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Time established November l. 1H97. Consolidated February 15.
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WESLEY A. SHERMAN
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Chaff Chatter
By Wes Sherman
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Subscription Hat; Morrow and Grant Countle. MM) Year; Else
where MM Year. Single Copy 10 Cerd. Published Every Thursday
and Entered at the Iost Office at Heppner. Oregon, at Second
Clas Matter.
Action-Pocked Week-end in Store Here
Now that the best of Morrow county'a agricultural produce
and livestock have been on display and the 4 II and FFA cluba
particularly have made a proud allowing at the county fair,
the awie change here thla week to actln and entertainment.
It .imi a a very full week end with plenty for everyone to do
and see.
The Wranglers horse ahow. which In reality Is a part of
the fair, will take the center of the atage Friday, and a great
deal of hard work and planning has gone Into It preparation.
There are many horw? lover In the county, and the animal
show the good breeding and grooming about which their owner
are ao painstakingly careful.
Saturday morning come the excitement and fanfare of
the atreet parade that will thrill adult and children alike. One
fine thing about the event of fair and rodeo week Is that the
children arid young people have ao prominent a part. They
have a major part In the fair, they have a great place In the
parade, they take part In the horse how and even have aome
event In the rodeo.
Saturday afternoon the rip-roaring rodeo allow open, and
it will be followed by a special ahow Saturday night. The rodeo
dame will wind up a real big day.
Probably the events of Saturday will almost merge with
those of Sunday for some, because those who attend the dance
and who also work on the Wrangler' breakfast will get little
sleep. The breukfast oxns to the public at 7 a. m. Sunday.
The morning Sunday will be open, and everyone may at
tend church services before the rodeo program Sunday after
noon, completing the festivities.
It Is good that Labor Day Is coming up because those who
have been so busy with events of the fair and rodeo period
may well nigh be exhausted.
Then conies the rush of back to school on Tuesday!
This must be one of the busiest week ends of the year
In Morrow county. Our gaily-bedecked town opens its door
to all, and invites everyone to join in the happy time.
We Vote to Stay With 3 Months Vacation
At this time of summer's waning, many a mother, distraught
with her youngsters' wails of "What'll I do now, mother?,"
longingly anticipates her offsprings' return to school.
Reflecting In this vein, J. W. Forrester, In his "Of Cabbages
and Kings" column In the East Oregonlan recently proposed
that summer school vacation be cut from three months to two
months.
He writes, "The length of vacation from school is a carry
over from a condition which either no longer exists In most
communities or if It does exist Is of far less Importance than
it once was."
He declares that although there was a time when children
were depended upon to do farm work, machinery now has
tended to displace this need. Another point made Is that labor
laws now are so stringent that young people are In fact cut
out of working In many Jobs. The column also ponders whether
teachers need three months vacation.
"If a vole were taken," writes the columnist, "we think
most children and their parents would say that one month of
vacation was enough. But most teachers need more than that.
They would settle, we think, for two months."
But vote of the Gazette-Times editor would be to stick
with three months, for many reasons.
In the first place, we believe that In many sections of the
state, labor of high school students, particularly, Is vital to
agriculture. Just in the valley a week ago, sound trucks were
going around appealing for pickers in bean fields in the Salem
area. Friends of our children In the valley will be working right
up to the time school starts.
We know of many cases where school boards almost annually
are petitioned to postpone school In the fall to get vegetable
and fruit crops harvested. There are other cases In some years
where berry growers seek to have children dismissed earlier
In the spring in order to get Into the strawberry fields.
A good many college youths need all the work they can get
In the summer to keep going In the winter. A mere two months'
"vacation" would be a real hardship for them with the high
cost of higher education.
We'll agree that our child labor laws do restrict employment
of young people, but we also think some of these provisions
are ridiculous (which probably will await expounding for an
other editorial). We think the laws should be amended to be
- fair and consistent.
While mothers may get bored with long hours of children
underfoot, we also know how bored both teachers and pupils
get when the sun breaks through in springtime after a long
winter in class. Another two or three weeks of trying to teach
children with "spring fever" would threaten mass resignations of
teachers. Some are about at their wits' end now by the end of
May. Students would learn little and teachers would be dis
traught with longer sessions.
We seriously doubt, too, if our younger elementary pupils
in the culture and society we have developed for them, are
conditioned to stick out a longer school year. We know they
do It In other countries but they have different systems, and
their children perhaps are not used to some of the luxuries and
privileges enjoyed by those in the United States.
Then how about family vacations? In a small plant, such
as our newspaper, for Instance, when one man Is gone, the
rest of the staff tries to fill in for him. Thus, only one may be
gone at a time. Even with three months. It Is hard to find
enough available time for family vacations so that all may have
their turn before school comes again, and there is an inevitable
rush in August. We think this holds true in many small busi
nesses. We know of some school boards that are now putting
teachers on 10 months actual service, staying a couple of weeks
after school to take care of matters that need attention and
coming two weeks early in the fall to take part in workshops,
curriculum conferences, and planning meetings. Maybe this
is a good thing, but school boards in their salary schedules ,
now put quite a premium on advanced training and summer
time is the only time many of thorn have to get it. Cut their
vacation to two months, and you either cut their time for further
training or cut them out of any real vacation. And a teacher
does need a vacation after facing for nine months the same
children that mothers are so happy to send them.
Forrester says he'd like to see some brave school board
cut the summer to two months and offers to hold their coats.
This Indeed will have to be a brave school board, and we might
be among those yipping at their heels, for we thlr.k the tra
ditional three months Is Just fine.
l.,,t.l Into the ffle the other
day and Interrupted hrr dads
ping with the question. 'Dd
dy. M lul ut IT.rLtma?"
Th did stop u cold, and the
main toon thought came that
Mime TV tf..rmer, rushing the
M M.n. mufti hac turt out with
"White Chiistman" already.
We coMalm-d our thought
and replied. -No. ChiUtma U a
lung time away "
Tlii-n ramr the Mg puttied
look.
"Well." she iwlidered. "the
flags are out all over the street
and stores,"
So we explained that this Is
Itod.-o week and that there will
be fun at the big parade. That
got us off the hook.
arrets Wf gut caught on on of
those miu rt r !' Sunday
Mght.
The family decided to tak a
ride, got started late and went
farthrr than .ii-ted. We went
to I'kUh and continued on to
1.4 Grande, arriving ther In the
dark. Headed home, we came on
to the new freeway imw nearlng
completion between L Grande
and Pendleton.
Only the two lane that will
earrv eastbound traffic were
oiM-n and thi was iemrarlly
uM'ii lor two-way traffic.
However, going out of La
Grande, we started fooling with
the car radio and ripped out
an exit to a little community
before we realized " off
the freeway.
Then we floundered around In
. ihe dark trvlnif to get back on
TO THE
EDITOR
SOME OF thse who had leading
roles In the fair are a little bit
concerned about now tney can ... nl . hf,uH toward
go about thanking all those who
worked so hard to make the fair
Ihe fine success that It was. It
w-ems as if It is an almost Im
possible job iM-cause of the large
numbers involved,
it occurs to us that with the
fair, the horse show, rodeo,
Wranglers' breakfast, parade
and all. Just about everyone In
the county shall have had some
connection and some work to
do.
So maybe the best thing to do
would be for each person to turn
to his neighbor and say, 'Thank
you for the good Job on the fair
and rodeo!"
WE ATTENDED a rodeo board
meeting the other night and
watched Floyd Jones, chairman,
Max Barclay, secretary, John
Eubank. Bill Smethurst, Jack
La Grande again. There were few
sign to go by on the old high
way, now a frontage road.
Finally we got back on the
freeway, but found oursclve
headed west on the lane that
were a yet unopened. Acros the
fence dividing the highway, traf
fic waa going both direction on
the east bound lane.
We had no alternative but to
proceed and gingerly moved
ahead, waiting momentarily to
drop Into the chasm left by an
uncompleted span, but we had no
such trouble.
The funny part came, though,
when a driver, also proceeding
west but acros the fence from
us. noticed that car was moving
up (us) on the westbound lanes.
He slowed down perceptibly,
and we could read his mind. He
ler Mr. Sherman:
pie rrtvni fixt roiidnion In
the ..ne and Heppner are re
called the flood of 11 tt.
At that time my father. Joseph
A Wotdrry. lived In lone. It I
my understanding that he wa
given a gold hradfd cane b) the
otieit uf lone In recognition of
aid that he gave during the flood.
Thl cne U In p.rion of
my slter. Velmalet Woolery
!!, Hennepin. Illinois. The in
itial "J. A. W.". in script, are
engraved on the tp and under
them is the Inscription "Dec. 2.
l'.KXl"
We are wondering If any of
your reader recall or have Infor
mation with resjie I to the reason
and occasion of the presentation
of thl cane. We would be very
grateful for any Information.
I look forward each week to
reading your newsy and friendly
paper with It wealth of locals,
not only from Heppner, but lone.
Ilardman and Monument. How
and where else could I get thl
new?
Sincerely your.
Josephine Woolery Conway
18S0 Funston, Ave..
San Francisco 16. Calif.
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wa set discovered until tae
whole aectiea wa rue tee
late ta recti! 7 the domaoe.
Te partially make ued,
w have the UU pie
ture aala la thi sectiew and
sk their tote, I for the
error that came ta eery hectic
week.
iinrimihtprilv wax terrified with
Loyd and Bob Steagall In action. (h ,dea somehow he, too.
They have all their plans In good shoui,i be on the side tha
shape and the rodeo should go
off like clockwork.
Smethurst has spent a lot of
lime as chairman of the parade
for years and everyone has ad
mired how he has put the pieces
together so well.
No, I never know who or what
Is going to be in It until they
show up Just before the start,"
said he. "But when parade time
comes, they're there. They al
ways come from somewhere."
Bill says he wants to retire
from the chairmanship this year,
figures he's had It long enough.
It appeared that the rest of the
board might agree to this only
If he would lend his experience
in an honorary and advisory capacity.
THREE CHEEKS for the Heppner
Hitrh school band, and three 1
more for the Kiverside band. The
Mustang band won first for A-2
schools at the Shrine game in
Pendleton Saturday night, and
Riverside (Boardman-I r r 1 g o n)
took first for B schools. These
are fine honors with which to
start the school year.
Director Arnold Melby whipped
his band into shape quickly here,
and they are marching more
sprltely even before the start of
school than many high school
bands ever do by the end of the
school year.
A good marching high school
band can put a lot of pep into
a community and do a lot of fine
advertising for it. Heppner can
surely be proud of its blue and
gold clad kids.
IT IS SAID that when a bigger
and better mousetrap is built,
Dear Editor:
From our peculiar vantage
point we have, over the years
watched the transformation from
a firetrap of an old building to
the lovely combination library
and museum that now replace
It. They, plus the well proport
loned lawn, flowers and trees
surrounding It do a much larger
city honor.
We would like to expres an
"orchid" In print to those citl
zens who made it possible and
to the staff who are so ably
maintaining it
The Blsbees
should be on the side that we
were, and that suddenly round
ing one of those sweeping curves
ahead would come speeding car,
two abreast, with no place for
him to go. He probably figured
that he had missed a sign direc
ting him to the other side of the
highway.
The last we saw of him as we
forged ahead found him almost I
stopped, searching for a way to could ease across the fence. All
get across that fence. We left the time we were in the wrong,
him floundering, as If torn be-1 but the other motorist took the
tween the Impulse of trying to mental punishment
crash the fence or of turning! These freeways are wonderful,
around. We, went merrily along 'but a fellow surely can get
until we found a spot where we mousetrapped on them, all right.
Dear Editor and Wife:
We want to thank you for
mailing the paper to our address
here at our summer home on the
Metolius River. We looked for
ward to Saturday noon when we
would receive the news from
home and the county.
We are sorry to hear of so
many sad death, and to learn of
Ihe flash flood at lone, aorry
Ihe Masons ate so discouraged.
It bring back Ihe disaster we
had at Lexington May 1923. a
flash flood, many place were
flooded with our a general mer
chandise store tV. F. Barnett A
Co. I. At that time we had a
large stock. We lost ome $15,000
and were out of bustnes for 30
day try Ins to salvage what we
could. A pile of lumlM-r broke
In our warehouse, filling the
basement and Hooding all of the
store, In which the current wa
so strong It tipped over the show
cases and counter with most
everything In them damaged,
also furnace, scale, break
ing out doors, and finally wash
ing out much merchandise.
The only things untouched
were on high shelve, those were
propcd back a soon as we could
get in.
We had much help from many
people, and all was appreciated.
Much has been done to con
trol water but this is something
you cannot tell about, as It
comes In a different way.
Hope the Masons will take
courage and go ahead. We stayed
In business 21 years afterwards
but never fully recovered from
this loss.
Yours truly,
Dona E. Barnett
Trannle B. Parker
Sisters and members
of the firm.
Episcopal Church
Sets Rodeo Barbecue
Ail Saints Fpiao)t rtiurh
wilt t(e It artftosl baibevue,
hcl I rain )er during ite-i tin.
i ?.t rt.urtti tef.
and I p m JUturday, it U an
riuonred
Hartw-rti pit U dug in a tat ant
lot adjoining, and a full meat
s served In Ihe put. lie dur!li
lite benefit. The public may
rome any lime during the three
hours, and both adult and child
ten may have all they can eat
Mr the f ne of admission.
Tte barbecued beef will be the
main course, but the -iilmming
will provide a lull meal.
Rhea Grange to Serve
Lunch at Horse Show
Those who wish to remain t
Ihe ground during the Wrang
lers' horse show Friday may en-
J.y eating lunch there during the
Hoot lutetmtssion.
The Ithe Cm-k Grange will
serve dinner at the fatr pavilion.
It I announced, starting promp
tly at noon.
Mr. Al Fattnt end two daugh
fern. Lucene. are visiting mis
week with her family. Mr. and
Mrs. Krvln Anderon.
County Assessor Oliver Cre
wick and family left Tuesday
to attend the state county as
sessor's convention at Newport.
They will remain at the coast
when the convention ends Friday
for a few days of fishing.
STAR
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TiL, Sat, Sptmbf 1-2
Frontier Uprising
Jim Davis. Nancy lladley.
Solid outdoor drama of the
early trek to California and
Oregon. TLL'S
Run Silent,
Run Deep
Clark Gable. Burt Lancaster.
Repeat run of an excellent ac
tion film.
Start 7:30. Fatur break 8:S5
out at 10:30
Sun-. Morw September 3-4
The Last Sunset
Rock Hudson. Kirk Douglas,
Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cot
tpn. Carol Lvnley. Filmed in
color In Mexico. Spectacular
outdoor drama, splendid cast,
breathtaking scenery. Adult.
Sunday at S and 7:05. Monday
at 7:30
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