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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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PH. 676-9116