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The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1SS3. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
NIWIPAPIt
association
WESLEY A. SHERMAN
Editor and Pub-tiMC
Subscription Rates: $4J0 Year.
Evfry Thursday and Entered at
as Second Class Matter.
Esther Kirmis-A Life of Service
In this life there are those who serve their fellowmen so
fully but yet so quietly that the true extent of thelf service
is not realized until they are gone. Such a person was Esther
KIfIThe widespread impact that her unexpected death brings
in this county is testimony to her good works. Hundreds of
young persons came under her training and influence through
the 4-H program and virtually every woman in the county has
at some time benefitted either directly or indirectly from her
service as home extension agent - ' ;
While many know of her work with 4-H clubs and home
economics units, probably not so many realized how many
meetings she attended, how nany public appearances she made,
and how much time she devoted to furthering programs that
were aimed at making Ufe and living better and more worth
while for others.
Last year, when it appeared that the extension program
would be curtailed, it was obvious that Miss Klrmls' work had
touched the lives of many persons. They rallied at public meet
ings, and many women, coming from all parts of the county,
strongly expressed their support of the work she had done.
As it does to many persons of the county In various ways,
her loss reaches home to this newspaper, for next week will
be the first time that we will not have one of her by-lined
articles in the paper in any weekly issue during the current
ownership, and prior to that
Esther Klrmls wasn't an old-timer In the count" she had
only been here six years. Yet she was one who folks always
seemed to rely on. even to take for granted: "Esther will be
there." "Esther will do it"
Now the sudden realization that she will not be here, that
death will keep her from doing the many things that the public
expected her to do, emphasizes the shock of losing her.
When death comes, a person could hope for no better
monument than the love and respect that he gained for having
served others selflessly and with sincere purpose. Esther Kirmls
leaves this immortal monument
Memorial Day
fmnriai Dav Is souarelv in
than that it is a reflection of the American character.
We are a sentimental people. And that most certainly, Is
nothing to be ashamed of . It is a source of kindness, of con
sideration for others, of the compassion that distinguishes us
from the lower animals.
And Memorial Day represents a special and wholly admir
able form of sentiment When we place our flowers on graves,
In sadness and in pride, there is an uplifting of the spirit We
are expressing love. And we are paying tribute to the virtues and
dearness of those who passed on before us. And, even If we do
not visit a cemetery, we remember, and in that way the dead
take on a form of new life.
One cannot conceive of a year in which there would be no
Memorial Day. For it is the privilege of the living to honor those
who are gone.
Little Leaguers Start
LITTLE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Giants 3
Braves ;
Dodgers Z
Indians 1
Heppner's Little League sea
son got off to a running start
Saturday. May 16 at the Little
League field with a double
header. In the first half of the twin
bill, the Giants whacked the
Dodgers, 13-10, in a free-wheeling
match. The Dodgers took an
early 5-0 lead in the second
frame of the contest but the
Giants stormed ahead in the last
half of the sixth frame to take
the win. Van Marter was the
winning pitcher and McCabe
was the loser. McCabe slapped
a homer for the losers.
A big fourth inning was all
the Braves needed to down the
Indians. 10-7, in the second
game of the afternoon. The
Braves led all the way, after
scoring four tallies in the first
frame, but needed the big fourth
to assure the victory. Green was
the winning pitcher and Kil
kenny the loser. Pettyjohn got
a homer for the winners.
May 18, the Indians and
Dodgers squared off in a close
battle which saw the Indians
finally squeek out an 8-7 vic
tory. The Dodders grabbed an
early lead and were on top, 7-2
going into the fifth frame. In
the fifth, the Indians errupted
for six runs to nail down the
close decision. Marquardt was
the winning pitcher and Scriv
ner was the loser. Marquardt
slammed a home run for the
winners.
Tuesday, May 19, the Giants
took the measure of the Braves,
12-7, on the strength of a seven
run third inning. The closest
the Braves came to the Giants
was 2-2 at the end of the first.
Van Marter was the winner on
the mound and Green was the
loser.
May 20, the Giants continued
in their winning ways by down
ing the L.rt:ns. 12-6. The In
diana IpH L.itiiiV. 6-4. at the
end of the third -frame but the
ri,ntc rallioH fnr fivf runs. In
the bottom of the fourth to
forge ahead and stay there,
Stephens was the winning
chucker and Benson the loser,
Van Marter hit a four-bagger
for the winners.
On May 21, the Dodgers hop-
ped on the Braves for 21 runs
- TIMES. Thursday. May . 1964
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HEPFIVJilC
NATIONAL EOITOIIAI
HELEN E. SHERMAN
Associate Publisher
Single Copy 10 ConU. Joshed
the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon,
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the American tradition. More
Season
and defeated them, 21-4. The
Dodgers scored in every Inning
and limited the Braves to two
in the fourth and two fn the
sixth. McCabe was the winning
pitcher and slammed two
homers. Green was the loser.
May 25. the Braves led all the
way to whip the Indians, 6-4. A
weak rally by the Indians In
the fifth failed to overhaul the
determined Braves. Watkins was
the Winner on the mound and
Kilkenny was the loser.
On May 26, the Giants suffer
ed their first defeat of the year
at the hands of the Dodgers
as they dropped a close 3-2 tilt
The Dodgers picked up two runs
in the first and one in the fourth
and made them stand up for the
win. The Giants got their tallies
In ttin f mirth and in th fiLXth.
Winning pitcher was McCabe.
van Marter suuerea me loss.
Band Parents
Aid 10 Students
In Scholarships
eviriau niorht nf last week a
Band Parents' meeting was held
to discuss and vote on tne scnoi
arships which the Band Parents
give. It was voted to give six
scholarships of $75.00 each to
attend summer school at Pull
man, Wn., to Douglas Anderson,
Chris Brown, Erin Dick, Gene
Heliker, Kathy Melby, and
Martha Peck. Four seniors ap
plied for scholarships and all
four. Jennifer Brindle, Richard
Clark, Marti Dixon and Dick
Struckmeier will receive one
hundred dollars each to be ap
plied to their second term.
Besides the money that is used
for scholarships the Band Par-
nnte have niirfhflKf1 KOITie nGW
uniforms to replace worn ones,
also white pants were purcn
aspd for the erade school band
from a local merchant.
The committee for the Band
Tamlual pvotpskps Its aDDreC
iation to all the people who
worked and helped in any way
to make this year's carnival a
- success.
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Money receipt books in dupll-
cate and triplicate are on sale at
the Gazette-Times.
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JOHN" W. KENDALL, Portland
attorney, was elected pxeldet
of the Oregon Heart Ass at
tha nraani ration's annual bus
iness meeting at the Hotel
Benson. He succeeds Dr. Earl
D. DuBoU of Portland, who
became chairman of the board.
Dr. John Murphy of Portland,
chairman of the research com
mlttee. reported that $70,000 in
association funds hare been
allocated so far this yar for
research grants and fellow,
ships and that the committee
Is currently processing re
quests for reserach funds la
lean Heart Asn has alio
excess of $30,000. The Amer
carted nearly $0000 to Oregon
research scientists. He said
the Oregon association leads
all other affiliates of the
American Heart Assnw in the
percentage of Its funds allot
ted to research.
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
To the Editor:
Heppner Gazette-Times: En
closed $450 money order Is for
another year's subscription to
the old home-town paper.
Some member of the Yeager
famiiv ha subscribed to the
nanr Vfr since its inceDtlOn. I
do not know how many of us
take It now. but I do know my
sister Myra takes it. I do not
think the Burton H. Peck fam
ily has missed an issue since
they were married so many
years ago.
Enclosed is a letter from A.
uVc sirlv tvtitnr of the
Gazette-Times, dated 3-T04. that
his daughter. Mrs. Lila Adams
gave me a short time before she
rfiort Will von turn It over to
the Heppner-Morrow County His
torical Society or the museum
for safe keeping. Mr. Hicks was
also editor of the Cowlitz County
Advocate many years ago. Their
old home is lust one block down
my street, bincereiy yours ana
thanks for a good paper. j
O. M. Yeager,
p. O. Box 47S.
Castle Rock, Wn.
Museum Offers
Much Treasured
County Heritage
On May 29, 1960, Mrs. Harry
Duvall presented the Museum
building to the citizens of Mor
row county, with one-half of it
to be a gift to the city of Hepp
ner as a library.
' Since that date, 1944 exhibits
have been catalogued and dis
played. This number does not
Include many pictures which
were entered as groups. Also,
since that date, 6,700 people have
signed the Museum guest book
and that number does not in
clude the many children who
visit It often. The list includes
many names from out of state
and a few from foreign coun
tries. T-i nronaratinn for the Mem
orial Day visitors, the windows
will ho wacheri and the floors
polished. All the cases gleam
with freshly cleaned and pol
ished dishes, glassware and
silver. Every citizen of Morrow
county should be very proud of
this building and Its contents.
Visitors are always welcome.
The museum Is open regularly
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sat
urdays, between 2 and 5 p.m.
Sundays, and by appointment
with the curator, Mrs. Rachael
Harnett, or any member of the
Museum Commission.
Late Condon Rally
Defeats Pony Nine
By KIT ANDERSON
The Heppner Ponies found out
that a baseball game is never
over until the final out is made
when they lost to the condon
Demons Saturday, May 16, 9 to
6, on the Heppner diamond.
The Ponies took the field in
the last inning with an apparent
3-1 victory but allowed eight
runs before the last out was
made.
In. the bottom of the final
stanza Heppner retaliated with
three runs but it wasn't enough.
The Ponies had taken the lead
in the third inning and added
an insurance run in the fourth.
The Condon boys coupled four
walks and two errors to pick
up their eight runs. Kevan Pratt
blasted a 3 run homer in the
last of the fifth inning, but the
Condon club was out of reach.
Score:
Condon
Heppner
100 08
101 13
9 7 2
6 4 2
Batteries: Kilkenny and An
derson; Anderson, Carnaine (5)
and Riney.
Chaff nd
Wes
THEY SAY thnt cats have nine
lives, but it could be W1
that some have Instincts like
homing pigeon, too.
Last fall, the Alvln Wagon
blast family put n cat in a box.
secured the box with string, put
it in the car and drove to The
Dalles to give the kitty to a
family there.
The other day they were
amazed when the pussy cat
turned up back at the home
place at Lexington, apparently
having found its way back by
Itself, well over a 100 mile hike,
after having made the on y trip
of its life to The Dalles In the
dark.
Orville Cutsforth heard the
storv and did a little J'Kurlng.
If the cat took steps of 3 to b
inches, he calculated. It would
take 200 million steps to walk
back home. And this doesn t al
low any deviations for hunting
.vinr. urninn turns and
so on. Seems reasonable enough.
However, if the cat could lane
thrt ilani ru't BPCOnd. that
would be 180 per minute, or
10,800 per hour. At that rate.
It would have taken pussy IS.
500 hours to make the hike, or
T7A Wens That IL'ntllil AH
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something over two years, and
the feline was only taken to
The Dalles last fall.
CnrfiJ- nf Mir fl tHire must M
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hoim-trA nr th rat ran some OI
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v. ini.iv it 14 a. remaxK'
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able achievement Humans can
never match some oi inc in
stincts of lesser animals.
HAROLD ERWLN, whose qualifi
cations for recognizing a cow
boy should be about as good as
anyone's, watched a recent tele
vision commercial for Marlboro
cigarettes about as long as he
could. It showed a fellow who
was supposed to be a cowboy,
and Harold knew right off that
the guy didn't know one end of
a horse from the other.
For one thing, he was wearing
his spurs upside down.
3n iiamlrf Kat down and WTOte
a letter to the company, venting
lh. mmnlslnl that the COmCOn V
should not foist such psuedo
characters on me puoiic
a totter ramp back from the
Marlboro brand manager mm
coir ttio nther Hav. It said:
"You are. of course, quite
right; that spur Is on upside-
down, mucn to our em
ment. mm .
ua hava takpn it off the air
until it has been corrected.
"Obviously, tne man usea in
hlc ihn W nn rowboV. HOWCVCf.
in all riding sequences we use
expert horsemen and the best
horses available.
"I hope you won't hold this
error against us, ana you can
be sure we will try harder for
authenticity in the future.
'Thanks very much for your
Interest and for taking the
trouble to write us."
Harold might have suggested
that if the company wanted
some real cowboys, it could hire
them from Morrow county.
MRS. CLARENCE BAUMAN was
driving up Main street Satur
day w ith Mrs. Nina Snyder when
she spied a tannlsh-colored belt
In the street, between First Nat
ional Bank and Heppner Ford.
Thinking that a car would hit
it and smash the buckle, she
stopped the car to remove the
belt from the street
When she got closer, however,
the belt moved. It was a snake
about three feet long.
Others passing by stopped to
see what was going on, and
some of the men from Heppner
Ford came out One had a push
broom and poked at the snake.
It struck at the broom, and gen
eral opinion was that It was a
rattler. They finally killed the
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snake with the broom. It dldn t
have any rattles, but was said
to have a button on Its tall.
Wo enn't confirm It or deny It
but only rtKirt their opinion.
They should have showed It to
County Agent NeU Anderson
who told us once that he had
been In Morrow county a good
many years and hadnt seen a
rattler yet ...
Hope visitors don't stay sway
from Heppner figuring that they
may step on a rattlesnake on
Main street !
EQUALLY AS perplexing as the
lack of rain is how the winds
have continued to howl as they
did Sunday. We expect big
blows from politician, during
campaigns but the election was
a week post by Sunday.
MINISTERS OF the immunity
are going to be treated to an
"exotic oriental dinner" "If
Rev. Melvln Dixon and the Rey.
Bill Alsup as chefs, we under
stand. They are
such things as Yakamelshe.
Boudza and other things. V.e
wouldn't want to be ptrty
pooper. but I don't think 1 d tike
to eat anything I cnt
nounce. unless It would be ham
burgerouski. Being a layman has
Its advantages.
ONE HIGH SCHOOL Itraduale
this year who should have her
name Immortalized Is
Bishop of lone. She went through
all four years oi niK
with perfect attendance. Thati
phenomenal In thU day and i aRe
Perhaps she could also qJIy
lor the title. "Healthiest Girl
in the County."
Highway Contract
Let at $4 Million
With a low bid of $4.3JM.438.50.
the MacGregor Triangle Com
pany of Boise. Idaho, has won
a contract from the U. S. Army
Corps of tngineers iui
'tlon work on Interstate Highway
SON and the Union Pacific Rail
road at the Heppner Junction
area. Consres-sman Al Ullman
has announced.
The winning contractor sub
mitted low bid of the seven re
ceived by the Corps. Bids were
opened May 13.
Hermann Named
To Dentistry Office
Dr. Helmuth G. Hermann, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Gotfrled Her
mann of lone, was recently elec
ted president of the Oregon Unit
of American Society of Dent
istry for Children, according to
iinH hv thi Da rents.
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tii installation la planned at a
statewide meeting of the organ
ization at the Village Green in
TV Kormann with his wife. !
Nadine. make their home in Jsk
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Grove. After graduating rrom tne
University of Oregon Dental
Qs.hnr,i h srn-nt three vears in
overseas service. Last year he
served as president of the Clack
amas county dental organization
and also serves on the faculty
of the U of O Dental school.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Hutchlni
of Tarpon Springs, Fla., depart
ed Tuesday after spending three
days visiting at the Floyd Hut
chins home. The two men are
brothers and had not seen each
other for 12 years. Also Sunday
visitors of the Hutchins were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Ludkin of Leb
anon. Monday saw the arrival
of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Martin,
long time acquaintances from
Oceanlake.
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Students Hold
Nursery School
About 40 ntuliitit In the Home
Economies classes In Heppner
HlKh mhool hmi a part in eon
ducting two-weck 'i;ry
whool for ten little four-year-old
children, which came ti a close
Friday. May IS. 'ttrtv wt
the children's own making.
The nursery Mchm.l brought to
a clow the unit study on child
care, under the direction of Mrs.
Grace Schmidt. Home hoonomUs
Instructor. Student. otowrvc.l.
I d all the teaching and directed
a activities of the children dur
T -.-., ,iM n-rlotU. hucn
II D IllVI tA' - - - -
activities a. creative art finger
onlnt ng. clay numi-uu. - w
lelllng and game, were conduc
ted by the students. At the ena
of the two week period each girl
turned In an 'valuation report
of her experiences
schoolers. The yn"" -"J
great time the lnt day. P'"J"
nlng their party, derating their
own Plee mats. nd even lo
baking their own cookies, under
watchful eye of their teachers.
Children in the nuracry in
cluded Duane Jonon. Jell
Pratt Mirk Vr' Fl?li?
Clure. i'atty SlW Sally Math
env. Sharon Robinaon, Laurie
McCabe. Joan Warren nd Kathy
U'2ne Economic, student, ,.re
ousy ima '"- -'
dish and Norwegian cookie, to
.erve at me vir
. ... . i...i ln.I.v afternoon.
Spectal Instruction I. being given
by Mrs. im n iwju.h.
George Luelant
Union Pacific Co.
Issues Beef Movie
A new motion picture called
"Beef Rings the Bell" has been
released by Union Pacific Kail
road to .how the conumer how
top quality beef Is produced In
the west
Union Taclflc photographers
shot scenes for the 28 minute
color movie on the open range,
in the feed lot. the packing
plant, the supermarket and no
the consumer1, grill.
Schools and community
groups may obtain "Beef King,
the Heir by writing to Jarvi.
1416 Dodge St.. Omaha. Neb.
The film will rw wnt without
charge by the railroad's film li
brary. Jarvls also has available a
catalog Hating 17 other livestock
and agriculture movies. All the
pictures are In 10 mm sound
hnd color.
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look. nj tool, liko
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broaking, chipping,
cracking. Grand fa
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Oecoraled Plnceai l dinni-r plat, a braad and bultar plains.
1 f erv.ng platter, 12", S taucari , whila. Color Coordinated! 8 Lua
ter-Saal cupa, H toup bowl, 1 lunar tol, 1 sugar bowl cover
(white), I creamer, J serving dih,
r amou row r mi products
Tri4 miV of 0r.id Hit
Store Hoursi 9 A. M. To 6 P. M.
177 MAIN STm HEPPNEB
PH. 676-9200
Rockhoundcrs Plan
Clarno Field Trip
The; often planned field trip
for the Morrow County Hock
hound club to tho area around
Clnmo, went of Fottsll. U plan
ned again for Sunday, Juno 7,
according to Ed Gouty, cluh
president.
Walt Edger, field trip clmlr
man, urge all member, am)
(heir fn in I lie. to meet at Fnr-
Iwv'm m-rvti-n Hint Ion at 7 (M1 n.
June 7, with sack lunchea and !.'
reauy ior a oay a outing.
Coming Events
BAKED FOOD SALE
By American Legion Auxiliary
Ked and White Grocery
Friday, May ?J. 10 am.
PIONEER REUNION TICNIC
Memorial Day. May 30.
Morrow County Fair Pavilion
Good Fellowship, Good Food.
Registration from 10:30 a.m.
Potluck Dinner, noon.
IONE AUCTION. BARBECUE
Saturday, June 6
Willows Grange Hall
Barbecue beef dinner, lot. of
auction bargains.
PUBLIC CARD PARTY
Saturday, June 6, 1:13 p.m.
Episcopal TarUh Hall.
Bridge, pinochle, dessert
Sponsored by Ep I s c o p a I
church women.
SPONSORED A3 A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 179-MxS
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