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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, April 23, 1964
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The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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WESLEY A. SHERMAN
Editor and Publisher
HELEN E. SHERMAN
Associate Publisher
Subscription Rates: $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published
Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon,
as Second Class Matter.
The Chamber's Good Record for 1963
Dr C. M. Wagner's report at the recent annual banquet
on activities of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Com
merce for 1963 shows another fine record of accomplishments.
Among the things he listed were:
1 Support for the Willow Creek project, Including sending
a representative to the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washing
ton D. C, at a cost of $350, enlisting support for the project
at the public hearing here, conducting a survey on irri
gation among farmers through the development committee, and
th2r Campaign to urge a new highway route to Arlington
from Morgan nd improvement of Willow Creek highway with
representatives meeting with the highway commission at least
XhTV. Support of the Arbuckle Ski club and donation of $80 to
the' Making final payment on rodeo ground field lights of
5' Donation to state capitol restoration fund (following Oc
tober 12, 1962, storm). . , , ,
6. Aiding with development of Wright Memorial park at
Chapin and Rock Creeks.
7. Support of a proposal for small watershed project on Rhea
Creek
8. Development of the new system of parking meter en
velopes for Heppner, endorsed and implemented by the city,
with fines totaling only 25c each. (The system has worked
very satisfactorily).
9. Support of the Welcome to Oregon campaign with Fred
Gimbel of the Chamber as county chairman.
10. Sponsorship of a young man's trip to youth range camp.
11. Staging of the annual Rodeo parade with several hundreds
of dollars in prizes, and working on other rodeo activities, In
cluding handling ticket sales and parking, as well as holding
the first horseback "ride-in" to a Chamber meeting to publicize
the rodeo.
12. Joint sponsorship with other groups of the Farm-City
banquet at the time of the Morrow Livestock association meet
ing 13. Obtaining new lights and street decorations at Christmas
time, and sponsorship of the annual Heppner lighting contest.
14. Distribution of several thousand brochures with rec
reation map advertising Morrow county.
15. Promotion of the retail trade program through the
Merchants' committee with Randall Peterson as chairman
Spring Festival with parade and entertainment. Christmas Open
ing with window guessing contest, Mother's Day and Father's
Day promotions, and other monthly trade promotions; sponsor
ship of children's Halloween window painting contest.
16. Sponsorship of the Dale Carnegie course in human re
lations and effective speaking. ,,.,.
17. Staging a booster breakfast prior to a high school football
Sa1n 'addition to this, the Chamber has maintained a keen in
terest in legislative programs of importance to the area and has
backed these programs, or disagreed with them as the case
may be, with letters, resolutions, conferences and appearances
at hearings.
It has handled many, many inquiries from those interested
in locating in Morrow county or finding out more about it. It
has cotinuously supported the Boeing project at Boardman and
potential industrial development there.
Put all these year's highlights together and the result is a
record of achievement that is signilicant for all of Morrow
county.
Already this year the Chamber has solidly backed the
Wheat League in its efforts to obtain passage of a satisfactory
wheat program, is preparing once more to send another delegate
to Washington, D. C, to support the Willow Creek project, and
is busy in all ways to contribute to progress and prosperity
of the area.
Even so, there is considerably more that could be accom
plished through this organization if its membership included
all business and professional men in the community and received
their active support. There are still those, sad to say, who turn
their back on it, saying "It never does anything."
Let the record speak for itself!
Livewire Jaycees Could Bring New Pep
At the present time Pendleton Jaycees are taking the leader
ship in an attempt to organize a Junior Chamber of Commerce
in Morrow county. There was such a group here a number of
years ago, but it grew inactive and was disbanded.
The potential for such an organization stands squarely in
the laps of young men eligible for membership in it from 21 to
35 years of ago. There is plenty of work to be done, and young
men with energy, enthusiasm and vigor could stir new interest
arid give new life and pep to the area.
However, there is no room for "just another" organization.
If there are a sufficient number of young men in the com
munity who can catch the Jaycoe fire and spirit, they should
be given every encouragement'. Communities in which Jaycees
are really active find themselves stimulated and profiting by
the work of those young livowires. They have fresh ideas, they
have ideals of progress, and they have the will, strength and
energy to carry thorn out.
The organization represents quite a challenge to young men
to "stir tholr stumps" and got to doing things worthwhile that
will be a real contribution to all in the area.
As constituted here, the "Senior" Chamber of Commerce
carries a big load of community enterprises, including far more
than those of particular interest to business activity. And as
outlined in the editorial above, it does get tilings done, but its
membership being older doesn't possess the physical vigor to
make things move in the "go, go, go" spirit manifested by Jay
cees. The new organization could work in coordination with the
senior Chamber, they would complement each other.
It would take some dodicated leadership and a good nuc
leus of keenly interested young men to make a successful Jaycoe
organiyitlon In re, but it could bo done. What they could ac
complish as measured by what they have done elsewhere is
a refreshing and intriguing prospect.
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Bad Corner on Bomb Range Road
Tragic accident that befell the mother and father of
Mrs. Gene Cutsforth of Lexington last Thursday night on the
bomb range road calls attention to a hazard on the road that
should be alleviated.
Those who are familiar with the road well know that it runs
straight as an arrow from Highway 30 for some 10 or 12 miles
and that a sharp curve suddenly brings an end to this stretch.
To any who are unfamiliar with the road, however, the curve
can be a deceptive trap, as it apparently was to Mr. and Mrs.
Mess.
Tendency is to travel at a rather fast speed over the straight
stretch, after which a driver may find himself entering the
curve at a speed too great for safety.
When the writer's family was making trips to Heppner
before locating here three years ago, son was driving on one
occasion and the car came very close to going out of control
on this curve before he realized the danger. It spun in loose
roadside gravel before he was able to pull it back on the high
way. True, there is a warning sign, but it is a modest one, and as
we recall, of the non-reflective type. It is easy to miss, especially
in the darkness, and it is placed so near the curve that it does
not give warning in sufficient time.
Adding to the hazard is that particular breed of malicious
vadal who delights in defacing road signs. This one seems to be
an attractive target for those wishing to test rifle marksmanship
at its lonely location, and the defacing it takes reduces Its
effectiveness.
With increasing activity in the northern end of the county,
it may be expected that the bomb range road will carry more
and more traffic. Large reflective tvDe signs should h nlarpd
ahead of this curve and perhaps two at a sufficient distance
to give proper warning. It should also be a good idea to place
others on the southern side of the "dip." There is a rather
deceptive curve there, too.
Chaff and Chatter
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IMPORTANT NOTICE to any per
sons in central or southern
Morrow county who contemplate
trips abroad that require pass
ports: Be sure to have passport
pictures taken plenty early, be
cause the government is very
finicky, and it will keep firing
them back if every little detail
isn't met.
Bob Lowe and members of the
Krebs family scheduled to de
part for England on May 12,
have found this out the hard
way. Bob doesn't have much
hair left to turn grey, but as
a result; of his passport photo
experiences his exposed scalp
is turning pale.
It Isn't enough that the pic
tures are clear and distinct and
of proper size (lapproxlimately
2x2'2 inches), but they must
have plain backgrounds and
have dull finish.
The foursome asked us to take
their pictures for this purpose
and we did, but a few days after
they sent them in, they were re
turned with a check sheet, say
ing they required plain back
grounds. (Odd part of it was
that we took Mrs. Toussent Du
buque's picture last year with
same Gazette-Times brick wall
background used on some of
these photos, and it cleared with
out a murmer).
We made another try with
plain background at the hospital
and sent our negatives to a stu
dio with instructions to finish
them with dull finish paper. But
they came back as glossies. So
Bob took the negatives and went
to Pendleton this week to im
plore another studio to make
them with the dull finish. All
the time departure date is draw
ing nearer.
By the time the four going get
their passports they may have
missed their reservations and
have to swim across.
MEN of Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op were called to lone area
Saturday night! about 10 o'clock
because of a power outage. They
were mystified by soaring and
swirling lights in the sky as they
approached the scene, as if there
were huge fireflies whisking
about.
They discovered that the per
plexing lights were from air
planes spraying fields at night.
One of them had caused the
trouble. It had clipped a power
line and put 12 customers out
of service.
WE'RE GETTING many more in
teresting details on effect of
the Alsaka quakes on relatives
and friends of local people, but
we're sorry that we can't use
them all. We just don't have the
space and don't: have the time
to get the type sot. Wish we
could use them all.
However, Wily Knighten Jr.
has written of some incidents
that we must pass on. In a lot
tor dated April 8, he tells of an
amusing incident that occurred
April 3 during one of the shocks
that followed the major quake:
"A friend and I wore sitting
in Peggy's Airport Cafe, near
Merrill Field, waiting for our
lunch to be served," he wrote.
"When the shake began I looked
over my shoulder to check the
location of the waitress, as I
had ordered soup and sandwich.
"She was about six feet away,
and I said, 'Don't spill my soup.'
"She grinned and swung on
over to the booth, riding the
wave nicely. I lokoed around and
what had been a crowded din
ing room was all but empty."
WHEN THE FIRST big quake
hit on Good Friday, Wily Jr.
was in an office in Anchorage,
aoout to write a check in pay
ment for an engine he had
bought. The building began to
shake so much that he couldn't
write the check. Then it seemed
to subside, and he returned to
the checkbook, but still couldn't
write.
He dropped to one knee and
held to the corner of a desk.
"A man behind me was veil
ing, Watch out for the filing
cabinets,' but I would only worry
about the two large windows
about six feet away from us. The
windows didn't crack. Across the
street a false front of concrete
block was swinging away from
the building a good six feet at
the top. It didn't fall but re
mained about two feet open at
the top . , . Traffic kept moving
down the street. All I could think
of was, Tho6 fools, One of
them's going to get it.' The trans
former pole didn't fall, nor the
lines."
DUE OUT in May is a book that
will be of particular interest
to Eastern Oregon persons for
a number of good reasons. It is
"The Oregon Desert" by E. R.
Jackman and R. A. Long. Its lo
cal appeal is both in the title
and in the authors.
As is often said, "Jackman is
known right! out to the end of
every road in Oregon."
He was with the state exten
sion service in Oregon as farm
crops specialist for more than 30
years, and has a good many
friends in Morrow county, as in
all counties of the state.
Long is an old timer of Fort
Rock in Harney county, and
comes as close to fitting the tra
ditional picture of the true old
cattleman as one can find to
day. Married in his later years,
the story is told (and by him
self) that he owned a lot of land
in Harney county and his bride-to-be
owned the rest of it in
the area. They got married so
they wouldn't have to put up
any fences.
the book is 398 pages and has
109 illustrations from photo
graphs and 16 in color. It is
being published by Caxton
Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, and it
may be ordered from them at
$1.95 per copy or it may be
purchased locally through Hum
phreys Drug store, although Meg
Murray said recently that most
of her initial order has been
spoken for. She'll undoubtedly
have to order more.
The book is full of humor, has
four chapters on wild animals,
contains authentic history and
Western lore, and is an account
of the wild, rough desert land
that' does things to men who
TO THE
EDITOR.
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Heppner
Ph. 676-9422
To the Editor: Also to the mem
bers of the Chamber of Com
merce: In the guest editorial in last
week's paper the writer partic
ularly pointed out that small
towns don't need to die. "Where
determination rather than de
featism prevails, towns come to
life, reverse the trend and move
ahead for a greater rather than
smaller volume of business."
A recent letter from the Tom
Wilsons, well known former
Heppner residents, to friends
here really brings this fact home.
Tom was with the SCS here and
moved to Sandpoint, Idaho, and
a promotion. They wrote about
how much trade, business, and
activities in general picked up
following the building of a com
plete new ski area at Swietzer
Basin near Sandpoint. The town
is on the big lake Pend Orielle
and is a recreation center most
of the year but lacked winter
business. The coming of the ski
area stimulated new business
and helped balance out the year.
Here at home the ski area at
Arbuckle is now three years old.
Three acres have been cleared.
A warming hut has been con
structed. Many local people have
learned to ski. Word about the
area has spread to other towns.
With this growth some improve
ments are needed.
Are, there other people in this
community that may feel as I
do about the area and its po
tential? All over the nation ski
ing Is growing and so it is turn
ing from a sport into an indus
try. An expanded development
at Arbuckle could stimulate bus
iness in Heppner. It could re
verse the trend of people going
OUT of the county to spend rec-
try to change it. There are ac
counts of cattle drives, home
steading, capturing wild horses.
Jackman and Long dropped
through Heppner a short time
back a couple or three weeks
ago and visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Nels Anderson for a time.
All had a real interesting visit.
Apparently when you get the
two authors together the anec
dotes really fly. Their book is
awaited with keen anticipation.
reation money to that of people
coming INTO the county and
spending some. WHERE? At
clothing stores, gasoline stations,
grocery stores, motels, and eat
ing establishments. If they go
skiing at Arbuckle they can't
possibly avoid Heppner.
Some people say they do not
wish to see the area develop
beyond its present state. Others
will tell you that the improve
ments should be made slowly.
Personally, I would favor a move
away from the timid approach
to development and believe that
improvements would attract out
side skiers as well as local folks
and that their trade is needed
now. We have an excellent
mountain with challe n g i n g
slopes which can be made into
fast runs. Snows are usually dry
and last till late spring, virtually
assuring a long season. (Last
winter, 1963, was an exception,
yet snow was on the upper
slopes all the time.)
I am enough of an optimist
to keep promoting local skiing
development at Arbuckle. I think
that skiing can pick up where
hunting leaves off in the fall.
All this can't help but improve
business conditions. If there are
others who feel as I do, please
let me know who you are as
I can use some help in this pro
motion. What do the members
of the Chamber of Commerce de
velopment committee think?
C. K. Peck
Golf Club Slates
Sunday Eve Meet
A special meeting of the Wil
low Creek Golf club will be held
Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Elks
temple, President Clint McQuar
rie announces. At that time the
club will make plans for a visit
of the Kinzua Golf club here
on May 3.
All members of the local club
are urged to attend.
COMMUNITY U
J BILLBOARD l
Mothers Top Girls
In Volleyball Play
Mothers of Heppner Elemen
tary school gh-ls won three of
four games from Tuesday through
Friday, March 24' to 27, when
they challenged their daughters
at volleyball.
Mothers won the opener, 28-18,
on the first day; lost, 38-19, the
second day; won, 35-28; and fin
ished with a 34-22 score on the
final day.
Mothers playing in the first
game were Mrs. Harley Young,
Mrs. Joe Hartle, Mrs. Marshall
Lovgren, Mrs. Bert Roark, and
Mrs. Creston Robinson.
In the second game won by
the girls, were Mrs. Ellis Petty
john, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Jim
Valentine, Mrs. Glen Nyman,
Mrs. Bill Mraquardt, and Mrs.
Robert Abrams.
In the third game were Mrs.
Roice Fulleton, Mrs. Wayne Bru
bacher, Mrs. Jean Marie Damon,
Mrs. William Moore, Mrs. Wil
liam Heath, Mrs. Lovgren and
Beverly Blake as a substitute.
Coming Events
ELKS ANNUAL PARTY
All High School youth invited.
Friday, April 24, 8:30 p.m.
Elks Temple.
GOLF CLUB MEETING
All members, Willow Creek
Golf club.
Sunday, April 26, 6:00 p.m.
Elks Club room.
PUBLIC MUSIC RECITAL
Sunday, April 26, 4:00 p.m.
Piano, organ, vocal
First Christian church. Pupils
of Mrs. Virginia Turner.
PLANT AND FOOD SALE
Sponsored by lone Garden
Club.
Tuesday, April 28, 10:30 a.m.
Old Bristow Store Building.
lone, next to Laundromat
Large variety of plants, bulbs,
tubers.
SPRING FESTIVAL
Downtown Heppner, May 12
Parade, Spring Bargains. Free
parking.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
Heppner
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