TO THE EDITOR
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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. September 5. 1963
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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.
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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
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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
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