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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1961)
l HCrrHCl CAItTTt TlMti. Tautsaef. ' mobiow coowm wtwifArri The l!rM.irr CHte, eetabllshed W.r 30. "L'JYi Hmel .blUhcd .November 18. 1W7. luniid.ia r.bruaiy 15. 112. WCSUCT A. iKM4AH editor M FttblUlMt NlWlfAfll ruiuiMHi AIIOCIATIOM HtLXN C tHCXMAN AtMciole fublubef NATIONAL Oil Oil At Suhxrlftlon Rate: Mrrow and Grant CuntU. H0 Year; Else SvhSi. Cory 10 On. '-'-r.Th nd Enters at the Port Office at Heppner. Of0"- Swna Cliu Matter. - Cottle More Important Than Children? Don McEUIcott. member of the .chool advisory t Ion, appeared at the I1 r,,,1n .dl" f1? Monday n j hi and IM attention to . ""'!"J'yih0i will exUt In several location, near Ion .V0" th buse. must load In acme place, around M nd eorn. where vUlblllly U rtrkted and oncomln m rlM. will Jv warning until they are almost upon the halted I bus. 1 e aked if the hoard could obtain cooperation of the State or Oregon w onThe 5.1. highway warning the moi.rl.ta to drive Tie r ly wa. that this situation h.a com. up before mnd he tate na. refWd on the ground, that It ha. too many highway Sen. already The county operate, very well on county road but not the mate on It. highways. We have often seen sign, on .tate highway, warning of cattle crossing, and asking caution because of deer. Are we to Interpret this a. meaning that the .tate Is i more concerned about our cattle and deer than It I. about our children? How Readers May Help Make a Better Paper During the past .evcr.l week, the Gaietta Tlrne. publish, era have received many compliment, from reader., and we Icklowledge them with gratitude. Thl. very eneur.gement help, our staff do a better Job toward. It. goal of putting out the rt piper of which It 1. capable. Thl. wa. the promise we made upon coming here. While we are In the buslnes. of publishing the paper, we like to feel that It "belongs" to the people of the county. Our readera are an Important part of the "team." Without their help-thcir tips on news, their suggestions, their compll merits" their criticisms, their advertising, their .ubscrlptlon., their Interest there would be no paper. In some specific ways, reader, can be of real help, and we suggest some of these a. follow.: I Call the office, staff members or correspondent, with new. tins whether It I. a bad accident you have Just witnessed or whethel U Is ust that Aunt Sue ha, been at your Jam. jr visit. A newsman has no mysterious method of learning or news and very often he only hears of It when someone takes the trouble to tell him. It should be remembered too that a weekly paper Is not primarily made up of "big news but Is Tlw concerned about the "small" Item, that are of interest to you or your neighbor. If you live In Heppner, give us a call when have an "Item," or drop by. If you live In another com munlty of the county, call our correspondent In your area. We aTblLed wkh a fine group of correspondents who do an excel lent Job. 2. Remember that time Is all-Important. Please give us your Information at the earliest possible time. While we can accept , a. late as Wednesday. It helps a great deal If you sub mlT your information as early a. the prevlou. Friday. Late jnews clogs our operation and imposes a distinct hardship on the mech nlcal staff Space Is at a premium later in the week, and when news comes late. It may not get in the paper despite our best efforts. , 41 3 If you are able to write club new., meeting notice, or otheMlems yourself, it helps us to have you do so. However this 2 not essential. We do appreciate having you drop In. ra her than phone, stories with long lists of names or considerable detail. 4 If you know of something coming up that will Involve considerable publicity and perhaps pictures, we appreciate hear Ing of It a week or two In advance. 5 If you have a picture that you want In the paper, we In vite you to submit It. Because of cost and space limitations we can't use as many as we would like, but we are Interested In nhoto "that the majority of our readers will enjoy. Pictures must by Monday for the current week In order to get engravings made elsewhere and have them back In time. Friday or Saturday preceding publication Is better, 6 We welcome constructive criticisms and suggestions. Last week a deader wTote to complain that he could not find the sub Option rates In the paper. Because of this, we noticed tha we had omitted an Important and required part of our mast, head (nameplate) that tells of our mailing permit and sub scription prices. . . , 7 Letters to the editor on matters of Interest, controversial or nonntroverslal, are welcome provided they are kept with S "ZZIZ length. We will not publish letters M J$ mltted unsigned, and we reserve the right determine wMcn letters should be. and which should not be printed. 8 SuoDort of Gazette-Time, advertisers is one of the best wayftoSot?. better paper. Advertising is the , econom c llfeblood of a newspaper. Also, advertising s one J the services that a paper renders to Its community. We do aPPJfe late it when you tell an advertiser that you "saw It In the Ga-zette-Tlmos." a If vou have any special problems concerning news or Wednesday and Thursday If possible. in If vou are publicity chairman for an organization, we have . Le bookletPthat may be helpful to you "f You've Been Elected Publicity Chairman!" Drop in for your copy. II When we make errors, tell u. If they are funny and 12 Forelve us on the rather Infrequent times that we fall to gyouruem in the paper. It Is a rare week when space a JL.ZtLx are exactly equal. When it Is necessary to leave SiSZ outfweTry Md the things that will stand to wait a week. Chaff nd Chatter By Wes Sherman Ed Groshens Takes Tour Across Europe SP4 Ed Groshens. son of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Groshens of Hepp ner. recently took a tour across Europe with a fellow service man and enjoys t0DS n, B'1' slum. France. Spain and Italy, according to a letter to his par ents. He was on three weeks leave. SP 4 Groshens who 1 station ed at Ludwicksburg, Germany, was recently advanced to his present rating, which is equiva lent to sergeant. Before entering service, he went to Oregon State Univer sity for one year. At the present time he is a reporter for the post paper, and has had several articles in the service paper. Stars and Stripes. SP 4 Groshens also drives a Jeep for a colonel at the post U.D MOTHER NATVKE tlmd a.ldrd an embellishment of H hi Morrow county thl .pvrr. tf more mertiful H.an at the time tf the Big Hod. aiul livMrad t4 nratlng a caiai- h Mi onlv s mw wt(h rutiMefble property damge. i:mM aliulieira na thought t4 Hhat wuld have hap- ,4-ne.l If the deluge w rain n- r.ot come Monday evening to .1.H1M- the roaring fire, driven by tong wlml. that coveted the country t,om l'h,n,n utrlkec INTpner. Hardman, Kuggs and other area, got Its beating Mon day evening In one brlrf hour. ne and the Khes creek area t..k It. punishment In another brief hour on the rnulng night at the tame approximate time. . ,,i-wiu th storms came. they were gone, but the long Mad nf cleaning up uu ahead. uriimviRMlsfl In the way that neighbor rallies to help nrlphbor In an emergency euch as this. It Is obvious that people In Morrow county are tu qualnted with the sign, when u. .i.. N'atiira Intends to vent her violence. They don't wait to be called but drop everything at once to turn out and help wherever help Is needed. Farm ers get out with their fire fight ing apparatus, and Jeeps and rr.n nut with their own ers to rush to aid any who might he stranded or trapped by flood waters. When the electrical storm caused fires around Heppner, vol unteer firemen didn"t neeod to be called. They came from all di rections, with others anxious to i,ntn to descend on Fire Chief Charlie Ruggles" office, a nerve mor at times of emergency- They were ready to go where ever needed some to check on flood conditions, other, to oarue fire. Chief Rugg!"S and wire lieien were deluged with phone calls coming over two lines. They were rushed with dispatching equipment and men. and aid enme from north, south, east and west. it wna wood when the sozznng ...in hit and the report came through from all quarters umi the fire situation was wen m hand. SILT COVERED lone Is In a slithering mess in the wane or Its flood. Omar Rletmann, who served as mayor of that city for years, stopped In his work of mopping up city hall Tues day night about 9 p. m. and drily commented: "i was mayor here for a good many years, but I never left city hall In a mess like this!" STATIONED out on the highway keeping a wary eye on the Pa cific Power substation that at one time had 4'4 feet of water In It, Fred Gimbel. local man ager, laughed as he recounted reporting the flood to a new PP&L dispatcher by radio: "Four and a half feet of water!" repeated the voice In credulously. "Judas Priest! (Ed. Note: Reasonable facsimile of his expression) This is my first day on the job here! Whafll I do?" ONE RESULT of the lone flood was that it brought a rash of newsmen to the area. Because phonos were out Wednesday, a number of daily papers dispatch ed reporters in person to the scene. The Associated Press, scouring for pictures, called on us, and Mrs. Arnold Raymond rushed the ones we had taken Tuesday night to Pendleton to give to the East Oregonlan to put on the A. P. wire. Somehow in the rush one of the cut cap tions sent with the pictures was transposed, and the picture that came out in the East Oregonlan ' .t nnnnn Wednesday was one of Oil HUka. irvrurm-ily dertiftl rTr M.n. We bBi pWturr. 4 both that weft snt to the A- r. Our (polo flea go to the rnra fur the error, both nl hom ere tdd!ng ahoveU Turaday nigh' We ruuld no4 uw pMure. f lone In thl. paper breaue we had no way of gating enrrv Ing. made and bat n time. DAD USED to say. Thr U rto rrrtt oa but what thrre U aome .msll gain" Member, of uMii.., rvaM.it rL.tf rlub. survey me their debris covered folf courae. might think of this JM tu at No. 1 fslrw.y. The .ill and mud fame down the canyon and creased the hignay leveled out nicely ovr a wide area near No. 1 green. When the "driftwood" I. cleared sway and grass cover, the deposited .lit. they will benefit by a nice flat fill there. WHILE THE storm captured m"t attention thU week, there were k..M.mii. hiiD.nine. that brought a chuckle or twa BUI Blake of Wilson'. Men. wa. going around with a grimace on his face Tuesday. ,. ik eokh awfullest taste In my mouth." moaned he. "I brushed my teeth with Steph en', hair cream this morning. Bill went on to explain that after grabbing the wrong tube by mistake, he brushed four more times with Ipana. but the dark-brown taste lingerea on, JIM MYERS, gaily galloping down the avenue eariy iue a,., hundl of toy. shout ing greeting, to one and all. and declaring. "If. a great oay. It!" An hour or two later we met him In his Phil". Pharmacy. His fare was sour and nary a smile cracked his countenance. "What's the matterT" we asn ed. "You were so happy out on the street earlier. "Well," he remarked drily, 'I am at work now." SOMETIMES we thing we should run contributed articles In the paper Just as they come In. It would add considerable flavor to some of our reports. This week. for Instance, a youngster sent In a careiuny wnuen story. He wrote that "during the busl- TH11TT TEAM AGO Tim the file the Coiatte-Timet Attftut 20. Itll The tjttf.- nl " ' Eight Mil, owned by Mrs Min nie ft. Furlong, burned to the ground Tu-day afternoon Hept.m-r mUoU will n Aug. 31 Instead of the previous tine H for fU-pt 7. lONE Mr. and Mss, Edmund itrUtow returned lat Friday to their home in Baker after Mend ing a erk ith rrlatlvra here. ne. mei ting we dlgut demon tratlon" PR. A. D, McMURDO has more talent, than being a physician and surgeon. He certar.ly raUe. fine wet corn. This week he brought us a generous supply of ear. from his garden patch, and It was delicious bet we've had all year. HAVE YOU ever seen a bale of hay explmle? No, well Dave Townsend did. It exploded all over the place on a nignway in Montana after he hit It going some 70 miles per hour. The hay covered the car grill, ui.nt imiler the vehicle and wrapped around the drive shaft. and virtually covered me enure car. In trying to get It off the drive shaft, he burned his hand, it ui rloeeed the drive shaft that he couldn't continue. But Dave conceived the Idea of backing up. and the reverse action un wound the hay. so that he could Droceed once more. The car wasn't damaged, and no one was hurt, but there was hay all over the place. The Townsends had a nice trip In spite of the hay explosion. TO THE EDITOR Ed fk.ny and Thomas, are rttjountf a vacation at the fo and the rl.et wn. Edmund. JuM recently returned f'om vacation l In charge of the .tore. nrrttw tcam ago Aueu.t I J. IHI Traw ler, over the Lexington HermUton highway have been watching progre. on iir,w houe guing up v" - Mimn rar. An enii--i ... .. .. .i MMnint to nan plan. M a new reervolr for the city ol llrppner. I.F.X1NGTOS Mr. and Mrs. W n vmn Winkle .nd family were bu!newi visitor, in Pendleton Tuewlay, ti.ii. i ...rti.. feted two young pevpl In Heppner thl. week for VU Laurel Ball to wed Mr. La Verne Van Marter, August 19 and for Mlsa Betty Marie loxen o married August 20 to Mr. Ken neth Hoyt, nVE TEAKS AGO August 16. ltS Farmer, are still harvesting one of the county', biggest crops. Hot weather strikes the county as temperature, climbed to 95 degree. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dkk and family visited her parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Forsyth at Ryder wood, Wn. The coronation of Rodeo Queen Patsy Wright and the dressup parade Is set for Saturday. Visitors at the Arnold Mtlby home Thursday through Satur day were Mr. and Mrs. Lester Reed, Debbie, David, and Karen, of Empire. jvr Editor; T-ly I u it i..-j-i n.i nui l-rpliing and fruKtratlng art that I h" ct r emuur.terrd. A ou pmbably a now tnete wa a H'e on me r mi a-i- .n une near l.ut'i.' Mny fmid mn eie there lo lumbal a gta fir wt.un u.e wmu whipping up!"! from Highway No. f...r fhi.tiiiL thl fire fr a cunilderable time and having It slmot under cntr.i fisr waier supply wa exhausted. During an attempt to teplen r, our up ply of sorely needed water. I aaw a file truck anting on the edge of the pavement. The dri ver wa casually hnr.g a smoke and calmly watching the world g ' . . Upon aklng the driver a. slstance In extlnguUhlng the fire. 1 wa Informed that ho could not assist in the fire fight- Ing with hi STATE OWNED. iTihfflir naid fori fire engine because it wa not in hi district. With the use of this equipment the fire could nave neen inor- oughly extinguished witnin a .hurt time. A. we taxpayers co wisely know (and purchase for our pro- tiH-tioni: one pu-ce oi lire i;- Ing equipment con accompusii so much more, and faster than s man witn a mh'i Ing Its use is criminal. Any person sitting alongside of a "fire in a fire engine and not allowing Its use by the verv people who helped purchase It should be ashamed to show his face In public. I Just can't get over the very idea of a taxpayer owned piece of equipment being denied the use of by a taxpayer salaried Individual. 1 feel that it Is up to our prom inent local organizations, such as our Chamber of Commerce, our Grang. s and other farm or ganizations to go to our State Legislature and correct these kind of situations. Sincerely yours, Jim Gorman Lexington, Oregon STAR THEATER FrU Sat'. Aug. 1M9 Walt DUnet's Absent-Minded Professor Fred MacMurray and a scene stealing dog, Nancy Olson. Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kerk, Ed Wynn sneaks in his hil arious fire-chief scene. PLUS Gala Day At Disneyland In Color. Mickey Mouse Car toon. , Friday and Saturday show, at 6:30 p. m. and 9 p. m. Sua. Mon Aug- 20-21 Margaret Mitchell'. Gone With the Wind A memorable motion picture to salute the Civil War Cen tennial. Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh. Leslie Howard, Olivia deHavilland, Hattle McDanlel, Butterfly McQueen. In Techni color. Winner of ten Academy Awards In the year In which It was made. Sunday Show, at 3 p. m and 7 p. m. Boxofflce close, at 7i30 p. m. Monday On .how only at 7 p. m. Boxofflce closes at 7:30 p. m. NOTICE This is to announce that Dick's Flower Shop remains under the ownership of La velle Dick and will be operatd by her Your continued support and patronage will be deeply appreciated and every effort will be made to supply all your floral needs with fresh, quality flowers, artistically ar ranged with prompt delivery service. 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