2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, November 7, 1963
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New College Shows Great Promise,
Needs Library, Adequate Buildings
A day spent visiting Blue Mountain Community College was
an eye opener. The institution is making achievements beyond
what had been envisioned when it was first proposed; its
enrollment is greater than expected; students show an en
thusiastic spirit and purposeful intent; its curriculum offerings
are broader than many might expect; its faculty is keen
and competent; and an earnest desire to serve all of the two
county district (Umatilla and Morrow) is evident on the part
of the administration.
With the new college just getting well underway, it now
appears that it will be so well received that it will soon be
bursting with its own "growing pains," already something
of a dire problem.
One of the reasons for establishing the college was to serve
those of this part of the state who could not afford to go else
where. The size of the student body, now 367, indicates that it
has received ready acceptance.
With the probability that major higher institutions will
raise tuition and require higher entrance standards, there is
a real possibility that Blue Mountain college will soon be in
the throes of a double squeeze. Its building plans apparently
will be halted with the cuts on the state level, but since many
students will not have the privilege of going to major institutions
on account of the higher cost and requirements, increasing
numbers will seek to go to the more available community
college. Thus, enrollment will increase while facilities will
remain at a standstill with little money forthcoming from the
state level.
It was a severe blow to community colleges when the state
tax bill was defeated, and the supposition is that the legislature
will pretty much turn its back on these colleges in an effort
to meet the state's financial crisis.
Blue Mountain College is doing the very best job it can
with the facilities it has available. It certainly is far from the
best arrangement to use the second floor of a junior high
school for a college while the seventh graders are on the lower
level. Playground for the youngsters adjoins the other college
building. The former Pendleton Technical school.
Many rooms are doing double duty. There is nothing wrong
with this except that they are not adapted to the various types
of use to which they are put in all instances, and this handi
caps the teaching program.
One of the saddest sights at the college, from the standpoint
of facilities, is the library. The shelves are bleak and bare.
Only a few volumes are available. Anyone who may be interested
in a lasting and appreciated memorial gift that would bring
benefits in the learning of our youth, might well look into
this. - ;
Despite its handicaps, the college is Irresistibly forging ahead.
It hasn't developed a traditional "rah, rah" college spirit
and probably will never do so, but its students show a deeper
and more earnest purpose than this.
Students at a luncheon with the press Friday explained their
feelings. A married woman with a family said that this was
the first opportunity she had had to further her education.
A young man from Milton-Freewater said that because of this
college he had the chance to go straight through without taking
out a few years to accumulate money enough for higher edu
cation. A young woman from Ilermiston pointed out that it
is "exciting" to be in at the start of a new college which is
not bound by tradition. Two young men from Heppner share
an apartment and commute from home on week-ends, making
it possible for them to get an education beyond the high school
level. In all, eight from Heppner are now attending Blue
Mountain.
This new college is making good on the faith that voters
showed in the idea when they approved it. If it continues to
progress and serve the district to the fullest, it will need sincere
public interest and dedicated support.
It's a real shame that the building program is halted at
this point when it held prospect of opening such a bright future
for the college. When the state gets its tax program stabilized,
the means for the community college construction should be
Included. Tills can hardly be expected until at least the next
biennium, but if Blue Mountain college continues to grow at
its present rate, it will be in extreme distress for facilities
by that time.
Meanwhile, taxpayers and other interested residents should
take advantage of any opportunity to visit the college and see
for themselves. It is an enlightening experience.
A Thoughtless, Dangerous Prank
Looking back to the past records of Heppner High school
athletic teams and their student supporters can be a gratifying
experience. Their record of good sportsmanship and sense of
fair play have long been a credit to this community. Everyone
can be proud when they travel throughout the state to represent
our schools and community.
Therefore it was a sorry situation Friday night at the
Sherman Heppner ball game when some person found it amusing
to turn off the field lights as the game was in progress.
As a result of the prank, a Sherman player was injured.
Luckily the injury was not too serious but it could have been
severe. This thoughtless stunt could have resulted in much
more serious consequences.
As it is, the Sherman players and fans probably went
home wondering what kind of a community we have. What
would the person who committed this deed have done if he
would have taken a few moments to think about the outcome?
Maybe then it wouldn't have happened.
It is definitely a blot on our record and sheds some bad
light on the community, but the real shame lies in the fact
that someone was discourteous enough to think only of his own
personal "kicks" and was willing to stake a community's
reputation to gain an insignificant amount of satisfaction.
Jim Morris
Another Sewing
Class Due to Start
Mrs. Roland Bergstrom will
start another beginning sewing
class as of Wednesday, Novem
ber 13, at 10 a.m. at the fair
imnex, Ksther Kirmis, county
homo extension agent, states.
The class is conducted under the
home extension program and is
for anyone in the southern part
of the county.
F.'ight finished the first series
of four class s Wednesday. TIio.se
interested in the forthcoming
clasves are asked to be present
at 10 o'clock on the first day.
HEPPNER
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HELEN E. SHERMAN
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Heveners Greet Son
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hevener
are parents of a son, Michael
Brian Hevener, bom Monday,
November 4, in McMinm ille.
The baby weighed 9 lbs., 5 oz.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Hevener of Carlton
and the maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Mike Suling of
Heppner. Paternal great-grandparents
are Mrs. H. Cronkite and
Mrs. Ruth Ayres, both of Carlton.
Mrs. Lena Kelly and Mr. and
Mrs. A. T. Harris, all of Hepp
ner, are the maternal great-grandparents.
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SHELVES are bare in the Blue Mountain college library in Pendleton. President Wallace McCrae
(center) hold3 one of the few books In the library with Robert E. Hawk, director of the business
and technical schools, standing at the right and Walter H. (Wally) Palmberg, director of ad
missions, at the left. Lack of an adequate library is one of the several major problems facing
the new college, which is supported by the two-county district (Umatilla and Morrow).
(G-T Photo)
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IF THIS ISSUE of the Gazette-
Times reaches our subscribers
not too much later than usual,
it will be due to the efforts of
Roice Fulleton, Harold Becket
and Glen Perkins, who were up
most of the night Wednesday to
make it possible.
Thines were rolling along
normally about 9 p.m. with the
first run going through the bifi
Miehle press when Arnold Ray
mond and the editor, in the of
fice, heard a grinding crash and
full stop in the press room. We
knew at once we had bad trouble.
A newspaper shop hears a sound
like that only once in maybe
five or ten years, but that is
enough.
One of the heavy page forms
had come unlocked on the pre33
bed, slid off and caught under
power between the heavy press
bed and the undercarriage of
rollers beneath the bed. The ic
sulting pressure ripped gears
deep In the bowels of the ma
chinery. Bernice Hartle, who was
running the press, brought it to
a stop almost instantaneously
but the damage was done.
First job was to free the bed
enough to remove the rollers and
attempt to find the source of
damage in the 10-ton press, and
we set out to find one-to five
ton jacks to lift it. Arnold ob
tained some from Jack Van
Winkle and Wes Marlatt. An
other call was issued to Roice
who was just getting into bed.
He came down with two jacks
and plunged right into the job.
He didn't know anything about
a Miehle press, but he became
an expert in about a half hour.
Roice and Arnold crawled into
the grimy recesses under the
press and worked until they goi
out the smashed gears. In the
meantime a call had gone out
for Harold Becket, machinist,
who was in a lodge meeting in
lone. His wife summoned Glen
Perkins who was in the middle
of a bowling game.
Glen arrived and was dubious
about making repairs. Other
calls went to Portland to contact
George Bent, the press expert
who installed the Miehle in
March. George figuied that new
gears could be made but it
would take a day to do it. We
were all set to get in the car
by now midnight) and head for
Portland when Becket arrived
from lodge. He looked at the
gears and figured he could make
icpairs.
So he hiked down to his ma
chine shop and is at the job
now. Roice is home catching a
few winks until the gears aie
finished, after which he will
be down in the wee hours to
help put the heavy machinery
together again.
If the Miehly doesn't get roll
ing by dawn, we'll have to farm
it out by hauling the page forms
to another newspaper plant and
printing it there which would
mean the Gazette wouldn't be
distributed until Friday. You'll
know by when you get your
paper!
The one nice thing about an
emergency like this is the way
good people respond to a plea
for help and the limits they will
go to aid a neighbor in trouble.
It's a much better world because
there are people in it like Harold
Beeket and Roice Fulleton not
to mention our own Arnold Ray
mond. Arnold, working at the Lino
type machine setting type whila
Becket is busy with the gears,
said encouragingly, "Don't worry.
I'll stick with it until we get it
out."
But he didn't have to say it.
We already knew. He has dem
onstrated that spirit a good
many times in the past.
ONE THING that has alwas
been unfair about football
publicity is that the fellows who
take the worst poundings and do
the most unglamorous work for
the team get the least mention.
This was never more true than
it is with Dick Ruhl who carries
the banner of Heppner on Ore
gon State's football team. DieK,
now a senior for the Beavers,
has about the roughest assign
ment that a football player cai. i
Chatter
Sherman
have as center on offense and
linebacker on defense. He is in
the most vulnerable spot when
his team is on offense, because
the defense crunches right over
him while his attention is still
focused on centering the ball.
As linebacker on defense, he is
in a spot to make tackles on ball
packers coming through the line
or get bowled over by the inter
ference. But he doesn't get much
mention in the daily press.
Dick played a whale of a game
against Stanford at Corvallis
Saturday. It is our opinion that
the Beavers wouldn't have won
the game if he weren't in there.
That doesn't mean that he did it
all, but together with the strong
efforts of his teammates, he
made enough difference to turn
potential defeat into victory.
Ruhl, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.
E. Ruhl of Lexington and son-in-law
of the Clint McQuarries,
made tackle after tackle. At a
point or two in the ball game,
the public address announcer al
most appeared to be a phono
graph record with the needle
stuck, ". . . Ruhl made the
tackle," and again "Ruhl made
the tackle," and so on.
Dick intercepted a pass at a
crucial point as Stanford was
driving deep for a touchdown.
At another time he recovered a
fumble. He was on the bottom
of a big pileup of players on
one play, and they were so en
tangled that it took them about
a full minute to get unwound.
Coach Tommy Prothra left
Ruhl in the game 14 straight
minutes on both offense and de
fense, a mighty long time the
way the game is played today,
and explained later that he just
forgot to take him out.
Dick doesn't look very big in
the lineup compared to some
of those behemoths with whom
and against whom he plays, but
he is a real giant in performance.
It was disappointing to hear
a Corvallis radio station an
nounce after the game that an
other top player, Ron Doman,
had been chosen as outstand
ing in the game. The selection
was a good one but not the best.
Ruhl was the truly outstanding
plaver in the Stanford game. The
Gazette-Times names him as
such!
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THURSDAY MORNING FLASH:
Letter just arrived from Jim
Barratt of OSU quoting Coach
Prothro. Jim wrote, "I just talked
with Coach Prothro, and here
is what he said, 'In the Stan
ford game Saturday, Dick Ruhl
was the outstanding player on
the field. Over the past two years
we have experimented with Dick
in various positions, and I think
that we finally have him in the
right spot where he does the
most good for Oregon State.' "
Jim also enclosed a clipping
from the OSU Barometer naming
Ruhl as Player of the Week for
his performance against the
Stanford Indians. The Barometer
mentioned that Ruhl led the
Beaver defensive unit and point
ed out his work in intercepting
a pass and recovering a fumble.
He also did an excellent jod
of 'red-dogging' or charging into
the Stanford backfield from his
linebacker position to grab the
ball carrier for substantial
losses," the paper said.
OREN GRABILL. former resident
of lone for many years, now
lives in Forest Grove, our old
home town. The Grabills happen
to be friends of the editor's
mother, and while visiting the
other day at her home, spotted
a copy of the Gazette-Times.
Oren became so intrigued with
all the familiar names that he
knew prior to leaving in 1933
that he just had to subscribe
again.
We saw him Sunday on a visit
to the old home town, and he
came out with a $5 bill in Ins
hand for a year's subscription.
In reminiscing over persons
that he used to know and many
are still around, of course he
mentioned Eddie Chin, who used
to have the restaurant in Hepp
ner. He did not realize Eddie had
passed awav.
Oren recalled an incident that I
occurred in Eddie's restaurant
when another Chinaman waited
on him. Grabill had finished his
meal when the Chinese waiter
came and Inquired about dessert,
saying that they had pie to go
with the meal.
"We have apple, mint and
laisin (raisin)," said the waiter.
"All out of apple, mint. What'll
you have?"
Big choice, wasn't it.
WE SADLY bid farewell to Mike
Whitesmith, who goes very
soon to take the management of
the J. C. Penney store in Hood
River. Mike, who served as presi
dent of the Chamber of Com
merce two years ago and has
been a real livewire in the busi
ness community, will be greatly
missed. It is inevitable, though,
that he climb up the ladder in
the Penney chain, and this is a
good promotion for him. We join
all of his friends in wishing the
best for him and his fine family.
New Altar Paraments
Dedicated by Church
Two new sets of paraments
(altar, pulpit, lectern hangings)
were dedicated at Hope Lutheran
last Sunday, November 3. The
first was the green set, symbolic
of growth. Gifts from the church
and the American Lutheran
church women made the green
set possible.
The second set to be dedicated
was of red, symbolic of power,
and cleansii.g. The red para
ments are used on such occasions
as Pentecost, Reformation Sun
day, and Thanksgiving. Tha red
set is a gift from Tillie Rauch,
Edna FetS'-h, May Hartma.i, Fay
Thornburg, Kenry Rauch ir, end
the wife and children of the late
Henry Rauch.
Trip Highlighted
By Surprise Meet
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith re
turned home recently from a va
cation trip that took them &s
far as Lake Tahoe, Nev. In Car
son City, Mrs. Smith saw two
familiar persons who by sheer
coincidence were Mr. Smith's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Dixon T. Smith, who
reside in Ventura, Calif., and
were on their way to Salt Lake
City. To add to this chance oc
curence the two parties discover
ed they had even checked into
the same motel.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith returned
home through Redmond, where
they visited relatives of Mrs.
Smith and also spent some time
in Springfield, with their son,
Phil and his family.
Social Club to Meet
Social club of Ruth Chapter.
Order of Eastern Star, will meet
at the Masonic hall Saturday
afternoon, November 9, at 2 p.m.
Regular meeting date of the club
was changed from the first Sat
urday for this month only. Cards
will be in play during the after
noon. For the
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L. E. "ED" DICK, Heppner, Ore., Phone 676-9633
Stalled Gas Truck
Causes 3 -Way Crash
A stalled gasoline truck on
Highway 30, 12 miles west of
Arlington, early Saturday morn
ing caused a 3-way crash which
involved Mr, and Mrs. Jim Myers
of Heppner, a vehicle driven by
AI Mattoon of Portland and form
erly of Heppner, and another car
driven by Roice King of Modesto,
Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers were re
turning to Heppner from The
Dalles after joining friends for
Friday evening dinner in that
city. They were following be
hind the station wagon that
proved to be driven by Mattoon.
Mattoon passed a large trans
port truck going in the same di
rection, and Myers followed
around the truck. Shortly after,
the Mattoon vehicle stopped
abruptly because a gasoline
truck, with flares out, was dis
abled and parked on the high
way in the eastbound lane.
Myers' car collided with the rear
of the Mattoon car and veered
into the west bound lane, collid
ing with a car and trialer driven
by King. All three vehicles in
volved were seriously damaged,
but none of the occupants were
hurt enough to require treat
ment. Mattoon was heading to the
Heppner area on a hunting trip
when the accident happened
about 1:15 a.m. It was after 4
a.m. before the vehicles were
cleared and the Heppner resi
dents were able to return home.
The Myers car was taken to
Arlington.
Lutherans to Hold
Stewardship Dinners
At Hope and Valby
Hope and Valby Lutheran
churches will hold their annual
Stewardship dinners this week
end. Valby families will meet
Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m.,
and Hope families following the
morning worship on Sunday.
Under the theme "Stewardship
of Time and Ability," members
will be introduced to a new
method of Bible study which
has had revolutionary effects
throughout the church at large.
Known as the "Bethel Series,"
the study concentrates around
pictures which portray Biblical
concepts. The congregations will
vote at their annual meetings
this winter whether to begin the
program next fall.
Guest speakers for the two
dinners will be the Wayne Davis
family, laymen from Pasco, Wn.
They are participating in the
Bethel series and will acquaint
the congregations with it.
Bailey Family Leaves
For Denmark Home
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Bailey and
their daughter, Brigette, returned
to Denmark late last week to
make their home. They have
been in the states since early
this year, residing in Pendle
ton. Mr. Bailey is the son of Mi
and Mrs. Jack Bailey, formei
Heppner residents, now of Con
don. He is a graduate of Hepp
ner high school.
Mrs. Bailey is a native of Den
mark and married Mr. Bailey
while he was serving in the
army there. He expects to find
employment at their new home
overseas.
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Public Notices
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF
THE STATE OF OREGON FOB
THE COUNTY OF MORROW
PROBATE DEPARTMENT
In the Matter of the Estate
LUEY ROSCOE COX, Deceased.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
No, 1498
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, as adminis
trator of the estate of LUEY
ROSCOE COX, Deceased, has
filed his final account in the
County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County, Pro
bate Department, and that Fri
day the 15th day of November,
1963, at the hour of 9:30 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day and
the court room of said court
have been appointed by said
court as the time and place for
the hearing of objections there
to and the settlement thereof.
Dated and first published, Oc
tober 17, 1963.
Date of last publication, No
vember 14, 1963.
William Claude Cox
Administrator
Herman W. Winter
Attorney for Administrator
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Coming Events
PUBLIC CARD PARTY
By Lexington Altar Society
Thursday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m.
St. Patrick's Parish hall
Bridge, Pinochle
HEPPNER PTA MEETING
New High School multi
purpose room.
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.
Student Panel discussion on
"Parent-Teacher Relation
ships." DEGREE OF HONOR
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Family Thanksgiving dinner
Saturday, Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m.
Heppner Christian church
Turkey and rolls furnished
BASKETBALL GAME
Harlem Clowns vs. Morrow
All -Stars
Monday, November 18
Sponsored by High School
Lettermen's club.
Tickets on sale after Monday,
Nov. 11.
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SERVICE BY
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Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
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