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The Heppner Gette, established March 30. 18H1 The llrppnei
Times eUblihed November 18. 1897. Consolidated February 13.
1912.
WESLEY A. SHERMAN
Editor and Publisher
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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..
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