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The Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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Editor and Publisher
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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
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HELEN E. SHERMAN
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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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
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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. The "West-
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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.