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TO THE EDITOR HWHMHIIIIIJMIHUHIIMII HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. September 5. 1963 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 1883. The Keppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher efto?" NiwtPAMt PUILIIHIKf 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. IMMIIMIMMIMllllllllllilllillilllIMIttllMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIMMMMIMMWIIWHIIIIMIMMMMimillMllitlMll The Christian Ethic More than two centuries before the Declaration of Indepen dence, John Calvin was preparing Christianity for the forth coming Industrial Revolution. Out of his teachings, which spread to much of the world at this time, came what is known as the Christian Ethic. Its principles can be simply summarized: Men with capital must put it to productive use. Men with inventive ability must invent. Men with managerial ability must use their talent. Em ployers must pay an honest day's wage. Employees must do an honest day's work. Employers and employees must cooperate in producing products of honest value and honest prices. A further requirement of the Christian Ethic Is that govern ment encourage and help, but not unduly interfere with, the economic life of the people. The passage of centuries has in no way dimmed the validity of these principles. And most of us, surely, will agree that the need for their application is as changeless as the seasons. Yet how many of us honestly and resolutely follow them? How many of the bitter problems and controversies of the present are the result of their violation? How many of our laws, policies and practices on the part of both government and nongovernmental entities go straight against their pain? This whole weary world needs a reaffirmation of the Christian Ethic. Industrial News Review FT u 5 , T t 9 . U m 'ft Sal. :.i'.iik "W ..w" , ' li l.MMit I' i rimin i Over The Tee Cup By DEE GRIBBLE Labor Day on the golf course waR a full day (though this old golfer tried for 27 holes and ended up with just personality). Our play was planned by Lib and Jerry Daggett, Juanita and Judge Carmichael and Marie McQuarrie. Where was Clint? Still Rodeo-ing. The potluck din ner for all (children, too) was planned by Bev and Ed Gun derson. Prizes for men's low went to Maurice Brown; ladies' low, Dee Cribble; long drive for men, Ed Guntlerson; long drive for ladies, Pat Dougherty; Daisy Collins' sister from Cottage Grove, who is one special golfer and really had low with a 3G, but was a special guest. Those long drives were "the most" blindfolded! Ed thinks he will wear a blindfold from here on. Juanita, who was re luctant to agree to a blindfold, said "it's dangerous" ended with second long drive for ladies. Thanks, committee, for a well planned and interesting day. On Ladies Day everyone was a winner. Only four turned out Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice had as Labor Day week-end guests their daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Obenaus and small son Branton Johann. It was the first meeting with their new grandson. They came by jet from San Francisco to Pendleton Friday evening where they were met by Mrs. Rice and Wavel Wilkinson. Also at the Rice home were a son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rice and daughter Roberta Lee of Seattle, Wn. Mrs. Wavel Wilkinson left Sunday from Pendleton by plane with her granddaughter, Carol Sue Oslund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Oslund, for the Os lund home in New Castle, Wyo. Carol Sue has been visiting her for the past six months and at the George Rugg home near Parkers' Mill. Mr. and Mrs. Walt HilL Pen dleton, spent Saturday and Sun day with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn and family. Mr. Hill is a member of the Pendleton Drum and Bugle corp who par ticipated in the parade Saturday. AMONG MOST interesting crowd pleasers in the grand parade Saturday were these winners. At upper left is the float of Ruth Assembly. Order of Rainbow for Girls, first prize winner for Juv enile organizations. At upper right is the rather spectacular float of the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce, first prize winner for out-of -county floats. At bottom left is the Condon and Heppner Auto Sales entry, imitating the Beverly Hill Billies, winner of most comical entry prize and second for old autos. At bottom right is the Mothers club "South Pacific" float, winner of second prize in adult organizations division. (G-T Photo) Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman (would have been three but I had to serve coffee). Was a day of hit and hunt for Bebe, but at that she didn't lose a ball, although she tried. Ladies, let's play at 9:30 from here on in! THERE ARE all kinds of good things that a person could write about rodeo week-end in the way of reflection. A good many things can be put in the superlative degree. For instance, there were the most entries on record in the rodeo, some of the performances were the best and the shows were the longest. By the same token, those boards in the grandstand became the hardest for spectators after a 4- hour session. From all corners comes praise for the rodeo. Some say it was the longest ever, others believe its floats were the prettiest, and quite a few declare it was the best organized. ONE OF THE pleasing things about this year's parade was the way the entries were spaced. In some past parades, they crowded each other and went by so fast the crowd scarcely GRAND OPENING MORROW COUNTY ROLLER RINK FAIR PAVILION, HEPPNER Ml FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 6, 7 P. M. FREE COFFEE DOUGHNUTS PUNCH ADMISSION 50c Person Rental Skates 25c Pair Season Tickets Available at Savings 12 Skates $5 25 Skates $10 Visitors Are Welcome ! had a chance to see them. This year was different. They were spaced by as much as a half block and a person had a chance to look them over, watch them perform, and take pictured Bringing them back for award ing of prizes frosted the cake. Chairman Fred Gimbel says that Jim Farley should get credit for this particular thing because he was starting the entries down the route. Orville Cutsforth, who worked on assembling the en tries, may have had a hand in it, too. IN A LETTER to the editor, Judge Oscar Peterson empha sizes how outside participation contributed to the success of events this year. It is something that many have remarked about, and is certainly true. Hermis ton's Chamber of Commerce has certainly been most cooperative, not only in participation in the parade, but in supporting local projects through the year, ap pearing at the Willow Creek dam hearing and contributing to the fund to send delegates to the Rivers and Harbors Congress. These are certainly manifesta tions of good neighborliness. It takes a lot of work and ef fort for our neighbors in other towns to bring floats and entries a long distance, and everyone here appreciates it. At least one organization here is going to reciprocate. The Sor optimist club is going to take its float to Pendleton to appear in their parade Saturday. The decision was made in view of the fine support that Pendleton accorded us here. ANOTHER SUPERLATIVE: Most enjoyable even hilarious event of the rodeo was the Cham ber of Commerce cow riding. Just as this was being written, three days after Jim Myers rode his old cow, he dropped in still rubbing his shoulder. He thinks maybe he cracked his "that-to-thar" bone when he and the cow came to the parting of the ways. At least it hurts "from thar" to "thar" He feels reasonably sure that he pulled a muscle on his kidney, and he's not kiddin' ye. When ole Jim came out on that cow, his friends for a few sec onds thought it was a put-up job. This cow trotted out like a gentle and peaceful critter. If it had had a small cask under its chin, everyone would have taken it for a benign St. Bernard dog. Some suggested that Pharm acist Jim must have put the ani mal under sedation in some man ner. But all of a sudden the critter changed character and went a rarin'. Old Don Quixote Myers found himself flying through space like a spread-eagled sky diver. He hit the ground without benefit of parachute. Such was the story, too, with Fred Gimbel, Bill Siewert, Don MeClure, Herman Winter and others. All bit the dust quickly. When Dave Barnett came out, vou could tell by the look on his face that he was going to ride that bovine, but the critter had other ideas which prevailed. Bert Huff, whose legs one would think would be long enough to wrap around under the cow and tie them in a granny at the ankles, made a mightly good showing, but he, too, hit the ground a little harder than he was accowstumed. When Rex English, the new English teacher, came out Sun day, it seemed quite apparent that here was a boy with more than a little experience, and he didn't take the bounce until he had virtually crossed the entire rodeo field. Anyway, it will give the boys something to talk about for a long time while rubbing lini ment on their sore spots. IN SPITE of the fact that queens and courts from other areas came to visit for the rodeo, we'll have to go along with what we hear from all sides our court was the most attractive of them all. It wasn't only their personal prettiness, but their poise, their horsemanship, and the way they wore their costumes. Selection of the costumes was done taste fully. They were not in the realm of the gaudy, but rather were somewhat subdued, though color ful, and complimented the girls and their horses. Queen Sandra pers o n a 1 1 y proved that this year's royalty is entitled to all its claim on horsemanship when she won several rodeo races herself. BACK TO THE PARADE one thing we missed was Orville Cutsforth's old steam engine, pulling a trailer loaded with grandchildren. He just figured they had been in enough pa rades. Orville said he thought he'd let the outfit rest a year. One entry missed the parade. Mr. Comrie's 1908 Cadillac ar rived in Heppner too late from Pendleton, but it was put on the program at the rodeo grounds and received acclaim there. It would have been a real hit in the parade. AS WE LOOK up from this type writer we see Jos. Nys going by. It is the first time we have seen our business neighbor all summer, and it is nice to see that he is able to be out. We hope that he continues to im prove and can soon get back in his attorney's office. IT WAS JUST before visiting hours at the hospital one night last week. No cars were in the parking area, but one drove up and, instead of parking in the regular painted diagonal stalls, it parked over on the bank side. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford hap pened to notice it. As they were watching, a second auto came, saw the car on the other side, and the driver parked his car, too, against the bank. As visiting time came, other cars arrived. Seeing the two parked into the bank, the third one did also. Then one after another, all 12 vehicles that arrived that even ing dutifully pulled over to the bank side, leaving the regular parking space untouched! Even those who make regular visits did this no doubt thinking there was some reason for avoiding the regular area that night. If a wooly old sheep had been watching, he might have roused, "They act just like a band of people." To the Editor: Now that the rodeo festivities are over and there is time for reflection, I cannot help but feel inclined to express my personal views about the nicety and smoothness of one particular phase of it the parade and the reception for the queen and her court and the visiting courts. In the parade we must say the quality seemed exceptionally good. And much of this, certain ly, is due to the courtesy of our good neighbors. From Pendleton we had their drum and bugle corps who seemed to fit in so very well and repeatedly added someithing to the program. Also from there were the Main Street Cowboys who always can be counted on to liven things up. We also noted the fine perfor mance of the Starlettes and the entry of the old Packard auto mobile for the Pendleton Round- From Hermiston came the Umatilla Sage Riders and the very fine float from the Hermis ton Chamber of Commerce, as well as the entry from the Herm iston Future Homemakers of America chapter. The float from the Ordnance depot was both timely and elaborate. How very good it seemed to have this fine cooperation from our good neigh bors and how much it seemed to add to the value of our pa rade and rodeo! Last but not least we had the visiting queens and courts, to gether with our own Queen San dra and her court. Among them were the Arlington queen and court, the Spray rodeo queen and the Sherman county queen and court. We had the opportunity to wel come these visitors, together with our own queen and court, at a luncheon especially for them. At the time of fairs and rodeos we are all more or less dependent on our neighbors but to me it seems we were especially favored this year, and by the same token are most appreciative. Oscar Peterson COMMUNITY H J BILLBOARD K FRED'S CAFE Orders To Go Ph. 676-5512 Coming Events GRAND OPENING Morrow County Roller Rink Fair Pavilion, Heppner Friday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m. Admission: 50c person Rental Skates: 25c pair Season tickets on sale 12 skates, $5; 25 skates, $10 REBEKAH LODGE MEETING Resumes Friday, Sept. 6 Degree of Honor Tuesday, Sept. 10. IOOF Hall, Heppner HEPPNER EXTENSION UNIT First fall unit meeting Tuesday, Septe mber 10, 10:30 a.m. Home of Mrs. R. G. Watkins. Potluck dinner at noon. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. 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