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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, November 8, 1962 millMIIIMMIIIIIIIMIMHIMtMIMIIIIIIIimHIIIMIIIIIIIMtlH XHE iV?" ntrrrtiiii GAZETTE-TIMES 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 Editor and Publisher M&f MCUCDAPFU -rn ....... . - - W 1 PU1LIINIRS 'AJSOCtATtON Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Else where $4.50 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. t0 6 p.m.: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. IIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIHIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIHIIMIIIIIIIillllHHHIIIIIHMMIPMHHHIIIIIIIIIUHIIHIIIIIIItlHIIIMIIIIIIIIHIHIIM A Martian's Eye-View of the Oregon Road From: Agent Zyrtdl To: : Supreme Martian Council (Earth Study Committee) Mars (Via Oregon Stale Dept. of Motor Vehicles, Earth) Subject: Additional Information on Habits of Earth People (Sample taken from Oregon, USA) Each year thousands of Oregonians and assorted groups of tourists team up and diligently (it sometimes seems) apply themselves to the task of killing more than 400 of their number, inflicting close to 20,000 injuries, causing nearly 60,000 acci dents. This is accomplished through use of the primary earthly means of conveyance the automobile. Oregon Earthlink's demonstrate amazing versatility in converting their vehicles into battering rams, giant bludgeons, squashed pancakes and what humans generally refer to as "Junk." There Is apparently no scientific method used in selecting those who are to be killed. Oregon cemeteries are filled with thousands of traffic victims from all age groups. Periodically, various groups of Oregonians focus attention on the sizable' loss of life, property and dollars represented by this activity. Other groups and individuals point accusing fingers at what they call the "cause" of these accidents. The villain seems to vary with each group. Some "causes" frequently named are speed, the cars themselves, curves in highways, lack of traffic signals, presence or absence of white painted' lines on the highways, bumps in the road, rain, snow and other weather phenomena and alcohol. Upon close investigation, the vast majority of these so called "causes" proved to be either inanimate objects or ac tivities wholly dependent upon some human action. In no case was It shown that any traffic signals contrived on their own to cause an accident; that automobiles speeded up of their own volition and wrested control from the driver; that white stripes changed course and led drivers off the edges of cliffs or that Earth liquor injected itself into the minds and brains of motor ists during an unguarded moment. All evidence points to the fact that there is one basic cause of the "auto-cide" practiced by Oregon drivers and other Earth drivers. The guilty party has been indentified as the homo-sapien. Previous reports have dealt at length with his characteristics. Briefly, he may be described as an Interesting, often intelligent and strangely irrational creature. His irrationality is demonstrated by repeated reluctance to recognize that HE and HIS ATTITUDE with respect to his auto bile create the situations, opportunities and settings for most traffic accidents. Until there is universal acceptance of this fact by Oregonians and other Earthmen, this writer feels that no effective solution to the problem will be made. As previously noted, the high degree of technological ad vancement on the planet Earth has outstripped the development of the human mind and its ability to deal with problems of attitude and behavior. Establishment of intelligent communication with inhabi tants of this planet Is still not recommended. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hevener, Newberg, were week-end house guests at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Saling- Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kelley and family, Umatilla, visited Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Lena Kel ley, and other relatives. e COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Coming Events LEGION MOVIES Friday. Saturday nighls, 8:00 p.m. Legion Hall This week Walt Disney's "Dumbo." Full length color feature. Plus one-half hour cartooiis. HIGH SCHOOL PLAY "The Ghost Goes West" Heppner High School Student Body Friday, Saturday Nights High School Gym. 8:00 p.m. AMERICAN LEGION BREAKFAST Served from 4:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Nov. 10 Legion Hall Tickets $1.25, 50c RAKED FOOD SALE By Three Links Club, Heppner Saturday afternoon, Nov. 10 Red and White Grocery This space will be used each week to announce com ing events of a public service nature at no charge. SPONSORED AS A FUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppner P.O. Box 611 PH. 676-9625 r IT HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL FBLA Clubs Hear Depot Speakers The advantages of a career in the federal government were stressed Friday at a combined meeting of the Henui.iton and Heppner High Schools' Future Business Leaders clubs in Her miston. Two Umatilla Army Depot civilian personnel officials were speakers. James P. Delaney, civilian per sonnel officer, and Henry M. Owens, employee development officer, stressed pay and fringe benefits, UAD's experience in hiring clerks, clerk-typists, and stenographers and how to apply for these positions and the ad vantages of working at UAD. The talks were supplemented by the Civil Service film "Work ing For the U. S. A." A question and answer period followed. Most of the 45 students attend ing were seniors whose response and attentiveness was gratify ing. WOMAN'S prerogative is changing her mind but she doesn't change her mind about the TURNER, VAN MARTER AND BRYANT INSURANCE AGENCY, the agency that prevents the shedding oi TEARS because of uninsured finan cial loss. Our tide oi friends and clients is at the FLOOD and we invite you to Join them in having us insure your home from attic to BASEMENT! Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman WHEN the date for general elec tions was established In this country (the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November), it wasn't done with weekly newspapers in mind. We're groaning this morning after staying up until the wee hours compiling election returns from Morrow county and getting them off to the wire services. Now we face the peak day of the week with eyes feeling like two burn ed holes in a blanket. When the State of Oregon fix ed the date for its primary elec tion, it probably unwittingly did the weekly papers a favor be cause editors have several days to recuperate from it before bumping into the rush of the week. But with only nine precincts in Morrow county, we don't have much to cry about. We sympa thize this morning with our weekly business brethren else where, many of whom undoubt edly had to stay up all night to get returns from precinctb that straggle in, leaving just enough time for a cup of coffee before getting at the weekly ed ition. WITH THE fine help of persons around the county, we had complete returns here Tuesday night the earliest of any election on which we have worked In the past 20 years. They were all in by 11 p. m., to be followed by a couple of hours of phoning re turns to Portland, informing local candidates and Interested parties of outcomes, and check ing on statewide returns of inter est locally. Mrs. Sadie Parrlsh, county clerk, and Deputy Mary Bryant went to considerable trouble to help us out, and we appreciate their fine cooperation. Counting boards here, too, stopped their work after 8 p. m. when we in terrupted them to get a quick early check. Mary Marlowe of Boardman, Mrs. Albert Partlow and Mrs. Warren McCoy of Irri gon, Mrs. Walter Wright of Hard man and Mrs. C. C. (Delpha) Jones of Lexington aided us In their precincts. We thank them all for their good help. , THE REAL "Horse Race" that developed was the one be tween Gaylord Madison, Repub lican, Echo, and Jack Smith, Democrat, Condon, for represent ative In the legislature from the 28th district. This turned out to be a crucial contest because on it and another close race in Jackson county depended the balance of power in the House of Representatives. With Smith's apparent victory and also that of the Democrat in Jackson county, the Demos appear to have the edge in the House, 31 to 29. Phone lines between the wire services and the Gazette-Times, as well as other sources in the 28th district, have been real busy this Wednesday morning as the statewide interest developed and checks and rechecks were made to be sure which way the Madison-Smith race was going. Morrow's 244 vote margin for Smith was enough to bring him victory, since the difference (as it appears at this writing) be tween the two in the district is 220 votes. CARDINALS of lone are back in the state 8-man football play offs again. They have played R man ball for three years, have won the league championship that many times (Umatilla Morrow). The Cards were state champs the first year, runner ups last year, and are three games awav from another state title. Their first big hurdle on the playoff route this year hangs on the game with Crane Fri day afternoon at lone, moved a week earlier than the dale announced in this paper the past two weeks. If the boys of Coach Glenn Biehl top Crane, they face games in the semi-finals an. I finals. It appears that Hereford would be the semi-final oppon ent. Like lone, Hereford has a team that always seems to be in the thick of it for honors. The Cardinals have defeated them twice in the playoffs, top ping them in 191K) and 1961, and Hereford must be really gunning for them this year. While the Cards h:ive n.) easy row to hoe, all Morrow county fans are rooting for them to come through. TWO TOP men on th: lone team had to make some sac rifices to help build a winning team this year. One is Ron Crab tree and the other is Les Mad den. Last year Crabtree was an outstanding end with a remark able record. In fact, he was pick ed for the Shrine East West game until it was found by the selection committee that he was only a junior and could not com pete, since only juniors are el igible. But when Wayne Hams, last year's star quarterback, grad uated, someone had to fill the vacancy, and Crabtree was slut ted out of his regular posit on to the baekfieU p.t. He has been doing a fine job there, but he is a natural end, and so is not getting the recognition that he made as an end. With Madden, it i.-. something of the same story. He was a starting guard, and a fine one. on the '60 and 01 teams. But this year, Coach r.tehl was hard put to fill a halfback spot and Madden was moved tn the post. He, too, is doing well there, but he might have really gained personal accolades had he been able to stay in his regular post. Well, that is the spirit that makes for winning teams. IT IS IRONIC that two of the most interesting events of the year have to come at exactly the same time. To be speaking at the annual meeting of the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op at Condon Friday afternoon is Dr. Walter Hiltner, one of the top men in the Boeing Company. It took some real effort to get a man of this caliber for the program, and what he will have to say will be of great interest here. At the same time, lone has its state quarter final game. It Is one of those things that just happened and couldn't be avoided apparently. But we would like to be able to split In two and go to each place, and probably many others in the county feel the same way. WE WERE a little disappointed last week that no trick or treafers waxed our windows, but maybe the glass was so dirty the wax wouldn't stick! Had they been waxed, we might have had to stir our stumps and wash the windows something that has been on our conscience for the past several weeks. When Charlie and Helen Ruggles, our neighbors across the street, were out cleaning the wax off their windows they did the job up brown, cleaning the exterior woodwork, door and all. Now their place shines and ours looks like it usually does. It wasn't that we had a spec ial immunity from trick or treaters, but the lights on for night work at the business es tablishment must have shied them off. Chief of Police Dean Gilman states that it was the quietest Halloween in his memory. That's a real tribute to our local kids. THEY SAY that skiing is a win ter sport that people learn in several sittings. Be that as it may, there probably will be a lot of persons taking up the sport here this year with the fast growing interest. The Ken Peck family has just opened one of Heppner's bright est little shops Peck's Ski Shop and everyone in town might well drop around and look it over. Might be someone in the family that would like to try a few "sittings" on Arbuckle Mountain and learn the great sport. New super From compacts to classics, your Ford Dealer has America's liveliest, most care free cars! It's an all-star auto show all by itself Ford's long and lively line-up for '631 Four distinct lines, 44 different models, each a show-stopper in its own right! No other dealers can offer you such freedom of choice from price Booster night for the Ski club is coming up Tuesday at the Legion hall, and those interested might go and catch the bug. RATHER SPONTANEOUSLY, we went to Pullman Saturday to see the WSU-OSU game and en joyed the trip through the In land Empire with fields greening up nicely, same as in Morrow county. (Mary Ann Barclay says their place here looks like a country club with the green grain covering the rolling land scape). There was a dismal low over cast hanging over the game, and maybe that was the reason that the teams didn't play very well. There were two bright spots for us. One was the spectacular play of Terry Baker whom Sports Ill ustrated calls the greatest col lege athlete in the nation today, and the other was the work of Morrow's own Dick Ruhl. Terry made three sensational plays in the game. One was a punt he got off early in the con test after snap from center sail How Morrow County Voted S.W. S.E. N.E. N.W. Board- Hard- Hepp. Hepp. Hepp. Hepp. man Irri. Lex. lone man Total FOR U. S. SENATOR Morse 122 65 - 78 109 115 163 123 133 7 915 Unander 97 73 100 146 65 62 86 171 22 822 FOR CONGRESSMAN, First Dist. Chandler 81 60 73 107 48 41 61 140, 16 627 Ullmcn 143 81 102 149 133 171 150, 174 14 1117 FOR GOVERNOR Hatfield 119 84 123 162 104 104 94 195 15 1000 Thornton ICO SO 56 89 75 107 108 100 17 702 Wampler 6709479 19 1 62 FOR labo1c6mmissioner Blair 80 60 77 115 45 51 60 130 15 633 Nilsen 126 68 93 127 112 148 133 16Q 16 983 FOR STAWEPRESENTATIVE. 28th Dist. Madison 82 66 80 113 55 77 86 162 18 739 Smith 141 72 85 146 117 136 120 152 14 983 MEASURES DAYLIGHT SAVING No. 6 YES 83 62 84 124 55 74 50 76 0 608 NO 138 74 85 119 116 133 154 215 30 1064 6 LIMITATION No. 7 YES ICO 74 94 126 63 85 99 122 6 769 NO 63 26 35 46 61 63 59 110 15 478 REAPPORTIONMENT No. 9 YES 128 97 120 148 86 104 134 200 16 10Q3 NO 52 20 28 60 40 58 34 63 11 366 REPEAL SCHOOL REORGANIZATION No. 10 YES 100! 47 57 109 109 167 152 261 25 10C7 NQ 105 75 100 120 51 33 51 41 5 581 torque Ford Galaxie...big and New Ford Fairlane...hot new New Thunderbird... more f M JM0Zmi ii liiiiiiiiwMwweMMMi (Mffifiii New Falr.nn flnnvertihlp livelv Talk about one-stop shopping! You cant top a Ford Dealer for '63 ! HEPPNER AUTO SALES, HEPPNER, OREGON ed high over his head. As he retrieved the ball, he was sur rounded by Red Raiders of WSU. However, he grabbed the pig skin from the ground on the run, and heading towards the sidelines, somehow booted It off the side of his foot, at right angle to the way he was run ning. He still got 40 yards on it. It was an impossible feat Later he shot a long pass, good for 77 yards, that spiraled nicely over Vern Burke's head and in to his waiting arms. Burke took it on full gallop with a WSU defender on either side. Third was a 52-yard run that came after Dick Ruhl had taken the ball on three successive carries and made good yardage, including a first down. Baker faked to Ruhl on the fourth time, then kept the ball and took off to the right. The whole WSU team went the other way to nail the supposed ball packer while Terry tripped unmolested to a TD. Unlike Bob Brindle, who was also at the game, we felt like CANDIDATES lively with the real Thunderbird feel! 99 middleweight with V-8 punch compact with the fun built unique than ever in '63! 99 to pep. Or such freedom from care-for each of tiese head-turners has wonderful new service-saving features that cut your service stops to twice a year or every 6,000 milesl So why look further and find less? Shop right here, where you get the choice and the choicestl iMIIlMhMlaaMIWI WWIIHIIMiimIBMItt foreigners among the Washing ton Staters. Bob attended school there. We didn't dare yell too loudly because we were sur rounded. One WSU lad behind us growled at one point in the game, "With that Baker, it does n't matter If they have fourth down and 84 to go, he'll still make it." Ruhl is getting to be the real workhorse on the squad, and all home pride and prejudice aside, he is doing a remarkable job for OSU. He averaged 5.7 per carry against the Cougars and got the Beavers out of a hole late In the game when the Big Reds were putting on the pres sure with OSU on the three. Ruhl hit for 5 yards to give them running room, even though the papers erroneously ere d 1 1 e d Williams with doing it. Dick did a swell job against West Virginia, intercepted a pass, averaging 4.6 per carry, and per forming well on defense. He Is getting a reputation in his own right and should be a mainstay for OSU next year. !f99 right in! 99 Inc.