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X RtrrNCI GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursdaf. Januarf H 13 I tfjpnpr (Basrttc-eltmcii momow couirrrs wewsfafeb lHONE t22l The Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 18K3. The Ihppner Time, established November 18, 1897. Consolidated rebruary 13. 1912. Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher HELEN E. SHERMAN AMOclate Publisher NltoSPAPIt UlllSMItl ASSOCIATION NATIONAL 7 f OITORIAl c3Sfo I HELEN COX must be an optimia- IH ort Of JHThon. "1 taw ihe firt robin today," she declared ulih a lint? of exciUTiiiTt In her voice over the phone Wednesday morning, "Did ou II?' ".Nob. I didn't." I replied b. I ween coughs and ami lie. "1 (xln't se oImt the tub ob my hanekercheb "Oil?" came the sympathetic rejoinder Tmcthinif wrong: '.Nob." I answered, "Just got a i-od Id tnv nods." Isn't it Ihe darndest thing. Just as you happily nettle down to be TO THE EDITOR To We didn't really plan It thai y It came about like many Important Inventions, quite by accident Out tt Harold Wrlghtt at ;!"rtT"!nLi"..f'h.wu "nd. um Ruggs, we were trying to get a The Editor: 1 wonder If I eerie of letter at a recent school board meet ing 1 made the suggestion that If we must make further capital didn't start a writing when Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Lis where $120 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday I miscraMu for the winter, some and Entered at the Post Office at Heppuer, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. School Buildings and County Roads Since the early December meeting of the District It 1 school board, there has been considerable misunderstanding in circu lation concerning the board's attitude towards the serial levy on county roads. From a number of quarters has come criticism towards the board for proposing to take funds that would 'Jeopardize the road program." In the story about the board meeting that ap peared in this paper, we thought it was made clear that the pro-xsal did not come from the board but rather from Orvllle Cut-siorth, who appeared as a private citizen and taxpayer. Apparently, however, some have misconstrued the story. As was pointed out In the original article, the board took the po sition that it could not seek to encroach on funds designated lor another purpose or lor another branch of local government, and Director Ed Dick made this quite clear when he made the statement at the board meeting to Mr. Cutstortli. At that time Mr. Dick said, and the other members of the board concurred, that all tax money belongs to the people and any move to ear mark it should properly come from the people. We have noted, too, that some apparently believe that Mr. Cutsforth is a member of the school board and thereby felt he proposed this in the name of tho noard. lie is not, but pre sented the idea forthrightly In what he thought might be a solution to the school problem without hurling the taxpayer. Among those who erroneously thought the board had designs on the county road levy was County Judge Oscar Peterson, who wrote a letter to the editor on the matter, pointing out the uses of the road funds. The truth Is, the matter never came up at the meeting until It was proposed from the audience via Mr. Cutsforth. In turning away from any expressed or Implied Intentions relative to the roud funds, tiie board acted in proper manner. The school program has to stand on its own merits, and the road program likewise. JNeither should work to impair the other. However, it cannot be suld that Cutsforth was not within his rights in making the suggestion, lie is a taxpayer and he expressed an idea that he believes might solve a knotty problem. Purpose of this editorial is merely to keep the record straight and dispel rumors that have cropped up. The school board as yet has not proposed to the public any method of financing the building program that it believes necessary In the county. Architect Stewart Tuft was present at the January meeting Monday night to show proposed sketches to complete the new Heppner High school plant, but a con sideration of cost and financing was deferred until the sketches could be scrutinized and studied by the directors. Projects at Hoard man and Irrigon are similarly under scrutiny. In a letter to the editor on this page, Mr. Custforth asks if any count has been taken of children who will be entering school from this end of the county. We cannot answer the question, because we don't know. However, we have been told that en rollment at Heppner high this year is 204 and that it will reach 250 within two years as the wave of heavy enrollment in the grade school surges through. Classes of 5th and 6th grade phys ical education, 7th and th grade homemaking and 7th and 8th grade shop will be dropped from the grade school curriculum in the coming school year because there is no room for them. Urade school pupils now meeting in the old high school building cannot go there next year because high school enrollment crowds them out. Only a fool would say that the people of the county can build new schools without paying for them, but it may be possible to work out a plan by bonding and cutting out the school serial levy that would not Increase taxes, although the bonded Indebtedness would be spread out for some time. To this time, and after attending each regular school board meeting for the past six months, it is apparent to us that the board is proceeding logically on the problem, which eventually will be placed in the hands of the people for decision. Whatever method of financing is proposed, the voters and taxpayers will be the final judges. thing comes along to upset the applecart by telling you spring Is on the way But Helen is undaunted, bhe is telling the world about It in her ad on spring llowers ("see page 6, this tion' REP. FPANK WEATHERFOKD has a Mmole solution for small communities who are trying to offer ambulance service in tne face of stiff new state regulations that require additional attend anls. eouiiment and licenses. At a recent purine nearing. ne reoorted to the Chamber oi com merce Monday, he told the gath crimr. "If we have to comply, we will dmplv have to shoot the imtients and bring them in as corpses. Heuulatlons aren't so stiff, ap parently, on stiffs to put it in . , ,,f ,t. 'ti.h Hie veiiiniunsi ui me rlunlls." The renresentatlve said that he thought the rules would be eased for smaller communities, but a storv in the East Oregon- Ian Wednesday eveninu said that the State Board of Health had overridden "strong objections from the timber Industry and adopted slate regulations for ambulance service in Oregon." It rather appears that the State Board of Health Is saying mat If a sick or hurt patient can't good phctn of him as a candi date for Uvesimkman of the nlc and oozv. We snapped the Western po- or Harold with ome of his Hereford herd, but the cattle were as skittish as politician ai a uress conference, Harold was Installed on top of tne ren.-e at the rltiht angle, but every time he would slide close enough to the cows, they'd move away, we were also on the top, holding the camera and equip ment and with no hands left to use In balancing, and tried to maneuver down towards him. l-inally the Herefords were backed Into a corner and could go no farther. Harold was in the right spot and we stopped with fet planted on the board second from the top and shins braced against the top hoard. Down be low was a good big mudhole, nice and ozzv. We snapped the picture O.K. and then started to lose balance. At this point the new "Twist was invented. We pirouetted and pitched, hips sagging to the right and to tne left. Our arms went in wild gesticulation, and the mudhole was ever beckoning. There came a moment when he knew all was lost. The urge was to give un. toss the camera clear and nosedive into the mud and manure in as dignified a manner as possible. But we gave It one more college try, did a few more gyrations of the Twist, gouged the shin bones harder into the ton board and finally recovered enough to snap out of It Thu3, we cheated the mud. Harold was quite unimpressed by the Fence Kail Twist, "bay, i UugW in by ir Sm'" 'if Other Editors' Opinion Doesn't Advertising Pay? Yes, It's a funny world . . . "Isn't It funny that so many businessmen will get up in the morning, refresh themselves with a dose of advertised fruit juice; clean their teeth with an advertised toothpaste and ad vertised brush; shave with an advertised razor; wash with an advertised soap; put on advertised underwear; shirt collar, and shoes; seat themselves at the table and eat an advertised breakfast food and bread; drink advertised tea, coffee or cocoa; put on advertised hat and gloves; light an advertised cigarette with an advertised match; go to the station in nn advertised motor car; give letters to a typist who types on an advertised machine using advertised carbons; sign their letters with an advertised pen, containing advertised ink; and turn down a proposal to advertise on the grounds that ADVERTISING DOESN'T PAY!" Market Research International Shoe Company. wearing a white coat, he can't be brought In at all. For one provision does require the wear ! ing of white bv ambulance per sonnel. WELL, you see a lot of folks doing the "Twist" on TV tnese days, but we've Invented a new version. "The Twist on the Top Board of a Foedlot Fence." Some of those fancv steppers ought to try It. Booklets Now Out About Fallout County civil defense director C. J. D. Bauman today announ ced t hat the post offices are being shipped quantities of the new Department of Defense booklet, "Fallout Protection, What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack." Copies will be available soon at the public service windows of all post of fices in Morrow county. No dl rect mailing will be made as originally announced by the De partment of Doiense. First-class post offices will re ceive 1500 copies; second-class offices 250 copies; third-class of fices 100 copies and each fourth class office 50 copies. The coun ty civil defense office will also be shipped a quantity by the State Civil Defense Agency. On April 1, j!K2, any surplus in post offices will be sent to civil de fense offices for subsequent handlin The Department of Defense announced the distribution of the booklet on December 30. It is a 48-page pocket-sized pamphlet designed to give the American people the facts they need to know about the dangers of ther monuclear attack and what they can do to protect themselves. It also describes the proposed nat ional civil defense program. A second Department of De fense booklet on family shelter designs and construction pro ced u res is expected by the State Civil Defense Agency during the latter part of January. No plans for distribution have been an nounccd by the Department of Defense as yet he said nonchalantly, or words to that effect. Don't suppose he would be at all thrilled by a visit to thr? Peppermint Lounge. And we're surely with him on that. It's too hard on the shins. IF YOU don't like chili, you can eat chicken end noodles at the pie and chili fecd of the PTA Tuesday night in the high school cafeteria before the big ball game between lone and Heppner. Some like chili, but some prefer chicken and noodles. However, everybody likes pie. Those who are watching their figures are welcome to brine their Metrecal along. Rolls and salad are fur-1 we have fairly good roads, we should dlrrontinu moid of the road building program and put that money into school buildings. Maybe a compromise of the two program; is what we need. 1 felt that the taxpayer could not ami would not vote for a building program which would Increase real taxes. Bill Weather ford and now Ralph Crum would be thinking along the same lines. Let me say again that If I have but one dollar to do a two dollar tob. no board or admin istrative group should attempt to tell me what I shall buy. Only the people can when they vote the lunds. Then let this group or board use these dedicated funds to the best of their ability for the purpose for which they were voted Coming back to schools, who has gona to the county records or the hospital records and got ten a one and two year old child census. How many one and two year olds are there between Lex ington and lone? How many be twen Lexington and Sandhollow up Blackhorse canyon? How many up ( larks canyon on Social Ridge to the Hardman road, or between Lexington and the saw mill? How many North. South, Last and West of lone or on upper Eightmile? I can t believe mat a pop ulation of 4800 people are rais ing anymore children than they did in Ihe '.TO's or '40 s. We have the schools swallowing 16 years of children In 8 years because there was practically none born between 1940 and 1948. Remember we are raising and educating children in Morrow countv principally for the In dustry elsewhere. I WONDER! o. w. uuisionn Archery Club Will Organize Jan. 17 Because of a poor turnout at the flrt called meeting of the Blue Mountain Archery club, a second reorganization meeting has been called for Wednesday, January 17. The group Is anxious to get organized before spring weather arrives. The meeting will begin at 8:00 p. m. in the old library rooms In the city hall. Mrs. Swonson Better Mr. Miry Swanson of lone. U showing eooc improvement at St. An'hony's hospital. IVndle ton, after fracturing her hip lte last year. She was transferred there from Pioneer Memorial hos pital for specialist" treatment, and her daughter In law, Mrs. Gar Swanson of lone, said Tues day that she is now able to be up In a walker and may be per mitted to return to the Gar Swanson home later this week. one Cottonettes Plan For Field Trip Leader. Mrs. Rea and five members of the lone Cottonettes -H sewine club met at Mrs. Roa's home January 6 at 2 p. m. Plans were made to take a trip to Pendleton January 27 to visit stores and learn about selecting material for our pro ject. We figured out the size pat tern we would need for our gar ment. The constitution was read and adopted. The next meeting will ne eD nished.'bm Even if you do geWuary 3, at Karen Nelson's home, i tnr a umrthv nanco Bermce Mattnews. reportel iai, 113 . . . t . . - ... j - . . Bernice Matthews, reporter Look Younger with Helena Rubinstein's Ultra Feminine the only face cream that reverses two ways in which your skin grows old! Medical restarch proved wrinkles due to dryness eat be rduced...use Ultra Feminine with estrogen and progesterone ... the hor mones so plentiful in youth, but which wane with maturity. ONCE-A-YEAR SALE Because Helen Rubinstein believes Ultra Feminine is her rreateat cosmetic achieve--nent, she makes this special offer. Your first ir will convince you that you can look ounger in 30 days or your money back ! 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During a delightful lun cheon those present sampled many of the day's cheese recipes. The business meeting follow ing lunch, was conducted by Mrs. Robert Bergstrom. Plans for the card party and food sale to be held March 17 at 7:30 p. m. were presented by chairman of the finance committee, Mrs. Owen Leathers Jr. All members will be working with her in making this event a real success. Those In attendance for the January meeting were Mrs. Robert Bergstrom, Mrs. Albert Wright, Mrs. Orren Wright, Mrs. Mildred Wright, Mrs. Evelyn Far rens, Mrs. Emma E. White. Mrs. Eva Wright. Mrs. Thelma Smeth urst. Mrs. Barton Clark. Mrs. Wil liam Bt-rgstrom. Miss Marilyn Bergstrom. Mrs. John Graws. Mrs. John Campbell and Mrs. jsviie Jean Tabor. Th Bach Model SFH2S00T . Distinctive Scandinavian Modern High Fidelity Stereo Console in genuine Wal nut veneers and select hardwood solids. Mahocan veneen and select hardwood solids, or Blond Oak veneers and solids. 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