2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, November 8, 1962
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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