THESE HEPPNER BOYS are selling subscriptions in the Gazette.
Times subscription campaign which ends this Saturday at 6 p.m.
From left to right are Kevan Pratt, Jerry Healy, Kelly Green,
Jimmy Van Schoiack and Earl Struckmeier.
THESE HEPPNER YOUNGSTERS are selling Gazette-Times sub
scriptions in the campaign which ends this Saturday night. From
left to right are Billy Stockard, Amanda Smith, Randy Stillman,
Bill McLeod and Ricky Gimbel. Sherri Lynn O'Brien is not
pictured.
Little Joe in Character
As 'Devil-May-Care'
(Editor's Note: Michael Lan
don, "Little Joe" of the Bon
anza TV program, will appear
at the East-West Shrine game
and ceremonies in Pendleton
during the night of Saturday,
August 24. The following
sketch tells of the popular
actor).
Michael Landon sums up his
starring role as Little Joe Cart
wright, the youngest of three
half-brothers in NBC-TV's full
hour color series, "Bonanza"
(Sundays, 9-10 p.m. FT; 8-9 p.m.
CT) this-a-way:
"I'm a devil-may-care char
acter!". And, in many respects, it's
a good description of Mike him
self, starting with his devil may
care school career right down to
his present preoccupation with
snakes, spiders and fast cars.
Mike Landon was born Eugene
Orowitz of Forest Hills, Long
Island, N. Y.
"Everyone in the family went
by another name, so I figured
I might as well too," Mike ex
plained. His mother is Peggy O'Neill, of
musical comedy fame. His Dad,
a theater manager, studio Dub.
licity man and radio personality,
was known as EMO (Eli M. Oro
witz), although he maintained
the initials stood for "Eat More
Oysters," and Mike's sister is
known as Victoria King.
"The name I really wanted
was Mike Lane," Mike admitted.
"But the Screen Actors Guild
said there already was such a
person. So they gave me the
telephone directory and I picked
out a name there weren't too
many of."
Mike's high school academic
record was rather undistinguish
ed. Although he had a IQ of
151, he graduated second from
the bottom of a class of 301
students. "I just didn't like to
study," he explains. "I was too
busy trying to be the class
clown."
However, he had scholarship
offers from 46 universities, for
his outstanding record as a jav
elin thrower.
Before entering the University
of Southern California, Mike
spent some time in Santa Barb
ara, Calif., making up scholastic
deficiencies and teaching swim
ming on the side.
The latter presented a slight
problem, because Mike really
didn't know how to swim and
was deathly afraid of the water.
"I bluffed my way through
because I needed the job," Mike
recalled chuckling. "When the
instructor asked if I had my
lifesaving badge, I answered
casually that I'd never bothered
to get it. I spent every night
trom 9 p.m. until midnight in
the pool by myself, until I knew
how to swim. I taught the class
by reading up on swimming and
I always kept my socks and
sneakers on, so nobody would
ever ask me to go into the water
to demonstrate. I not only turned
out some good swimmers but
actually saved a person from
drowning!"
The 25 years old star got into
show business after leaving USC
when he suffered an arm in
jury his freshman year. While
working in a warehouse near
his home in North Hollywood,
he agreed to read for a buddy
taking a screen test at Warner
Bros. When the test was com
pleted, Mike, and not his buddy,
was signed to a contract.
His first big credit was the
starring role in "I Was A Teen
age Werewolf," a motion picture
he d like to forget. He also play
ed the title role in "Legend of
Tom Dooley," and starred in
"Maracaibo" and played the al
bino in "God's Little Acre."
He also has acted in more than
100 television shows, among
them four roles on "Playhouse
90," several appearances on
"Studio One," "GE Theater,"
"Schlitz Playhouse" and "Zane
Grey Theater."
Landon likes fast cars, an
imals, insects and snakes, in.
eluding a pet tarantula he found
while on location in Mojave
(Calif.) desert. His pet snakes
include a boa constrictor.
Landon has long since made
up for his early distaste for
school work by reading almost
anything he gets his hands on.
He enjoys discussing almost any
subject and recently sold his first
screenplay, which was broadcast
on "Bonanza" this past season.
His father, (TV), co-star Lome
Greene, calls him, "One of the
brightest young men I've met."
"And the wittiest guy I know,"
adds co-star Dan Blocker.
Last April, Landon made his
singing debut in a "Highway of
Melody" special on NBC-TV, and
he hopes soon to branch out into
the recording field.
Gene Pierce, president of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon, and Art
Allen of Boardman enjoyed a
week's pack trip into the Wal
lowa Mountains two weeks ago,
spending some of the time fish
ing, taking pictures and viewing
the scenery. Fishing was excel
lent Pierce completed his va
cation last week-end by taking
his family on a trip to Medford,
Yachats and Newport, Weather
at the coast was damp and cool.
Bert Huff Named
Heart Fund Head
Kenneth C. Hume, assistant
vice-president of the First Nat
ional Bank of Portland, has been
named state chairman for the
1964 Heart Fund campaign in
Oregon, according to Dr. Earl D.
DuBois, Oregon Heart Associa
tion president.
Assisting Mr. Hume by serv
ing as Eastern Region Chairman
is Leo Adler, Baker, who will
be one of thousands in Oregon
who will help organize volun
teers and collect contributions
during the week of February 17
23 to support heart and blood
vessel research in Oregon.
Helping Adler as district cam
paign chairman in charge of
Morrow, Umatilla, Union and
Wallowa counties will be Ken
Lillard, Radio KLBM, La Grande.
He will be assisted in Morrow
county by Bert Huff, First Nat
ional Bank in Heppner.
In accepting the position of
county Heart Fund chairman,
Huff said there are more than
20 types of heart disease, and
many kinds of blood vessel dis
eases.
"The Heart Fund fights them
all, he said.
During 1962-63 the Oregon
Heart Association allocated more
than $180,000 to support research
ers in Oregon. Numerous break
throughs in medical science are
expected this year in order that
premature death and disability
De naitea.
Each of these volunteer Heart
Fund workers has expressed a
desire that every family take to
heart the slogan of the cam
paign "More will live the more
you give" and give generously.
Mrs. Dick Completes
College Studies
Mrs. L. E. Dick returned home
Sunday following the completion
of her college studies at South
ern Oregon college in Ashland.
She will receive a B. S. degree
in elementary education and will
graduate with the June 1964
class.
Mrs. Dick attended the 10
weeks of summer school on the
campus besides the many hours
she has completed the past years
toward her degree while working
with her husband in their busi
ness and caring for their five
children. The three youngest
children, Kyle, Kevin, and Erin,
spent the last two weeks with
her in Ashland.
lone Rainbow Girls
Have McNory Outing
IONE Rainbow Assembly No.
89 spent Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday at McNary Yacht
club as guests of their mother
advisor, Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen
and Mr. Halvorsen and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy W. Lindstrom. Fourteen
girls attended and were chap
eroned by Mrs. Jack Schaffer,
Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs. Lind
strom and Mr. and Mrs. Halv
orsen. The girls water skiied,
swam and picnicked.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hynd are
on a ten day fishing trip to
Paulina Lake, East Lake and
other lakes and to the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Cannon are
spending their vacation in Can
ada. Mrs. Tom Hiatt spent this week
visiting friends and relatives In
the Seattle area. Her children
were cared for by Shirley Hicks
during her absence.
Gary Morgan and Jim Martin
are having a vacation at Sea
side. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hicks have
Over The
Tee Cup
By DEE CRIBBLE
Hasn't the weather been the
most! ! Too hot for this old
golfer Sunday, but hear that
many played before and after
the old sun got going.
The Heppner men that invaded
La Grande didn't set fire to the
course but had a heap of fun
all but Phil Mahoney. He and
Hazel must share a No. 3 iron
for a while. He connected with
an apple tree, endeavoring to
play an unplayable lie and the
tree was the mightier. Thanks to
Van Marter, Sr., Hazel now has
her No. 5 iron she had lost on
the course.
Tuesday might have been the
13th of August, but surely was
our 1-u-c-k-y day. Juanita Car
michael was hostess, with the
mostest. She served and poured,
with everything perfect, except
no cream.
Golf balls were won in a new
way bogey strokes on No. 6 and
9 subtracted from gross score
and who but a school teacher
would think that up. Hazel Ma
honey took low and Barb Crib
ble took the bogey (she's placing
this ball among her ribbons won
on Nancy horse.)
Back to La Grande the fel
lows all won golf balls for hit
ting the short greens on drives,
Brown and Gribble 3 for 4 and
McQuarrie and Mahoney 2 for 4,
so that's not so bad. The weath
er was lousy and the thunder
and lightning plus rain coming
home was terrific.
A letter to the parents of the
bike-size boys that are invading
our golf course scouring all the
nooks and corners for golf balls.
We'd be most happy if they
would put those found balls in
the box (without the expected
10c per, as we just don't do it
that-a-way.) If you were paying
$1.35 per golf ball you'd be
pleased to find it in the box
when you deposited the ones you
had found. After all, they're pri
vate property, and many of
these same bike riders aren't
supposed to be there in the first
place. Nuff said!
Junior golfers you now have
handicaps, so let this Tee Cup
per know how you're doing and
you'll find your name in print.
HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES, Thursday, August 15. 1963
Band Teacher Tours Europe With Orchestra
Carol Miller, band Instructor
in the lone High school, arrived
home Sunday from a six-weeks
tour as a member of the Grande
Ronde symphony orchestra
which traveled through Europe.
The 80-piece orchestra, composed
of musicians from Oregon and
California, appeared in concert
on the average of once each
week in several different Eur
opean countries. They found
their visits to countries behind
the iron curtain especially in
teresting and audiences very re
ccptve and congenial.
The troup included a total of
102 traveling members who trav
eled round trip by chartered jet
from Montreal, Canada. Mr. Mil
ler had also been with another
touring orchestra in Western
Europe two years ago, started
under the People to People Good
will program set up under Presi
dent Eisenhower.
He plays the trumpet in the
orchestra, and was active in
musical groups at Eastern Ore
gon College of Education in La
Grande from where he graduated
last spring.
purchased the grocery store In
Boardman from Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Brimmer. The store will
be known as Hick's Market and
Mr. Hicks will divide his time
between his store in lone and
managing the one in Boardman.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Driscoll are
on vacation from their work in
the Heppner post office this
week. They went to Portland to
visit their daughter and family
ana aiso expected to spend some
time on the coast.
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STARTING MONDAY WITH
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4-H PIG
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THURSDAY. 7:30
P. M.
Morrow County's Fair and Rodeo are the
county's REALLY BIG SHOWS!
The Fair brings out the best of the county's
produce, livestock and craftsmanship. Both young
and old participate, doing their part to put the
county's best foot forward.
We congratulate all who work so hard to stage
this wonderful event, extend best wishes to all who
participate and urge everyone to join us in support
ing the fair.
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