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MErMftR GAKTTC'TIMCl. Thursday. October It IH Sirppnrr (Bazrltp-Olintps MOWIOW COUNTTO HtWlFAFM fROIfC -211 Tut Kcppner Carette. established March 30. 1881 The lleppner Ttmei established November IS. 1912. WCSLCT A. SHERMAN Editor and fubUsher NIWIPAMI PUIHINIII AIIOCIATION uhrHnflon Rate: Morrow and where S4J50 Year. Single Copy 10 and Entered at the Port Office Class Matter. Fine Show-Worthy Cause-Poor Turnout If a bit puzzling to figure out why ths FTAsponsored Great Vlrfll show drew such a disappointingly small audience Satur- d8 Thclimmlttees had worked" hard to publicize It. intern and placard had been up for at least a month; the paper carried stories and ads for three weeks; and a aound truck went around town with costumed characters several times to boost for the show. . , , ... There seems to be a great deal of Interest In PTA and Its worthy project here, but probably less than 30 adults attended the show. Most of those who made up the $143 gate were child- rC"if the show had been a mediocre one. we wouldn't hava felt so disappointed about the lack of attendance. But the Great Virgil proved that he was no run of the mill magician. We have never seen a magician perform either In the flesh or on tele vision who was as good. Those who saw him and his partner. Julie, will agree. , Perhaps it was partly due to the fact that hunting season was on. Maybe the fact that there is quite a bit of flu and sick ness around had something to do with It , m But Is appears that It Is becoming Increasingly hard for people to turn out for such programs. Maybe television Is spoil ing us. Chautauqua, vaudeville and minstrel shows have all fallen by the wayside, and In their demise we have lost some thing that was thoroughly enjoyable. Perhaps a few years ago a man the caliber of the Great Virgil wouldn't have come to a little town like Heppner at all, but It could be that times are becoming increasingly tough for a traveling performer. It certainly appeared so Saturday night much to the regre t of those who had faith that the program would draw a big crowd. It Is to be hoped that more Interest will be shown In the PTA sponsored amateur show, which will be the next venture of the local organization, in an attempt to raise revenue for its projects. Let's Stop Abusing "It's1 ..t thi. rr.nc ahnuort wnrda "its" possessive of "It." Every week at least one story comes to the paper and some from high sources Incorrectly using the contracted form of "It is" "it's" to show possession: thus, "It's regular monthly meeting." The apostrophe takes the place of the "I" In "Is." "Its" is one word that shows possession without the apos trophe. Most of our populace knows this, of course, and we have little hope of curing the rest, but after copyeditlng this abused word for years, we could no longer refrain from mentioning It. It's the least we could do to give the word Its proper dignity. I Big floor heating ( . - 7 COMPACT CABINET! Naturally, It a patented OIL HOME HEATER tweotn' lowl Only 33' high yet it heats like magic! You gat all the other treat SIEGLER quality I faaturei PLUS More and Hotter Heat Over Your Floor! See this new CONSOLE SIEGLER at r MOOIi ' i.i 1897. conaoiiaaieo r.u.., HELEN C SHERMAN Associate fublUhtf N ATI O N A I lOllOilAt OT,,tN, Grant Counties, 1400 Year; Else Cents. Pub II shed Every Thuraday at Heppner, Oregon, aa Seoond in the Enellsh language la S. McMurdo To Serve Benton Cancer Board Scott McMurdo, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo, is advancd to membership on the board of directors of the Benton County Cancer Society in Corvallls. He served the past year as president of the cancer unit which made an outstanding contribution to the success of the Oregon di vision of the national program. Through the work of 245 vol unteer workers, Benton county's 1961 cancer giving totaled $4199, under the leadership of Mr. Mc Murdo and his staff. Dr. Robert Newburgh has been elected pres ident for the new year, replacing Mr. McMurdo. NEW WAFERS ill Metrecal advantages plua the satisfaction of aolid food same aound nutrition dellcloua taste convenient ready to eat EACH CARTON CONTAINS M WAFERS M CALORIES EACH TOT' "ler'iOSIfS $-1 19 MLM&rfl Check for Fire Hoxords Thit Week This U .National Fire Prevention week tOrtober 1131. and It rul! be oW-n est no m. re appropriately locally than by each head of a hou-h.ll k-'re around to rherfc his plate .f residence on the matter f f re hirt There I that fnwd. tM electric Ctd that amra the front room flr lamp. TM l a rolfhty fine time to repair It The children may hme piled cardboard bones by the furnace. This 1 the week to clean thro up Have ou had a home fire drill lately? Has your family talked out a plan "f eM-pf In cae fl;e broke out In any of several parts of the house? This Is the week ti take a few momenta for ilKruMlng It. Furtunatclv, m-Mmus home flret have been rather few In our area. Maybe this means our citizens are extra careful But this Is the week to take Inventory to see that we are not giving fire a place to start. Winter coming en. the old furnace or heater will be Moked up has the flue een cleaned, checked for cracks? Fire prevention week Is the time. too. to say a word of ap preciation to our volunteer ftiemen who do such a fine Job year around. To Chief Charlie Kutftlea and hi men. we offer a hearty Thank You." Their MTlee to a community Is invaluable, and It Is surely great to know that they will come on the double If fire does get started. TO THE EDITOR . . Dear Wes: Just to set the record stratum. I did NOT shoot at the bear. Your report that I did so does rw,i helo mv reputation with those who agree with me that bears will become extinct li hunters continue to shoot them. I'll never hear the end of It with the rest of them anyway and they know I didn't fire a shot tn-rau.se so many or them were In the vicinity, i hnvn nnver before encoun tered a bear In these mountains, so I purely enjoyed watching him. As a matter of fact, he could n't have come upon a hunter from whom he would have been safer. I am a notoriously poor marksman. The deer I have shot have stood calmly and watched me In fascination until i zeroea n with the last shell In my gun. have never hit a moving target. I picked up my gun in self- defense when I saw the bear coming toward me. Thank good ness he reversed his iieia rapid ly! I tore me and my pants get ting across the fence to see where he went. As he skee daddled up the other side of the draw and across to the big can yon, I longed for my movie cam era. Several hunters shot at him later but we think he escaped unhurt. Laddie found bear tracks near there in the snow last week end. Rachel Dick P. S. You were correct In re Dortina that 1 did not ' know whether it was leual to kill bears I wasn't sure because I am not a hlrd hunter, and if that state ment sounds crazy it is because you are not aware, as I was not until last week, that the regulations pertaining to bears In Orecron aDUt-ar on me Dune- tin which contains the regula tions lor snooting duus aim nui with the bulletin for deer, an- toinop. and elk. ADDarentlv the State Game Commission thinks hunters with shotguns are more likelv to encounter a bear than those with big game rifles. Dear Gazette People: We've been gone nearly a year now and still look forward each Saturday to catch up on all the news In the Gazette-Times. Esnerlallv enlov the two new columns by the editor and by Jo Pettyjohn. Renewal enclosed. Sincerely. Mrs. Alex Thompson III 9111(111 Car Accident Couple Released, Return to Home By MARY LEE MARLOW DOARDMAN Mr. and Mrs. Emlle Ash, who were seriously Injured In a car accident here Sept. 7, returned home from the Good Shepherd hospital last Fri day. Mrs. Ash's daughter. Mra. Louise Baracco, of Portland, la here to care for them. Week end visitors at the Ash home were Mrs. Ash's son and dauchter-ln- law. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Glbba of Kennewlck. Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brlggs went to Delake over the week-end to visit Briggs' sister. Mra. Stella Thomas, who is 111 following a severe heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Rash and daughters Valerie and Denlse of Portland were week-end visitors at the homes of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rash, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zivney. Mrs. Nels Krlstiansen was hon ored on the occasion of her birth day last week when a group of friends called. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Arnln Hue. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rash and Dorothy and Diane, Mr. and Mrs. Elvln Ely and Eileen, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zivney and Roger. Mrs. Orville Gastineau and son Bobbie of Priest Lake, Idaho, are visiting at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Daniels. Mrs. Gastineau Is here to take care of Mrs. Daniels, who is recup erating from a car accident. An other sister, Mrs. Paul Daniels of Sandpoint, Idaho, has return ed to her home after being here for two weeks caring for Mrs. Daniels. Mrs. Ronnie Walker and son Mike of Sandpoint' are at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Watts, to care for Mrs. Watts, the other acci dent victim. Mrs. Watts' sister, Mrs. Bill Foster of Valentine, Nebr.. has returned home after a visit at the Watts home. Mrs. Charles Anderegg has re turned home from a two weeks triD to her home at Long Beach, Wash. Vlsitine her there was her sister, Mrs. Walter Conway of Corvallis. Mrs. Anderegg also visited her daughter Barbara at OSU at Corvallis, and ner son GIT OUT of the house the minute you discover it or smell smoke ! ALWAYS be ready to use different escape routes from sny room in your house! TlST doors before opening. If doors art hot, block them with furniture or wet mattresses to keep out smoke and gases. Get out another way! NfVER jump from upper-story windows except as s hut resort ! Wait for firemen. HOLD your breath if you have to makt a dash through smoke and flame! remember, the air is usually better near tht floor in a smoke-filled room! CALL the fire department at once ! They know how to fight fire. Don't waste your time or your lift trying to fight a fire, unless it's so small you're sure you can control it with the right extinguisher. DON'T ever go back to a burning building for any reason! Smoke and fire gases from even the smallest fire can be deadly. or exposed to fire and smoke! ourns or smoxe innaiauon can 00N7 GIVE FIRE A PLACE ATTEND THE THIRD ANNUAL Soil Conservation Speech Contest Heppuer Grade School Multi-purpose Room MONDAY. OCTOBER 16. p. m. Chaff By Wes ACCORDING TO John Benneth, Portland, who writes a forestry column railed Tlmberllne" that Is distributed among publica tions of the state, a survey of UX California deer hunters re vealed that 36 per rent did not know what the word "tiamma blllty" means. - We might add that quite a number of Oregon hunters wouldn't know the meaning of the word, either, ludrlne bv the number of camD fires they left unattended and the number of forest fires they caused. Just ask Forest Ranger Sam Miller. We susDect that moat of the carelesa ones are the hunters from rltlea who have little reall tatlon of the damage their care lessness can da Benneth also has another In teresting bit In his most recent column: "More white men art now shot for deer by mistake than used to be shot by Indians on purpose." LAST WEEK was a bad one for columnists of the C T. "By Jo" foreot to Include a cud of cold water In Mrs. Marshall's recipe and dauehter-ln-law. Mr. and Mra. James Carvison. at Oregon City. Barbara S. Anderegg. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ander egg. has been pledged to Alpha Omlcron Phi sorority at uau at Corvallis. Mrs. Frank Marlow and her father. W. W. Hartle. spent two days In Walla Walla. Wn, visit In? her aunt Mrs. Ernest Zerba. Sunday visitors at the Marlow home were Mrs. Zerba. ana juts. Marrow's sister. Mrs. Clarence Thomas and son Roy of Riggins. Idaho. Their lather returned home with Mrs. Thomas to visit The Ladles Aid Society of Com munity church observed Prayer Day at their meeting Wednesday afternoon of last week at the church. Hostesses were Mrs. Nate Macomber and Mrs. Glen Car penter. Mrs. Rol Burg read an article, How To Accept Difficulties," for the Spiritual Life program. The date for the annual church bazaar was set for the evening of Nov. 17. Committees appointed were: food, Mrs. S. C Russell, Mrs. Rollin Bishop, Mrs. Claud Worden, Mrs. E. J. Moore and Mrs. John Summers; white ele phane booth, Mrs. Leo Potts; candy booth, Mrs. Bernard Don ovan, Mrs. Louise Earwood and Mrs. Margaret Klltz. The pro gram charlman will be announ ced later. William P. Monahan. son of Mr. and Mrs. James Monahan, has been recalled to duty In the army and will report to Fort Lewis, Wn., October 16. He was released in July, but received word recently of his recall. The Monahans have three sons in active service, one each In the army, navy and air corps. Sparky soys: If Rre Strikes Your Home... Seemingly minor nae lauu results. TO STAiT! Chatter Sh erman for "Whack v Cake." and the phone started Jangling frantically here towards the end of the week. Without the water, the whacky cake must have been even whackier. It could have been that many husband, having tasted said rake, might have forced his spouse to take a sol emn oath never to copy a recipe out of the paper again. "By Jo" apologixes this week, we see. But If Jo was short some cold water. I could loan her some, I jr I am getting plenty for erron eously reporting that Rachel Dick shot at that bruin that am bled towards her in the woods the other day. (See letter to edl. WHEN THE lone Helix football game was due to start the other day. the appointed officials failed to arrive. A little Investi gation uncovered the fact that the pair had gone to Helix, only to find that nary a football play er was In sight there. But two reliable substitutes were available at lone. Jack Loyd and Junior StefanL both experienced arbiters, took over and did the tob. Stefanl la certified official, and Loyd form erly was certniea LOYD. by the way, helped save th Hav for the Chamber of Commerce when he resurrected his model sawmill to put In the Chamber's booth at the Pacific International Livestock Exposi tion, which starts Saturday. Jack built the sawmill a number of years ago. Operated by an elec tric motor, the model has logs Mmlni uo the silo while the carriage works back and forth. When Jack heard the C of C plea for help, he dug out the model, fitted It together and with a lltle help on the painting got it ready to go again in short order. IF BOB ABRAMS hadn't come to the C T office seeking a card board tube for a member of his family, the Boeing Airplane Company probably wouldn't have been represented In the Morrow county P. I. booth. While prow, ling around the place here In an attempt to find him a tube (like those that calendars come in), we picked up a good one in the corner that we thought contain ed an Army Corps of Engineers map. To our horror, we saw a Boeing label on the outside. This was the tube that contained all the big colored pictures that Boeing had sent to go In the booth. By mistake, when Bob Flatt took the stuff to Portland, we grabbed up the Corps map Instead of the Boeing pictures. We hadn't In tended to use the Corps map in the booth, but by this time the decorators at the P. L may al- NOW IS THE TIME TO Clean Your Rugs AND CARPETS FOR FALL AND WINTER Ask Us About HOST the AMAZING NEW METHOD for Dry Cleaning Wall-to-Wall Carpet AT LOW COST ! Dirt removed and texture HOST cleaning. III....,! I Mt. I.I I (till .Ml 41 HOST is a manufactured dry compound containing dry cleaning solution. Not a shampoo the carpet is never wet you can use your rooms Instantly. Cleaning agents In Host looses the dirt: then the dirt is picked up by millions of tiny sponges which are whisked back and forth through the fibers by the Host Electric Up Brush. Host cleaning is superior because Host actually removes dirt lifts up matted pile, and revives texture and color. Phone 6-9441 FOR FREE ESTIMATES Heppner Cleaners iealy have It ofl the wall Ob, will. It Is Interesting, too. It shows how the John Day dam v.ih affect Murow county along tht Columbia river. We tni the pictures off In lAe mall Immediately after Boo was here and thank him for calling attention to the mistake, even If unintentional and coinci dental CHARLIE RUGGLES says large r.umber of motorists pay little or no attention to the school crosswalk near the library-mu-seum. He ssys that many a mo tcrUt who stops for pedestrians at the main corner of town prac tice no such courtesy at the school crosswalk, and the young-ttt-rs take their chances when they go to cross the street As the saying goes, let's give the children "brske"nd not "break." YOU'VE heard of the famous character, fictional or other wise, named "Whispering Smith." Most Heppnerltes also know Mike Whitesmith. C of C presi dent and Penney Co. manager. Well, thla week meet "Whisper. Ing Whitesmith." Big Mike has a severe case of laryngitis. AND WE certainly do take a deep bow to the school board for passing the resolution to limit meetings to 11 p. m. and adhering to It to the letter on the first try. Quite a few dls positions ought to be a "little bit better" on Tuesdays now that 1:30 a. m. meetings are a thing of the past STAR THEATER FrU Sat- Oct 13-14 Dondi David Kory. David Janssen. Pattl Paige, Walter Winchell. Mickey Shaughnessy. The lov able little tyke fits perfectly Into the slapstick stirred up by his army pals. Pattl Paige provides several songs. Fam ily. PLUS Let's Go Navy One of the more hilarious old Bowery Boys comedies. Starts at 7:30. feature break ,9:3a show out 10:35. Anyone wishing to see ONLY the DONDI film will be ad mitted at 10i30. Sun- Mon- Oct 15-16 One Eyed Jacks Powerful, turbulent, engross ing outdoor-action epic. Mar lon Brando, Karl Maiden, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens and the Mexican ac tress Pina Pelllcer. Some vio lence puts this on the adult side. Sunday at 5 and 7:40. Monday at 7:30 rerlTed b 1 Ulll TURNER. VAN MARTER L. E. DICK HEFPNER and BRYANT 28 x. MAIN. HErrXU HEPPNER PH. I KU
