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2- HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, January 24. 1963 IIIIMIIIIfllinilMHHIIHIiniIMM miiMHiititiMiiiiiinmiiinMimttm' THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES MOHBOW 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 I 'niwspami pubushirs -ASSOCIATION HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL AsfsbcfrATiaN 3 W J Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman TO THE EDITOR. . . A i Subscription Kates: 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. to 6 p.m.: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. .1....,, MHIMM IIIIIHIIIHI.M " Anti-Digit Dialers Sing the Blues It is amusing, after nearly a year of successful operation of all-number telephone calling here, to read in the Reader's Digest that California cry babies are battling the coming of digit dialing to that great state. One Santa Rosa resident is quoted as saying, "Give me Liberty or take the blinking phone out." John O'Hara, author of "Butterfield 8," is said to have declared, "Where would I have been if I had had to rail the book '288'?" (We submit that he probably wrote a wrong number anyway). And one wise guy vented his protest by telling the operator, "Give me four billion, one hundred fifty-five million, eight hundred forty-two thousand, three hundred and one." At this juncture, we'll take the stand, with our right hand on the 1903 edition of Pacific Northwest Bell's Telephone Almanac, that all-number dialing is a boon and a blessing. Even though we are about due for our first year service stripe on the system, we still find it a pleasure to be able to dial direct, through the number arrangement, to Portland, Spo kane, Los Angeles, and hear the party answer in no less time than it takes to call Charlie Ruggles across the street. We have always felt that Californians were intelligent people (even though they sometimes don't drive that way when they travel our highways), and they surely can see how numbers are less confusing and less subject t0 error than the letter prefixes. When one tells an operator, for instance, that lie wants "MA 3-3451," she is liable to hear it, "NA 3-3451." The same confusion exists between B's and D's, P's and T's, B's and V's and others. As we understand it, the number system makes the direct dialing network possible because it opens up a much larger scope of connections, whereas the letter prefixes limited the possi bilities. It appears t0 us that the Californians don't know when they are well off. One might suggest that if they are so busy that they can't dial a couple extra numbers on a phone call, they might revert back to smoke signals or tom-tom drums for communications. But apparently The Bell System is more patient with its dissenters. We understand that they now have a gadget that is going to dial their numbers for them. O. K. Go ahead and spoil them!! WEILL, the mystery is solv edthe one about Supertino, Calif. The post office figured it out just before we went to press last week. Don Gilliam heard Postmaster Jim Driscoll mumb ling about it and right away said, "It's Cupertino, not Super tino." And that was right. The lost city is located in the San Jose area. After the little item appeared n last week's column, we got a number ot cans, starting bright and early Friday morn- ng. First was Mrs. Jim Thomson, who recalled that the Neil Shuirmans, formerly of Heppner, live there. Then Charlie O'Connor of lone called, remembering that Mrs. Shuirman was formerly of lone. Ed Lspey, Humphreys Drug pharmacist, who once lived in Monterey, came in to tell us about it. And so it went. Sev eral others had it correctly pegged. So we got the address changed and now everything is hunky dory. Thanks for your interest. CHIEF OF POLICE Dean Gil- man got interested in helping out a man, William Sanders, who came to town the other day, said he was born 25 miles from Heppner in 1917, but his parents died shortly after his birth. He was adopted by another couple and now is trying to trace back in hope of discovering if he has any other aunts, uncles or other kin. So the chief and I started dig ging through the Gazette-Times files. We found an item about the man's birth, to Mr. and Mrs, William Sanders at Reid's Mill with Dr. A. D. McMurdo attend ing. - But that's all we could find, There was nothing in the en suing year about the parents' deaths that we could locate. So we had to let it go at that. The chief recalled that there had been a big influenza epl demic in 1918 and thought may be that it had claimed the par ents, but we could spot no obit uary. Did find an item about Dr. McMurdo himself being caught in the epidemic, but he survived of course, and is still going strong. New Representative on the Job Jack Smith of Condon took- his seat in the 1903 legislative session recently as one of the members of the House of Repre sentatives in Oregon. Although he is only one of 60 representatives serving the state, he represents nearly one-tenth of the state's territory as he serves for Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler counties. They embrace 9,038 square miles, while the total for the state Is 96,981 square miles. Senator Ben Musa of The Dalles, one of 30 state senators, covers almost as much territory as does Rep. Smith but not quite. His total is 8,723 square miles as he serves Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Wasco and Wheeler counties. As president of the senate this year, Sen. Musa brings some additional prestige to the 18th district of which Morrow is a part. Because of the rambling territory they serve (and because the reapportionment bill did not pass), our lone shared senator and our lone shared representative have their work cut out to keep in contact with what is going on around their districts. Rep. Smith has done well as a "freshman" representative to get the committee appointments that he has. He has been named vice chairman of the agriculture and livestock com mittee, and is a member of the education and taxation com mittees, three important ones indeed. Before the legislature convened he called meetings with different groups of his 28lh district to hear of their problems and needs, including county officials, school officials, farmers and others. This should help give him a good start, and It indicates that though he has a lonesome job in covering his five counties, he intends to represent them well. In his busy schedule, Rep. Smith hopes to find time to write a weekly report of the activities of the 52nd legislative assembly for this paper and this contact, too, will be helpful in reaching the people. There is little doubt that Rep. Smith afid Sen. Musa will be among the busiest people in the legislature! Dear Editor: President Lincoln beli e v e d "AH men are created equal," Webster dictionary gives "like in value, quality, status or posit ion." If the definition of "equal" actually means equal, why do we have such a variation of punishment or privilege? We have a county school sys Should any oldtimer have any recollection of the Sanuers iam ily at Reid's Mill in that early day, pass it along to the chief. ANOTHER SERIOUS epidemic is spreading rapidly right now in Heppner, and we feel it our duty to warn the populace anout it. it is "basketball fever." and it has traveled bv leans and bounds since the Mustangs downed John Day and Burns over the week-end. It is highly contagious and we think that there will be several hundred afflicted with it in the Heppner high gym Friday night uhpn thp hnve nlav Pilot Rock. One of the symptoms of "oasKetDan iever is inai uue stricken with it starts talking rather wildly ana sometimes in coherently about "state tourn nmpnt." A person may carry this fever and expose many others without knowing it. One such is Lee Pad- berg who gave quite a lew local nnnnlp awfullv serious cases of it when he scored 44 points against Jonn Day. We are atraid tnat tne iever is going to continue here for at ipnsi thp npYt two months. There's no stopping this talk of tournament and we hope some untimely defeat doesn't halt it. Heppner is drawing the eye of sportswriters around the state to a degree now, and the tpnm is rankpd from 9th to 12th in A-2 circles on the various polls. Coach Bob Cantonwine and his boys try to keep their eyes on the game immediately ahead, but who could blame them for hoping for a crack at the tourn nmpnt? But, fellow citizens, despite the fact that tne lacis nave taKen three wins in a row in what lnnmpri as their touchest names, the season is still young and they are marked as the "team to beat." which is an unenviable position. Let's don't put the pressure on them too much, while giving them all the support we can and maybe quite a few of our people could make some reser vations at Coos Bay in March. Wow! My forehead is hot, must be getting. . . tem. The rules that govern the school snouia appiy 10 " schools in the county. If Hepp- ctnilontu ara dismissed &S i l c: 1 oiuuirtiia soon as semester examinations are completed, wny weren t lone students given the same priv ilege .' T nn flnilht that the county superintendent, school . . i J nni.Ac nra Doaru, reacners, anu yaicm. interested in Deuemig uui ..b.nis ut ar,mo nf thp smaller problems are being neglected by the nigger proDiem 01 wac, ikh buildings, transportation and the like. could de pend on being treated as equals from local tnrougn cuumy. oiaic, i l latrplc rtprhartR & great many problems would be settled. The papers are full of injustice 4.u .,4t.V,rv,Qnt nf PrimPS. TWO persons involved in a crime, one gets lite in prison me "" death penalty. Equal? ? ? ? Lets all remember the word i ii rt ctill mpane todaV what it did when Abe Lincoln aeiiveieu ina vj-nj-'"-r and perhaps is needed as much now as it was at uwi "in sincerely, Sue Townsend lone To the Editor: Enclosed find $5.00 to be add ed to my Times in advance. I can't do without it, and so will pay in advance early. I've taken it ever since I used to live near there over 40 years ago, so can t do without it. And I like to hear of the old timers. So thanks and all good wishes for always. Your friend, Mae Warren 641-S-14 Street Redmond, Oregon To the Editor: Dear Editor: Your fine cooperation in the Christmas Gift Project, Eastern Oregon State Hospital, is deeply appreciated. Generous news space in your columns helped greatly. Our goal of two gifts for each of the 1300 patients was reached, and in addition, they will receive birthday gifts dur ing 1963. Altogether, the gifts were al most double those of last year. We feel that such an accomp lishment would have been im possible without the aid of the press. Sincerely and gratefully, Mrs. H. W. Dickson Pendleton chairman (Mrs.) Alda Walster Director Volunteer Services Eastern Oregon State Hosp. Meetinq Slated To Hear Agronomist mist for Phillips 66 Agricultural r 4.lAoiiilla I illn Ammonia, oarun iuc, has accepted an invitation to :i -i. mnotinn nf thp lone Lions club on February 11, Herb Ekstrom Jr., oi r-Rsu"'" "" Chemicals, lone, announces. He will speak on annyarous ammonia and aqua ammonia -j i . i njiil roant in the ana nuw 'i -- soil. Harshman will also, answer anv questions xnai uum asked on the subject. Ekstrom believes that he will be able to give some enlightening informa tion on rust and its control The no-host dinner will be at 7:30 p.m. on February 11. Ek strom asks that all planning to attend contact him before Jan uary 28 so that dinner arrange ments may be made. His tele phone number is 422-7za. COMMUNITY THE GAZETTE-TIMES AGENT FOR MOORE BUSINESS FORMS Coming Events LEGION MOVIES Saturday night, 8:00 p.m. Legion Hall This week "Torpedo Alley" Plus one-half hour cartoons. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Heppner Mustangs vs. Pilot Rock Rockets. Heppner High Gym Fri., Jan. za, d.ou anu o FREE YOUTH MOVIE Full length film, "Teenage Rock" Grade school multipurpose room. Saturday, Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. Followed by entertainment and refreshments. PUBLIC CARD PARTY St. Patrick's Parish Hall Tuesday, January 29, 8 p.m. Bridge and Pinochle Tickets $1 each SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY, C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppner P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Arnie Hedman and Gil Lujan Announce The n (Lase r 1 I I.'., i. X' ' "' ' ' '" ; , ;.r --T-t linn iiniwrr- -r iiiiiriirnimiim '- OF HEPPNER, OREGON Saturday, January 26, 1963, at 8:00 A. M. M V"-' " FREE DOOR RIZE: $64.50 Metalcraft 5 pc. DINETTE SET And Other Prizes to the Lucky Winners ! OWNERS ARNIE HEDMAN (leit) and Gil Lujan (right) with Mrs. Pay Wilson, assistant store manager. REFRESHMENTS SERVED New Stock of Furniture Sherwin-Williams Paints Linoleum and Carpeting EXPERIENCED CARPETING AND LINOLEUM INSTALLATION EASY TERMS AVAILABLE DELIVERY SERVICE STORE HOURS 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
