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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February 21, 1963 w hiwmii I.IIIII.IH.I..I.I..I. uiim.i-i i turn. mm THE GAZETTE-TIMES MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPEB PHONE 676-9223 The Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 1883. The Heppnei Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15 1912 WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher 0 NIWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION 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. to 6 p.m.: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. iiminiiiiiinii mi iiiiiiiiiiiiiii I iiiiiii.im The Cereal and the Sugar "Vocational apiculture is the cereal, and the FFA is the sugar sprinkled on the top." So said llollis McDonald of The Dalles, state Future Farmers of America president, at the an nual Heppner chapter FFA banquet in the Catholic parish hall here Wednesday niRht. Among the 150 present at the dinner were many adults who got a taste of the "sugar" tin? work that the FFA is doing and it "tastes" good. Through the FFA, these young men develop a well-rounded program of living. While they are concerned principally with vocational agriculture the cereal, if you please they branch out in other ways: conduct meetings, learn public speaking, stress scholarship, venture into community service, and take care of their own bookkeeping on the projects on which they embark, to mention a few. Future Farmers handled every part of their banquet pro gram themselves as tliey always do with the exception of the presentation of the awards by their advisor, Gerald Jon asson, and singing of two vocal solos lor entertainment by Principal Gordon Pratt. Their president was master of ceremonies, other officers gave reports and had other parts, one member gave the invocation, and their slate president was the principal speaker. They do for themselves. II is a lesson they learn early, and the competence this develops should be valuable through life. Again, the state president sounded the key for his fellows in FFA when he said, "It's not the opportunity you have that counts, but it's what you do with that opportunity." The FFA boys learn to develop their opportunities early. One father confided after the meeting that his FFA son has developed a cattle herd that will provide the young man enough money to get through college, and he has paid from his earnings for feed and other costs. You can note the confident pride on the faces of these young men when they appear in public wearing their FFA jackets, and it is a pride in which the community may share. They will not all go into vocational agriculture careers, as (he president explained, but the qualities lliey are gaining in this well-rounded program will help provide the "sugar" for a "sweeter" society in whatever endeavor they undertake. Chaff and Wes Sherman IT LOOKS as if King Basketball; is vicing with George Wash ington for the limelight in this edition of the G-T. The paper heralds lleppner's Washington Birthday sale, but at the same1 time could almost be called a special basketball edition, what with reports on some 11 Hepp ner and lone games in its pages. This does not include the several stories on coming games, 7 15 district tournament and AAU tournament. lone threw quite a bombshell into the Umatilla-Morrow circ uit when it clouted Athena Tuesday night alter the Mc Kwen five had posted 15 league victories without a defeat. This ends the regular season for the Cards with a rather amazing record of 12 wins, four losses, in view of the fact thai at the start of the year they were mice 0-3 in the league. Only Weston topped them later in the season. Heppner came back strong af ter losing recently to Sherman county to take a pair from Grant Union and Burns. So from the gloom of defeat I hey are now in the thick of the race again. Tournament time is at baud for lone, but the Mustangs still have a considerable distance to go before they hit a tournament. There are no district meets for them. Pilot Hock, Sherman Coun ty again and probably Vale stand between them ami a trip to Coos llav for the state A-2 tournament. We look for the squad to come on with a surge, now that the chips are down, and really blis ter the court. They showed what DOWN PAYMENT BUYS ANY New or Used At HEPPNER FORD HEPPNER HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASfSpCfrATISN IHM-HI ill minimi iinliiiun Chatter they eair do in lite first, game wilh Sherman county and the first game wilh Grant Union. Already I bey have turned in one ot (heir best seasons in Hepp ner high's history. On , still another basketball front is the Morrow County Grain Growers' team, which will play in the AAU tourney at l'endle Ion Saturday night, and we hope tbev will still be in the thick of it for the second round Suudav. Although some of the players on the MCGG squad arc a little paunchier around the middle than liny were in their high school and college days, and although they may tend to dog trot on the court when they gel a chance instead of running pell moll, there is still plenty of spark and fire in them vet. They eould just come out of that tournament wilh a cham piouship. So, Morrow county lias three basketball tournament possibili ties lor one to keep his eyes on. We hope all three bring home the honors. AS Wi: 1IKADKD towards the back door of the courthouse for u meeting Tuesday night we heard someone call, "Hey Wes!" The voice came through the barred window of the county jail. II took a few moments to recog nize our printer, Joe Hartle, in side. This was a rather startling de velopment for he had left work only a couple of hours earlier. We bad visions of putting out Sherman Elected Press Chairman Weslev Sherman. Dublisher of thp Hen'nner Gazette-Times, was elected chairman of the 1964 Oregon Press Conference at the annual meeting of the Con ference at the University of Ore gon. Th tnn.Hav meetini?. Feb ruary 15 and 16, was the 44th annual conclave of the Oregon Proco fnnfprpnPP. which is CO- sponsored by the University of Oregon School or journalism ana the Oregon Newspaper Publish ers Association. Sherman was elected at a Sat-nri-lnv lunr'hpnn of the confer ence' at the Eugene HoteL Carl r Wphh speretarv-manaeer of ONPA and member of the Journ alism School faculty, was re elected Conference secretary and W. Verne McKinney, publisher of the Hillsboro Argus, was re elected representative-at-iar g e n tho Alton Memorial Fund. The new president succeeds Eric u; Allan It Merlford MflU- Tribune, who presided at this session. Mr and Mrs. Sherman attend ed the conference from Thurs day night through Saturday. He attended a directors' meeting Thursday night Feature of the sessions was the speech by Clark Mollenhoff, Washington, D. C, correspondent for Cowles Publications and Pulitzer prize winner, on the sub- ect. "The High cost oi exces sive Secrecy." He asserted that American citizens and newspapers should give full support to Congress in asserting its right to investigate government activities and gov nrnment snendine. Mollenhoff expressed grave concern about the "executive privilege aoc trine, which he termed "a naked claim to unlimited secrecy on the whim of the executive hrnnrh" He said that it has been used to bar the press, the mihiie. the Congress and the General Accounting office from examining government business. The speaker declared that it has been used to hide scanaais ana micmnnnopment in our regula tory agencies, in the foreign aid program and in tne ueiense de partment. Amnnfr othpr hierhliehts were a talk on "The New Constitution and the Press," by Hans A. T.inrlp associate DrofesSOr. School nf l aw University of Oreeon. at a Friday luncheon meeting; a panel on "Political news" wim fnmwr flovprnnr Charles A. Sprague as moderator and At torney General Robert Y. Thorn ton, Robert W. Chandler, puD lisher of the Bend Bulletin, Carl Fiuhpr nf Radio Station KUGN. and Doug Seymour, political ed itor of the Salem capital journ al as speakers; and a talk on "Three Decades of Conventions" by Leith Abbott, former public relations director oi wonnern this week's paper without a printer. In answer to our perplexed query, Joe explained his predica ment. He had gone up after work to visit an acquaintance wno was incarcerated. The sheriff had let him in but had to leave and locked the door behind him, say ing that another officer would be alone soon. One was expec ted down from Washington to get the prisoner. Well, when we walked by it was 8 o.m. and Joe was getting a little restless about it. Bernice, his wife, didn't know where he was. Joe asked us to call her and tell her he was in Jail, but fortunately the officer came along within a short time and the printer was let out. We don't expect Joe to be ar rested for anything, but if by ehance he should be, one would think that he could ask to de duct about three hours off his sentence for time served In ad vance. WE'RE STILL wondering how many plates were broken when that loud crash emanated from the kitchen at the FFA banquet Wed nesday night. Thought maybe the FHA girls would come out with the food on paper plates as a result, but the meal was served on regular nlates. Thev met whatever trag edy befell them with composure and dignity, and demurely serv ed their tasty repast. IT'S EMBARRASSING enough to an ordinary citizen when an officer gives him a ticket, but when it happens to a minister it is more so. The Rev. Melvln Dixon is living one down this week. He went fishing at Bull Prairie Tuesday and while trying to outwit the trout with line going through a hole in the ice. not iced some other fellows perhaps a couple of hundred leet away. He left his pole and went to see how they were doing. But a state policeman happen ed by. He tried to get on the ice but it was thin by the bank and the officer crashed into the shallow water, the Rev. Dixon reports. So the minister oblig inclv went over to him, pro duced his license and then got a ticket for leaving his pole un attended not because he went to the officer, we suppose, but because he had left it in the first place. Well, as the old saying goes, Icnorance of the law is no ex cuse, and this apparently ap plies to ministers as well. So the Rev. Dixon now has a sum mons to justice court But, be ing a good sportsman, he takes it as a good sport. Wouldn't be surprised to hear him preaching on a sermon, "Don't Leave Your Line Un attended," next Sunday but doubt if he will. Imagine he would be happy to have every one come and find out. though. - 7 ' . u: i WES SHERMAN, publisher of tht Gaxette-Tlmes. was elec ted chairman of the 1964 Ore 90a fnu conference ot the 1963 conference concluded Sat urday in Eugene. (V of O News Bureau Photo) Division, Southern Pacific Com pany, at the Friday evening ban quet. George S. Turnbull, professor emeritus and former Dean of the school of Journalism, spoke on "Half a Century of Press-Journalism School Cooperation" at the concluding buffet luncheon Sat urday. Mrs. Harold (Beverly) Goebel and daughters, Wallowa, visited this week-end with her mother, Mrs. Eva Griffith, and her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard TOIL Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kennv and family. Portland, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny and at tended the Elks Annual. Visiting Monday at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Melvin Dixon was Mr. Dixon's father, Stanley M. Dixon of Echo. Just In Time For 24th S m III C f No Mall or Phone Orders Please AU Sales Final it No Refunds No Exchanges it No Charges or Lavawavs I: TO THE EDITOR. . . Dear Mr. Sherman: A few words of thanks to you and your fine paper the Gazette Times for the article concerning my search for my father's kin folk. It was through your article that my uncle, Raymond Reid of Bend, Oregon, contacted me at my office in Walla Walla, Wash ington via long distance call. It was truly a wonderful feel ing to learn that after so many weeks of searching I truly did have relatives alive on my father's side of the family. I wish to give particular thanks to Dean Gilman for his interest and diligent searching for facts which I understand you aided him with in going through the Gazette-Times files. Mr. Gil man was actually instrumental in my finding my kinfolk since were it not for his hard work and endeavor, I perhaps might Grand Opening COMING SOON IN NEW LOCATION Watch iMR We Give S&H EMI- 1 n f u u February 22 Through March 8 Two Pair of Nationally Advertised Shoes For The Price of One Pair Choose From Such Famous Names As VELVET STEP, AIR STEPS Women's Dress Pumps, Straps, Ties, Sports and Flats Broken Sizes In Men's and Children's Dress Oxfords and Work Shoes still be searching. Mrs. Sargent at the Coffee Shop of the Hotel and many, many other fine Heppner folk took a real active interest in this matter and it was through these people that I met and talked with several old-timers of real, down-to-earth, friendliness and interest in my problem and the promise of all the help they could offer. A particular thrill was in meeting Dr. A. D. McMurdo, who brought me into this world. Shaking Dr. McMurdo's hand knowing it was the hand of the man who first slapped my back-sides in order that I might get my first breath was really something. So again my "thanks" to all you good people of Heppner for taking a stranger into your hearts and making his problem your problem. I shall always remember you. Sincerely, William G. Sanders 136 E. Birch Walla Walla, Wn. For Date FLOOR COVERING AND HEATING Green Stamps NNUAL Mr. and Mrs. Len Ray Schwarz and son visited her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Can non, in Portland over the week end. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Pfelffer, Pendleton, were week-end guests of their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Herman. The Pfeiffers attended the Elks Annual Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Del Jordan and children, Milton-Freewater, were houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Pat O'Brien over the week-end. The two couples enjoyed the Elks Annual Saturday. ) COMMUNITY A BILLBOARD Coming Events LEGION MOVIES Friday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m., Walt Disney's "Rob Roy," in color. Plus hour car toons. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Heppner Mustangs vs. Pilot Rock, Friday night, Pilot Rock gym. McEwen, Saturday night, Heppner High gym. JV game, 6:30. Varsity, 8:00 Help Support the Mustangs! Elks Pinochle Tournament Starts Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. Continues for six weeks. Elks club rooms. BENEFIT CARD PARTY Rhea Creek Extension Unit, Saturday, March 2. Grange hall, 7:30 p.m. PTA MOVIE "Outdoor Sportsman," Wed., Feb. 27, 8 p.m., Heppner High gym. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppner 45 R.P.M. RECORDS 6 For $1 OF
