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HEPPNER r.AZETTE.TIMES. ThuidTY. Tthnary ! Kiiuirr (Bttsfttr-uJtntrs MOBHOW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER PHONE 8-8228 The Heppner Gette, established March 30. 18H1 The llrppnei Times eUblihed November 18. 1897. Consolidated February 13. 1912. WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher NiwsrAPin LIINIIS lOCUTtON cinrir.tinn Rat- Morrow and whers K50 Year. Single Copy 10 and Entered at the Post Office Class Matter. Our Grammar Deficiencies In the Letters no the Kditor column of the Oregonlan re cenUy was one from Jo Allien of Portland, who hapuciui to be the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. frank Turner o Heppner and is the daughter of Mrs. Anabcl Allison of Portland. M as Allison's tomplaint-and her point hi well kt'n-7ls, directed at all the critic ism students have, been receiving M K 'insufferable ilnglish und grammar." She po nta out . a number of deficiencies on the part of professors and other adults Wh"llowUclkhTu-urnUtoap)ly the rules of English when many of his orolessors flagrantly violate them?" she asks. One auth continuous violation to which she refers is the oft-repeated phrase by teachers, "Does everyone have their b0Miss Allison has noted, too, that many of Ktlliindfctty vehicles have signs neatly lettered on them, "Dont follow to ClHe'letter reminds us of the old story about college professors who gathered to discuss the shortcomings of one of their stu dents They decided that he had not been taught correctly in high school-teachers there weren't giving the proper instruction. But the high school teachers turned to the grade school and blamed the shortcomings on a lack of fundamentals offered there. However, the grade school teachers refused to accept the blame and cited the parents for a lack of upbringing a L home. Faced wiui this accusution, the mother declared, Well, his fathers family always was that way." Far be it from us to cast the first stone. Some scholarly person might scrutinize this editorial and point out a gram matical error. We make many of them. Uddly enough, it seems to be more difficult as time goes on. Spelling of words that once came accurately without hesitation now send us scurrying l Inhe'samevein, the Multnomah county sheriff recently created quite a stir when lie demanded certain standards of his personnel for correct grammar and spelling in official reports. Newspapers around the state were prone to scoff at this directive, among them The East Oregonlan which editorialized the other day that the he-man qualities necessary for apprehension of criminals had nothing to do with the officer's grammar. But we go along with Miss Allison's point. We think his Grammar does have something to do with his Job. An officer certainly needs the respect of his fellow man. In our experience as a reporter we have read official police reports, which, because of their gross grammatical errors, would have made hilarious scripts for radio or television programs. The public must think of its officials as something more than "dumb bunnies with no capacity for intelligent decisions. There seems to be some correlation between grammar and intelligence, but, if not, at least there exists such a correlation in the minds of the public. The other day we picked up a newspaper that had a big ad vertisement in ft with a number of reierences to the Gallop (Gallup) poll. We couldn't help but; cringe at the misspelling, yet we realize that we err similarly every day. .,.. One may travel on the highway and spot a big billboard, erected and lettered in the best professional style, with some daring grammatical error. This cannot help but detract from the message a"d bring jibes from those who spot the mistake. In our modern society there seems to be a tendency to slip from the time-honored standards of grammar. One illustration pointed out by Miss Allison is the movement to accept 'aint as a recognized word. But we need to hold to the accepted standards to be secure in our expression, and to communicate understandably with one another. Everyone student, professor, or plain citizen needs to examine his English and become more conscientious about it, Just as Miss Allison admonishes. SKI TRAILS By KEN PECK The recent warm weather spell is causing no little concern among the local skiers. In fact you can almost see the snow shrink. Usually most of the snow pack in the mountains conies after the first of the year but this season may well prove to be the exception to the rule. We hope not, for our new area is beginning to draw skiers. The sport of skiing has grown so rapidly since World War 11 that no one knows for sure just how many actually participate e.uh year. This information would be helpful in planning organizational activities and other aspects of ski business s. the National Ski Association will survey every area in the country next Sunday and count the ski ers. Yes, llu-y have even hoard of Arbuckle Mountain for the club nceived a form to fill mil listing information as to the number of people using the slopes. This middle of the season day should give a good cross section view. I know many of you watched and en loved Walt Disney's -Fantasy on Skis" over chanel 19 Monday evening. The theme was a natural to show to the view ing audience the many facets of the fun that are in skiing. The Festival near the end is an old custom usually held in all areas at the end of each season. F.ver see cowbovs on skis before? Did vou notice the short skis tin1 clowns and others were itsuv;? Tuesday evening was the first - DANCE - At Hardman February 10 Music By Roy's Western Band Supper Served HELEN E. SHERMAN AssoclaU Publisbtr NATIONAL lOITOHAt Grant Counties, H00 Year; Elae Cent. Published Every Thursday at Heppner. uregon. meeting of the Red Cross first aid course. Several ski club members will be taking the training for their own good and to assist others as a part of the ski patrol work. Along this same line I think that the club can say with a certain amount of pride that we have not had to haul anyone off the hill in the three seasons that we have been organized. Skiing has its rules of the hill just as cars do on a road and we have tried to get these points across to people new at the sport. Seen on the hill Sunday: Ann Jones, Don Clark, Frank Lovgren, and David Clark; the Stroebers instructing Judy and Ron Jones; forest service men, Charles Mc Lean and Emory Clapp, checking over the tow and promising to bring along their skis next time. See you on the hill. SHOP IN HEPPNER iiiil CLEARANCE 2 RACKS DRESSES Your TABLE OF 1 SWEATERS Eo- A FEW BLOUSES at$2&$3 JliaQadieS ALICE AND GRACE HEPPNER Chaff and Wes Sherman WELL. WE have Just about come full circle. The tharle toti ha been having a rebirth f popularity, and the yo-yo craze in once more sweeping trie country. Kids around here last week quickly exhausted mer chants' new supplies and hud tlietn digging f'r ones that may not have been touched tunce the navs of the Model A Ford. Only n..w the manufacturers have turned them inside out and call Ihcin "Buttertlies." Perhaps it won t he long until the flagpole sitters blowout forth once more and the dance marathons stuit again. Bv the way. what happened to Hoola Hoops? t ONCE A WHEAT MAN. always 'a wheat man, it apjx'ars. City council was talking about its water needs for the future Mon day night and figuring how much 112 0 would be supplied by drilling a new well. Yes," said Mayor AI Lamb thoughtfully. "As 1 understand it that would give a million bushel of water per day er, gallons." m t . CENTRAL MARKET'S Standby ...ale turned out to be quite a community festival Friday and Saturday. The free hotcake "breakfast" was "lunch" for n lar'e group of latecomers hat unlay. It would be hard to es timate how many enjoyed the repast. One of the Standby crew figured that somewhere around TXH) to .") appeared for the feed. Marie McQuarrie was working like a Beaver, but Clint con fided later on that he wasn t a hit t'red. , ... "Everyone else did all the work," "he declaied with a sly grin. , , , WE'VE been meaning for quite a while to say how enjoyable it is to see the girls' drill team at Heppner High present their halftime entertainment at the basketball games. They have a new routine to execute for each game, and thev perform the drills with precision. There are quite few "waits" for the audience at a doubleheacler basketball bill the warmups before each game and the ha t time intermissions. Work of the girls and the high school band make a more enjoyable evening to go with the games. The girls are under the direc iinn nf Rnrh.im Lotran. physical education teacher, but Shan Ma- honey is the student leaner who takes care of mucn oi uie ui- ganization. The girls spend con siderable time practicing in their spare hours. SELECTION of Wayne Hams for the Shrine All-Star football game is a fitting tribute to this fine athlete. It seems to us that he broke away for at least one long run in every game he play ed last season, at the same time directing the Cardinals' outstand ing football team from his I quarterback post. His potent passing, otten to tiwi n emu tree for touchdowns, was an other big factor in Ione's march to the state a s-man nnais. e don't have his year's statistics immediately available but he must have racked up a good many country miles in total yardage. The selection committee s choice of Crabtree for the team is understandable and would bring great cheers, too, except that he will not be a senior until next year and therefore is in eligible. Somewhere down the line the selection committee pulled a boo-boo, but it is a for giveable offense. We'll root for him to make it next year. ANYONE who doesn't think Mor row county is heard of far and wide might like to see some of STAR THEATER Thone 6-9278 If no answer call 6-9452 Just in Time For VALENTINE'S DAY- Choice, cApparel Chatter the Inters of iii'iuiry we get a Mi-ret urv "f the llepi'iu-r Morrow County Chamber f Commerce. They arrive at the rate of about a half dozen per week and come (mm as far as New York. One wanted Information on forestry in Oregon. We couldn't figure out uhv th it was directed here and turned It over to Albert ttlocndunger of Keep Oregon theen and the State Board of Forestry for reply. Quite a num ber want information on the state at .iri:e. A go.! many would like to buy ranches, and a sizeable pot lion come from school children engaged In studies of the area. Some teach eis must really long for Morrow county because suddenly will come a rash of letters and cards for brochures from one school such as Coos hay. Oil, yes, they are nil answered. . WE SHED A tear for friend J. II (Jack! Bedford who pro poses that Hie G.izette-Times should be distributed in the tM.sd ol flee here on Thursday after noons In strut alphabetical or d.r. He laments 'with tongue in ch.ik) that he has gone to the I. O. on invasion and sees Dick Wilkinson yetting his paper be fore Jack gets his and that is. according to Mr. Bedlord. unfair treatment to the "B's" by the V's" which are near the tail end of the alphabet. Well. now. this matter is prin cipally in the hands of brother Jim liriscoll, postmaster. We us ually start out alphabetically hcie, Jack, but they get scram bled somewhere en route and In the distribution through the 1'. O. cases. (in ess vou only have one re course. Jack. You'll have to picket the post office on Thurs days and declare the "W, X, V , Z's" unfair to disorganized "B s. For our part, ve feel a little t'rateful that Jim and his crew put out the paper at all on Thursday eves a late as it sometimes gets printed in this h'ynr plant. Grade Hoopslers Thump Stanfield Showing improvement after taking a loss at the hands of Condon by one point last week, Heppner elementary school's basketball team defeated Stan field here Friday afternoon, 57- 20. Dill Snvtler topped me scoi i,r iiii ioiit two short of Stanfield's total. Jim Driscoll of the Ponies followed closely wirn 15. The grade varsity now has a record of five wins against one loss. On the same afternoon the taviTOs venn. 40-38. over the infield iavvees. Jeff Turner and Jim Doherty each scored 10 for the winners, but Clark of Stanfield was high man with 12. Tb.i trams nlaved Hermiston vvodniil.nv afternoon, too late to be reported in this paper, and next games will be with Uma tilla there Saturday at 1:30. Af cr this week, only two games remain with Condon and Her miston. Scores: ti rDPMVD VARSITY 57 Dris coll 1f. Snvder 18, Barratt 7, Helik'r 8, Clark 3, Brown 3, Hut chins 2, Matheney 0, Warren 0, st a t'fi ft ,r 2f) Su t ton 11, Masud'a 4, Tucker 2, Walls 2, Siebel 1. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD 4 X This space will be used each week to announce com ing events of a public service nature at no charge. Churches, Schools, Civic Or ganizations. Farm Groups, Charitable Movements, Youth Croups, Service Organizations, And Fraternal Organizations Are Invited To Use The Space To Announce Coming Events Benefiis, Fund-Raising Drives And Anything of A Public Service Nature. Make Your Request By Tues day of Each Week to the Paper or to Ruggles Agency. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY TT . YOUR M'' is me I S tuvis too ymi C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppnet ?. O. Box 611 PH. 6-9625 Cardinals Down Riverside, Echo In League Games lone' league leading Card InaU carved an cay victory ov Echo Saturday night at Echo, M to 33 but had to go the limit Friilay night to defeat Kivernlde In double overtime at lone 61 to 35. , , A freshman lorward. DennU i- ,.f ifn.Tvidi'. caused the game to be knotted at 47 to 47 wltn regular time rfuni .. h.. imii inn frie throwi v in ii i ' - --- - font railed lust 8S the fourth quarter ended. Through the three overtime period the i...ti.wt in ni'n forms minute squads and it i.titiit '. v.. ft K nnlnn Inlrt lh fU-COnQ Man K""rs , overtl ne period. In the second overtime. Rollie Ekstrom con nected twice from the floor and Ron Crabtree hit one field goal for the 61-55 win. Crabtree took hljfh point hon ors with 23 and Ekstrom follow id with 18. The win avenged nn earlier defeat of lone by Riverside who took a close vic tory in the two teams' first league game of the year. This has been the Cards' only league loss. Crabtree led the triumph over Echo Saturday night with 21 points, and the Cards had the same all their way virtually from the start. Halftime favored the winners, 26 to 11. .... Tom Pointer was second high in ths? game with 13. In a preliminary Saturday night, the Echo grade school de feated the lone grade school five, "2-29. "Riverside jayvees outpointed the Cardinal Jayvees Friday night, 40 to 28. Scores: Riverside I' lone 61 F Hobbs, A Ekstrom 18 F 2 Gronquist, K Martin C 12 Partlow Pointer l'l C. 23 Obermeier Hams 0 C, 8 Taylor Crabtree 23 Reserves: Riverside Gron quist, D 6, Boothman 4. lone Klinger 1, Davidson. lone 13 12 11 11 8 6 61 Riverside 5 12 12 18 8 055 lone 55 K 8 Ekstrom F 7 Martin C 13 Pointer G 4 Hams G 21 Crabtree Echo 34 Flanagan 7 O'Brien 8 Hays ') Thompson 6 Ammcn t FINAL CI ji i REG $12.95 T0 $16.95 NOW BELOW COST AT $7.5 i BOTH AND STRAIGHT STYLES Wilson's Men's "The Over The Tee Cup By DCS CRIBBLE With the audden burst of good weather, many playeri showed up on our Golf Link on bun day. It'i atrange. thlnum back, but remember the audden down pour of water that put three holet out of play last summer. It hasn't spoiled the game for many. Due to a great amount oi hard work, mostly all donated, the mew was all cleaned up I . ., ..,. .,uu U'H KOW11 lie-lime, K' a" " ' , , and a pessel of prayers for Rood growlnr A'ere said. Results? 1 s almost ready for luu nine n. of play again. The club had a meeting In January at which time Clinton Mcvuame w i , Donna McCurdy, secretary; and Conley Lannam. ixruivi. ell Cribble U J" charge of ac tivitles. Win Mane ,i.v"...v ii hnndlinff activities that involve the ladies. Newcomer's attention! Now is the time to Join our club and 1 . .i, ,.r. mur club F::..' ' ur.ii to -out of cams cm"" -- town" iairways. Dues are past due and pay able to Donna or Con'ey. Playing Sunday for the fun k.1 - POLE LAMPS TABLE LAMPS LAMP SHADES PICTURES CASE FURNITURE CO. 249 N. MAIN LADIES WOOL SKIRTS PR Bargains, EACH PLEATED Store of Personal Service" first time," sore muscles and all. were the Conley Lanham. Hut Ian McCurdys. Jack LoycU. Clint A gee, Ed Uuruiersoiis, LumcII iiriiiiil.-tf and Stuart. Mr. Sjl'rr and grandson, Jim Ur'MMll a, hi Tim, VMn Marter. rr.. r.u Bru nei, Fran Doherty, Morle UrcAe. Judge Carmtchnel and tiriiM Pratt. A very warm wehxinw to two new teachers. Don Cole and Bob Johnson, who played for the first time. Weather permitting, the Ladles Vty play can Mrt rib ruury 13, with a Valentine play planned. Get someone special and come on out at l?:3d p. m. The new grass green on num ber 6 is something. Good think ing, men. Trapinr Ed Bennett has U, work cut out. Already he Is set ting traps. Francis Doherty has turned "fire bug." Result the creek bed. the length of our course, is burn ed off. A much needed task. Clint McQuarrie and Alonio Groves were dumping sand on Number 3 on Sunday. That hele is the last one to get a beauty treatment and is nearly ready. And LaVerne Van Marter, Sr.. has been sowing grass seed in some other badly needed spots. So you see, golfing on Willow Creek links isn't lust "tote your clubs." Saying "thank you. M lows," Is hardly enough, but I'm saying it. for all of us. Come out, golfers, and Join the fun.. $1795 To $499M $545 To s3995 50c & Up ?59S To $2495 FH. 6-9432 OUT 1 w ear