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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 30, 1951
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MOBHOW 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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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter,
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THEY DESERVE CREDIT-
The Morrow county fair board, along with a
good number of local residents and nearby ranch
ers deserve a vote of thanks and some hearty
congratulations for the work they are doing to
replace the two fair buildings lost by fire less than
two weeks ago.
Time left before the fair was short when the
blaze came and before the ashes were even cold
there were "curbstone conferences" already start
ed among board members and interested parties
about what to do. The discussion was short, but
evidence shows they were to the point, for shortly
after daybreak Monday following the fire, county
trucks and road crews were cleaning up the de
bris and by Wednesday of that week reconstruc
tion had already started.
Money and materials were immediately do
nated to replace the burned buildings and along
with them came offers of volunteer labor the
most needed of all help.
This weekend will see the completion of the
work. In less than two weeks two new buildings
are to be ready for fair exhibitors. We think that
is a record few other places can match.
True, the buildings will not be shiny aluminum
like the former ones, nor will they be completely
enclosed, but inasmuch as they are intended for
stock showing, they will be entirely adequate and
possibly better than the old ones.
With two new show buildings, a practically
new fair pavilion, new restroom facilities, new
rodeo field fencing and a good many other re
pairs and additions to the area, Morrow county
Fair and Rodeo grounds will be in better shape to
accommodate the crowds than ever before.
The Gazette Times Offers its congratulations to
everyone who aided in accomplishing such an
excellent job in such a short time. We know Mor
row county citizens join with us in saying
"Thanks."
Strife Ridden Penitentiary
State penitentiary guards claim
that the prison is In deplorable
shape with convicts virtually run
ning the institution.
At a meeting of 140 guards held
just after the eight-day sit-down
strike, when convicts went five
days without food, a report was
released and accusations made
that:
There Is no adequate plan of
defense in event of a riot.
The cons are in control.
Prison rules have been relaxed
to the point of danger.
Gambling Is wide-open among
the convicts.
The convicts use obscene and
abusive language to and about
the guards.
Convicts threaten the lives of
guards frequently.
Beatings are going on all the
time among convicts to keep the
power of ringleader intact.
Guards have discovered caches
of gasoline inside the walls.
Discovery of quantities of an
alcoholic drink made by the
prisoners called "pruno" have
been reported.
One guard said a convict told
him that the prisoners had a re
gular arsenal of knives and other
weapons "all set to go."
Newbry Checks on Payments
The practice of covering pay
ment of split salaries by drawing
checks payable to a department
of state then endorsing them to
an employee has drawn the criti
cism of Sccietary of State Farl
T. Newbry.
In an audit made by Newbry's
office the Educational Surplus
Property commission showed that
$1086 had been paid to an sm
ployee in San Francisco in the
forms of wai rants and checks
made payable to the E. S. P.
commission.
Other alleged practices of the
commission uncovered by New
bry and called to the altrntion
of Governor Douglas McKay in
cluded, forwarding of receipts of
the commission to an employee;
payment of salaries in excess of
that authorized by the state Civil
Service commission; operating a
service station without legal
authority and purchasing and
warehousing of tires and tubes
in the amount of approximately
$50,000, without authority.
Newbry quoted the 1947 enact
ment law creating the commis
sion and providing that "all
money received under the pro
visions of this act shall be paid
by the state educational 'agency
for surplus property to the state
treasury for credit to the said
surplus property revolving fund".
Unusual Poker Play
An infrequently used law on
gambling loss recovery is the
basis of a suit brought this week
in Marion county circuit court.
Jack Putnam is suing J. P,
Schimberg to recover double the
$1,178 loss allegedly sustained in
a Salem poker game. No money
was used. Putnam wrote Schim
berg a check, which the latter
cashed.
Putnam wants recovery of $2,
356 on the basis of the Oregon
statute that provides that "all
persons losing money or any
thing of value at or on any said
games shall have a cause of
action to recover from the deal
CHURCHES
METHODIST CHURCH
J. PALMER SORLIEN, Minister
SUNDAY, SEPT. 2
Morning Worship and Sermon
at 11:00 a.m. Special Service.
Special music by the Choir and
Dedication of Choir Robes. Mr.
Oliver Creswick, director.
Sunday Church School at 9:45
a.m. We have a class for every
age. Youth Fellowship Class and
Adult Bible Class at this same
hours.
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.
Suzanna Wesley Circle of the
Womans Society of Christian Ser
vice meets the Third Wednesday
of each month at 2:30 p.m.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
EARL L. SOWARD. Pastor
Phone 2222
9:45 a.m. Bible School.
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship.
Guest speaker, Lorna Mae
Jones, a graduate student at
Texas Christian University, Fort
Worth, Texas.
Soloist. Marie Soward. a senior
at Northwest Christian college,
Eugene, Oregon.
8:00 p.m. Evening services,
message by the pastor. Special
! music.
Monday, Labor Day, several
cars will go to Cove Christian
Church camp grounds for work
and fellowship.
Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Church
Fellowship dinner, followed by
choir practice and monthly board
meeting.
ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Episcopal)
Holy Communion 8:00 a.m.
Church School, 9:45 a.m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon,
11:00 a.m.
Holy Communion on Wednes
day at 10:00 a.m.
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er or player winning same, or
the proprietor, twice the amount
of the money or double the value
of the thing so lost." At least four
cases have reached the state
supreme court, which each time
confirmed the plaintiffs right to
recovery. Iri one instance the re
covery was $19,000.
Work Permits for Children
During the rush of cropping
and processing now in full swing
in the state an important Oregon
labor law frequently is overlook
ed, says Labor Commissioner W.
E. Kimsey. The child labor law re
quires that each employer must
get his own permit from the bur
eau of labor before he can put
a minor under 18 years of age on
a job. Those under 16 years of
age have special restrictions on
the kinds of work thev are per
mitted to do and are allowed to
work only between 7 a.m. and 6
p.m.
Worthless Checks Climb
Worthless checks aggregating
$161,000 were presented to the
state tax commission in payment
lor income taxes during the first
six months of this year, said Ray
Smith, state commissioner in
charge of the income tax depart
ment This is approximately $100,
000 more tharr the amount of the
bad checks received durine the
corresponding period in 1950.
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Kindergarten In
Third Year,
Advangates Given
The Jay Cee-ette kindergarten
starts its third year on Septem
ber 10. Heppner is one of the few
small Oregon communities to
offer the advantages of kinder
garten. It is within the reach of
all parents because the Jay Cee
ettes subsidize the school to keep
the fees low and offer mothers
opportunities to work for their
children's .tuition. The school Is
held in a community building
and uses public land (the future
Heppner park) as a playground.
It has had wide public support
and acceptance throughout its
existence.
The following article is the first
of two concerning kindergarten
education in general and the op
eration of Heppner's kindergar
ten In particular which have
been prepared for the Gazette
Times by the Jay Cee-ettes.)
Why are kindergartens valu
able? Because children learn In
a group association desirable
habits, skills and modes of be
havior which will ready them
for school. We send children to
kindergarten for the same reason
we don't try to teach them to
read and write at home; school
educates them in the three R's
while helping them to learn to
get along with other people.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Miss Fay Young arrived in
Heppner this Wednesday evening
from her home in Newberg, for
a short visit at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Clive Huston.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo went to Port
land Monday to be in attendance
at a medical meeting in that city
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Nys re
turned home the first of the week
from a visit to the Hood River
valley, where they enjoyed sev
eral days of an outing at Mt.
Hood Lodge. Before returning tq
Heppner they took a run to Port
land and down to Astoria on the
boat, taking advantaee of the
cneap rates on the river route.
Since few of us become hermits,
it is as important to be able to
live happily among our fellow
men as it is to be able to read
and write.
But, you may say, my child has
other children in our family and
in the neighborhood for play
mates so he (or she) won't need
kindergarten.
Your youngster may not need
pre-school as much as the only
child, but supervised play is as
important to the five-year old
as Sunday School is to the pre
schooler. We start children to
Sunday School as soon as they are
able to understand and enjoy lis
experiences.
But, you may say, my child al
ready knows how to print his
name or count to .ten. He (or
she) is - really quite ready for
school anyway.
Kindergarten does very little
teaching of printing or counting.
Instead, it shows the child why
such things will be taught in the
first grade. It offers opportunities
to each child to use his abilities
and to prepare him in the way
he needs for entering school.
Often the child who is large en
ough and mature enough to be
in school, though required by
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