MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Time established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1812
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ROBERT PENUND
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
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Not Wasted Money
Monday, April 14 Is the date of the special
election in the Heppner school district when
voters will be asked to approve a one-year special
levy to raise $25,000 with which to complete the
fund for the modernization of the high school
science laboratory, commercial department and
library. A like amount was approved last year,
and this year's levy will complete the fund re
quired for the much needed improvements in the
school plant.
Some questions have been asked if such an
improvement will not be a waste of money con
sidering that eventual school reorganization
might bring a union high school In a new build
ing. That answer is NO!
First of all, a union high school cannot possi
bly be a reality for at least several years and
the modernization of the present science, com
mercial and library facilities have been long over
due. Present and upcoming students badly need
the improved facilities.
When unionization of area schools does be
come a fart, the present Heppner hifh school
building will be used for a junior high plant, so
the Improvements will be ready for those stu
dents. A modern lab is as needed and useful In
Junior high as it is in a senior high school. Mon
ey spent now for these needs will not be wasted.
Half the needed money has been approved and
the taxes paid. Your affirmative vote April 14
wiil get the work started so that next year Hepp
ner high students will have adequate learning
tools in these important courses.
of government at all levels federal, state and
local but, in the final analysis, the schools of
each district will be only as good as the citizens
of the district deserve in response to their In
terest and support. If instruction of facilities are
not adequate, if curriculum is weak, the reme
dies are at hand through the instrument of a
democratically elected school board. If a local
school system is superior, its strength is largely
a reflection of enlightened participation on the
part of Its patrons.
It's folly to try to pass the buck when it comes
to our schools. (The Oregonian)
THIRTY YEARS AGO
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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. April 3. 19S8
Dr A
From the files of the
Gazette Times
April S. 1928
D McMurdo has
Initiation Held By Lex VFW Auxiliary
had
ODD ENDS ...
With this week's editorial column tending to
run mostly to education, we offer the following
item from the Industrial New Review which Is
on the same subject:
"Admiral Rickover, who is called the father of
the atomic submarine, is extremely critical of
'frills' in American education. An AP dispatch
quotes him as saying: 'I'd throw all of the fringe
courses out of our schools. For instance, in one
Illinois school system they have a course in how
to know if you're in love. In another school they
have a course in rest you get credits for resting.
And in Florida they have a course in flycasting."
We agree, they should hardly be clssified as
"vital" to the educational program of any school.
Grass-Roots Assignment
Idaho's novel "town meeting" program to get
grass-roots opinion on what Gov Robert E Smylle
has called "educational questions that press for
decision" may not uncover all the answers, but
It is worthy of wide attention. If it accomplishes
nothing else, it puts emphasis on the place the
answers must be found: In each local community.
American education has need of the support
We really started something when we got our
founders tangled up a few weeks ago in our
editorial about our 75th birthday. We have since
received many letters and calls telling us of our
mistake and setting us straight on the early his
tory of the Gazette-Times.
Elsewhere today is another letter quoting a
most authoritative source, a book on Oregon
newspaper history by George Turnbull, former
Dean of the University of Oregon Journalism
school a source of information we should have
remembered, but overlooked.
Anyway, our mistake(s) are now bringing out
the truth of the past.
Rv DELPHA TONES . Mr and Mrs Dale Hatfield of
L. ut l lv Roseburg, and Mr Clark Jackson
. inu iniuauuii s ucju uj. uiw ' ,i t nnnarrl Rirrptt of Salem
workmen busy this week prepar- auxiliary of the Edwards-Way and Leonard Barrett
ing the residence property he re- VFW JL on Thursday night at i'ere visitors at the J E and Don
cently purchased from B G Sigs- their hall. Those initiated at this 1 Hatfield nomes over i..c
bee for a new hospital. ; time were: Marj Angell and Ruby end'
Munkers of Heppner and Suel Mrs A F Majeske and grand-
The arrival of twin heifer calv- Hams o Ione Refreshments were 'daughter Debbie Majeske return
es in the herd belonging to Ray served later jed on Monday from a vacation
Wright was an incident of this r-Hwarrts is a natient in in handle, Washington at the
week. Considering the present piAr mS al hospS Income of Mr and Mrs Jack
aging occurence. n..
account of colds.
Clyde Erwin, Dean Gilman and Paul and Max and Mrs Don
Paul Doolittle are back in school Grant were Spray visitors over
alter beme absent a week on the wppkpnd. !
Mrs Armin Wihlon is employ
ed in the Lexington Cafe.
Mr and Mrs Pete Darnielle and
family of La Grande were call
ers last week at the Burt Darn
ielle home.
Mrs Burt Darnielle and chil
dren were recent visitors in The
Dalies.
The Women's town team mot
ored to Boardman on Saturday
Mr and Mrs H R Olden of
Eight Mile were Heppner visi
tors yesterday.
A piano recital of the pupils
of Mrs M W Bower was held at
the home of Mrs Frank Turner.
on Saturday afternoon when the
following pupils were on the pro-
Cm m TVf n rlnrio Tin rrni TnM n i a
Swindig, Anabel Turner, Ethelinigntiwheretthey met the f"
Hughes, Ella Fell, Freddie Farr-
ior and Jeanette Turner.
To The Editor:
Just received my Heppner pap
er and I noticed a couple of mis
takes which I wish to correct.
I said Rev Henry Rasmus was a
Baptist. He was a methodist and
the very first Methodist preach-
Lexington high school will pre
sent an evening of entertainment
on April 9 to raise money for a
trip to Pacific University at For
est Grove, Oregon where they
have been invited to participate
in a one act play contest. The
first event of the evening will
Delpha Jones. The styles of past
and present will be featured.
The cast of "Homework", the
play to be presented in Forest
Grove on April 11th, will be pre
sented for your enjoyment
"Homework is an amusing one
act play about the Pepper fm.
ily, who are taking home study
courses and who cold shoulder
Trudy's (Charlene Jones) boy.
friend, Muscles, Murrey (jim
Steagall) until they discover he
'is a walking encyclopedia of
technical information. The cast
includes, Papa Pepper, Keith
Peck; Mrs Pepper, Dora Sue Dav
idson; Timothy Pepper, Charlene
Jones; Helen Pepper, Pat Steag.
all; Muscles Murray, Jim Steag.
all.
For an evening of fun and en
tertainment come to the Lex
school auditorium.''
There will be a Three Links
club food sale Saturday morn-
be a style show narrated by ing at the post office.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
man town team in an exciting
game of a ladies basketball.
TVirti, n;aia AafavtaA Ttlfl tnum
o OM fin a toamL.. fj , tv, onnnai piroonn ' Bob Matthews will meet to se.
ICIUIV-O Bit AUiliiillg nmiMjn ICCU lilt U.HHUW rrfK i A n 4- a ,. ,
Wheat League sponsored 4-H and "--j su lo mi xne
A number of 4-H club mem- Kenneth Smouse,-Bernard Do
bers have beef, sheep and swine ' herty, Mrs Kenneth Peck and Mrs
for softball and anyone interes
ted is urged to join them and
may call Gae Papineau.
Mr and Mrs Homer Hughes and
son Matt were Milton-Freewat-er
visitors on Monday.
Let's not forget the Easter day
TO THE
EDITOR ...
To the Editor:
I read with great interest the
letter by Don Castecl, a former
student of the Lexington High
school, in defense of that in-
ing its efforts by Don Casteel.
The committee was pleased to
note that Don concurred with
primary thesis "It Is true that
those coming from larger schools
may be better intellectually pre
pared for college studies." 4
We are genuinely concerned
about the lack of a curriculum at
Lexington to prepare our child-
stitution. It Is a shame that a ren for their future. We are will
new group has sprung up in an ling to sacrifice our time and ef-
attempt to close the school. If all
the high schools in Morrow coun
ty were to merge, the end result
would still be a small school
with no saving to the taxpay
ers. I graduated from the Lexing
ton High school twenty five
years ago in the class of 1933
and am now, at long last, In
my Freshman year at Portland
State College. There were cert
ain groups then which declared
the Lexington school to be in
adequate. There have been many
such movements since. In the
meantime, graduates from Lex
ington continued entering col
lege at a par with students from
more populous areas, completely
Ignoring the fact that the merg
er advocates claimed It to be Im
possible. From my associations with and
observations of my classmates
who have graduated from some
of Portland's finest high schools,
I feel quite certain that Lex
ington's graduates need not
fear of being unable to com
pete. If the student from any
high school does not have eith
er the ability or the motivation
to learn, he won't get very far
In college.
Respectfully,
Sam G McMillan
13224 SE Oatf ield Rd
Portland 22, Oregon
forts to work for improvement in
education.
A meeting on April 11, 1958;
at 8 pm at the Lexington Grange
hall has been planned around
a panel of speakers to try to
Dear Sir:
The Educational Betterment
Committee was extremely inter
ested in the comments concern
answer questions. We are recep
tive to any constructive ideas
which will help to solve our pro
blem. We are working on the
premise that major school im
provements have to begin with
the people.
Very truly yours,
Gene Cutsforth, Sec
Educational Betterment
Committee
To The Editor:
The best way to get an argu
ment started is to start quot
ing history. After your editorial,
"It was J Watermelon" I hesi
tate to get into the act, but Geor
ge Turnbull's "History of Oregon
Newspapers" says:
"Heppner J H Stine of Walla
Walla, Washington, father of
many Oregon newspapers, laun
ched the Heppner Gazette, first
newspaper in Morrow county,
bringing the first number off the
press march 30, 1883. Heppner
was small and struggling in
those days, and the battle be
tween the honest, hardy pio
neers and the rougher element
parasitic on the new communi
ties was by no means over when
Stine arrived to start his paper.
The publisher moved a small
printing plant (Washington hand
press, etc,) from Portland. After
a short time Stine, as was his
wont' disposed of the new paper,
The purchaser was John W Red
ington, old scout and Indian
fighter, who gave his friend Ow
en Wister a lot of his 'stuff for
The Virginian, first and perhaps
greatest of all westerns. Colonel
Redington was chief of scouts for
Gen O O Howard, who once wrote
a glowing tribute to his scout's
courage, resourcefulness, and in
dustry. Colonel Redington carr
ied these qualities into his edi
torial work. Years before, he had
worked on the Oregon Statesman
and on the Willamette Valley
Farmer for S A Clarke,
"Redington was, withal, a hu
morist and eccentric. When he
arrived in Heppner, where he re
mained for five years, he had
just finished a season of fight
ing Indians, and the prospect of
a little more fighting didn't dis
tress him, On the Gazette he be
came one of the best-known edi
tors in Oregon. He was always
picturesque. While running the
Gazette, he had painted snappy
signs on fence boards and rocks
all over the countryside adver
Using his newspaper, 'The Hepp
ner Gazette,' read one of the
signs, 'Hell on Horse Thieves and
Hypocrites' and another pro
claimed 'The Heppner Gazette
Bangup for Bustles.'
There is quite a bit more but
J Watermelon must have been
a real editor..
Sincerely,
Carl C Webb, Manager
Oregon Newspaper Pub Assn
Eugene
STAR
THEATER
Thursu Frl., Sat, April 3, 4,
Whispering Smith
Alan Ladd, Robert Treston
Brenda Marshall, PLUS
The Young Don't
Cry
Sal Mlneo, James Whitmore,
J. Carrol Naish.
Sun Mon., April 6, 7
My Man Godfrey
June Allyson, David Niven,
Martha Hyer and others. Sum
I day at 4, 6, and 8.
Tues Wed.. April 8. 9
The Far Country
James Stewart, Walter Brenn-
an, Ruth Roman. Anyone gett
Ine mall on Rt. 1. HePimer
may register at the boxoffice
for a free show Tues. or Wed.
Better to be sate
than to bo sorryl
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er In Heppner. The Methodist ! breakfast to be given at the
Episcopal church, North, was or-.VFW hall on Easter morning.
ganized on November 7, 1885, but
did not build their church until
1888. Rev Rasmus first preached
there on July 22, 1886. The Bap
tists built the first church In
Heppner In 1878, on private prop
erty which later belonged to Rev
Rasmus. It stood on the lot now
occupied by the Richfield serv
ice station. Rev Rasmus sold the
lot and moved the church (Bap
tist) to the corner where Lan-
ham's apartment house now
stands. He then deeded the prop
erty to the Baptists. My sister,
Mrs B H Peck and I went to
Sunday school and church there
when we were kids. Our parents
were members of that church.
The other mistake was the
way I spelled Mr Redington's
name. I had two d's In his name.
The two Redington girls were
schoolmates of mine years ago in
the Heppner school that used to
be way up on the hill east of
town about where the hospital
now stands. These two Reding
ton sisters live in Vancouver,
Washington, and f hear from one
of them occasionally.
I see Bert Mason has ment
ioned one Lexington paper that
I also overlooked, though I have
it in my notes.
Here are a few items from the
Lexington Budget:
Lexington, Oregon, Thursday
Dec 12, 1889: LOST several
Chronic Croakers who have been
in the habit of constantly abus
ing this country as a farming
district. Finder will please keep
under lock and key.
Same paper, same date:
WANTED Practical men to In
vestigate the advantages of Lex
ington as a location for a sorg
hum mill.
Same paper, same date
WANTED Men of Life, Vim
and Energy to locate in Lexing
ton and prevent moss from tak
ing root.
Same paper, same date:
Keep your eyes on Morrow coun
ty. Lexington is the coming
town, and Morrow will be the
next county to boom Into prom
inence. Heppner Gazette, Nov 6, 1890
While climbing high up in a
hen roost last Thursday night,
Dr Shipley fell, bruising himself
some. Since writing the above,
we deem it advisable to say that
the doctor was in his own hen
roost.
Dr Shobe was the very first
doctor In Heppner and Dr Ship
Icy came next, I think around
1880. 1 have the exact date in my
notes.
O M Yeager,
Castle Rock, Wn
FFA Stock show and sale which
will be held at The Dalles on
Junt 9, 10 and 11. First 4-H mem
bers to register their intentions
to exhibit were three members
of the Rhea Creek livestock club.
William Rill, Heppner will ex
hibit a steer while Archie Ball
and Kenneth Wright also Hepp
ner, will exhibit fat lambs. En
tries from all club members are
due in this office by May 1.
While we are discussing 4-H
club activities we would like to
remind those 4-H club members
that records for selection of 4-H
summer school delegates are due
in this office on Saturday, April
5. All 4-H members who were
at least 13 years of age by Jan
uary 1, 1958, and who had com
pleted two years of club work
and all projects enrolled in the
past year were recently mailed
a letter asking that their 4-H
permanent record sheet be in
this office by the deadline. The
summer school selection commi
ttee composed of 4-H parents,
quota of 32 members who will
represent Morrow county. The
dates of this year's summor
school are June 16 through 22.
Scholarships in the amount of
$25.00 which provide for the dele
gates will be solicited soon. The
first to be received this year was
from the Pjne City home exten
sion unit. They hold the dis
tinction of being the first to pro
vide a 4-H scholarship in each
of the last three years.
The date for applying for the
1958 Conservation Reserve con
tracts Is April 15. Under the Soil
Bank's Conservation Reserve the
government will pay up to 80
of the cost of establishing soil
and water conserving and wild
life habitat practices; also make
annual per acre payments so
long as the Conservation Reserve
contract remain in effect and is
complied with. Those who might
be interested should contact the
County ASC office for full par
ticulars. Continued on page 7
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