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Tut Kcppner Carette. established March 30. 1881 The lleppner
Ttmei established November IS.
1912.
WCSLCT A. SHERMAN
Editor and fubUsher
NIWIPAMI
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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.
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at Heppner, Oregon, aa Seoond
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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