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HEPPNER GAZETTE MOBBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 676-9228 The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher Associate Publisher 7.en MCWfOADtD POIIISMIIS A 'AIIOCMulwn Subscription Rates: Morrow and where $450 Year. Single Copy 10 and Entered at the Post Office Class Matter. OFFICE HOURS: 8 a. m. to 6 p. MMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIHIIIIMIIHIIIHIIIIIIIIMIHHIIIMUHHIHIM1tt Decision Time Here on Community College Decision on a community college for this area, a matter that has been pending and under discussion for months, will be made tomorrow (Friday) when voters of Morrow and Umatilla counties, which would comprise the district, ballot on the formation of the Blue Mountain education district. Sole purpose of the district is to set up a community college to serve the two-county district. Its location undoubtedly would be in Pendleton. Strong support has been evident in favor of the college among some groups, and when a public hearing was held in Pendleton earlier this year, there was only one dissenting voice among the many who appeared. Proponents say that levy for operating cost of the college for the first year, 1962-63, would be .2 of a mill on the property tux roll, with the bulk of the funds for operation of the college to come from funds already allocated by the state. The college would seek to provide: Standard collegiate courses for transfer to higher institutions, vocational and tech nical education leading to employment, adult education pro grams to fulfill special educational needs of the community, extension courses for special groups in the communities where the group is located, associate of arts or associate of science de grees granted upon completion of the course. There Is every reason to believe that such a college would make higher education possible for quite a number of students who cannot now afford to continue after high school. Those who live in the two counties might be able to commute and would find costs at the school considerably less than in the existing institutions of higher education in the state. At the same time, it would appear that by funneling off these students, the ever-extended capacities of the existing colleges would be relieved. This conceivably could result in some saving of funds at the state level because need for facilities would not be no strained. It is evident that something must be done to provide higher education for the ever-Increasing number of young people who want and need It. The community college trend appears to be one logical step towards a solution of this problem. Every registered voter should take the time to go to the polls tomorrow. He will vote: First, on whether he is in favor of for mation of the district, which, in essence, is a vote either for or against the Blue Mountain College. Second, on his choices for directors who will serve if the district is approved. There are 10 candidates for director, and seven will be chosen at large. Morrow county has two strong candidates for the board in Robert Abrams, Heppner, present county district attorney, and Warren McCoy of Irrlgon, who has had long and broad exper ience in school matters. These men are entitled to a place on the board because of their experience and knowledge. We have felt that the district representation should be set up on an area or zone basis, rather than at-large, but we have had some assur ance that this could be done at a later date. We don't feel that Umatilla county, by virtue of its comparatively heavy population, should have the right to control all representation on the board. However, the two candidates who Morrow county offers, even on the at-large basis, should poll good votes. Abrams back ground includes teaching experience, work on the county re organization committee, and attorney for Morrow county school district board. McCoy served on the county school board in Mor row county, is a member of the Irrlgon advisory committee, and was chairman of the county school budget committee. Remember to take a few minutes to go to the polls between 2 and 8 p. m. Friday. Polling places are listed in a story else where in this paper. Rose Festival To Feature Water Show June 12-15 Portland's 1902 Rose Festival ol'ficl;ill iinin Kriilnv .Timn K j - i j - for a 10-day celebration expected to draw record-breaking crowd.', to a spectacular new water show, the "Aqua-Spectacular", schedul ed four nights In the Memorial Coliseum, a .-cries of parades and hundreds ol other gala events scheduled through Sunday, Jtnu 17. Reigning over the Realm of Rosalia during the filth annua festival will be a court of nrin cesses selected from f tin citv's high schools and a queen to be selected ;ind crowned on Monday, .lime II, at H u. in. (DST) in a colorful coronation ceremony In me memorial . olisoum. Highlighting the festival will be the "Aqua-Spectacular", de veloped ,in, piodueed in Miami, Morula, .uid making its West Coast debut in the Coliseum June 12-15. The only portable water show of its kind In clstinv t.tv Aqua-Spectacular includes four major production unmoors, lav ishly costumed, with special lighting effects and music, intet spersod with comedy numbers, skill (living, and other special events. Cast members make their entrances and exits through a waterfall curtain. The festival's trio of parades include the giddy, gala, night time Merrykhana scheduled at 8 p. m. Saturday. June !) tDST). and beginning for the first tim this year in the Memorial Coli seum. A "King of Fun" will be chosen just before the parade leaves the Coliseum and will rule over the- affair. More than 108 floats, marching groups and miscellaneous other entries will participate in the Merrykhana. Second of the three parades will be the Junior Festival "Kids" Parade, which begins at 2 p. m. (DST) Friday, June 15, f.t 52nd and Sandy Blvd. on Port land's east side. "More than 10,000 youngsters rding, walking, and marching in a variety of inspired and colorful costumes, annually participate In the event. Biggest of the three parades is the Grand Floral Parade, begin ning at 10 a. m. Saturday, Jun. 16, in the Memorial Coliseum, - TIMES, Thursday. June 1. 1962 NATIONAL EDITORIAL Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Else Cents. Published Every Thursday at Heppner, Oregon, as becond m.; Saturdays, 9 a. m. to6 p. m. featuring magnificent flo r a 1 decorated floats, bands, march log groups, and equestrian units Visitors to the festival will find all the colorful gaiety of carnival time at the festival Fun Center, open daily throughout the festi val from 11 a. m. to midnight, June 9-17. The center opens offi cially at G p. m., June H. The cen ter is located in Holladay Park, next to Portland's giant Lloyd shopping complex. Topping the biggest collection of rides and games ever in one place in the northwest will be tin spectacular "skywheel," a (12 foot -high double ferris wheel. Strictly for youngsters will be dozens of kiddy ride at th' country fair. Other festival Fun Center fea tures inchul.' the "Streets of th' World" shopping bazaar, dozens of craft exhibits, dlsnlavs of the outstanding works of northwest arnsis, ana the Oregon Products restaurant and exhibit. On th.. performing arts stage at the Fun Center will be a continuous show of dancing, singing, circus acts, and performances of the "Flower uiuiu ong . Seventeen shins nf tlw n , and Canadian Navies will tie up at Portland to join the festivities. Visitors will be welcomed nhiwmi and guided on tours of the ship-; each morning and afternoon from Saturday. June !) tin-no, ri, Sunday, June'17. Another i vent attract i n - younger generation atten t i o ii throughout the state is ihe mi- annual statewide Junior Olym pics rack and field nvot. Buys and Girls from 10 to 17 rimn.W In preliminary compctuims held in nimosi every uregon com tmmity, will eomnete in th. events, beuinnlnf nt 1 n m :it. uruav, June ;, at the Grant Park Field. N. K. 33rd and Thomnson Winning times will be wired to rtu uemiqiiarters to ri entered in national competition There'll ix additinii.-il u-ii,. front activities at the Willamette River "Marine liav" celebration on Sunday, June 10, with a full mu'moon ot aquatic activities scheduled. Hunerv sn,vt;itor ,.nn enjoy salmor barbecued Indian style over open fires while wait ing Marino 'ay events which be gin at 12:30 p. in. U)SH. They'll include a decorated boat parade speed water s-ki races, drag boot races, canoe jousting, skin-diving exhibitions, trick water skiing and the highlight of tiie after noon a ski race in which a heli copter will pull one of the skiicrs Bank Appoints New Area Man On Agriculture Albert Haslebacher, Klamath Falls, has been appointed area agricultural representative lor the First National Bank of Ore gon, it was announced by J. H. Bedford, Heppner branch manag er. For the past two years Hasle bacher has served as the bank,s agricultural representa 1 1 v e at Klamath Falls. He will make his headquarters at Pendleton. Haslebacher has served as treasurer of the Klamath County Cattleman's Association and secretary-treasurer of the Klamath County Young Farmers. He also has been a member of the Klam ath County Farm Bureau, the Henley Farm Bureau and the Klamath Basin Sheep Producers Association. He was employed from 1957 to 1959 by the agricultural exten sion service at Lakeview, with responsibility for the 4-H pro gram in Lake County. A graduate of Oregon State University, he earned his degree in animal husbandry. Born and reared near Salem, Oregon, he is married and the father of three children. Clark Is Selected To Attend Institute Don Clark of Heppner is one of thirty-eight elementary school teachers from throughout the United States and one from Bra zil who has been selected to par ticipate in the Summe. Institute In Science and Mathematics f.,i elementary school teachers at the University of Oregon. The program is financed by the National Scionce Foundation. The Foundation is sponsoring 21 sum mer institutes for elementary teachers. Five of tnem are west of the Rockies. Each particioant will receive -i stipend of $75 per week for the eight week institute, which will begin June 18. Purpose of the institute is to improve the subject matter back ground in physical science of ele mentary school teachers. Partici pants will register in a course in geology, physical geograp h y , meterology and climatology, and elementary mathematics. TO THE EDITOR. To The Editor: The success of the Armed Forces Dav "Open House" held at this installation on May 19, 19G2 can be directly attributed to the excellent cooperation re ceived from area news media, and I wish to thank you for your part in this distribution. The depot was host to approx imately 1400 persons on that day, in spite of poor weather con ditions, and your help in in forming them of this event is sincerely appreciated. Sincerely, LKIGH W. WORTHING Colonel, Ord Corps Commanding Umatilla Ordnance Depot For Father On His Day Tht ALEXANDER Nw Vltta TV fierlsi 131-C-38-R 23" tub (ovtrall ding,), 262 iq. In. pletur CONTEMPORARY LOWBOY REMOTE CONTROL "Wlrelen Wizard" Remote Control with Master-Off Super-Powerful "New VIeta" Tuner 23 (overall dlag.) Full-Picture Tube $339.95 For Father--We Will Give $75 For Your Old Set GONTY'S IIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIM Chaff and Wes Sherman UltMHHIIMimilHHIH THE HEPPNER Gazette had been in existence only about two years, when, sometime in 1885, someone took some discarded copies of the paper and used them as insulation on the rough boards that formed the inside walls of a house. Recently the Rev. Homer Wolf ington was doing some remodel ing to the house, known as the old Patterson place and located next to Herman Green, when he uncovered the copies of the Ga zette. They had been there so long that they had become a part of the unplaned boards. Rev. Wolfington sawed out a couple of chunks of the boards with the papers affixed (too permanently to be removed) and Herman brought them to us. Often times a newspaper has files that date back to its early days, but we don't. O. G. Craw ford, former editor of the G-T, told us that a fire that occurred in about 1918 had wiped out the files to that point, which is really quite a loss because the old record is very valuable. So the tattered papers that Her man brought are all the more interesting. ONE SHREDDED portion, the ed itorial page, bears the date August 6, 1885, which is a little more than one year and four months after the Gazette was founded (one of the oldest weekly newspapers in the state) on March 30, 1883. Little is discernible on this por tion, but one item reports that "Sam E. Clark of the dairy firm of Vinson and Clark, Camas Prairie, was down to Heppner Thursday with a load of cheese for which first article he always finds a ready market." Another: "It begins to look as though there might be an extra session of the legislature called early in September. If there is, it is estimated that the people s pockets will suffer to the tune of about $30,000. The taxpayers can't afford that just to secure a senator, especially as the gov ernor can appoint one without expense. WE SEE AN advertisement from W. J. Leezer and L. W. Briggs of Heppner for hardware, tin ware, stoves and ranges. Another ad, by a man named Fell, Hepp ner Nursery, announces: a75.00! Buvs One Thousand! $10 Buys One Hundred Apple Trees! Come to Heppner." A professional card of Julius Keithley announces his services as Morrow County Official-Surveyor. J. W. Morrow advertises tnat he "Brands horses. They run where grass is greenest." Another ad says, "D. B. Stalter, Horse Raiser. Brands horses and cattle. Range between Balm Fork and Skinner." Wm. Penland adver tises "Lots in Lexington." A ranch of 320 acres, "half a pre-emption claim and the other half a railroad claim" is offered for sale at $325. Included is a house, some fencing and nine acres broke; running water; 8 miles from Heppner and a mile from Lexington. A fraternal directory lists the Knights of Pythias, Willow Lodge No. (iG, lOOF; Heppner Lodge No. 69, AF & AM; Hepp ner Lodge 45G, I. O. of G. T. A faded ad from Peterson's Chatter offers "Watches, Clocks & c. Also Amethyst, Cameo and Dia mond. Gold Rings, Gold and Silver Watches. And All other articles usually kept in a Jewelry Store. Store opposite post office. May street. All work guaranteed." Wm. Estes points out in an ad that he "Does General Black smithing in First-Class Shape at Lexington, Nine Miles below Heppner on Alkali Stage road." Another space proclaims, "Call on Johnnie Locknane at the Belvedere SALOON. Opposite the livery stable." ROICE FULLETON had to go to Boise Monday to get a car. The three daughters, Diana, Ruby and Becky, wanted to go along to visit relatives and left mother, Betty, home to take care of things. Tuesday, Mrs. Fulleton seemed a little bewildered. She was at tempting to take care of the Chevrolet garage, and was baby sitting with Dianas tiny chi- hauhua-terrier pup. She was looking after Eecky's goldfish, Becky's cats, and Roice's horses, Her family left her with a whirlwind of instructions so many pellets for the goldfish, so much hay for the horses, so much dog food for the pup and so much milk for the cats. Also mixed in the menagerie are some pigs. The pup demands a romp at 4 a. m. which means an early start to the day. Wouldn't be surprised to see Betty get mixed up and sto't feeding hay to the foldfish, ptJets to the pup and dogfood to the horses. All this and Chevrolets, too! "HUTCH," Heppner's night policeman, had just come on duty on a recent evening. He stepped into the street from the Heppner Hotel corner when he noticed an object streaming fire fly over a corner of town. His first thought was that some youngster had conceived the bright idea of setting fire to a kite and sending it sailing. Hutch hopped in his car and headed for high country in the hope of spotting where it landed, but he had no luck. There wasn't a sign of it. He remained puzzled about it until next day when he read in the paper that Portland baseball team, playing in Vancouver, B. C, headed for cover in the dug out when a fiery object swooshed across overhead. The object that looked as if it were only a hundred or so feet over Heppner was probably a comet a good many miles in the sky, but it made an im pressive display. THERE HAVE been some pecul iar goings-on at the Chamber of Commerce lately. The organ ization has what it calls the "pot," offered to stimulate at tendance. Each one present puts in a clime. Names are drawn and the lucky guy gets half the "pot." Two weeks ago, Rep. Frank Weatherford was on hand and was asked to draw the name from the box. He drew his own name. We told him that we NYLONS fv 1961 RN TUBE-TYPE )M Blackwalls lNWA Whitewalls SJWE W!W All HaveZZ& U full v nni I ADQ WSrOAD HAZARDm luLLAlvu V ST QUALITY HVvw w irryjrj OFF '61 PRICES HURRY I SUPPLY IS LIMITED IN SOME SIZES! &Q DYEAH M0RE PE0PLE RDE ON GOODYEAR uwtiyy y umm TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER KIND FARLEY MOTOR COMPANY MAT AND CHASE couldn't figure how a fellow with that kind of a touch could lose an election. At the meeting Monday, Gene Case was the winner. President Fred Gimbel stood up and solemnly announced, "Gene Pot won the case." This slip of the tongue should qualify him for a radio or TV announcer. AT THE city council meeting the other night, Bob Lowe as a citizen petitioner, presented sev eral matters for consideration, relative to streets. The matters were discussed for a time and then Conley Lanham, acting mayor while Al Lamb is gone, turned to Councilman Ed Gonty, a member of the street commit tee, at his left. "We'll turn those over to the street committee," he instructed Ed. "O. K.," replied Ed with a grin, "You're the chairman." But the acting mayor stopped the buck passing. "Well, you're the chairman now!" he respond ed, acting with his new mayor alty authority. SO FAR, the writer has with stood the World's Fair "bug," and hasn't been a bit excited about mingling with the mob in "needle and monorail land." But when Mike Whitesmith and fam ily took off on vacation for the i fair, he declared that he had it all figured out on how to get in, see the fair and get out ; without getting mixed up in traffic and parking congestion, . An old-timer in that area, he knows all the back roads and ! parking spots. We're anxious to see how he fares at the fair. Nels Anderson and family just came back from a few days there and were quite impressed. (He just about gave us the "bug"). Going up the "Needle" was quite a thrill, but they decided not to stand the long wait to eat in the restaurant at the top. As to the crowd, Nels said, "There were 48,000 people there," and added rather mournfully, "1 didn't see anyone I knew." HIGH SCHOOL teachers proved to be quite the wits at Awards night at Heppner High recently. Coach Jim Sutherland kept the audience and kids in stitches with his antics, but we thought Coach Pete Glennie, whose base ball team had a so-so season this year, brought the best ad lib when he dropped a batch of award certificates to the stage floor while presenting baseball letters. He stooped over, gathered them up and turned to the aud ience. In his quiet manner he said, "That's just how we play ed baseball." WHEN dog bites man, that's not news, they say. When man bites dog, that is news. Then it would follow that when cowboy ropes calf, that's not news. But when calf ropes cowboy, that is news. Well, Rod Murray is in the news. He was roping calves over the week-end. He had the rope around one rip-snorter's neck, and a loop of rope was trailing the animal. Rod stepped in the loop, the calf took off and the Heppner pharmacist had his foot in it. Rod is wearing a pro nounced limp this week. First thought his leg was broken but it's only badly twisted. He's glad that his new pharmacist, Ed Espy, arrived from Riverton, Wyo., to start work Monday morning. Special Discontinued Designs EM and RAYONS by HEPPNER Salter to Receive Degree at OCE Friday Robert Salter of lone is one of 112 students scheduled to re ceive degrees at Eastern Oregon College's 33rd annual commence ment Friday, June 8. A graduate of lone High school in the class of 1957, Salter is the son of Hugh Salter, lone, His degree will be bachelor of science in education. In addition, 68 degrees were granted at the close of the 1961 summer session, bringing the academic year's total to 180. Exercises are scheduled at 10:00 a. m. in the EOC Coliseum, with Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the University of Puget Sound, delivering the address. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Farra had as houseguests for the grad uation of their son, Jim, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Farra, Payette, Idaho, parents of Mr. Farra: Mr. and Mrs. Harley Farra, John Day; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Farra, Mt. Vernon; Mr. and Mrs. Willis Cason, Condon; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wiest, Sunnyside, Wn parents of Mrs. Farra; and Carol Beck, Grandview, Wn. On Mem orial Day they enjoyed a family dinner. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Coming Events SUMMER OPENING Heppner Swimming Pool Saturday, June 9, at 1:00 p.m. Free Swim For All! PAST NOBLE GRANDS Of Sans Souci Rebekah Lodge OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY POTLUCK PICNIC Sunday, June 10 1:00 P. M. Randall Martin Home Buttercreek District Willow Creek Country Club Hosts To Kinzua Golf Club Sunday, June 10 Tee-off, 9:30 and 10 A. M. Two-ball Foursome, 2:00 P. M. This space will be used each week to announce com ing events of a public service nature at no charge. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppner P. O. Box 611 PH. 676-9625 UU Goodyear PH. 676-9116
