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The Heppnrr Cisette, established March 30, 1883, The Jleppner
Timet established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 13,
1911
WESLEY A. SREBMAN
Editet cud Publish
HELEN E.
Associate
SHERMAN
Publisher
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NATION A I EDITORIAL
Subscription Ratee: Morrow and Grant Counties, S4.00 Year; Else
where KM Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday
aad Entered at th fort Office at Ueppner, Oregon, aa Second
Class Matter.
Fun in Store Here Saturday
There I plenty of fun In atore In Heppner Saturday!
New feature of Christmas Opening thla year Is the guessing
context. Where this has been done In other towns It has proved
to be a festive event for all ages with excitement and Interest
for everyone.
Each of the participating stores Is offering a prize In the
guessing contest, and this adds up to many. In allition, the
days olfers the regular Lucky Buck prizes, totaling $55.
Christmas lights will be In place, Christmas decorations will
be up. and glamorous Chrlstmaa merchandise wHI be on display.
The holiday season begins with Thanksgiving.
Old Santa Claus himself Is due to arrive for an early ap
pearance, and this alone assures the success of the day fur
children.
Most merchants will have a guessing contest on their holiday
window displays, but some will vary their contests to have the
public guess the number of beans In a Jar, the number of tooth
picks In a bowl or some similar deviation.
Heppncr merchants are laying out the welcome mat for this
event All friends for miles around are Invited to come and Join
the fun. You'll meet your neighbors on the street, and the spirit
of goodwill will prevail.
If you have Thanksgiving visitors, bring them along. They
will find thla real enjoyable entertainment Everyone who wants
to take part can enter at each of the stores and therefore has a
chance on each prize. It's all free and there Is no obligation.
We hope YOU win a prize!
WHAT OTHER EDITORS ARE SAYING
Training for Western Living
With western movies, television shows, comics and stories
becoming more popular as time moves on, It is about time for
some of our Institutions of higher learning to Introduce some of
this western literature and art Into the college and universi'y
curricula. The opportunities to entertain people and to make
money in this field should1 not be overlooked in the academic
zeal to get teenagers to appreciate the literary values of Ham
let and Canterbury Tales. The money values in "Riders of the
Chlco Trail" and "Rawhide" are worth consideration too.
If millions of people are going to spend a major part of
their time and money on western music, stories and pictures, the
young college students should be getting expert training in this
field so they can go forth and cash in on this bonanza.
We should1 have university courses available in such subjects
as "Introduction to the Quick Draw Technique," "Elementary
Principles of Shooting and Dying," "The Art of Slugging," "Fun
damentals of Bar-room Brawls," "Introductory Course In How
to Find and Impress Western Women," "The Principles of Writing
Cowboy Ballads and Laments," "Beginners Course in Nasal Sing
ing and Guitar Strumming," and many similar subjects of equal
value. An up-and-coming college should have a department de
voted to this field and perhaps should even have a "School of
Western Entertainment" similar in prestige to a School of Med
icine or a School of Business Administration. Then a youngster
who spends most of his hours with his eyes glued on TV westerns
and reading western stories In the pulp magazines would be
singled out for his special interests and would be encouraged to
worn toward a degree in this field Instead of being reprimanded
by his parents.
A lad who would like to become a real man of the west should
be able to learn to get a 36 waist into a 32 pair of Levis, how to
roll his own cigarettes, how to leap-frog into a saddle from the
back end of a norse, how to stroll nonchalantly when enemies
are gunning for him, how to toss tables and smash bannisters
and bars with his fists, how to convert barmaids and carry off
suppressed women, and many other things which are essential
in Uie role of an actor, a writer or a manager of western shows.
He also needs to know how to write mourntul tunes so that these
laments can be sung in appropriate nasal twang to the accom
paniment of a steady whanging on the guitar. It the universities
were doing their job they wouidi be teaching him these things.
It looks like the westerns are big business and are here to
stay. It Is time that our educators recognize the fact and took
some time away from Latin and Shakespeare to offer technical
training in the field where most Americans are spending their
time and money.
From Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise
Wes Sherman
THE QUESTION that some of the
folks at tune brought up earlier
In the year when we talked to
them Is now answered. As they
looked bark on the fine football
h am i t I'M') CI and noted the
top players lost by graduation,
tiny didn't know whether this
year's teum could go all the way
l (he sinie finals or not.
Well, the team has really
j roved It si-If with a capital P."
and it has dme It the hard way.
Do you realize that every tough
game the Cardinals have played
has been away from home? Us
ually that Is good for quite a
few points for the home club.
They met St. Jo at Pendleton
In their toughest league con
test. In the playoffs, all their
games are on the road. They
downed Mt Vernon at John Day,
Hereford at Baker, and now have
to go to Sisters in the champion
shlo name Saturday. Last yeu
the lone souad cot to pay at
home part of the time.
Kvorv cilort was maae 10 rci
the ehumiilonshlD ame at home,
but the state association said,
".No soaD.
It Is another great year lor me
Cards, and a wonderful year lor
Coach Glenn Biehl who is com
oillnc his best season in ux
years of coaching.
The larus nave a nine score
to settle with Sisters, since they
wore the last to defeat lone
that in state playoffs two years
aco. Since then, tne cardinal
have won 18 straight
We certainly hope that tney
can make u i wun me siaie
championship and know they
have the stun to ao it
Norman Nelson
Heads Farm Bureau
Norman Nelson was elected
president of the Morrow county
Farm Bureau at the meeting
Nov. 15 at the Jack Barak home
In Lexington. Others elected were
Jack Barak, first vice president;
Herman Bletteli, second vice pres
ident; Irvln Rauch, voting delo
gate; Harold Beach, alternate;
and Martha Barak, women's
chairman.
State convention this year is
Nov. 26-29 at the Multnomah Ho
tel in Portland. Plans were msde
for those to attend. No Decem
ber meeting is slated but will
meet again in January.
Municipal and
Justice Court
Charles Llndberg Hamilton,
driving with suspended license,
fined $100.
Charles Rogers Chapman. 22,
000 pound combination overload,
fined S66.
Lloyd Archie Ginger, 1CO0
pound combination overloaa,
fined $18.
Ellen Henry Johnson, no ojer
a tor's license, fined $3.
John Essberg, trespassing,
fined $25.
Gerald Leon Wragner, violation
of basic rule, fined 525.
Samuel Umlker, possession of
game animal In closed season,
fined $25.
Vester Hams, larceny of gools
less than $75. $40 ball rortelteo.
John Clayton Brandenburp, no
motor vehicle license, fined SZ.
Richard Dale Olson, using full
metal-Jacketed ammunition to
hunt elk, $25.
Ralph Wallace Isltt driving!
while under Influence of lntoxi-
Officers of Lex
Grange Seated
At Last Meeting
Alvln Wagenblast was elected
master of the Lexington grange
at the regular meeting Saturday,
Nov. 11. Filling out the rest of
the slate are Karl Miller, over
seer; Frances Smouse, lecturer;
Cecil Jones, steward; Ken
Smouse, assistant steward; Peail
Devlne, chaplain; Jean Nelson,
treasurer; Wilbur Steagall, gate
keeper; Nora Turner, ceres;
Freda Majeske, Pamona; Bertha
Hunt, flora; Laura Richards, lady-
assistant steward; hva Miller,
musician; and tan Evan?, exec
utlve committee member for
three-year term.
A pot luck supper preceded the
meeting and program. Cheiilyn
Smouse played two selections on
the piano, Nora Turner gave an
interesting Thanksgiving read
ing, ana Lee wagenhiast gave a
patriotic reading.
I'lans were made for the
Christmas program and party at
tne December meeting. On Dec.
3 at 2:00 p. m. all Morrow coun
ty grange members will meet :,t
the Lexington grange hall for
installation of grange officers.
A pot luck supper will conclude
the afternoon program.
eating liquor, fined $150.
Claude Victor Butler, posses
sion of more than one elk ta;.
$25 fine, suspended on pavmer.t
of statutory costs.
Robert W. Currin, drunk on
the stree, $15 bail forfeited.
John Weems, excessive motor
noise, fined $10.
THIS WEEK we were beginning
to believe that annual meet
Ines were a plague for us, but
the tide turned Monday nignt
in the cordial atmosphere of the
Grain Growers when Momma
Sherman won 73 pounds of beef
and pork in their door prize
drawing.
Just as we were getting reaoy
to co t the Columoia uasin
meeting Saturday, the Linotype
machine broke down and this
short week with a big paper.
As a result, we arrived late at
their dinner. By the time the
meeting was over, however, Arn
old Raymond and Clark Casto,
who has used his mechanical
talents to ball us out of trouble
before, had the machine going
again, and all was fine.
Monday night, just as we were
getting ready lor the morrow
County Grain urowers meeting,
the caster, a vital piece oi equip
ment for an edition sucn as
this Christmas Opening paper,
ceased to function. We left for
the meetimr apprehensive and
biting our fingernails, arriving
late asaln.
We didn't have tickets for the
drawing, but we sat across Irom
Bert Huff of First National, and
he urged us to get them. So after
the dinner we contacted Harlan
McCurdy and he fixed us up with
tickets. I had only been back
at the table a few minutes when
the drawine started, and Mrs.
Sherman's ticket was one of the
luckv ones.
We didn't realize what we had
won until two men from the
Grain Growers came lugging in
75 pounds of prime meat. What
a bonanza! We have been ac
claiming eastern Oregon meat
to our western Oregon friends
and now can really show them
first hand when they drop in.
And a big thanks to the Grain
Growers!
BERT HUFF must be good mod
iclne for us and after the un
kind thoughts we had about
him! As treasurer for the Cham
bcr of Commerce, he conducts the
weekly drawing for the "pot,"
a little door prize put up by the
assembled members.
In six months here, we watch
ed others win some two or three
times in a row. Never in that
time was the Gazette-Times
called.
While Bert was conducting the
drawing Monday, I was declar
ing to someone across the table,
"I am going to make Bert file
an affidavit that the Gazette
Times name is in the pot."
As I made the statement, I
turned and saw all eyes focused
on me. They had drawn the
name of the Gazette-Times.
Whose face was red?
I don't believe In horoscopes,
but certainly Monday must have
been under some lucky sign. But
how the heck do you figure the
Linotype and the caster going
haywire? Then Tuesday, we
thought we were going to lose
a motor on the press (Fire Chief
Charlie Ruggles will tell you
that fires and disasters come in
threes).
Dick Zita at Condon proved a
good friend again when he al
lowed us to use his caster Mon
day night and got us out of
trouble on that one, and we sure
thank him for it. Herb Stroeber
got out of sick bed to come down
Tuesday and got the motor going
strong again. It s nice to have
friemis like these.
with plaque surrounded by a
fenced enclosure, and stopped to
Investigate. The result was high
ly Interesting to me. This maik
ed the death of C"I, Cornelius
Gilliam on March 24. 184
I have written a gnod m&ny
words about Col. Gilliam, who
Mas a pioneer to Polk county,
was a leader In organizing
schools and county government
there. He was among those most
prominently mentioned when
Dallas had Its big Centennial
Celebration In 1M7.
At the time of the Whitman
massacre. Col. CUIIam organized
a corps of volunteers to help put
down the uprising. Aftei a ratl.er
lengthy campaign, he was ncaa
ed back with his men when a
loaded gun. with a ramrod In
it. was accidentally discharged,
The rod hit him In the head
and he died Instantlv.
Col. Gilliam's story', too long
for the telling here. Is a real
dramatic one. It certainly wes
an Intriguing thing to me to run
on to the soot he died, tun
Richardson, editor of the Item
Izer-Observer, Dallas, Is planning
on coming over on a visit soon.
lie edited two volumes, "Polk
County Pioneer Sketches," which
include the life of Col. Gilliam
and no doubt will be keenly In
terested In visiting the markc.
and plaque that commemorate
the highly respected pioneer.
MYSTERY of the week is. "Who
Is Joan Palmer?" Her name
has been on a good many lips
since her letter to the editor last
week, giving advice to the mer
chants. Most merchants have
pressed the opinion that her
letter, as they put it was
good thing."
She will be glad to note that
one store is advertising yarn this
week (which. Ironically, had
been ordered prior to her com
plaint that none was to be found
in town). Another merchant has
a good-sized display ad address
ed to her.
But no one knows Mrs. Palm
er. consensus is that tne writer
used a fictitious name. But from
the Interest aroused, our "Alius
Mrs. Palmer" seems to be the
woman of the week in Heppner.
www
PERHAPS THE Leonnlg family
has appeared at some time on
TV amateur or talent ahow.
If they haven't, it would certain
ly be fitting and appropriate to
have them on some national pro
gram. They surely have the
musical talent right down the
line to the youngest tot
First time we saw and heard
them was at the Grain Growers
meeting. Ed Sullivan has had
a lot of performers on his pro
gram not nearly as good as the
Leonnigs.
WHEN MARY Van Blokland. who
saw the high school play Fri
day night, told us that the kids
did such a good Job on the dra
matic parts that it brought tears
to one's eyes, we were skeptical.
But when we went Friday night,
we found that as the plot reach
ed its dramatic climax there
were probably few dry eyes in
the place except maybe for
f
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To ti Editor:
The Three Link club of Lex
ington wish to thank the owneis
and staff of the Gazette Timet
fur the good advertising you gave
on our uinner and sale held Sun
day, No ember 3 It was very
profitable to us.
The Three Link Club
Mrs. Annie Kei-ne,
Secretary
DOROTHEE LOUISE DUNKEL. daughtor oi Mrs. Hertha S. Dunkel
of Longvlew, Wash., whose engagement to ceraia tugene era
tow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Brlstow of lone. Is announced.
A December wedding is planned. (Fifth Avenue Portrait Studio)
Engagement Told
Of Dorothee Dunkel
To Gerald Bristow
Mrs. Heitha S. Dunkel of Long-
view, Wash., announces the en
gagement of her daughter, Dor
othee Louise, to Gerald Eugene
Brlstow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
mond W. Bristow of lone.
Miss Dunkel was graduated
from Lower Columbia Junior col
lege in Longvlew, and completed
training as a medical technolo
gist at the Children's Orthopedic
hospital in Seattle, Wash, biie
Is currently employed at the Ecs
Kaiser Foundation hospital in
Portland.
Mr. Brlstow is a graduate of
Eastern Oregon College at La
Grande, and is now teaching at
the Liberty Junior high school In
Tillamook.
The couple Invites friends to
attend their wedding Saturday,
December 16, at 8 p. m. in the
Emanuel Lutheran church In
Longvlew.
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THEATER
Wed- Tours. Nov. 22-23
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING
PROGRAM
Misty
David Ladd. Arthur O'Connell.
Pam Smith, Anne Seymour.
Duke Farley. The millions of
young-ln heart who have de
lighted In Marguerite Henry's
U-st -selling story "Misty of
Chlncoteague" of youngsters
and horses will love this one.
Photographed In CS and Color
in Virginia.
Show starts at 7:30 each evening
FiL, Sat. Nov. 24-25
Horizons West
Robert Ryan and Julie Adams
In a repeat run of top-notch
western. PLUS
The Steel Claw
Slow starter of guerilla war
fare that makes up for the
delay In the last hour, good
color and sound effects,
George Montgomery.
Sun Mocl. Nov. 26-27
On The Double
Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter,
Wilfrid Hyde White. Double
fun, double laughter. Riotous
impersonations and ro.tgh-and-tumble
slapstick it's
great!
Sunday at 5 and 7. Monday
at 7:30
some spectators who have glass
ones.
Director Janet Groves has an
nteresting tradition of having
the cast get in a huddle and give
a cheer, "Good Luck!" Just before
the production, Just like an ath
letic team. It's a nice custom,
and maybe It has some bearing
on the skillful performance.
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RON'S
ED GONTY likes to explore new
places, and though he has
lived here all his life, he still
finds plenty of out of the way
roads to run out on Sunday after
noons richt here in Morrow
county and vicinity.
He asked the Shermans to so
along Sunday afternoon with his
family, and we struck off to
wards the '"Sands" in their sta-
t.on wagon. j
We came upon a stone marker
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