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THE JOY AND HOPE OF EASTER
By The REV. WALTER B. CROWELL
Pastor, lone United Church of Christ
We Eather In our churches on Easter Sunday for one purpose
to celebrate the fact "Christ the Lord is risen." Whatever the
nature of Christ's resurrection was, the fact Is that Christ con
quored death. Easter is the celebration of that glorious victory.
This is an event that we celebrate every Sunday in our
churches. Would you be surprised, if on a certain Sunday in
OctobCT you would find yourself singing in one of your worship
services, "Christ the Lord is Risen Today! Alleluia!"? Perhaps
many would think that the organist by mistake had turned to
the wrong page, or the minister's secretary had selected the
wrong number for the order of service.
But why? Have we forgotten that as Christians we gather
for worship on Sunday, rather than on Saturday, because it was
on the first day of the week that the discovery of Christ's
victory over death was made. Every Sunday is a celebration of
what Easter declares. Without this fact there never could have
been a Christian church. If the story had ended on Good Friday
with the crucifixion, none of us would be Christians today.
Bishop G. Ashton Oldham once said that "the stone was
moved not t0 let Jesus out but to let the disciples In."
This may well be the truth, for the open tomb let the disciples
enter into the glory of a new faith. They came expecting to
find a dead Jesus; they were met with the revelation of a
risen Lord. They came in the depth of despair; they left radiant
with hope. They came in fear; they left with courage.
The best Christians wlil be in church on Easter Sunday not to
see the flowers, or to hear the music, or even to hear a sermon.
They will be there to seek a living presence. They will seek
one who can make life more meaningful; one who can put
purpose and significance and faith into life. We need someone
who can give us hope for our confused, bewildered and divided
world. This was at the heart of the Easter message.
John, the author of the last book in the New Testament, was
writing about the risen Christ.
He said, "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead.
But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, 'Fear not, I amf
the first and the last, and the living one; I died, and behold I
am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades."
Rev. 1:17, 18.
J. B. Phillips in his translation makes this last to read,
"I hold in my hand the keys of death and the grave."
The risen Christ spoke to John In his prison camp, "Fear
not to live I am the living One."
Our fear-filled age needs this message now more than ever
before. We need the assurance that beside us, and within
us, Is the Divine Presence with wisdom to guide us, strength to
protect us, and love to keep us to the end. All the way from
the Upper Room in Jerusalem down to our day there has been
an unbroken succession of men and women for whom Christ
Is not merely an immortal memory but an abiding presence
and an unfailing source of power.
The living Christ then said to John, his suffering servant,
"Fear not to die I died, and behold, I am alive forevermore."
The risen Christ speaks these gracious words from the other
side of the grave to confirm what he told his disciples while he
was with them In the flesh, "Let not your heart be troubled,
you believe in God believe also In me."
What happened to Jesus is our hope. What happened to his
followers Is our great assurance. They saw in the resurrection
of Christ the certainty of their own resurrection. This helped
them to remember and rely on his promises, 'That where I am
you may be also," and "Because I live, you will live also."
Their faith in his promises enabled them to say, "0 death,
where Is thy sting? O' grave, where Is thy victory? Thanks be
to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
The Holy Spirit, God in their hearts, gave them power to live
and trust In "Jesus Christ, who abolished death and brought life
and immortality to light through the Gospel."
Finally, the living risen Christ said to his trusting servant,
"Fear not what comes after death I hold In my hand the keys
of death and the grave."
Those who know the true meaning of Easter will say, "Nothing
can separate me from the love of Christ, neither death," nor
any other calamity. We need have no fear of what comes after the
grave provided we have allowed Christ to be our Savior and Lord
while living, for he says, "I have the keys of death and the
grave."
It is good to know that truth cannot be entombed; it is en
couraging to realize that believers cannot be excluded from
what lies beyond the stone. Evil may seal the hopes of mankind
in some grave, but God always has the last word. When God
enters life, stones are rolled away. The account says, "the guards
trembled." Of course they did. Man cannot defeat God. The moral
order of the universe can be a frightening thing. But to all
who believe-, it is the ground for hope.
On this Easter Sunday the church should gratefully recall
how "for us and our salvation Christ was crucified, dead and
burled." But on the third day He arose victorious over the forces
of darkness and the powers of evil. And now he carries the keys,
"is King of Kings and Lord of Lords," the "First and the Last
and the Living One."
PRAYER O God of Life Eternal, we thank thee for the Easter
message of triumph over sin and death. Thou didst raise up Jesus
from the dead. Thou has declared him to bo the Son of God with
power by the resurrection from the dead. Confirm us in this,
the faith of our fathers, and in all the everlasting hopes that
have risen in the human heart. May Christ the Lord who trium
phed over death make us conquer every evil. As at that Easter
dawn long ago he appeared to the disciples with the benediction
of peace so may he appear to us and to our world. Amen.
Mrs. Lavelle Dick, Gary and
Diane of Corvallls, arrived on
Saturday for a visit with her son,
Daryl, and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Pi poor. Mrs. Dick re
turned the following day, accom
panied to Toitland by Larry
Ilollac'ay who had spent his
spring vacation with his grand
parents, the Piepers. Mrs. Pleper
will return Diane and Gary to
Corvallls Sunday, at the end of
their spring vacation.
Thursday. March 26, 1964
HEPPNER
NATIONAL I0ITORIAI
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HELEN E. SHERMAN
Associate Publisher
Single Copy 10 Cents. Published
the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon,
Mrs. Mike Whitesmith, Rodney
and Terri, of Hood River, were
guests from Monday until Thurs
day of last week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Bennett and
family. The family visited here
while Mr. Whitesmith attended
a district Penney manager's
meeting in Yakima. They are
getting settled at their new home
at 401 June Street, Hood River,
and enjoy the new location.
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
AN INTERESTING coincidence
exists between two princesses
who have just been chosen for
the 1964 Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo court. Final selections for
the court are complete, and two
of the princesses are Dewena
West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey West of Boardman, rep
resenting the Tillicum club, and
Terryl (Tag) Greenup, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup of
Heppner, representing the Lena
community.
The coincidence Is that Dew
ena and Tag were born on the
same day in the same hospital
in Pendleton, 16 years ago last
October 28. In calling Mrs. West
about her daughters' selection
Wednesday, we mentioned the
names of the other princesses.
When she heard that Terryl was
selected, she told us of the coin
cidence.
Then when we called Mrs.
Greenup at the other end of the
county and mentioned that Dew
ena was a princess, she also ex
claimed about the coincidence.
Apparently Mrs. West and Mrs.
Greenup have scarcely seen each
other since the occasion m the
Pendleton hospital, but they
will have lots of opportunity to
renew acquaintances at rodeo
time.
AS ANOTHER story in this paper
reports, tne state oi uregon
has not elected a lustice to the
state Supreme Court from East
ern Oregon for more than 50
years. But this year, circuit
Judge Edward Howell of John
nav is making real strone bid
for position No. 7 on the Supreme
Court bench.
Ho is nnnnsed bv three others
for the position all from the
western part or tne state, ana
hopes to get strong support from
voteTS in this part of Oregm.
Judge Howell visited in Hepp
ner Wednesday in the interest
nt his ranHidarv. His ludicial
experience is broad because he
has been called upon to preside
in court at various times in 28
of Oregon's 36 counties. When
Hrniit court dockets eet over
loaded in more populous areas,
other circuit judges irom less
populated parts of the state are
called in to preside in part of
their cases. Judge Howell has
been called upon In this capacity
so often that he estimates he has
traveled more than 240,000 miles
to fill these court assignments.
Judge Howell, member of the
rwcrrm Rar for 2.1 vears. served
as Supreme Court justice pro-tem
in lyfao ana ii.
The funniest thing happened
tr him rpopntlv in Los Aneeles.
He had taken a trip down there
and was standing on a street
corner when an officer came up
and questioned him as a suspect
in an armed robbery.
It finally got to the place
where the judge was called upon
to identity himself. When he told
the officer he was a circuit judge
In, Orpenn. similar to a iudee
of Superior Court In the State
of California, the cop thought
he was hearing a real cock and
bull story.
When it came to light that
JiiHpp Howell was telline the
truth, the officer wasn't a bit
abashed apparently feeling that
he saw his duty and he "done"
it.
AFTER LAST week's story about
his rescuing a pupil who got
his finger stuck in a classroom
desk. Nate McBride has been re
ceiving fan mail. One letter
came from Portland, dated March
21, quote:
"Having read the article, and
seen the picture of your heroic
rescue in the recent issue of the
Gazette-Times; I would like the
opportunity of both congratulat
ing, and complimenting you for
the apparent calmness, and com
posure, that you are able to
maintain during an emergency
major surgery. Especially In view
of the fact that the case had
been given up by another very
fine doctor.
"Should you decide to make a
television appearance there is
little reason to doubt that your
following would be far greater
than that of Kildare,- and your
success should be much better
than that of a few years back
when you played the role of Nate
the Mohawker at your local show
house. Again my congratulations,
an ardent admirer, Miss Fanny
urown.
Well, Nate still hasn't decided
which one of his fine ribbing
mends went to the trouble of
sending that letter (or taking it
to Portland to have it mailed
from there, but he gets a big
laugh out of it just the same.
Meanwhile, he's known locally
as "Nate of Rescue 8."
SEQUEL to last week's pigeon
story: Haskell Sharrard fin
ally, via his short wave radio,
tracked down the owner of the
homing pigeon from Salem that
was found by Bill Gentry near
the mill here. It was a young
bird that hadn't quite got its
radar apparatus matured yet and
lost its way on a flight. The
owner told Gentry to keep it. So
that is apparently what is being
done.
GOING ON in certain Eastern
Oregon newspapers recently is
a feud between editors over
whose county has the best chuk
ar hunting. Principal participants
are Connie Johnson of the Blue
Mountain Eagle, John Day, who
sines the praises of Grant county
and Bill Jenkins of the Malheur
Enterprise, Vale, who waves the
banner for Malheur.
And now sallies forth Dwight
Hinshaw of the Burns Times-
Herald who stolidly declares,
"There axe more chukars in Har
ney county than in both Mal
heur and Grant counties com
bined!" We won't get into the argu
ment We will just sit silently
by in this real Utopia of chukar
hunting in Morrow county and
watch them fight over the feath
ers, being careful to keep our
screen door closed so that the
local over-population of chukars
doesn't swarm in and overrun
our office.
Entry of Dwight into the con
troversy reminds us of the story
of the mental patient in an in
stitution who got such a charge
out of watching two other pat
ients argue over who was the
real Napoleon. He knew, of
course, that neither of the other
guys was Napoleon because he
was Bonaparte himself.
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
To the Editor:
"FOOD FOR THOUGHT"
Everybody in this area has
some stake In the agricultural
economy and it is with deep
concern that I have viewed the
extreme slump in the prices of
our two main agricultural crops.
Wheat has gone down over 25c
a bushel from the year's high
and the September futures are
selling In Chicago at $1.59 per
bushel, meaning the lowest price
locally in years for the 1964' crop.
Beef prices for fat animals are
at a 20 year low, with the im
ports of beef at an all time high
for the same period of time.
What has the Administration
done to correct these faults?
NOTHING! While the Demo
cratic Party, which is the ma
jority party, Is in absolute con
trol or the White House, xne
Senate and House of Represen
tatives, we have no Farm Bill
for 1964. The time for plan-
nine Is Dast. The cattle industry
which has not asked for a Fed
eral Subsidy has been turned
down in its attempts to get leg
islation to curb beef import as
the recent action of the United
States Senate clearly indicates.
President L. B. Johnson de
clares war against poverty and at
the same time by his inaction
creates poverty in this area. Sen
ator Wayne Morse tries to estab
lish an Indian school at longue
Point (unsuccessfully). Senator
Maurine Neuberger tries to tell
tobacco companies what they
must print on the cigarette pacK
age without success but our Ad
ministration controlled by the
Democratic Party does nothing to
help our agricultural economy.
In the meantime as the March
winds remind me of the thirties
in our country, it is the feeling
of the writer that an indictment
for non-feance in office should
be brought against the majority
party. '
Very truly yours,
P. W. Mahoney
Dear Sir:
I wonder if you would be kind
enough to publish this in the
Gazette-Times or assist me in
some other way in a quest for
data concerning a famous base
ball player of the long ago.
George Bechtel was one of the
earliest of professional players,
and is believed to have been
born in Philadelphia, Pa. around
1848. He was an outfielder with
various major league teams from
1871 to 1876 and is thought to
have become a policeman in
Philadelphia when his baseball
days were over.
I once visited the Philadelphia
police department, thinking that
their employment records might
show if he had been pensioned,
so that I might learn the date
and place of his death. But they
had no record of him available.
Now I have been informed by
Leo J. Gianella, of Colfax, Calif.,
that Bechtel died in Oregon and
is buried in the Arlington cem
etery along the Columbia River,
but possibly on the Washington
side. Apparently a public fund
was raised by a newspaperman
to provide his grave with a stone.
Bechtel is supposed to have end
ed his days as a bookkeeper for
some lumber company.
What I am trying to determine
is the date and place of his
death, and the names and ad
dresses of any close associates
or descendants.
Any help you can give me will
be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Lee Allen, Historian
National Baseball Hall
of Fame, Inc.
Cooperstown, New York
Change in Dates
Of Clinics Told
Immunization clinics schedul
ed for this week in Morrow
county schools have been post
poned until Wednesday, April
1, Mrs. Lowell Chally, county
health nurse, has announced.
Second in the series of clinics
was scheduled for this week, but
the date was postponed because
of the hih incidence of influ
enza and other illnesses, Mrs.
Chally said.
Money receipt books In dup
licate and triplicate are on sale
at the Gazette -Times.
1 -"vvt V I A" k h
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ANITA GROVES (right) of Heppner won runnerup honors in the
United Nations Pilgrimage speak-off in Pendleton March 8, and
Kristine Youna of Helix won first place and a trip to New York
City. The contest is sponsored by
One -Shot
Roscoe
As Told By
ORVILLE W. CUTSFORTH
(Editor's note: This is an
other in the series of anec
dotes about the late Roscoe
Cox, Morrow county outdoors
man, who died last year).
Old Roscoe was a good cook
and clean.
rino enriner In lamhinc camD
the cook got sick. Roscoe had to
cook. He didn't like it, but he
cooked.
No nno kicked (thev didn't
riarol ovront nno nld nine smok
ing grouch, and he belly-ached
or the coiiee oniy.
Roscoe emptied the two-gallon
pot whenever there was no room
fnr nnffoo which wasn't often.
The grouch claimed he got three
cups oi coiiee in every one.
Well, the grouch lost his pipe
and ha hellv.nrhpd worse than
ever. A week later the coffee pot
naa to De cieanea, ana mere was
the pipe.
Th rnffpp was the samp but
the pipe was cleaner.
Services Held
For Mrs. Boyer
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara
Jane Boyer, 77, were Thursday,
March 19, at the Driskill Mort
uary, John Day, with the Rev.
Robert Parlour, St. Thomas Epis
copal church, officiating.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery with the Rev.
Albert Allen, St. Marks Episcopal
church of Hood River, officiating.
Mrs. Boyer died March 16 at
Blue Mountain hospital, John
Day, after a long illness.
She was born in Abilene, Kans.,
June 3, 1886, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Levi May. Her family moved
from Kansas to Woodburn in
1894 and several years later they
moved to Sherman county.
Educated in The Dalles schools
and at Willamette University
where she attended in 1906 and
1907, she came to Morrow county
and Heppner to teach school. In
1911 she was married to Guy
Bover at Chico, Calii.
Mrs. Boyer was a resident of
Grant county for 30 years and
was part owner of Boyer's Furn
iture store in John Day for 25
years. She was a member of the
John Day Methodist church, a
member of Julia chapter No. 56
of the Order of Eastern Star for
25 years, and a member of the
Grant County Daughters of the
Nile. She was also an organizer
of the Morrow County Memorial
association in Heppner.
She is survived bv two sons.
Donald Boyer of Mt. Vernon, and
Phillip Boyer of John Day; a
daughter, Mrs. Harry Moody of
Belmont, Calif.; five grandchild
ren, Martha Boyer, and Douglas,
Donald, Maria and Paul Moody;
two brothers, Col. T. E. May of
Carmel, Calif., and Wallace May
of Grass Valley; a sister, Mrs.
A. E. Brandt of Gainesville, Fla.;
and a sister, Mrs. Grace Zevely
of Moro.
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Odd Fellow and Rebekah Lodges.
Anita Groves Wins
Second in Contest
Anita Groves, Heppner High
school junior and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Groves,
was runnerup in the annual
United Nations Pilgrimage essay
speak-off that was held in the
Pendleton IOOF hall March 8.
Winner of the pilgrimage was
Kristine Young, junior at Gris
wold High school in Helix. She
will take a trip to the United
Nations in New York this sum
mer as a prize for her achieve
ment with Anita as alternate in
case Kristine cannot go.
Eight contestants from as
many schools participated in the
speak-off with the subject being,
"Why High School Students
Should Be Concrened with the
United Nations."
The Pilgrimage contest Is
sponsored by Odd Fellows and
Rebekah lodges. Judges were
from the faculty of Blue Moun
tain Community College, Pendle
ton.
Heppner Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs are prominent backers
of this project. Among those at
tending from local lodges were
Mrs. M. N. Kirk, Hermiston,
chairman; Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
(Pete) McMurtry, Mr. and Mrs.
Lincoln Nash, Mrs. O. M. Scott
and Mrs. Earl Eskelson.
Coming Events
BAKED FOODS SALE
Friday, March 27, 11:00 a.m.
Sponsored by Rhea Creek
Extension Unit.
Red and White Grocery.
BETTER DRESS WORKSHOP
Second meeting, March 30,
9:30 a.m.
Lexington School (upstairs).
Mrs. Beulah Hynd, instructor.
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
Hope Lutheran church, con
tinuous, 12:30 to 3:20 p.m.
All denominations invited.
EASTER EGG HUNT
Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m.
City Park, Courthouse lawn,
Fairgrounds. For pre-school
ages through 6th grade.
EASTER MONDAY
CARD PARTY
Episcopal Parish Hall.
Dessert Bridge Pinochle
Monday, March 30, 8:00 p.m.
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