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s s 2- HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, IHMItMllltlt IIIIIIIIIIIH THE GAZETTE-TIMES MOHHOW 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 NIWIPAPIt kruiusHis -"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. t0 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. HIIIHIMIIIIIIIIIIIMlllllllllMflMIIMIIIIIMIIHIIIIIMHIIIMIIIIM New Folders to Advertise County Just off the printing press are 5000 new folders in two colors telling of Morrow county. Ordered by the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, the folder, like some printed about two years ago, includes the recreation and act ivity map of the county. It is not designed to give complete information but to attract and stimulate Interest as well as to present some of the highlights of Morrow county. First group to use a sizeable quantity of the brochures is the lone Lions club which will distribute 500 at the forthcoming slate Lions convention in Baker. A substantial quantity will be reserved for distribution through the state fair, the Pacific International Livestock Ex position and similar events. Others will be delivered to service stations, motels, hotels and restaurants for distribution to the public. Any who can use some of the folders to good advantage In advertising the county Is welcome to them and may get them from this office. There are some signs that things are on the upswing here. A number of new homes are under construction in Heppner after a low building year in 19G2. Willow Creek dam shows some promise of becoming a reality; there is considerable in terest in development of recreation facilities; and the city council is In the process of forming a development committee to work towards encouraging new ventures. Our people have much to be proud of in Morrow county, and it is a good thing to let others know about It, too. A Right Move for City Officials Before the legislature at the current session is a bill that would permit municipalities to do business up to $500 per year with those who serve as elected officials but are also engaged in business in the community. Heppner's city council at its last meeting endorsed the bill and so advised legislators from this area. The bill is a step in the ripht direction. As pointed out before in this column, it is a serious inconvenience and a near Impossibility for a small town to sever business connections with the persons who serve without compensation as council men, mayors and In other capacities. Quite often the merchant on the council who handles a particular line of goods has the only outlet of that kind in the community. When the city has need of his goods, that is the only place it has to go for them. Certainly, one couldn't ask the councilman to resign just so the city could trade with him! Another angle is lhat it is unfair to penalize a business man for taking his time and effort to serve his community in a volunteer position. Willi safeguards such as regular audits, reading (lie bills in open council, and the scrutiny of fellow officers there is very little chance of abuse of this commercial interchange be tween a city and its businessman officials. However, there is one phase of the bill that seems a little discriminatory. By limiting the sum to $500 per year, it would rule out transactions with some whoso businesses are machin ery, trucks and other major items. Thus, a dealer couldn't sell a new piece of major power machinery to the city, if he served on the council, even though he was a low bidder or made a special discount that would be advantageous to the taxpayers. It would seem that in such a case lie is discriminated against by the nature of his business. TO THE EDITOR. (Editor's note: Mr. Akers letter is reprinted In this week's Gazette-Times because a part of It was inadvertently omitted last week when the linotype operator failed to no tice that he had written on both sides of the paper. It is recommended that those send ing letters or other materials to the paper write on one side only to facilitate editing and composition). Dear Editor: In the March 18th issue of this paper the Morrow County School Board voted to let each school have one trailer on the school property at $10.00 per month charge. This is lust one more item that proves very poor management by our school board and leads to higher taxes. There is now and has always been housing available for teachers. lone has n very nice trailer park with showers, laun dry, dry cleaning available at $15.00 per month. If the school board installs trailer space on school property it will cost the taxpayers several thousand dollars because trailer space must meet state specifi cations, such as: 750 gallon sep tic tank minimum. 150 sq. ft. drain field per bedroom, double tills is a garbage disposal Is used, water pipe, electric lead-in pole, and fixtures, rock and gra vel, labor, maintenance. Morrow county school board is also meddling in real estate which Is poor business and again proves very poor manage ment. At the start of the school term I talked to Mr. Van Houte about trailer parking. He agreed that schools should not park trailers when and if facilities were avail able. , , lone t'itv passed a regulation on trailer and trailer parking. Mr. Fred Martin informed our MaviT that the school would put trailers on school property if they wanted to, regardless of litv regulations. Morrow county school board Thursday. May 9. 1963 ninniiinHuiiiiiniiunliniMinimiHHnnranHHiliniHiiuluniMinuHiMliuni HEPPNER HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL 1AscQT,gN has also rented and maintained housing at a much higher rate than private individuals are now paving. 1 think it is time for we the taxpayers to stand by our con victlons and on our own two feet and do something about the wasteful spending of the tax payer's money. E. J. Akers lone, Oregon Dear Mr. Sherman: Rep. J. L. Smith has heen a member of the House Commit tee on Agriculture and Livestock during the Fifty-Second Session of the Legislature. I wish to take this opportun ity to publicly thank Rep. Smith for the conscientious and sin cere manner in which he served this committee. I feel the people In his district and the State of Oregon have greatly benefited from his decisions. Sincerely, Don McKlnnis Rep. Don McKinnis, Chairman Flans Readying For County Picnic Ladies of the Rhea Creek Grange and the Triple Link club of Sans Souci Rebekali lodge will be in charge of the kitchen for the annual Morrow County Memorial Day picnic and re union. The Rainbow girls will serve coffee during registration which will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the fair pavilion in Heppner. Members of the Soroptimist club have charge of registering the cuests as they arrive. The potluck dinner will be served nromotlv at noon, states Mrs. E. E. Gonty, secretary. Rummage Sale Soon Committees are busy complet ing details for the semi annual rummage sale set tor May i 25 in the old Bakery buildinc on Main street. Anyone having items to donate to the sale are asked to call Mrs. Jack Ployhar, Mrs. Elmer Berry, or Mrs. Jimmy Prock for pickup of the rum mage. Boxed typing paper reason ably priced at the Gazette-Times. Chaff and Wes Sherman WHEN THE curtains parted at the one-act plays here the other night, the eyelids of Maurice Groves, husband of Di rector Janet Groves, also parted widely. He discovered that much of the familys furniture was on the set the davenport, chair, lamps and so on. A person could envision Maur ice coming home from work, walking in the house and find ing all the furniture gone. His reaction might be that the fam ily had up and left him! Don't know whether Maurice stayed in the hotel or a motel that night alter the pjays or nor. Perhaps they got some of the furniture home. THE ZEAL which Mrs. Groves shows in working on these plays reflects in the excellence of the productions, and it is apparent that the casts are get ting some real good training even though a lot of their time is required in the preparation. "Sorry, Wrong Number" was very effective not only because of the work of the cast but be cause of the production and at tention to technical enects. It had some advantage on tne other three because it was a "thriller" but the others were very well done too. A great deal of sympathy went to Mrs. Groves and the cast for the commotion among young sters in the balcony during the performances. It was regrettable that it was necessary to start one play over because the kids had not settled down upstairs and no one could hear. The same thing has been true at other re cent programs in the gym. IT WAS a nice gesture for Joe Burns, president of the Herm iston Chamber of Commerce, to come over to the Heppner-Mor-row C of C meeting and present a $35 check to help send dele gates to the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington, D. C, to boost the Willow Creek dam. The Hermiston Chamber has been good about backing pro jects of interest to Morrow county, apparently on the theory that anything which is good for their neighbors and the area is good for them, too. In making the presentation, Joe apologized because it was given at the end of their fiscal year and their funds were low. Otherwise it would have been more, he said. Gosh! Some organizations don't have more than $35 on hand at anyone time all year. However, the Hermiston Cham ber operates on a pretty size able budget. Auxiliary Sets Plans For Poppy Sale Poppies are blooming in vet eran's hospitals in Oregon these days as hospitalized war veter an's make crepe paper Poppies which will be worn in memory of the nation's war dead on Poppy Days, May 24 and 25. Mrs. Sib Wells, is Poppy chair man of the Heppner Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, and will have her committee selling the ever-popular Poppies on downtown streets Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25. "Poppy making gives benefic ial employment to hundreds of veterans unable to do other work," said Mrs. Wells. Earn ings of the poppymakers in Ore gon last year amoumea 10 596.00. "In addition to the earnings of the disabled veterans, the poppies brought $24,540 into tne rehabilitation and Child Welfare funds of the Auxiliary last year, helping make possible the Aux iliary's vast program of activ ities for the disabled veterans and needy children of veterans." Unit Studies Chicken Cookery at Meeting Rhea Creek Extension Unit met at the Grange hall May 7 for an all-day meeting. Project leadi-rs, Mrs. Walter Wright, Mrs. Dean Graves. Mrs. Ray Wright and Mrs. Jim West, informed the group about types of chicken cookery. The leaders prepared lunch of chicken grilled over coals, ac companied by salad, French bread, coffee and sherbet. New officers for the next ex tension year were elected. Those chosen were Mrs. Albert Wright, president; Mrs. Jim West, vice president; Mrs. Dean Graves, secretary, and Mrs. Ray Wright, treasurer. A successful white elephant sale completed the meeting. Delegates Attend Oregon PTA Congress Mrs. Ed Dick and Mrs. Doug Drake represented the Heppner IT A at the Oregon Congress of rarvnts and Tecahers at Eugene last week. They were accom panied bv Mrs. Jack Smith of Spray, president of the Midland Council. Keynote address was given Tuesdav morning by Dr. Ger trude Boyd Crane, Forest Grove, who spoke on "Focus of the Family." Another main address was bv Dr. Kenneth Krickson on Thursday morning. They sat in on business sess ions which took up discussions on support of legislative mat ters regarding basic school sup port funds and study of tax proposals for next year's program. Chatter SYMPATHY goes to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Springer who were burn ed out Saturday night at Ruggs while they were away. The fire took all of their household goods and personal effects without any insurance, and the house they occupied, owned by Harold Wright, was burned to the ground. Friends have rallied to put on a bake sale at Economy Mar ket Saturday, and all those who would like to buy something good to eat while helping a neighbor in distress are asked to come and make selections. Those who wish to contribute goods for the sale bring them Friday or Saturday. SEE BY the news release from Oregon State University that Dick Ruhl, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ruhl of Lexington, is back on hand for spring football drills at the Beaver camp. Dick should have a bumper year for the OSU sane this vear in his fullback spot after performing, so well in his first regular year last season. Without Terry Baker, the Beavers have their work cut out in the 63-64 season. However, they have some backfield aces on deck, Including LeRoy Whit tle, Booker Washington, and Ruhl. Gordon Queen, quarter back who had little opportunity to shine last year because of Baker but who did very well when he did see action, will be heir to the Baker shoes. Vern Burke, who last season broke all NCAA records for pass receptions and yardage, is back, and the Beavers will have about the best ends that they have had in their history. Many Vets' Widows Unaware of Benefits Today, almost three years af ter the law was passed, many widows and orphans of World War II and Korean conflict vet erans are unaware of their el igibility to pensions, R. Jr. Nov otny, Manager of the Portland Veterans Administration Reg ional Office, said. Before July 1, 1960, widows and children of World War II or Korean servicemen were en titled to pensions only if the deceased veteran had a service connected disability at the time of his death. Beginning on that date, Con gress provided pensions for the widows and orphans of these veterans on an equal basis with the pensions granted to World War I veterans widows and or phans. It is no longer necessary for the veteran to have had a service-connected disability. The pensions range from $25 to $60 monthly for widows. For each child, $15 a month is added. The pension for orphans is $35 monthly. This benefit may be payable to a veteran's child or children even though the widow is not entitled to the pension because she remarried or her income or net worth exceeds certain limits. Income from other sources must not exceed $1,800 yearly for a widow, and $3,000 annually for a widow with a child or children. The income limit for orphans is $1,800 yearly, exclusive of earned income. The pension is paid if the de ceased veteran was discharged under conditions other than dis honorable and had 90 or more days of service or was discharg ed sooner for a service-connected disability. Coming Events LEGION MOVIES Fridav, May 10, 8 p.m. "Glory," starring Margaret O'Brien and Walter Bren nan. In color. Tlus cartoons. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DINNER Monday, May 13, 6:30 p.m. American Legion Hall Victor P. Morris, U of O, guest speaker. SPRING CONCERTS Grade School Band and Chorus Wednesday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. High School Band and Chorus Friday, May 17, 8 p.m. Admission, adults, 75c; high school, 50c, and grade school, 25c. FREE CARNATIONS FOR MOTHERS By Heppner Merchants Saturday, May 11 High School Prom Saturday evening. 9 p.m. High School Gym SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppner COMMUNITY M ) BILLBOARD K Condon Station Armed Forces Day Observance Set Condon AFS will observe ! Armed Forces Day on May 18, featuring an open house and ad dress by Bruce Mercer, Mayor of Condon. Festivities will begin at 1 p.m. with a tour of the station. High lights of the tour will be visits to the SAGE Operations Build ing and a display of foreign country souvenirs, sponso red jointly by the Officers and NCO Wives Clubs, held in the gym nasium. The tour will be conducted continuously until 5 p.m. Ar rangements are being made to obtain various attractions, in cluding a static display by the Oregon National Guard, The Dalles, featuring numerous types of Army weapons. In addition, a locally man ufactured simulated space cap sule will be displayed and an Air Force uniform presentation, if obtained, will be an attrac tion for tourists. Guests can also enjoy a luncheon and open bowiing on the station bowling lanes. At 2 p.m., Condon's high school band will present a con cert, followed by a fly-over feat uring three F-89 jet aircrait, at approximately 2:25. The jets will also fly over the town of Condon. Mercer will deliver the main address at 2:45. 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PERFECT - T'TTTTSP FOR ENTERTAINING. ,h,v- Lo lo - Ca C HEPPNER PH. 676-9920 winds," talented local folk sing ing stylists, will be teaturea ax 3:30. A retreat ceremony, held at the flagpole in front of the squadron Orderly Room at d D.m.. will include the day s act ivities. Tn hpln make the dav a com plete success, invitations are be ing extended t0 all Boy Scout Troops within a 100 mile radius from Condon AFS. The bcouts will be invited as special guests. National Purpose Explained The nation-wide purpose of Armed Forces Day is to sym bolize unification of all military services. The slogan for 1963 is "Power for Peace," the official slogan since 1953. It symbolizes this country's national policy de fense preparedness. The 636th Radar Squadron will be just one of many mili tary installations to observe Armed Forces Day. Condon AFS is one of six radar sites which feed radar data to the Spokane Air Defense Sector SAGE Direc tion Center at Larson AFB, Wn. In the past, each succeeding Armed Forces Day has seen steady improvement in station facilities. Construction fo the site began in 1949 and was com pleted in 1950. In 1950, opera tions got underway with a search radar system typical of that era. In 1958, modifications were in stalled in the system which re sulted in better overall coverage and easier maintenance work. Another modification was in ctoiieri in 1961. eivine the sta tion its present capabilities. The neignt nnaing rauar sys tem has flolowed the trend of the search system. Continual improvements through the years have resulted in the present up to date capabilities. Condon AFS began SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground En vironment) tests in March of 1960, and with the installation of ground to air radio channels switched from the manual en vironment to SAGE. Recreation Facilities Improved Housing and recreational fa cilities have improved along with operational capabiliti e s. During 1955, a gymnasium was built and construction was start ed on nine family housing units. These were completed in 1956 and 18 more units were con structed in 1959. In addition, a skeet range was built in con junction with the pistol and rifle range. A two lane bowling center was completed in late 1961 and construction on the tower which will house the ANFPS-27 search radar system was begun in June, 1962.