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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
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ASSOCIATION
Subscription Rates: Morrow County, $4.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.50
Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered
at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter.
Come to Morrow Today!
Communities throughout the state of Oregon this summer
have been cooperating with the state's Welcome to Oregon com
mittee to encourage tourism and boost their various localities.
Through the efforts of Fred Gimbel, Morrow county chair
man of Welcome to Oregon, Morrow county's summer effort
is culminated in this issue of the Gazette-Times with the special
section on Welcome to Morrow County. Support and sponsorship
of merchants and organizations of the county has made the
section possible, and it is hoped that it will give some infor
mation of Interest to friends and relatives of county residents
that might attract them here for more frequent visits. It is
further hoped that it will bring new friends who may be in
trigued with Morrow county and what it has to offer.
The slogan for this current effort is "Come to Morrow
Today," and this could be emphasized by residents when they
contact others to come for visits. From two pages of the supple
ment In this paper, brochures will be printed for free distribution
and they may be obtained from any of the sponsors or from
Gimbel. The brochures will be so designed that they can be
mailed easily, and the home folks are encouraged to take
advantage of this opportunity to spread the good word about
Morrow county.
Statewide, the emphasis this year is "Stay and Play Another
Day." If every tourist would stay one more day when he comes
to Oregon on a vacation, the total economic effect would be
astounding, and that is what the committee knows.
It would seem a Mttle crass to say that we are interested
in visits only for the money that tourists would leave. Such is not
the case. It is nice to have friends and relatives come so that
residents may share with them the pride that the home folks
have in the county.
A tourist to the state of Oregon cannot say that he has
truly seen (he state until he has visited Morrow county, because
there are scenic attractions and other features here that are
unique to this part of the state. Morrow county, despite all its
other virtues, has not done a good job of heralding its own
virtues and many tourists plying highway 30 zip right by with
out realizing what a vast and beautiful country lies Just to the
south.
Residents are urged to extend their hands and give warm
welcomes to those who come to visit. This is probably a needless
admonition for friendliness and hospitality are traditional
In Morrow county.
But in correspondence and contact with those elsewhere,
extend the Invitation, "Come to Morrow Today!"
How About a New Heavyweight Category?
Man, through a natural evolution process, seems to be
gaining in stature all the time. Statistics will show that the
average male is an inch or two taller than was the average
perhaps 50 years ago.
Basketball teams are taller. Players 6-9 and 6-10 on college
teams are not uncommon. An owner of a bicycle shop told us
the other day that bike manufacturers are coming out with
taller and bigger bicycles because the youngsters who ride them
are getting bigger for their ages.
New records are being set in sports all the time as man
learns to use his increasing larger physical frame to better
advantage. Once was a time, for instance, that the four-minute
mile was deemed an impossibility. Now athletes break four
minutes with regularity. Unless one does break four minutes
in an international mile race the runner has little chance of
coming in better than fourth.
Floyd Patterson, in the heavyweight fight the other night,
was a little man In physical stature compared to his opponent.
Patterson weighed only 195, and Sonny Liston had him topped
In every physical category reach, biceps, legs and every de
partment. Liston weighed 21 pounds more.
The thought occurs that as long as we are stuck with boxing
as a sport it may be time to consider setting higher limits for
the heavyweight class or of establishing a "super heavyweight"
division. This might include, say, those 215 pounds and over.
It was quite obvious that Patterson Just didn't have the
physique to cope with the bigger man, and how the American
public could enjoy the second slaughter, after witnessing it
before between the same two opponents, is a little hard to figure.
The Oregonlan had six stories concerning the fight on the
front page of its sports section Wednesday, almost monopolizing
the page. An Inside page, too, was almost completely used for
carryovers on the stories. It's a little hard to stomach.
Boxing has had some long hard looks In the past couple
of years because of the deaths and maimings that it has caused.
But it has an appeal, perhaps sadistic, that retains some mass
popularity.
It cannot be considered sporting by any standard, though,
to match athletes of unequal stature. Some times the big boys
can't perform nearly as well as the smaller ones, as Prlmo
Camera proved to his dismay many years ago, but it seems
to us that the big hulks should have to compete against others
of proportionate size. Otherwise it Is no contest and a farce
that dupes the people.
Patterson is to be admired for his pluck and courage, but
he didn't have a chance, and Liston really has nothing to crow
about in victory.
Legion Meel to Convene In Pendleton
Pendleton will host the 43rd
annual state convention of the
American Legion and Auxiliary
with registration opening on
Wednesday, July 31, at 10 a.m.
at headquarters In the Temple
Hotel. The Joint confab will con
clude August 3 with the Drum
and Bugle Corps competition at
8 p.m. In the Round-Up grounds.
Mrs. Jack Larson, department
president, American Legion Aux
iliary, will preside over the Aux
iliary meetings and Al Frlesen,
department commander of the
Legion will have charge of the
Legion meetings. They will be
honored at a joint banquet Aug
ust 1, 7 p.m.. at the Pendleton
High school cafeteria.
Each morning during the con
vention a cowboy style break
fast will be held from 6 to 9
a.m. Friday morning the Hepp
ner Auxiliary will be hosts for
the past and present secretary
and treasurer's breakfast at
(lunther's restaurant The Post
commanders and unit presidents
are to be at a reception at the
Temple Hotel from 5 to 7 p.m.
August 2 and on Saturday, Aug
-TIMES. Thursday. July 25. 1963
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
ust 3. the past and present
district presidents will be guests
at breakfast at the Tapadera at
7 a.m. All reservations for din
ner and breakfasts scheduled
should be made with Mrs. Her
man Desler, Box 163, Pendleton.
Meetings will be held in the
Vert Auditorium with exhibits
shown in the Vert club room.
Committee meetings will be held
in the McCune Junior High
school.
At noon, August 3, C. D. De
Loach, assistant director of the
FBI, will speak to the joint meet
ing of the American Legion and
Auxiliary. At 6 p.m. on this day,
a western style barbecue will be
held at the Indian Village at
the Round-Up grounds with the
Bugle and Drum competition
concluding the annual confab.
Headquarters for Heppner Post
No. 87 and Auxiliary Unit will
be at the Long Horn Motel, and
delegates are asked to get in
touch with them now for any
necessary reservations.
File cards and guides, 3x5, 4x6
and 5x8 at the Gazette-Times.
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
WELL, IT is appropriate to have
interesting visitors to the
newspaper office while we were
putting out the "Welcome to
Morrow County" supplement.
A very interesting visitor Wed
nesday was G. C. Henricksen, di
rector of the Portland Commun
ity College, who with his wife
is on a vacation trip seeking out
the byways in this part of the
country.
Henricksen's first trip to Mor
row county was in 1912, and that
is what makes this visit so in
teresting. His father was a min
ister, and the family lived in
Omaha, Neb. The reverend got
the urge to go west to a new
mission field, put his family in
their Flanders car and struck
out for Portland.
Because of the early undepen
dability of autos, the Henriksens
started out in a caravan of other
cars, including such as a Duryea,
EMF and other makes that now
resurrect distant memories.
When the caravan arrived at
Green River, Wyo., the Henrik
sens were forced to go the rest
of the distance alone because
all the others veered south to
California.
For some reason, when they
got to Oregon they came through
Morrow county, including Hepp
ner and lone, instead of travel
ing the Columbia River. They
went on northwest to the John
Day River and had to make a
ferry crossing between Olex and
Klondike. The operator of the
horse-drawn ferry charged them
$15 for the crossing and asked
for another $10 to pull them up
the hill on the other side where
the narrow road was composed
of deep sand.
The Rev. Henrlksen was irked
at this treatment and refused to
pay the $10, preferring to try
to battle it up the hill without
help. The motorists inched ahead
slowly, perspiring and working
to get the Flanders to the top.
When they were about half
way up, a team and wagon ap
peared on the scene, headed the
other direction. There wasn't
room for them to pass. The min
ister agreed to back down if
the occupants of the wagon
would help the travelers up the
hill, and the consent was given.
So back down went the Flanders.
Then the team and wagon
came down the hill and headed
up the river without stopping.
Now with his ministerial equan
imity really challenged, the Rev.
Mr. Henriksen procured a revol
ver from under the seat of the
Flanders and shot three times
over the disappearing wagon.
This stopped them, and they
came back to help.
Since the crooked old Colum
bia River highway with its loops
was not yet constructed (to come
three years later), the Flanders
and Henriksen family had to
board a boat to complete the
journey to Portland.
The trip from Omaha took 23
days. Henriksen said Wednesday
he has since covered the same
distance in 47 hours. It cost the
family $975 and four sets of tires
were worn out on the trip.
They got their gasoline at
blacksmith shops since there
were no service stations in those
days.
Henriksen was visiting Earl
Blake here also. The two are
both radio "hams" and often
talk by short wave. Henriksen
said that he has been asked to
write a book about this 1912
journey and may get around to
it one of these days. He has been
told that the Flanders was the
only car that arrived in Port
land from the east in that year
of 1912.
WE COULDN'T figure out how
we could possibly have rain
on July 24 in Morrow county,
but decided later in the day
that it must be the fault of an
other visitor, Albert Weisen
danger, Salem, executive secre
tary of Keep Oregon Green as
sociation. He and Mrs. Welsendanger
dropped in, and perhaps Al ar
ranged the rain to keep things
dampened down in the interests
of Keeping Oregon Green! How
ever, he declared they expected
to find hot weather over here.
ONE OF THOSE pestiferous type
gremlins got in the story about
Phyllis Nelson going to the nat
ional FHA (Future Homemakers
of America) convention, and the
story referred to the national
FFA (Future Farmers of Amer
ica) convention. But this did not
perturb Phyllis (daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. O. Nelson, Lexing
ton.) She said that she really
would have enjoyed attending
the national FFA convention.
She undoubtedly would be a
real popular delegate there, too!
HEPPNER'S CHAMBER of Com-
meree Is going to have a "ride
in" to the meeting on August
25 to stir up interest in the 19(53
Fair and Rodeo.
Each member is to ride to
the meeting place (Wagon
Wheel Cafe) on a horse.
"We might as well," said Dr.
C. M. Wagner, president, in pro
posing it to the members.
"Everyone has a horse."
Yep, that's true. The C of C
secretary (yours truly), who has
generally depended upon
Shanks' horses, has an old saw
horse out back that he can dust
off for the occasion.
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ON A JUNKET with Fred Gim
bel, county Welcome to Oregon
chairman, Saturday, we visited
the Lena Cemetery which long
has intrigued Fred.
If those who lie at rest in
the cemetery could tell their
stories, it would reveal some rich
history of early Morrow county
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"KILLED BY Indians near Wil
low Springs" says this head
stone marking the grave of
H. Hale in the Lena cemetery.
Markers In this cemetery give
clues to colorful early history
of the county and of tragedies
that occurred.
hardships, tragedies and forti
tude by the pioneers.
One row of markers mutely
tells a sorrowful story. Five
children of the Crawford family
died at various dates in 1878,
some only a few days apart. The
historical booklet, "Yesteryears
of Morrow," published in 1959,
mentioned these five graves and
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FOR
MORROW COUNTY
FAIR AND RODEO
PRINCESS
SHANNON
MONEY
Sponsored
WRANGLERS
DANCE ON THE NEW
HARDWOOD FLOOR
ADMISSION
$150
PER PERSON
MUSIC BY
LEOUHIG'S 0RGHESTE?
Students Speak. .
At Board man Church
BOARDMAN Guest speakers
at the Boardman Community
church Sunday were Duane Hes
ter and Wade Worthington, both
students from the Multnomah
School of the Bible in Portland.
They were dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sum
mers. Week-end visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Miland
were Mrs. Miland's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Gentry, and her
sister, Mrs. Harvey Schmidt and
children Buddy and Gayle, all
of Prosser, Wn.
Mr. and Mrs. John Summers
and sons Richard and Ronnie
have returned home from a
month's trip, during which they
traveled 3,000 miles through the
western states. They also vis
ited Summers' nephews, Eddie
Summers at Salt Lake City,
Utah, George Yeates in Calif
ornia, and Less Summers in
Eugene. -
Shirley Munger has been vis
iting relatives in Roseburg for
the past month.
conjectured that the youngsters
probably died of diptheria. Can
anyone shed further light on
this?
Another interesting marker is
that of Harrison Hale, who was
killed at Willow Springs, about
15 miles south of Pilot Rock, by
Indians on July 6, 1878. "Yester
years" gives a good account of
this Indian attack at Willow
Springs. The state park at
Battle Mountain memorializes
these skirmishes.
The Lena cemtery is well-kept.
We remarked to Fred as we
viewed the plots that the de
ceased must still be highly cher
ished in their families because
of the care shown. Despite the
age of the graves some had re
cently been decorated with flow
ers. A number of the headstones
had weathered wonderfully well.
Some appear as if they had been
placed there yesterday, but they
mark graves more than 80 years
old.
All Moore business forms
available through the Gazette
Times. You need not go out of
the county to get the forms you
need.
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ATURDAY, hh
FAIR
PAVILION
HEPPNER
Over The
Tee Cup
By DEE CRIBBLE
With the nice weather to play
in, and the course all green and
mowed (thanks to Hutch and
his helpers), 16 to 18 ladies have
turned out for two weeks now
for Ladies Day. Winners are be
ginning to change, with the per
sistent practice of mid-week
day paying off. Kay Robinson
has joined the gals that finally
got in the 30V-she had a 38
last week, and Hester Creswick
a 36. Nice golfin', gals.
I still feel that a Twilight
League play would be the ideal
time. Sunday was too hot at
2:30, so many played at 6:30.
This Tuesday Lucille Brown
(Mrs. Hillard) was winner with
the most strokes, and Leslie
Meador with least putts. Play
was planned by Lib Daggett
and Donna McCurdy who served
up the coffee and cookies and,
since the young gals are playing
too, there's punch at our "coffee
break." My Barb wishes there
wasn't a penalty for out-of-bounds
on No. 4, (and Corbin's
cows had better watch it.)
New faces this week were Lil
lian Sweek, Lib Daggett and
Betty Rose, fresh from vacation.
We're delighted to have all these
ladies.
Ruth Van Winl" h b"v
ball retriever anyone finding it,
please call her.
Happy to report that Juanita
Carmichael and Nan Brown are
recovering from their car acci
dent, and when the ribs are heal
ed, they'll try again (they were
returning from Pendleton after
their first golf lesson, and flip
ped into the ditch.)
Be seein' ya.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gonty and
two boys, Tom and Doug, drove
to Seattle Friday evening to take
their two grandchildren home.
The children had been visiting
here the past week. In Seattle
the Gontys were guests of their
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Gonty. The Heppnerites re
turned home Sunday.
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Visiting at the Bill Farra
home last Tuesday were Mrs.
Farra's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Wiest, Sunnyside, Wn., and
other relatives. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Hochhalter, Wishek, N.
D.; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ashcraft
and sons, Grandview, Wn.; and
Mrs. August Wiest, Sunnyvale,
Calif.
COMMUNITY If
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Coming Events
LEGION MOVIES
Friday, July 26, 8 p.m.
"Sahara," starring Humphry
Bogart and Lloyd Bridges.
Plus cartoon.
PRINCESS SHANNON
RODEO DANCE
Saturday, July 27
Fair Pavilion building
Welcome Princess Shannon
Mahoney and the Rodeo
court.
Sponsored by Wranglers club.
Dancing from 10 to 2:00.
Lunch served by Degree of
Honor.
POMONA GRANGE
MEETING
Saturday, July 27
Rhea Creek Grange hall.
Starts at 10:30 a.m., dinner
at noon. Program, 2:30 p.m.,
by Henry Baker.
RHEA CREEK GRANGE
ANNUAL PICNIC
Sunday, August 11, 1 p.m.
Chapin Creek.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
Heppner
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