ber of commerce will probably enter into the pic
ture by trying to bring about a consolidation of
interests to provide acreage and facilities for a
sizeable campsite.
For all any of us know, the growth that has
been in progress around Hermiston and similar
communities affected by government projects
may be but a beginning. In fact, it can safely be
stated that the climax is far off. The day of un
restricted use of the forests is past and our people
will have to face the problem of taking a hand
in developing facilities, if nothing more than to
help acquire sites which the forest service, with
its know-how and equipment can build efficient
ly and economically. We cannot put up a barrier
to people from the outside because, in the last
analysis, our mountains are their mountains. We
can best serve ourselves by helping make the
mountains usable, by assisting the forest service
program of preserving our natural resources thru
proper practices in the forested areas, making a
continuing program that will assure recreational
facilities for future generations as well as for the
present.
It is hoped the chamber of commerce will take
advantage of this opportunity to do a real serv
ice. "Frightened By Washington"
A Wall Street Journal editorial tells of a friend
of the editor who recently bought a new furnace.
He didn't need it now the old one would have
lasted through this winter and possibly the next.
Also, he had to borrow the money. So he was ask
ed why he didn't postpone the purchase. The pa
per reports: "He said he was frightened by the
Government. For all he knows, when the normal
replacement time comes he may find that the
only way he could get a furnace would be to
apply to a National Furnace Administration, fill
out a million forms and wait six months for an
okay from some bureaucrat. Meanwhile, he'd
freeze.
"So he's buying something he doesn't need to
buy today but will need to buy someday, adding
to his own burdens and also, in a small way, to
total consumer demand. And he's doing all this
because Washington has scared him into doing
it
"If Washington wanted more shortages as an
excuse for more controls, it could hardly do bet
ter than it's doing."
The hard fact is that, while Washington has
been weeping crocodile tears over inflation and
scarcities, it has been pursuing policies which
make more inflation and more scarcities inevit
able. All the controls ever imagined by man will
be ineffective if people lose faith in the integrity
and actions of their government and if their
government keeps on spending their money like
a drunken sailor for non-essential things. It is all
very well to talk about national unity, but unity
must be earned, not just requested. It's time our
government quit frightening us.
30 Years Ago
February 17, 1921
The death of C. B. Sperry oc
curred suddenly in Portland
Tuesday. A stroke of apoplexy
was the immediate cause of his
death.
The principal event at the
Commercial club meeting Friday
evening was the unanimous el
ection of F. A. McMenamin as
president and J. W. Fritsch secretary-
treasurer.
Henry C. Ashbaugh, a respect
ed citizen of Heppner for many
years past, died at his home Sun
day, February 13. He was 42
years of age and leaves a wife
and two small daughters.
Kenneth Mahoney, one of the
tellers at the First National Bank
was executing a turn with his
Ford on the corner when the car
toppled over with sufficient force
to break Mr. Mahoney's leg close
to his hip.
Due to House Bill No. 268 the
officers of Morrow county will
receive an increase in salary, the
judge and county school super
intendent to receive $1800 and
WE HAVE MOVED
To a New Office Location at
108 North Main
Former Heppner Cleaners Bldg.
A$ yow local FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP
Representatives, we invite you to come in and
bring your Automobile, Truck and Fire insur
ance problems.
Marvin R. Wightman
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the treasurer $1000 per year.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
McMenamin in this city Satur
day February 12, a son.
B. F. Swaggart is now able to
be around again after a severe
tussle with pneumonia, which
had him down for a couple of
weeks.
The Boardman Mirror is the
latest adventure into the journa
listic field and Mark Cleveland
is the publisher. It will be pub
lished every Friday.
CHURCHES
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Pastor SHELBY E. GRAVES
Life's greatest tragedy is to
lose God and not to miss Him.
Sunday 9:45 p. m. Sunday
school. Lesson topic "Jesus in
Gethsemane." Matt. 26.
11 a. m. worship service.
7 p. m. Singspiration.
7:45 p. m. Evangelistic service.
Tuesday 7:45 p. m. Cottage
prayer meeting in lone.
Thursday 7:45 p. m. Bible stu
dy and prayer meeting.
"Him that cometh to Me I will
in no wise cast out." John 6:37.
METHODIST CHTJRCH
J. PALMER SORLIEN, Minister.
Morning worship and sermon
at 11 a. m. Special music by the
choir. Oliver Creswick, director.
The sermon topic thks Sunday
will be 'The Hilltops of Life.'"
Sunday Church school 9:45 a.
m. There is a class in our church
school for every age beginning
The oAmerican Way
AMERICAN WAY FEWER STRIKES
By MAURICE E. FRANKS
If it is legally possible, I should
like to see the Taft-Hartley law
amended to the point of making
it mandatory that, before a strike
shall be instituted, the workers
involved shall be accorded full
means of analyzing both sides of
the controversy.
In line with this, I suggest the
law be amended to require that
before a strike vote could be ta
ken a period of ten days must
elapse from the date the union
duly files its grievance claim.
This would allow the union and
the employer ample opportunity
to present their particular argu
ments on the issue at hand to
the workers involved. This per
iod would enable both parties to
make their presentation on pa
per, which could be mailed right
to the home of the worker. This
would automatically give the
workers an opportunity to study
the full situation as it exists and
to decide for themselves whether
a strike should be called. At
home and in sober consultation
with the members of his family,
each one of whom would very
likely be directly affected by the
calling of a strike the worker
would stand a better chance of
judging the total situation be
fore casting his vote for or ag
ainst a strike.
Within a reasonable period af
ter this was done, the union
would be permitted to send out
a strike ballot by registered U.
S. mail, return receipt requested,
to each and every person to be
affected by a strike. This ballot
would be returnable to a desig
nated post-office box accessible
only to a duly authorized repre
sentative of the union, a duly
authorized representative of the
at 3 years old; also Adult Bible
class and Youth Fellowship class.
Mid-week prayer service on
Thursday at 7 p. m.
Thursday choir practice at 7:30
p. m.
Womans Society of Christian
Service meets the first Wednes
day of each month at 8 p. m. Su
zanna Wesley Circle of the Wo
mans Society of Christian Serv
ice meets the third Wednesday
of each month at 2 p. m.
Feb. 25 is Laymens Sunday.
The laymen of our church will
nave cnarge oi the service on
that Sunday.
Feb. 18 to 25 is Week of Dedi
cation in the Methodist church
over the world. Let us erect an
altar within our heart and home
and pray for our country, the
church, the world and ourselves
each day.
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employer and a duly authorized
representative of the National
Labor Relations Board.
The machanics of the secret
ballot would operate somewhat
as follows: A member would re
ceive an envelope addressed to
his home, containing instructions
for casting his ballot. These in
structions would tell him to ex
ecute the ballot according to his
personal desire, voting simply
yes or no on the strike issue.
The marked ballot would be
sealed in a blank envelope and
returned in the envelope ad
dressed to the post office box.
On the back of the envelope
bearing the post-office box num
ber would be space for the vot
er's original signature thus mak
ing possible a check against the
registered-mail return receipts to
establish eligibility of the ballot
so returned.
The secret ballots contained in
blank envelopes would have to
be opened and counted in the
presence of the duly authorized
representatives of the union, the
employer and the NLRB.
After the counting of the votes
in the duly authorized manner,
the result of the balloting would
immediately be made known
through suitable notice.
If the vote is in favor of a
strike, no work stoppage could
yet be instituted. The law would
require a period of 50 days el
apse from the date the results of
the strike vote are posted. This
waiting period could be utilized
by the disputants for the purpose
of endeavoring further to resolve
their differences.
There is no doubt that this
suggested plan of mine will cre
ate some controversy. Some peo
ple will assert that such a system
of voting infringes upon the
rights of the union leader. Labor
bosses may argue that if a sys
tem such as this be required of
the unions, it should likewise be
required of all chartered organ
izations not coming under the
Taft-Hartley Act organizations
such as the Masonic Order, the
Knights of Columbus, Rotary and
other clubs.
My answer to this argument is
simple: Such organizations are
not by their very nature express
ions of economic power. They do
not pull strikes or in any way in
jure the public. Their activities
do not deprive you and me of our
right to use the telephone or ride
a train or street car. They don't
throw picket lines around busi
ness establishments. No child,
because of them, has ever been
deprived of milk, no home of
heat, no human body of proper
nourishment.
This plan, if enacted into law
as an amendment to the Taft
Hartley Act, would, I believe, im
mediately provide the American
worker with the possibility of
using the powers of analysis the
good Lord endowed him with. It
would afford him opportunity to
examine carefully both sides of
a potential strike issue. Further,
it would enable him to study the
facts, come to a sober decision
and execute his secret ballot in
an atmosphere removed from the
turmoil and confusion of a heat
ed union meeting..
The immediate result of the
procedure I propose would be
FEWER STRIKES FOR MORE
PEOPLE.
o
G. Doherty's Last
Minute Shot Wins
Hot One For lone
Gene Doherty's last minute
hot shot gave the lone Cardin
als a thrilling 31-30 basketball
victory over the Umatilla Vikings
at Umatilla Friday night. This
victory gave the Cardinals a com
manding 2 game lead in the Lit
tle Wheat League race. Trues
dale led all scorers by hitting 14
points. Doherty scored 10 for the
winners.
lone, 31. Bristow 5, Doherty 10,
R. Baker, D. Baker 7, Peterson 6.
Umatilla, 30. C. Nobles ,7,
Truesdale 14, Mosely 7, Devin 2,
Foster.
Subs: lone, Morgan, Kincaid,
Rea 3, Palmer, Brenner.
Umatilla: McCulIough, Harry
man, Bullard, Johnson, Roundy,
S. Nobles.
Halftime score: lone 19, Uma
tilla 18.
Officials: Sands and Mcintosh.
Preliminary: lone 37, Umatil
la 28.
HEPPNER
GAZETTE TIMES
The Heppner Gazette, established
March 30, 1883. me Heppner
Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15,
Published every Thursday ana
entered at the rosi umw m
Heppner, Oregon, as second
class matter.
Subscription price, $3.00 a year;
single copies, luc.
O. G. CRAWFORD
Publisher and Editor
"THE THING" REVEALED
AT BASKETBALL GAME
Due to the illness of Mr. Coll
ins, the band clubs meeting sche.
duled for February 12 was post
poned, as was the Saturday
street playing.
Mary Gunderson ably directed
the band for the Helix-Heppner
game, at which "The Thing" was
exposed.
Amid much speculation the
huge box was drawn upon the
stage. After tense seconds came
a burst of fanfare, the wrappings
were torn away to reveal our
very own Ellis McRoberts a
laugh for every one. The winner
of this clever idea was not announced.
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