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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, July 12, 1962
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MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
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The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
WESLEY A. SHERMAN
Editor and Publisher
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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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.
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Isn't there some one
you should all? A
visit back home -or
just keeping in touch
with folks you miss.
CALL TONIGHT!
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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..."
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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
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LEXINGTON
PH. 989-8423