2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. August 15. 1963
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MOHROW 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
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Eyesores Should Be Removed
At its last meeting the city council acted to ask a property
owner to remove an old metal building in the downtown area
that is construed to be a hazard and an eyesore. It was reported
that the request had been made at a meeting sometime ago, that
the property owner agreed at that time to repair the building,
but nothing was done.
It is hoped that the recent action will bring results and that
the building will be removed with the cooperation of the prop
erty owner. Sometimes it isn't as easy as it appears to remove
such a structure for it may serve a useful purpose for the owner
that cannot be readily provided by another means.
However, if the city is going to be attractive, and a place
in which its residents can share a pride, each citizen has a
responsibility to keep his property neat and in good repair.
Whenever one does something to improve his land and build
ings, it also enhances the property of his neighbor and all
enjoy a somewhat better standard of living as a result.
The council has not been very strict on matters such as
this. If anything, it has been too lenient. There are a number
of other places around town that are eyesores and constitute
nuisances within the terminology of the city charter. They
should be cleaned up or removed.
Before summer comes to an end, it would be a good time
for every property owner to look at his holdings and do what
he can to correct unsightly situations that do no credit to our
pleasant town. There Is plenty of time yet to paint up and
fix up.
Our good citizens should take it upon themselves to cooper
ate In making Heppner a more attractive place to live without
waiting for the council to force the issue.
Fair Time is Here Again
Without a lot of hullabaloo and fanfare, the Morrow County
Fair has stepped into the limelight on the passing scene for
1963. The stage is set for the opening of the fair Monday with
the 4-H saddle horse show as the first event on the program,
starting at 9 a.m. The fair will continue throughout the week.
There isn't a lot of froth connected with this county's fair,
but it is a good solid show of the best products of the county,
of the work of 4-H clubs, the Future Farmers of America, Future
Homemakers, home extension clubs and open classes. A carnival
atmosphere does not prevail, but there Is something at the
fair to excite the Interest of everyone, whether young or old.
Many have quietly spent hours and hours of time this
summer getting the event ready for staging. Think of the
total time that exhibitors shall have spent in getting their
entries ready for the fair in the many classes and divisions!
Then there are the superintendents and those responsible for
the thousands of details to be done In preparation.
The saddle horse show, the pet show and parade, the pig
scramble, auction sale, style revue and many other contests and
competitions will stimulate Interest beyond the exhibits and
displays.
The rodeo will come later to bring thrills and glamor, but
the fair opens the festival season with a display of the agri
cultural products and other goods that make the county what
It is. The fair also reveals the skills of its citizenry as they
show their best in competition with one other.
Everyone who shares any touch of pride in Morrow county
should get out to the fair during the week whether as an
entrant, participant, or merely a spectator .
Student Officers
Attend Workshop
Bill Sherman and Steve Peck,
president and vice-president re
spectively of Heppner High
school, are spending this week
on the campus of University of
Oregon, Eugene, attending Ore
gon's 11th annual summer work
shop for high school student
body officers.
The workshop, sponsored each
summer by the Oregon Associa
tion of Student Councils, is aim
ed at developing techniques of
group leadership, to present new
and useful ideas in student ac
tivities, and discuss problems of
student organizations with the
delegates. Experienced leaders
in the field of student council
work serve as teachers and coun
selors to those attending.
Mrs. Amelia R. Auld, Portland,
serves as director of the work
shop. All delegates are housed on
the campus for the session which
ends Friday, August 16.
Bill is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wes Sherman, Heppner, and
Steve is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Peck of Lexington. Both
are seniors this year.
Attending from lone are Steph
en Llndstrom and Dick Hynd,
president and vice-president of
the lone High school student
bod v.
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for Fire Safety
HEPPNER
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
To the Editor:
In the August 8 issue of the
Gazette-Times I read with in
terest the city council news. The
item that interested me most
was the paragraph that stated,
"Two farm homes served by city
water above the new city weil
may have to provide their own
water beginning this coming
winter."
As the owner of one of these
farm homes, 1 received a letter
dated August 6, from our city
recorder written by order of the
city council that stated, "The
City now has an artesian source
of water which will eliminate
tlie steadv pumping of the upper
well during the winter months.
The City Council requests you
as a user in this area to make
arrangements to secure water
from some other source." They
stated that it was their hope
that this well would supply the
City from October to April.
To me this letter of request
Is more like a letter from the
F.B.I., than from a group of
fellow citizens. I cannot help but
wonder how much thought was
put into this decision. Did the
council take into consideration
the number of years the city
line ran through the property
concerned? Did they think about
the expense- of installing the
pipeline, the storage facilities,
and the meter? Did thev con
sider the cost of the hook up
fees and the numerous other
costs of using city water?
I was requested to make ar
rangements from some other
source the only source I would
know would be a well. I have
less than two months to drill a
well and it would take me that
long to talk the banker out of the
money.
To me this is Just another ex
ample of "Farmers trade out of
town We don't need your busi
ness." Sincerely,
Everett "thirsty" Ilarshman
When you leu tne advertisers
you saw it in the Gazette-Times,
you're doing your part to hel"
make a better local newspaper.
Umatilla County
Fair Gets Off
To Flying Start
HERMISTON The Umatilla
County Fair got off to a flying
start Wednesday with the Market
Barrow and Carcass Show. En
tering, placing, Judging and
weighing occupied the morning.
All fair entries will be Judged
Kv EVirinv nnnn Pfintpsts will
continue ' through Sat u r d a y.
Based on tne lair premium dook,
the highlights appear as follows:
Judging 4-H home economics
exhibits and 4-H saddle horse
classes took place and demon
strations and special baking con
tests were held from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Wednesday.
On Thursday the following
items were to be Judged: 4-H
ami FFA nnnltrv and rabbits.
open class cattle, poultry, rab
bits and crops, 4-H miscellan
eous exhibits, 4-H style revue en
tries, 4-H land products. The 4-H
home economics junior and in
termediate Judging contests be
gin in Park Hall at 9:30 a.m.
and the senior contest will be
gin at 1:30 p.m. in the hall. From
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 4-H and
FFA livestock showmanship con
tocio will hp hpld in the show
barn. Out of doors on the grounds
at 8 p.m. tne 4-H styie revue
will be held.
In thn hirrh enhnnl at 9 a.m.
on Friday the 4-H intermediate
home economics food preserva
tion contest and 4-H meal prep-
nrntinn rnntpst will be held. At
9 a.m., also, the FFA livestock
ludging contest is scneuuiea. ai
11 a.m. FFA dairy, beef, sheep
and swine Judging will be done;
whereas 4-H Judging of the same
kinds of animals will be held
at 1 p.m. At 1:30 p.m. the Uma
tilla Horse games and introduc
tion of visiting royalty courts
will be staged at the race track
arena. At 2:30 p.m. the 4-H flow
er arranging contest will be
staged in the flower show build
ing. At 7 p.m. the FFA grand
champion livestock showman
ship contest will be held in the
show barn. This will be followed
at 7:30 p.m. by the grand cham
pion livestock showmanship con
test. At 8 p.m. the Fair Follies
will entertain the crowd on the
grounds under flood lights and
the stars. At 8:30 p.m. the Market
Barrow and Carcass show finale
is scheduled in Park Hall.
On Saturday beginning at 8
a.m. FFA members will demon
strate various aspects of their
program. At 8:30 a.m. the 4-H
will demonstrate theirs. At the
CRC at 9 a.m. interviews will
be conducted for the dairy co
op calf award. The parade is
slated for 10 a.m. via Hermiston
Avenue, Gladys Avenue and
Main street At noon visiting
royal courts and fair notables
will be hosted to dinner at the
rpr At 1 n.m. 4-H and FFA
tractor handling contests are
scheduled at the nortn side oi
the show barn. At 1:30 p.m. the
nmntnia Horse Games and in
troduction of visiting royal courts
will be held at the race tracit
arena. At 5 p.m. the award pro
npDTvi fnr 4.H norloultural con
tests is planned. The Fair Follies
will start at H p.m. ay p.m.
fair exhibits will be released.
lone Youths Rate
High in Tourney
IONE Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Halvorsen and sons, Mark, Joe,
and Frank, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Heimbigner and Linda and
Tom, and his niece, Myrna Heim
bigner of Odessa, Wn., and Jerri
Jeppe of Hermiston attended the
Scafair at Seattle from Thursday
to Sunday. The young people
took part in the water ski tourn
ament on Green Lake and
brought home the honors.
Tom and Frank took part in
the slalom. Jump and tricks and
Tom won first place in tricks
and second place in Jumps. Joe
and Mark participated in the
jumps and Joe placed third. Jerri
won first place in Jumps, second
in tricks and second in slalom.
Myrna won third in jumps and
third in slalom. They are all
members of the McNary Yacht
club and were trained by Ray
Heimbigner.
Mr. and Mrs. Halvorsen and
family were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Helina in Seattle. All
of them visited the Space Needle,
and the boys went to the Aqua
Capers.
KEEP FREEDOM
RINGING
BUY U.S.
SAVINGS BONDS
Chaff and
Wes
ALICE NICHOSON, daughter of
Mrs. Edith Nichoson of lone,
works in the office of Dawson
and Turner, advertising agency
in Portland, as a secretary. It
was in this office that the idea
of Welcome to Oregon gained
impetus and through the agency
much of the Welcome to Oregon
promotion is produced.
Alice dropped in to the Gazette-Times
office this week, full
of good things to say about the
G-T's recent Welcome to Oregon
edition. The spread made her so
homesick for Morrow county, she
declared, that she decided to
come back here to spend much
of her vacation and has been
with her mother and visiting
relatives and friends this week.
The "Welcome" paper and the
brochures from it brought com
pliments from the agency as be
ing one of the best local pro
motions to be conducted to date,
and Fred Gimbel, county chair
man, can take a bow for provid
ing the impetus behind it.
AL LAMB also appeared on the
scene with more "Welcome"
news. He brought letters from
Senator Maurine Neuberger and
Senator Wayne Morse concerning
Morrow County's effort on the
promotion. Al had sent a copy
of the green brochure to each of
the senators.
"I think the green brochure
you sent to my office is excel
lent," Senator Morse wrote. "If
possible, would you send me a
few extra copies for my office
display, as constituents and vis
itors take an Interest in the art
icles in my display cabinet."
Senator Neu b e r g e r wrote,
"Thank you for sending me the
brochure welcoming visitors to
Morrow county. I don't know
TTME
We're stocked and ready to outfit boys and young
men with their Back-to-School and Back-to-College
outfits. Come in this week-end for best buys and
complete selection
Sport Shirts
Both Short and Long Sleeves
$2.99-to $4.95
JACKETS SWEATERS
Wools, Blends
$!95to$9Q95 0r,ons
fi AV $rj95 to $)95
Chatter
Sherman
who was responsible for assemb
ling the material, but a good job
has been done in emphasizing
the assets and potentials for de
velopment in your area."
She had a question to ask,
however.
"I notice that Boardman is now
claiming the world's finest steel
head fishing. I wonder how the
people in the Rogue River Valley
react to this?"
ONE SURE sign that school is
just around the corner is that
letters have started coming to
us as secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce with the request,
"Please send me everything
about Morrow county." And it
is all supposed to be sent in one
package.
SOME OF our good readers must
be questioning our idea of ade
quate fire protection after read
ing the council story last week.
It was said at the meeting that
the new high school is served
by only a 2-inch line. This was
quoted In the story, but one cf
those little type gremlins jump
ed into the form and shoved a
"1' in front of the "2", so it came
out "12-inch" pipe. Thus, it said
that the school is served only
by a 12-inch main. Well, that
would be adequate, all right.
That should be nearly sufficient
to supply the whole town.
WELL, NOW, we just don't know
about that propaganda that
Frank Turner and Jim Farley
have been sending in here about
the C of C ride-in to the meeting
on August 26. Frank's story says
that the Chamber Secretary will
join the president, Dr. C. M. Wag
ner, in leading the column of
mounted members.
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If that is true, we're going
to have to spend considerable
time between now and then fig
uring out which end of the horse
is which. Then comes the prob
lem of getting on the critter. We
got a bonus stepladder with the
purchase of some paint from
Tum-A-Lum recently. Maybe we
can use that to get on, then tie
it on the horse's rear to have
handy when it comes time to
get down.
Trouble is, the horse's idea of
when to get down might come
ahead of our idea and we might
find ourselves off before we
know it, like some of the bronc
busters at the rodeo.
Then comes the matter of steer
ing the critter. The animal we
get may not know the difference
between port and starboard. But
maybe we can rig up some sort
of steering wheel and rudder
outfit that might tend to influ
ence his direction.
All these things to the con
trary, Frank nevertheless vows
that we are going to be on a
hoss come August 26. If true,
it will be the first time that local
people shall have seen a horse
whose face is red with humil
iation over the greenhorn on its
back.
Beef Council Elects
Officers for Year
At the regular meeting of the
Oregon Beef Council at the Im
perial Hotel, Portland, officers
of the Council for the fiscal year
1963-64 were elected.
Chairman is Richard Wester
berg, Ashland; vice-chairman is
Richard Rathbun, Joseph; Secretary-treasurer
is Harry Stearns
of Prineville. All three were re
elected as they held the same
offices last year.
Also, two new members of the
Council attended their first
meeting. They were, Richard
Barnes of Silverton, who replaced
Orville Brown of Woodburn and
John Northam of Eugene, who
replaced Ermie Davis of North
Powder.
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UNDERWEAR
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Men's-$1.00 & $1.50 Boys'-89c
Brief s-$l. 25 & $1.50 Boys'-95c
Personal Service"
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
Coming Events
LEGION MOVIES
Friday, August 16, 8 p.m.
"Pearl in the South Pacific,"
In color, starring Virginia
Mayo and Dennis Morgan.
QUEEN SANDRA
RODEO DANCE
Saturday, Aug. 17
Fair Pavilion building
Welcome Queen Sandra
Eubanks and the Rodeo
court.
Sponsored by Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Com
merce. Dancing from 10 to .2:00.
Lunch served by Degree of
Honor.
MORROW COUNTY FAIR
August 20-23
Heppner Fairgrounds and An
nex. See all the fine 4-H exhibits
and demonstrations, live
stock judging and show
manship. Thursday August 22
Parade of Pets, 11:30 a.m.
4-H Pig Scramble and auc
tion, 7:30 p.m.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
Heppner
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