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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, June 20. 1963 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15. 1912. WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher Associate Publisher - NIWSPAMt PUIlltMltf ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL IaskocMti3n 73 J 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. A Few Good Reasons to Shop at Home ' Whenever merchants get together, a topic that will come up sooner or later Is catalogs and how to combat them. In the old days of poor roads and slow transportation when people didn't get to town often, mail order houses filled an important need. But in these times when most people can get to town most any week they wish, that need is gone. The practice, how ever, continues to the detriment of every farming community, large and small. The only reason mail order houses can stay in business is because they make people think that they save money. But when all matters are taken into consideration, mail order firms do not sell for less. That is right. There is no saving even if the mail order price, plus your time, postage and freight are less than the local merchant's price. Here is one reason why: Mail order houses pay no state, county, city or school taxes. Home town merchants do pay these taxes through property, franchise, income and other levies. If hometown sales drop, there is a decrease In their ability to pay, which means that the rest of the residents in their com munity must pay more. Here's another reason: Every time residents of a commun ity go to the catalog or out of their community to buy some thing that could be purchased locally, they are reducing the inventory of stock and confidence in their community. Carried to the ultimate, should everything be purchased by mail or out-of-town, there'd be no hometown for you. You draw dividends from every business enterprise in your community because trade builds communities with better oppor tunities, better schools, churches, and neighbors. There are many hidden values when you buy at home . . . there are no such hidden values in a mall order catalog. The Neligh (Nebraska) News Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman TO THE EDITOR . . . To the Editor: Dear Wes: Thanks for the nice manner in which you treated my "flood" story. No doubt our newer gen erations may tire a bit of having so much of the legendary thrust upon them but to the very old sters the memories of former days remain so vivid. Would point out that the great Fireman's Convention and Hose Cart Tournament was held In Heppner in early summer of 1902, bringing representatives from Dayton, Waitsburg and Walla Walla, Pendleton, The Dalles, lone, Lexington, Condon and Fossil among others. Def initely It was not held in 1903 and the decorations on the Tom Ayers residence were in 1902 not 1903 as stated in the Ore gonlan of June 9, 19G3. A remark able panoramic photograph ta ken by Leonard Akers and now on display in the Heppner Mu scum, showing a street scene of convention activities, clearly oelines the old Belvedere Saloon on the corner of Main and Wil low, site of the present Humph reys building, which was erected in the months following the tire man's Convention, and its up stairs opera house served as an emergency station for bodies re covered in the flood after the early hours following the cloud burst proved the lobby of the old First National Bank to be inadequate for that purpose. As to the "fictional" ban on the Chinese that's a new one on me. We must remember that practically all of the Chinese population was wiped out in the flood and many of the Chinese victims remained un identified. Surely, if there ever was an official edict banning the Chinese from Heppner fol lowing the All Ling affair as related by the Oregonian and partially corroborated by former townsman O. M. Yeager, it could not have been in effect very long. Eddie Chinn came to Heppner not too long after the flood and the Ah Ling murder case, to take over his uncle Ben's restaurant, his uncle having previously suc ceeded to the ownership of the Elkhorn Restaurant from the notorious Gonglane, I may add that Eddie, who was one of Coil's gentlemen, had several Chinese "boys" working for him in the restaurant. The late E. M. Shutt was the Morrow county Sheriff who Iralled and captured the China man who was landed in the county Jail and who later hung himself from the bars of the Jail cage. The body, still hang ing from the cell, was photo graphed by the late Bert Sigs bee and there are no doubt some of these pictures still ex tant. Sheriff Shutt "ran his man to earth" as it were, when he captured him at gun's ponit in an office of a building some where in the depths of Grant county (not in "Eightmile" country as Mr. Yeager relates.) And here is a real twist the prisoner hung himself for money what a needless sacri fice. Otherwise the Oregonian and Yeager accounts may con tain some degree of fact. Any way, it makes charming and in triguing reading at this late date. Nothing like adding lots of glamour to the Old West. Other wise it might have been quite dull and in too many cases, very boring. I do hope my native City of Heppner has now re lented and is permitting "the heathen Chinee" to once again enter its sacred portals. Ha ha. Sincerely, Art Crawford Buchanan on Coontz Robert J. Buchanan, gunner's mate second class, USN, son of Charles A. Buchanan of Lexing ton, is serving aboard the guid ed missile frigate USS Coontz, a Pacific Fleet unit which re cently participated in First Fleet exercises off the coast of Calif ornia during the President's two day visit June 6-7. The opera tions included amphibiousmine warfare demonstrations, anti air warfare exercises involving the attack aircraft carriers USS Oriskany and Kitty Hawk, mis sile demonstrations and anti submarine exercises. The Coontz is homeported at San Diego, Calif. Hope to Hold Meet On Sunday, June 23, Hope Lutheran Church will hold its semi-annual meeting following the 11:00 worship service. All members are urged to attend to discuss important items with re gard to future projects and activities. ONCE WAS a movie made, "Bad Day at Black Rock." Could have been another made Satur day, "Bad Luck at Lex," for it seemed as if everything was going wrong down there. Strangely enough, the same doc tor was called for most all the cases. It isn't quite ethical to mention the M. D.'s name, but he is the same fellow who was trying to umpire at Little League games in Heppner. First, two youngsters fell out of a swing at the Leonard Mun kers place, Greggie Paul David son and Linda Kay Van Winkle. The boy had some stitches taken to close up a gash in his head, and the girl seemed to be okay until later when she became ill and had to have the doctor, too. Ken Jones, 16, was fishing on the same day and stepped from behind a tree just as Valda Ir vin, a visiting cousin, tossed a big rock. The rock clobbered Ken on the head, and he developed a real goose egg on the noggin that brought the doctor out again. Most serious accident, by far, though, was the one that in volved Ralph Piper in a one-car accident just out of Lex on the same afternoon. His auto was demolished and he was seriously injured. Thev can well sav in Lexing ton that when it rains, It pours. HEPPNER'S FLOOD of 1903 not only proved a tragedy for the closely related French, Gurdane and Briggs families, but ever since, years ending in "3' have brought sadness, Opal Briggs re lates. Grandmother French lost three in the flood, her older daughter, Mrs. Luella Gurdane (Aunt Ella the family called her), and two nieces. Florence French and Eunice Briggs (the latter sister of Opals). Since then, in every year end ine in "3" with the exception of the vear of the "double s 1933 someone in the iamily has died. In 1913, Grandmother French's oldest son, Marquis French, passed away. In 1923, Grandmother French went. The year 1933 was merciful, but in 1943 Millard French died, and in 1953, the great grandson, or the first one of the Taylor fam ily, Robert Ray Taylor, was call ed by death. The year 1963 is nearly half gone and no one has passed away in the family line this year. Perhaps this year will fol low 1933. ONCE IN the days of yore a doctor friend, Dr. LeRoy Casey (no relation to TV's Ben) and the writer decided to take their sons on a fishing jaunt to De troit Reservoir. For Jim Sherman, it was his first trip, and with high excitement and gusto he related on the way to the dam how he would land the trout right and left. The doctors somewhat older and wiser youngster, whom we called, "John Dr. Casey, was a trifle irritated at Jim's bravado. He regarded the junior lad with solemn eye and impassive face. "Fishing," he admonished, "is not all just push pull." How right he was. For some odd reason this comes to mind when we think about the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court winning first place in their division in the Rose Parade in Portland Satur day. It wasn't just "push-pull" as John Dr. Casey would have said. It was a big job to get the Pie Social Set For Election Time An old-fashioned pie social Is being sponsored by the Heppner PTA during the time of the school election Saturday in the Heppner High school cafe teria between the hours of 2 to 8 p.m. Mrs. Ray Massey is chairman of the event, assisted by Mrs. Alec Adams. They will offer pie, 25c; sundaes, 20c; pie a la mode, 25c; cake and ice cream, 25c; Ice cream cones, 10c; and will also have coffee and soft drinks for the youngsters. Several ice cream flavors will be available and all items go on sale at 2 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Room mothers will solicit for the pies and cakes from school parents. Proceeds from the sale will be used for college schol arships and other PTA projects. S COMMUNITY ) BILLBOARD court, their horses and equip ment to Portland. John Eubanks and Howard Cleveland had to get up at 2 a.m. on Saturday to get the horses fed and ready. The girls had to be up by four and were in the saddle at six. They remained mounted until conclusion of the parade at noon. It was a big job to dec orate the horses, which Ron Reid supervised and played a leading role, along with Helen Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sum ner. Morrow county's whole en tourage was a mighty tired but happy gang before the day was over. But they brought real honor home with them to the pride of the entire county. DURING THE school year ended, members of the Heppner-Lex-ington OEA. (Oregon Education Association) set about to nom inate the Gazette-Times for a state OEA award and the editor for the state Communications Citation. One of the requisites of win ning this award for an editor is for the local education assoc iation to prepare a scrapbook that includes contributions to education by the paper in ques tion. We knew the Heppner-Lexing-ton teachers had embarked on this project, but hadn't realized the amount of work they put on it until the other day when Dar- rel Reisch was about ready to move to Idaho and stopped in to present the big scrapbook to us. It contained many of the stories, editorials and articles pertaining to education that had been printed in the Gazette Times last year, together with some fine letters, which we will cherish, written by a number of local persons whom we highly respect. It is of no consequence that the Gazette-Times didn't win the award. There could be no greater reward to us than the goodwill shown by the group who must have devoted many, many hours cutting, clipping, sorting, past ing and compiling that big scrapbook. Anita Stockard, Inez Erwin and Lois Kirk (bless their hearts!) did a great part of the work, and we extend this be lated "thank you" to them, to gether with all others who may have had a hand In it. Your Home Agent Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Perrott and daughters, Leslie and Susan, of Portland were week-end visitors in Heppner at the home of Mrs. Perrott's mother, Mrs. Millie Doolittle, arriving on Friday and returning to Portland Sunday. Mrs. Dick Dunlao and children arrived last Tuesday from Ft. Lee, Va to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Borman. Camping Season Calls for Family Planning Ahead By ESTHER KIRMIS Camping season is upon us and we're heading for county camps like Cutsforth Park or Bull Prairie; state parks nat ional forest camps, or national parks. How much planning ahead of time should spell the difference between a relaxing trip out-of-doors or uncomfor table makeshift living. Pre-Camp Plans For many families the plan ning ahead and selecting camp ing equipment and supplies can be almost as much fun as camp ing. First make a list of all the equipment that might be needed to take your family camping. Divide the list into convenient sections such as (1) shelter, (2) sleeping, (3) campsite essentials, (4) cooking, (5) dining (6) cleanup, (7) clothing, (8) toilet gear, (9) first aid, and (10) recreation. There are several advantages to making a list. This will give an opportunity for each member of the family to check it over and see if each item is really necessary before trying to pack it all. As packing is done the list can be checked to be sure that no essential is left at home. Packing should be done so that shelter, sleeping and cooking gear are put on last. In this way they can be the first items unpacked in setting up camp. If non-essentials are packed on top of the shelter gear it will mean much confusion in un packing and setting up camp, and in a rain might mean the difference between comfort and misery. If you have not camped be fore, it would be a good idea to pack your car or trailer and spend one or two nights at a nearby camp area. This "shake down camp" should give you valuable experience in learning both what items are really es sential and how best to pack and use them. For beginning camp ers it might be a good idea to rent all large pieces of equip ment for the first camp or two, to see if this really meets your family s needs. Many places will permit you to use the rental fee as the down payment if you de cide to buy. Other types of pre-camp prep aration include: Car insurance check especially if you are going to Mexico or Canada. Trailer insurance some parts of your car insurance do not ap ply to trailers. Insurance on vacation equip mentespecially camera, gun, outboard motor, boat, or other special gear. Fishing or hunting licenses. Fire permit, needed in certain areas. ; Saturday evening Lincoln Nash accompanied Lyie Jensen to Portland. The Dean Connors joined them at the Parson home in Portland on Sunday. The Con nors and Nashes returned home Sunday and the Lyle Jensen family drove home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Hughes and sons, Scott and Richard, McMinnville, were 3 day visitors with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hughes, last week. Two Climb Mountain Tom Hughes and Bob Jepsen, Abrams to Ml. St. Helens, Wn. where Hughes and Jepsen joined a group oi an enmuers to scaie the mountain. The three left here Saturday via Portland and up Lewis river to the base of the mountain All nf thi irnim attained the top, arriving there at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday morn ing, going through crusted snow nil tln wnv. Tho moimt.iin height is 9,700 ft. On their way nome Mimiay nicy stopped in PnrtlnnH nt th inrnn nf Ah. rams parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Abrams. Get restaurant guest checks and salesbooks, both carbonized and non -carbonized, at the Ga zette-Times. Coming Events LEGION MOVIES Friday, June 21, 8 p. m. "World for Ransom," starr ing Dan Duryea and Jean Loikhart. PIE, ICE CREAM SOCIAL Sponsored by Heppner PTA. Election Day, June 22, dur ing election hours 2 to 8 p.m. High school cafeteria. Pies, sundaes, pie a la mode, cake, ice cream, ice cream cones, coffee, soft drinks. DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! Saturday, June 22 Morrow County School Budget, School board members des ignated places 2 to 8 p.m. SWIMMING POOL OPEN Open dally, except Monday. Afternoons 1 to 4 p.m. Evenings 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday afternoon, 1 to 5 p.m. Season tickets on sale, Hep pner city hall or at pool. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9G25 Heppner 5x : ,;i:;i:JI:l: 1 V: FLOWER WEDDING LINE invitations and announcements Fc tfaij most thrilling message of your life, only the finest ppa, only completely correct styling, only exquisite crafts manship will do and that's what you'll see on each and every page of the new Flower Wedding Line catalogue by Regency. Come in and let us help you choose Regency wedding stationery that will reflect your own impeccable taste in every flawless detail. Even if the date is soon, soon, iooo you can count on us ! GAZETTE TIMES Health checkups for family. Car safety check. Special gear' for car or camp such as fire extinguisher, road flares, tow rope or chain, extra tools, fuses for car lights, gaso line can, folding shovel, gunny sack, axle jack, wedge for wheels (to keep car from roll ing) and electric lantern with red light. Before leaving home check all electrical equipment, close all doors to keep down drafts and possibility of fire spreading, alert neighbors and police to keep an eye on the house to prevent burglary or vandalism. Jessalee Mallalieu, OSU rec reation specialist, has put out a fine bulletin called "Family Camping." In it she has infor mation about pre-camp plans (mentioned there), sleeping bags, cooking equipment, tents, first aid supplies, clothing, and recreation. If you'd like one call 676-9642 or write the county agent's office, Heppner, Church Activities Reported at Meeting June meeting of the Mara natha club of the lone Com munity church was held last Wednesday at the Ware Craw ford home, with 12 members and four guests attending. Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Dale Ray were co-hostesses. Guests were Mrs. Cleo Drake, Mrs. Ruth Benson, Mrs, Ronald Bishop and Mrs. Walter Crowell, wife of the new minister. A report of the auction and barbecue on Saturday, June 8, was read. All appreciated the untiring work of lone residents and help by nearby towns in helping to make the event a success. During the month of May the younger group hired themselves out as slaves to earn money to send some of their members to Camp Adams for summer camp. A total of $67.52 was reported earned. Mrs. E. M. Baker explained the new working program of the Women's Fellowship, naming the three departments of work worship, study and service. The new program covers material re garding friendly service; stew ardship and woman's gift; Christian service; missionary ed ucation; evangelism and spirit ual education, and Christian ed ucation and family life. The July meeting will be held at the church parsonage, with Mrs. Crowell as hostess. Anyone interested is invited to attend. ON YOUR VACATION TRIP FAMILY SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE Old Friends Trust Our Service Let Us Be Your Friend BY HELPING MAKE YOUR Vacation Accident Free O BRAKES-- ... Do they hold properly and evenly? Will hand brake hold the car? Let us inspect the brake lines, check the cylinders, and make adjustments if necessary. O HEADLIGHTS-- ... Do dimming switch and both upper and lower beams work properly? Are lights aimed to avoid glare? O STOP LIGHTS-- ... Do all bulbs burn? Do brakes operate stop lights? O WINDSHIELD WIPERS-- ... Do they operate and wipe glass clean? O MUFFLER and EXHAUST-- . . . Are they free of worn spots, tight and quiet? O STEERING-- ... Is steering wheel free of excess play? Wheel bearings tight? Wheels properly balanced? O HORN-- . . . When you need it will it work? AND THEN A GOOD MOTOR TUNEUP FOR PERFORMANCE AND CAREFREE DRIVING DURING YOUR VACATION YOUR CAR CARRIES THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD KEEP THEM SAFE HEPPNER FORD Heppner Ph. 676-9152