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4 MORROW COUNTY'S NIWIIAFIB The Heppnw Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppne Time Hlihed November 18, 1897. Connolidated February 15, 1912 NSWSPAPIR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Yeaf; Elsewhere TO THE EDITOR . . . Dear Sir: As a graduate of Lexington high school (1956) I was very dis turbed to learn of the activities of the "Educational Betterment Committee" directed at closing Lexlngon High school. Most of the arguments used by this or ganization are either fallacious or ridiculous. Perhaps the biggest argument of this organization (who, inci dentally violated a federal law by sending anonymous letters through the mail) was the de ficiency of the curriculum offer ed by Lexington. If a complaint is to be justified here, it must be on the grounds that the curr iculum does not prepare stud ents for college. In my own personal exper ience (I am a sophomore at the University of Oregon)' I have found that people from smaller schools are better prepared for college than those from large schools offering all feasible high-school courses. It is true that those coming from larger schools may be better intellect ually prepared for college stud ies, but their immaturity more than offsets this advantage. Scholastic deficiencies can be made up, but there is never another chance to grow up. It is my contention that Lexington High school off ers an opporunity to achieve ma turity that could not be match ed by any merger. Very Truly yours, Don Casteel To The Editor: I read with interest your edi torial of March 20, regarding the founder of the Heppner Gazette. You said that several old-timers had told you that it was John Watermelon Reddington that founded the Gazette, but you are all wrong. Following Is a con densed history of the Morrow County Press: The "Gazette" was established on March 30, 1883 by a joint stock company, with Henry Hep- STAR THEATER Thurs.. Frl., Sat.. March 27. 28. 29 The Hard Man Guy Madison, Valerie French, PLUS Rockabilly Baby Virginia Field, Douglas Kenn edy, Les Brown Sun., Mon., March 30, 31 Les Girls Mitzl Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Tralna Elg, Gene Kelly and many more. Sunday at 4, 6:10, 8:20 Tues.. Wed., April 1, 2 To Hell And Back Audie Murphy. Family nights, and Heppner residents who live on Aiken, Water or K streets, or north of these streets to the city limits may reg lser at the boxofflee for free show. iiiiiiniiiiiMMiiuiiiiiiniiniitiiMiiiMiiiiMuiiiMiniiiiiiiiMiiiniiuiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiinininiMiinMiiiiiiiiiiiii 0m mm 1 ANNOUNCING- I Opening Tuesday, April I FREE ICE CREAM CONES FOR ALL NO FOOLIN'!! f OPEN-DAILY AT 1 1 :30 A.M., CLOSED MONDAY -SUNDAY AT 12:30 1 I THE WISHING WELL 5 TOM AND NEVA WELLS 7riiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiii'iiii,ll11,lillillliitM ikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiuiitjiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii in ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publleher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher pner, Jack Morrow, Ellis Minor and several other old-timers, with J A Stine as a principal owner and the very first editor. Less than a year later the pap er was sold to John W Redding ton, an old Indian scout and re porter. He kept the paper for a little less than five years then sold it to the Rev Henry Rasmus (uncle of Orve's). Rev Rasmus was one of the very first preach ers in Heppner and was a Bap tist. Mr Rasmus kept the paper till sometime in 1886 when he sold it to the Patterson Publish ing Co, with Otis Patterson as edior. When Otis Patterson mov ed to The Dalles he turned the paper over to Corleis Merritt,-who continued as editor until Feb ruary, 1900, when the paper was again sold to Mr Reddington. He kept the paper for only a few months and sold out to Warnock and Mitchell. In a short time Fred Warnock bought out his partner, and kept the paper un til he sold it in 1911 to Vawter Crawford. The Gazette's first rival was the "Heppner Record", but this paper was soon absorbed by the Gazette. On March 1, 1892, the Gazette issued its first semi weekly. The Gazette published many large issues of this paper and sent it to all the eastern states, advertising the advantag es of coming to Morrow county to live. The semi-weekly was dis continued in 1897. On November 18, 1897, the Shutt Publishing Company in vaded the field and established the "Heppner Times" with E M Shutt as editor. At this time the Gazette changed to an eight page weekly and has remained a weekly ever since. The Heppner Times was a four page weekly. About a year or so after the Heppner Times was established, the "lone Herald" and the "Hard man Homestead" was launched in the county. The lone Herald was established on December 28, 1898, with Miss McMicken as owner and editor. The Hardman Homestead gave up in 1900 and transfered its subscription list to the Heppner Times. In January, 1899, the "lone Post," edited by G S Parker came out as a rival of the "lone Herald." In March, 1900, Mr Parker sold the lone Post to J G Crawford, who sold it to Miss Virginia Doaton the following July. Miss Deaton was still running this paper at the time of the Heppner flood of 1903, then sold out to the Gazete and quit the field for good. Her paper was a four-page six col umn weekly. Sometime after Mr Crawford bought the Gazette from War nock, he purchased the Heppner Times and edited the two pap ers under the name "Heppner Gazette Times" and to this day It has been known by that name. The "Bunehgrass Blade" was esablished In Lexington some time in 1886 by Jerry Nunan and gave up the ghost about 4 years later. The Lexington Budget was published for a little while, but was not a success as a newspap er. Now comes Mr A J Hicks, who for a number of years owned and edited the Spokane Spokesman. He sold this paper and went to Ellensburg, Wash in the fall of 1889, then sold out and went to Heppner the latter part of 1891 and purchased the Heppner Tim 11:30 A. M. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOClTATlJqN I U U Oregon, as Second Class Matter 34 00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. es. He sold out a little later and went to Castle Rock, Wash and bought the Cowlitz County Ad vocate, but later sold this paper and returned to Heppner and bought out the interests of the Heppner Times from Mr Shutt in 1910. In 1913 came a young man by the name of E G Harlan who with his brother L K Harlan es tablished the "Heppner Herald" and later on in the year pub lished for a few months the "lone Bulleton" with L K Harlan as editor. There was a dispute be tween Vawter Crawford and E G Harlan about which one brought the first linotype machine into Morrow county. Mr Harlan told me (Yeager) that he had pur chased the machine ahead of Mr Crawford, but through a mis take of the railroad in deliver ing it to the Gazette Times of fice, he supposed he had to take second place. The Harlans' also started a little paper either in Irrigon or Boardman, but it soon quit. Mr Harlan put up a brave front, but lacked the financial support and soon went to the wall, leaving the county with the old "Gazette" once more in full control of the county press. Years ago, a small group of Eightmile farmers organized a newspaper company, but it fizz led out and no paper was ever published. I do not know the exact year that Vawter Crawford died, but the Gazette Times was in posses sion of the Crawford family un til the year of 1951 when O G Crawford sold the paper to Mr and Mrs Robert Penland, who still own and edit the paper. The paper is still going strong under the able management of the Penlands' and it would take a strong paper indeed,' to gain a foothold in the newspaper field of Morrow county. Dr J Perry Conder started a paper about 25 or 30 years ago, which he had printed and mailed to every one in the county, but he soon gave this up. Many more pages could be written about the Morrow county press and especially the one and only Heppner "Gazette". When I was a boy, my mother always called our paper the "Gizzard" and for a long time I thought that was its name. O M Yeager Dear Editor: Mr S G McMillan,' a native son of Lexington has just inform ed me that I left out one paper which was published in Lexing ton, The Wheatfield was one which I overlooked. That paper was published between the Bunehgrass Blade and Budget. Bert Mason Milwaukie, Ore County Agent's News ' Bill Barratt, president of the Morrow County Livestockgrow ers Association announces that a meeting of the general mem mership will be held on Monday evening, April 7. This meeting will be one of the more im portant ones of that association for the year when recommendat ions will be discussed as pre sented from the several active committees of the Association and resolutions adopted which will go on to the Oregon Cattle- j men's Association for considerat- HEPPNER r.AZETTE - NEWEST SPRING FASHIONS SEEN . . , i-vi f ri is Kl AT CIVIC LEAbuh j Last Wednesday evening a large crowd attended the annual spring style show given by the Heppner Civic League, at the Elks temple, for the benefit of the kindergarten. The committee in charge of the event included Mrs Fred Gimbel, Mrs James Norene, Mrs William Labhart and Mrs L E Dick. Mrs Philip Blakney and Mrs Paul Koenig were In charge of the refreshments. Mrs Labhart was commentat or and Mrs Gordon Pratt played background music. ; Intermission numbers were vo cal solos by Mrs Norman Peters, accompanied by Mrs Vic Krei- THIRTY YEARS AGO From the files of the Gazette-Times March 29, 1928 The music study club held a verv interesting meeting at the A M Phelps home on last Mon day evening. B G Sigsbee was elected pres ident of Heppner Country Club at a meeting Monday evening and Francis Doherty, secretary-treas urer. Mr and Mrs Henry Schwartz en tertained a number of friends at their home on Wednesday even ing, the occassion being their 27th wedding anniversary. The officers of the fourth grade which were elected this week are as follows: president, Ruby Northness; door tender, Marshall Fell; board cleaners, Lola May Coxen and Genevieve Hanna; flower tender, Billy McCabe; nurses and doctors, whose duty it Is to inspect the face, hands, teeth and clothes of every pupil each day the last one in each row, and leaders, Viola Kirk and Lloyd Burkenbine. Miss Odile Groshens of Portland was a weekend visitor with rel atives and friends in Heppner, her former home. Last Saturday the Boy Scouts took a hike up Willow creek. They started at 5:30 and cooked breakfast after reaching camp. ion at their annual meeting. The annual meeting of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association will be held in Ontario on May 12, 13 and 14. Livestockgrowers are urged to attend this meeting which will be held at the county court room, beginning a 8:00 pm. Those who have not had the op portunity to join the Associat Continued on page 'i OF THE Th B Air Sporl Sadcrn wild tvtry window ol every Oitvroet is -and ill Compare 'cm and see. The closer you look at Chevrolet and the other low-priced cars, the faster Chevy comes off as the biggest buy in its field. Big in size. Extra big in value! Look at Chevrolet's fresh new '58 look. This one's all new lower, wider and a full nine inches longer. Look at the fine crafts 8ASED ON FACTORY UST MAT & TlMES, Thursday. March,j7. 1958 I i L-t inuvv mever. and a dance by Sheridan i Wyman and David George. Local stores showed the latest In spring fashions for women, girls, children and boys. The cor sages were donated by Dick's Greenhouse and the Heppner Flower Shop decorated the tables. j Small fry modeling were Kathy j and Karen Blake, Kent and Kev-: an Pratt and Leslee and Tammy Meador. MnHplin? womens' dresses were Mrs LaVerne Van Marter, Mrs Don Hatfield, Mrs Earl Mc Kinney, Mrs Marshall Lovgren, Miss Joan Wright, Mrs Jean Mal lory and Mrs William Scrivner. Teen-age models were Janice Martin, Shirlee Gaines, Mona Howard, Janice Beamer, Ronnie Belsma, Phyllis Quackenbush, Nancy Anderson, Eddie Grosh ons nuane Alderman, Jim Mor ris, Mike Healy and Harold Gray. A special feature was wedding dresses with Mrs George Rugg wearing the 1898 wedding dress of her grandmother, Mrs Gedola Ball: Mrs Willard Blake wearing the 1926 dress of Mrs Sam Turn er and Mrs Kenneth Turner wearing the gown she chose for her own wedding in February. RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY It is with profound sorrow that Sans Souci Rebekah Lodge No 33 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows adopts the follow ing rseoultions: Whereas, the Almighty Father has seen fit to call our beloved sister Bernice Groshens to her eternal rest, and whereas, her presence and help will be sore-, ly missed. ' Therefore, be it resolved, that Sans Souci Rebekah lodge No 33,' in testimony of its loss and in expression if its love, drape the charter. Be it further resolved the lodge be extended to the family of our departed Bernice Groshens, and be it further re solved, that a copy of these res olutions be spread on the min utes of the lodge and that a copy be sent to the bereaved fam ily. Her life was no brief candle, but a splendid torch which will continue to shine brightly for all who knew her; Even death has a wonderful mis sion. Tho it robs us of those we love It lifts our hearts from our surr oundings To long for that meeting above. No matter how great the despair Doesn't Heaven seem nearer and dearer To know that our loved ones are there. Hazel C Bauman Jessie Furlong Naomi Matthews Committee CHEVROLET IS LOWEST P THE LOW-PRICED THR MODELS MOST PEOPL iff. vww, j 7 Body by fisher. Saltly Plate Gosi. you get more for manship of the only Body by Fisher, in the low-price field. Sample Chevy's spirited performance. Feel its solid, smooth big-car ride. Add up all you get and weigh it against Chevrolet's low price and long famous economy. You'll find that nothing else near the price offers more for vour , ... -ii i . . ... ' "iuncv. i our PRICES POR COMPARABLE SEDAN AND HARDTOP MODELS, See your local authorized Chevrolet dealer FULLETON CHEVROLET COMPANY 5 M"IN PWAMP e.oaoi SEE YOURSELF IN A BETTER LIGHT! Use plenty of 100-watt or 150-watt bulbs where you work and read. Good light saves sight and it costs so little to enoy! PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY BEST SOLUTION for those unwelcome visitors when you're away from home on your vacation is a Safe Deposit Box in our vault. Get one! SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES ARE INEXPENSIVE Be Sure Your Valuables Are Safe At A Cost of Less Than lc A Day HEPPNER BRANCH O)AW(0F o) Eastern Oregon YOUR FRIENDLY HOME-OWNED BANK Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation iiiiiiiii '.,,,",: t TWI?fmilf If iff infmrerfwn, h rm immrifr i in zn your dollars besidesl nevroiet dealer will prove it. Illlllllllllllllll mini : : Air Conditioning-temperatures made to order lor all-weather comfort. Get. a demonstration I E BUY! ..:..... """iiiimw mnK, You'll gel the best buy on the best seller! 1 HEPPNER, OREGON
