2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, December 27, 1962
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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
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'I he Heppner Gazette, eslabllshod March 30. 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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Ring the bells
and sound the horns
to welcome 1963!
Here's hoping your
year will be a most
happy, healthy
and successful one.
B0WLIN6 BITS
By JO PETTYJOHN
By JO PETTYJOHN
NO MOKE bowling until after
the New Year. Hope it's a bet
ter year, "quote, unquote," for
many of the bowlers! The men's
teams are through until January
7 when they begin the second
half of plav. The women howled
last Wednesday which left the
standings unchanged and they
have one game in the second
half of play on January 2.
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MCGG took one game, and a
mii'hlv one, W2 to 891, from
Padberg Machinery with Pad
berg getting three. Padberg is
still in fourth, a half game be
hind Turner, Van Marter and
Bryant. MCGG is still holding on
to sixth place. They did have
high team game for the night
with a 902 and team member
Cherry Hermann placed third in
high individual series with a 4(K).
She also had high game against
Padberg with 171. Padberg is
still first in team series with
2518 and had second high team
game with an 891. Turner, Van
Marter and Bryant won three of
four from Echo Hotel. Team
member Jean Ann Turner had
second high individual game for
the night with a 180 and high
series against Echo Hotel with a
411. Now for all to concentrate
on the last game of this half
next Wednesday!
Beauty gels head
Of 1963!
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Give your hair a grand
beauty treatment! We
shape and curl hair in a
way that U most becoming
to you. Our beauticians
are courteous and very
skilled. Call for an ap
pointment here, soon.
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Fridays Hi. V22-T2M
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BEING CONGRATULATED on his promotion to sergeant first class
is Larry A. Cook Jr. (center) in the office of Brig. Gen. Hughes
L. Ash, deputy commander, Defense Atomic Support Agency,
at Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M. Watching the ceremony is
Mrs. Arlena Cook, Sgt. Cook's wife.
Mrs. Ethel Gambill,
lone Native, Dies
Mrs. Ethel S. Gambill, 67, a na
tive of lone but a resident of
Santa Monica, Calif., for the past
21 years, died in Santa Monica
December 16, according to infor
mation from a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Harley D. Sperry of Portland.
Snrvlpps wore Wednesday. Dec
ember 19, in the chapel of Pierce
Bros.-Todd & Leslie Mortuary,
Santa Monica. Dr. Wales E.
Smith officiated at the services
and entombment was in Wood-
lawn Mausoleum.
Mrs r.amhill was a charter
member of Santa Monica Em
blem club.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Musette Saunders of 1218
!Mh St., Santa Monica; Mrs. Pat
ricia G. Crozier. Sherman Oaks,
Calif.; two brothers, Harley D.
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ger, santa wiomca; a sisier, mis.
Beatrice Ilutchens, Lakewood,
Calif.; two Brothers, Harley D.
Sperry, Portland, and Wayne
Sperry, Costa Mesa, Cant., ana
four grandchildren.
Church Observes
Christmas Sunday
By DELPHA JONES
T.KXINP.TON Thp Leximrton
Christian church and Sunday
school departments had a busy
day on Sunday, starting wun
the Sunday School program at
10:00 a.m. This consisted of
specials from each class up to
the high school group. Treats
were given following the pro
gram. At 7:3(1 n.m. another Christ
mas program was held given by
tne Kings Teens class ana me
clwiir Ilnrlpr 1hr direction of Rev.
Soward the choir sang four num
bers with a special duet num
ber "O Holy Night' by Mrs.
Vernon Munkers and Mrs. Bill
R M.n-nn.'irdt While the Kinc's
Teens class prepared for their
play, "Tax Day in Betnienem,
reeorilincsi werp nlaveri of music
made by Mr. and Mrs. Soward's
son, music director in a church
in Texas.
Thi momhers of the nlav cast
were: Narrator, Carl Marquardt;
Benjamin, amy Kiinger; manna,
Jeanette Ledbetter; Joel, Ken
neth Jones; Sarah, Theresa
Munkers; John, Richard Wallace;
David, Jerry Messenger; Joseph,
Carrol Messenger; Ruth, Joyce
Peek and Mary, Sue Messenger.
After the program those par
ticipating enjoyed a short party.
Lighting Winner Announced
The lighting contest sponsored
w thn I.pxincton PTA announ
ced the following winners: First,
the Hob Lovgren home; second,
the Alonzo Henderson home and
third, the Vernon Munkers home.
The displays were judged Sun
day evening.
SCHOOL MENU
JANUARY 2-4
WEDNESDAY Vegetable beef
soup, cabbage salad, peanut but
ter sandwiches, cherry cobbler,
and milk.
THURSDA Y Hamburger
gravy on rice, spinach, hot rolls
and butter, carrot sticks, fruit,
and milk.
FRIDA Y Macaroni and
p1ippi prd.l Inmstnne pel P r V
sticks, fruit, milk, and bread and
butter.
Sgt. Larry Cook
Wins Promotion
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
Sergeant Larry A. Cook, Jr.,
was honored in ceremonies re
cently when he was promoted to
the rank of Sergeant First Class
(E-7) in the office of Brig. Gen.
Hughes L. Ash, USA, Deputy
Commander, Field Comma n a ,
Defense Atomic Support Agency,
at Sandia Base, Albuquerque,
N. M.
He has been stationed at San
dia Base since September 1960
and serves in the capacity of an
instructor in the explosives divi
sion of the Training (iroup tor
Field Command, DASA.
During his 16 years of military
service, he saw duty as a Navy
Frogman in World War II. Since
that time he entered the Army
and has served in the infantry
and artillery and served with the
3d Infantry Old Guard in Wash
ington, U. C, irom iDb-iyD.
He holds the Bronze Star
Medal for Valor, the Purple
Heart and the Combat Infantry
man Badge.
Sergeant Cook is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cook, Sr.,
Hoppner. He is marnea to me
former Arlena Mowery, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Mowery,
Hagerstown, Maryland.
He and his wife live at 4082A
Van Noy Drive, on Sandia Base.
They have an 8-year-old daugh
ter, Cathy.
Phone Patrons
Show Increase
Of 43 in Year
Heppner phones inc r e a s e d
some 43 in 1962, raising the total
number now serving the area to
93G, according to Pacific North
west Bell's local manager, Dale
Slusher.
The number of phones served
by the company in Oregon is 631,
an inerpasp of 27.500 durine
the year. Long distance calling
went up about 7.9 per cent. ioz
construction figures hit $31 mil
lion. mr3 rnnstruetion dans call for
$27.1 million to be spent on
phone service improvement ana
expansion in the state.
"This construction pro g r a m
underlines our belief in Oregon's
economy, its present business
outlook and its long term growth
prospects," said T. E. Bolger, vice
president and general manager.
Looking ahead, Bolger said
major undertakings for the com
pany in Oregon during 1963
would include completion of the
multi-purpose office building in
the Portland South Auditorium
urban renewal area, a new dial
system in St. Helens and a new
central office unit in the Eugene-Springfield
exchange. Work
will also start on a manual-to-dial
conversion for Indepe n -dence.
Direct distance dailing is pro
grammed for Bend, Prineville
and Madras customers. Public
telephone service in airplanes
will be inaugurated in Oregon
with the construction of an air
ground station in Salem. With
this new service, calls can be
made between airplanes and
telephones anywhere in the
country.
ON THE TV show, "Tonight,"
Johnnv Carson, emcee, Tues
day was discussing the joys his
family had experienced on
Christmas day. He said the firms
who really "make a killing in
Christmas sales are battery man
ufacturers because many of the
toys under the tree today are
battery-operated. It takes "two
ordinary flashlight batteries" to
operate this gadget, one to op
erate that toy, and so on
The complaint was voiced that
often the purchaser doesn't find
out that he needs batteries for
the toys until the child opens
his presents on Christmas and
finds that the batteries are miss
ing. We think Johnny has some
thing there, all right, and won
der how many batteries our own
family has consumed at Christ
mas time through the years.
How about yours?
THIS CHRISTMAS, for instance,
we dug through a drawer to
find a hidden supply of batteries
we had stowed for just such an
emergency and also dug out a
small light bulb to replace one
broken soon after the gifts were
passed out. We had to search
the nooks and crannies to find
the right size but came up with
it.
We'll venture to ssy, by the
way, tnat we can predict wun
the accuracy claimed by Roger
Babson just what some 7o of
.he fathers of youngsters will bj
doing on any Christmas day.
After the presents are opened
they will do two things: 1. Put
the kids' new toys together. 2.
After a few hours (and maybe
after helping the children play
with them) he will be fixing
them.
We can't remember a Christ
mas when we didn't fix some
thing. As a matter of fact, we
can just about reserve half of
Christmas as "Fix-it Day." This
we don't mind, because it is
kind of an enjoyable change and
somehow maintains a child's
faith in his dad's ability to
come through when the chips
are down.
IT MAY BE a broken bicycle
light, as it was this year, or
the whirligig, that came in the
Christmas stocking, on which
the spring catch didn't work
right. In fact, we got so en
thused fixing things that we
started in on a back-logged
pile including an electric clock
that had shorted out some time
ago, and even figured out how
to fill wife's cologne dispenser
(with the tiny neck) with her
new Christmas cologne by using
a new oil can, an idea, we must
confess, that we learned from
John Pfeiffer.
This Christmas was a good
one, though. Some have been a
little rough on the fix-it end.
There was the time that we
made the mistake of buying a
young son a "Flying Saucer."
Within minutes after the gift
was unwrapped, it was on a
flight to "Mars" and took a
route via the neighbor's big liv
ing room window. That was the
Christmas that we spent as a
clazier, and somehow our mood
at the end of the day didn't
reflect the true spirit of good
will toward men and children,
But these experiences are true
with all dads, and so, come next
Christmas, they must consign
themselves to putting the toys
together, and then repairing
them.
BUT THERE are new blessings
at Christmas time that over
shadow some of these small an
novances. Greatest boon to hus
bands and fathers with 10
thumbs is the trend of stores to
gift wrap everything. Once was
a time wnen a ieiiow nau to
spread his packages across the
bed behind a locked bedroom
door and try to do up the gifts
for wife and family with an as
sortment of wrappings and rib
bons.
If a miv held his tongue just
right, he might get a package
done up with a dozen or so
wrinkles, but usually the paper
came a half-inch from going
around the gift or it would be
much too long. The temptation
in the latter case was to wad
it up on the end as tight as
possible and cinch it up with
ribbon. Alternate was to make
a jagged cut with scissors.
Dy the time the wrapping
chore was done, father didn't
emulate the spirit of Santa
Claus at all and emereed weary,
harassed and perspiring, ready
to snap at the nearest offspring.
FIRST MAJOR breakthrough was
the invention of Scotch tape
A man could always hold his
DaDer in Dlace by slapping a
bit of it on the edge. With rib
bon there was always the prob
lem of trying to hold the first
stase of the knot with one hand
while vainly trying to form the
rest of the knot with the-remain
ine hand. The guy who could
accomplish this without using
his teeth was expert enough to
roll his own cigarette with one
hand.
But now when the paper is
short, a fellow can use enough
of this Christmas decorated
cotch taoe across the end to
cover his blunder. If he minds
his Ps and Qs he can make it
look a little clever, too.
However, the zeal of stores
to sell Christmas merchandise
has resulted in their competitive
wi hnsness to do the eift wrap
ping. This has freed the harassed
male at Christmas time. You buy
a gift in the store and it bios
soms forth in resplendent holi
dav elegance, complete with rib
ons and bows. Gone torever are
he long wrapping sessions, and
he male population may truly
re.ioice.
HAROLD LAIRD bit off a little
more than he could chew just
before Christmas when Nellie
Doney came into his store, and
he started teasing her with a
piece of mistletoe that he hap
pened to have. Nellie stepped
right up and planted a big
smacker on his face betore
store full of customers. The
bright red glow that emanated
from the variety store wasn't
from any of the colored Christ
mas liehts. It was Harold's face,
A couple of days later, from
behind the counter Harold ven
tured rather timidly, "I still have
some mistletoe left. To which
Nellie replied, I think once a
year is enough."
Harold sighed with relief and
said, I think so, too.
SAY, IF YOU haven't gone up
to look at the progress on the
new Heppner-Lexington high
school, take a little time during
the holiday season and do so.
The Timber Co. of Hermiston is
moving along amazingly fast on
the job, and you can now get
an idea of what the structure is
going to look like. The building
is an impressive one.
We happened to meet Vic
Groshens up there on Christmas
day.
"This is a real engineering
feat," he said, and we agreed.
It is a very interesting building
and there is a lot of construction
there. The massive beams that
form the support for the gym
roof are something to behold.
The new school is going to
be a source of pride for southern
Morrow county.
IF YOU'RE discouraged because
winter hasn t yet brougnt
enough snow for skiing, maybe
you can turn your attention to
ice skating.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies reports that
there is now 23 acres of good
ice skating at Bull Prairie.
Rhea Creek Unit
Learns Weaving
Mrs. John Campbell and Mrs.
Kenneth Batty instructed mem
bers of the Rhea Creek extension
unit in Swedish weaving at the
meeting in the Rhea Creek
grange hall Wednesday, Decem
ber 5.
The members brought sack
lunches and stayed for the all
day session. They found that
there are many uses of the
colorful weaving designs on
huck toweling.
We Have Been Appointed
Franchisee! Dealer
For
LEES CARPETS
IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WILL
HAVE A COMPLETE SELECTION
OF SAMPLES
DROP IN AND CONSULT WITH US
ABOUT YOUR CARPETING NEEDS
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FLOOR COVERING
AND HEATING CO
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COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
Coming Events
LEGION MOVIES
Friday night, 8:00 p.m.
Legion Hall
This week "Once Upon A
Time," starring Cary Grant,
Janet Blair.
Plus one-half hour cartoons.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Heppner vs. Stanfield Satur
day, Dec. 29.
Jayvee game 6:30; Varsity, 8
p.m.
Heppner High Gym
DRIVE CAREFULLY
Over the New Year's holidays.
The life you save will make
someone's coming year that
much happier.
MARK THE DATE!
Monday, Jan. 14, 1 p.m.:
Important Public Hearing on
Willow Creek Dam Project.
Be Informed!
Heppner Elementary Auditor
ium. "EYES FOR THE NEEDY"
Leave old eye glasses, frames,
sun glasses, hearing aids
and metallic jewelry in col
lection boxes in leading
stores.
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SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
Heppner
P. O. Box 611 PH. 676-9625
Jill
AN INVITATION
To Dine With Us
New Year's Day
1963
Choice Of Dinner Menus:
Roast Turkey and Dressing
Fried Chicken
Steaks - Sea Foods
OPEN ALL DAY NEW YEAR'S
HOTEL GRILL
Ella Sargent
INVENTORY CLEARANCE
Prices Slashed on Tires !
MUST GO BEFORE FIRST OF THE YEAR
Look At These Prices :
REG.
PRICE CLEARANCE
10-7.10x15 4 Ply Nylon Tubeless $36.09 $19.89
2-7.10x15 Rayon Tubeless 33.04 19.18
8-8.00x14 Rayon Tubeless 33.04 19.18
1- 7.50x14 Nylon Rev. Tubebss 57.60 20.89
2- 8.00x15 Nylon Rev. Tubeless 50.26 37.26
(All Prices Are Plus Recappable Carcass)
FARLEY MOTOR CO.
LOIS' BEAUTY SHOP
Store Hours:
Main and Center Sts.
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Heppner
Ph. 676-9116
Ph. 676-9418