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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1962)
V.'i HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, July 12, 1962 iiiiiiiiiiiinitiiiiiiiiiMiiiiHim MOBROW 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 Editor and Publisher 1 NEWSPAPER pimifMits ASSOCIATION HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Else where 150 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. OFFICE HOURS: 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.; Saturdays, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. CIIIIIMIIIMIIMIIimillllHIIIIIIIMI IIIIIMIIHIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHIIIM IIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIHMIIi Prepare Welcome Mat for Fair, Rodeo This summer our state is embarked in a special "Welcome to Oregon" campaign, particularly to greet the large number of tourists who visit our state as a part of their trips to the World's Fair. Morrow county, being somwhatoff the beaten path, may feel a lesser role in this campaign, even though those visitors who take the time to come our way would be more than amply repaid for a visit to our wheat and cattle country, as well as to the mountain country that we enjoy to the south. We offer a welcome change to peace and quiet for those who rub elbows with the huge crowds at the Fair and for those who may be confused and harassed from the hustle and bustle of the big cities. Last week-end, for instance, a visitor from Portland spent some time with the publishers of the paper. We took a trip towards Hardman in the evening, and he particularly enjoyed getting out of the car at a high vantage point and looking at the stars shining brightly in the heavens with no intruding lights to confuse the view, this pleasure, something that Morrow natives probably take for granted, was particularly intriguing and enloyable to this city dweller. But with our fair and rodeo coming on, there is another reason to spread the Welcome Mat. The county has attractions in these events that outsiders can enjoy immensely. Now, with fair time just about five weeks away, we should be doing all that we can to spread the word to others. The fair and rodeo boards have been busy with preparations, and the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce is setting up committees for the parade, picnic, queen's coronation and other responsibilities. This year, it is hoped to do a better job on publicity to tell others just what good celebrations we put on here. Our good citizens' now should invite their friends who are living else where, and we should prepare for a hospitable greeting to all so that they may feel a true and friendly welcome to Morrow county. This year's fair and rodeo, if advanced preparations are any indication, may well be one of the best on record. After all, there is something about the sincerity, excitement and simplicity of a homespun celebration, with all of its imper fections, that stands up well against the marvels and awe inspiring attractions of a World's Fair when it comes to interest and enjoyment of those who witness it. Every Morrow county citizen can help to boost our fair and rodeo, not only by his own participation, but by inviting others and cutting off a piece of that "Welcome to Oregon" mat as a "Welcome to Morrow C ounty. THE GONTY family really has the system for vacations. The son, Ray and family, of Seattle comes here to stay in the house of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gonty, while the Heppner family goes to Seattle to live in Ray's house for a week. In so doing, Mr. and Mrs. Ed, Doug and Tom, get to see the Worlds Fair, lodging free, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray and children set the stage for a vacation next week at Leh man Springs or wherever they wish to go to get away from the crowds of the big city. Ray, a city policeman in Seattle, has some interesting sidelights on his work and the World's Fair hulabaloo. The crowds invading Seattle make little difference in everyday liv ing because, as he puts it, the city can absorb another 50,000 persons without hardly noticing it. En route to Heppner they no ticed that about every other car was from out of state, going over Snoqualmie pass to the Fair. Ray seems to enjoy his work as a big city policeman. He has issued as many as 15 tickets in a three-hour period but has very few complaints. His philosophy is that if you greet a traffic offender with a cheery "Good morning," and a smile', the greeting is returned in kind. But if the officer launches a tirade at the violator he gets a hostile retaliation. For every ticket tnat Kay writes out he says that he lets two off the hnnlf mi tho nvoratrp. the theorV being that many of the offenses are unintentional ana mat ior many of the average citizens just being stopped is enough of an education to do better in the futuref So, if you happen to hnu a nnlr nf Ehnes at Gontv's this week, you are probably as sured ot a nearty uoou morn ing," and no chance of being ccnarl a tlnlfot ovpn if thp meter where your car is parked shows no time left. DISCUSSION came on the floor of the Chamber of Commerce Monday about asking the rodeo board to discontinue the practice of giving each child in the parade a $1 bill. Some enthusiastic support for thp change came from one of the members, Orville Cutsforth. Last year he had w granaenna- ran In thp narade (almost enough, by the way, for a pretty fair parade ty inemseivesj. When the committee got around to them, the allottment of dol lars was exhausted, and to save disappointment, grandad had to pungle up $24 from his own pocket. Tuesday night the rodeo board also discussed the matter, and it appears that this year the participants will get ice cream bars instead of dollar bills. The tradition was to0 costly and too many children were missed, bringing chagrin to them. Also, too many kids jumped in the line of march without going to the trouble of fixing a float, dec orating a bicycle or putting on a costume. There is some feeling, too, that it is not a sound prac tice to "buy" their participation. This year, there will be many prizes for the kids, in addition to the ice cream bars to all. h other words, those who put forth the greatest effort will get the greatest reward, since the best in each division will win the prizes. THE OTHER DAY we indulged in one of the day's favorite pastimes, discussing the national debt and taxes with someone. In the course of the chit chat, it was brought up that the fed eral government apparently now has a debt that has hit a tril lion dollars, although probably no one can say for sure. Pretty soon our electronic com puters will be outmoded because they won't be able to cope with the astronomical figures fed in to them, and we'll have to come up with some other super device to reckon with our soaring obligations. In a recent issue of "Your Taxes," published by Oregon Tax Research, is an article on "How Much is a Trillion Dol lars?" It points out that if a person spent money at the rate of $1000 per minute, 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, he could get rid of $480,000 per day, $2,400,000 per week or $l24,80U,ouo per year, Thank You... We Extend Our Thanks To Our Many Patrons During Our Owner ship of Mack's Cafe. We Have Sold Out To Mrs. Celestine Randall, Umatilla. She Began Here July 9, And We Hope You Will Continue To Give Her The Patronage Which We Have Enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Max McCormac Foods Source of Ills For Picnickers The advent of summer and its higher temperatures brought a warning today from the Oregon State Board of Health. The board asked picnickers es pecially to be aware of the prob lem of transmitting food infee- tions or poisonings. Even though the Oregon State Board of Health receives hundreds ot tood pois oning reports a year, hundreds more are apparently unreported. Those who become afflicted suffer from a gastrointestinal up set and in some cases may be come seriously ill. Symptoms generally include abdomi n a 1 pain, cramps, diarrhea, and vom- Some fun, huh? Now, if you had started ai me vpar 7prr vnii would have sDent $244,857,600,000 through the year But your jod wouia De jusi started in getting rid of your trillion. You would still have to go 6050 years and 10 months to pass the trillion. It sort of reminds us of what astronomers say about the gal avioe in nnr hpavpns. Some of the outer galaxies, they surmise, are traveling away irom our galaxy faster than the speed of light. So theoretically you never could see them even if you had a telescope big and powerful enough to penetrate that far into outer space. iting. Most people are aware that such foods as cream pastries and ham can cause food Infection or poisoning if improperly handled, but they fail to realize that many other products, such as potato salad, rice cakes, and poultry also can be dangerous if not properly prepared and refrigerated. The three best ways to pre vent food poisoning or infection are: 1) keep everything coming in contact with food as clean as possible; 2) do not handle food with bare hands if you have even a small skin infection; and 3) keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold from the time of prep aration to the time of serving. IIVdi A it It I - - s , iiKHHrmT. ) "I B! Isn't there some one you should all? A visit back home -or just keeping in touch with folks you miss. CALL TONIGHT! 0 yiIl COMMUNITY ) BILLBOARD ffil PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL Coming Events HEPPNER SWIMMING POOL Open daily, except Mondays Swimming lessons aauy from 9:00 a. m. LEGION MOVIES Friday, 8 p.m., Legion Hall Always a Good Show! This week "The Black Arrow." Plus cartoon, "Bathing Buddy." Morrow County Rodeo KICKOFF DANCE For Queen Marlene and Her Court. Saturday, July 14 Fair Pavilion AMERICAN LEGION FAMILY PICNIC Sunday, July 15 Frank Hamlin Cabin Meat Dish Furnished DEGREE OF HONOR PICNIC John Bergstrom Ranch Sunday, 10 a.m., July 15 This spaee 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 "We've Got Something More To Be Proud About..." t. '- v . ,,'..( . ..... : . 1 It Gives Us Pride And Pleasure To Call In For Redemption All Our Outstanding Series 9 Capital Reserve Certificates As Of July 1, 1962. THESE CERTIFICATES WERE ISSUED FOR THE 1949 CROP TO GRAIN GROWERS: Kindly endorse and mail or bring in your 1949 crop Series 9 Certificates and we will issue you our check in payment of same. Should you prefer to receive some of our Class A Preferred Stock bearing 5 interest, rather than cash, we will be pleased to issue same to you in units of $50.00, up to the face amount of your Series 9 Certificates. The Total Of This Call Amounts To About $36,000 This is money that stays in our county Money that would have gone elsewhere and which you would never have benefitted from had you not patronized your own association. The Capital Reserve Certificates issued represent shares of the 1949 crop earnings and are in ad dition to competitive cash returns received in that year. -AL LAMB, Treasurer ORROW C0UMT Y LEXINGTON PH. 989-8423
