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TTi Heppner Gazette established March 30. 18S3. The Heppner
Tlmn established November 18, 1&T7. Consolidated February 13,
1912.
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Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
Irrigation Wafer
Outlook Declines
Subaerlptlon Rate: W-30 Year. Single Copy 10 Cent. Published
Every Thursday and Entered at the Foal unlet at Heppner. vrefon,
as becona liui wnirr.
Unique Sidewalk Baxaar Coming
There are exciting things brewing for the Sidewalk Bazaar
that will be stared In Heppner on July 10 and 1L
It will be the first time that such a thin was attempted
here but the way Interest U mounting. It will be on of the
most enjoyable events ever to be staged under the auspices
of the merchant and should attract one of the largest crowds
ever assembled for this type of event.
L. R. (Bob) Henry, manager of J. C. Penney Company here,
hasn't been In Heppner long, but It Is apparent that when
he works on a project he makes things click.
He has enlisted most of the organizations In the city to
participate with food sales, car washes, sidewalk cafes or
whatever they wish to stage. This, coupled with the big
sidewalk sale that the merchants are planning, will mean that
Main street will be crowded with displays for the bazaar. There
will be some unique features coming out of the many Ideas
submitted, as well as entertainment for alL Bargain will be
the order of the two days.
The bazaar will be a natural tie-In with the opening of
the fair and rodeo season. At a meeting Monday night it was
decided that all connected with it will wear western togs.
Klckoff dance of the rodeo will be that Saturday night, July
1L
Perhaps it Is a little early to be writing about it but the;
way those connected with it are catching the spirit, it is fair
to give everyone a chance to get enthused, too.
More will be chronicled as the time draws nearer, but
now is the time to mark the dates on your calendar and plan
to attend.
Good Luck to Jack and Bert!
If there were some way for the community to vote on it,
we're sure they would ballot strongly against Jack Bedford and
Bert Huff and their families leaving the community. These two
men have served very well in their positions aU the First Nat
ional Bank and have meant a great deal in the public service
and community work they have given here.
Each man is getting a promotion in the First National
bank system, and these are well deserved, Jack going to Port
land to be in the administrative branch with responsibilities
concerning all First National branches east of the Cascades,
and Bert going to Klamath Falls in an executive position
with the big branch there. "
They will leave many friends here and will be missed.
As they step up, however, they carry the best wishes of all.
The Incoming manager, John Venard, Is right at home in
Heppner since he was previously assigned to the Heppner
branch from 1957 to 1959. Jack Locke, who will take Bert's
place, is rated A-l and is getting acquainted quickly. Hell
get initiated in community affairs fast because he will also
take Bert's place as rodeo secretary and treasurer of the Chamber
of Commerce. . A
Good luck to the departing bankers and welcome to the
new ones!
IT WASN'T much of an accident.
A rar driven hv a vountf UilV.
bakel awav from the curb Wed.
nesdav morning as anoinrr.
driven by another lady, was
romlne down the Street. They
collided. Damage wasn't great
but both cars will require wm
noso its nation" ana one waa
i brand new car.
The odd thine about it was
th (vmvmliTiM' of evervthlnff
it occurred In front of Ruselea
Insurance office, and the two
4r(vp imi nut i.ukvi at each
mhr anH hraded rlcht Into the
.,m- iti ! ncni bv me ciiv
hall convenient for making out
an accident report. It was Just
across the street from the news
paper, which could cover the
accident with the staff member
remaining in their chairs.
And lust in case it had been
r I ui4raia and someone was
haHlv hurtif waa uithin a hurv.
dred feet of Dr. McMurdo's office
with Dr. Wagner Just around the
comer. Colncldentally. Father
Bruce Spencer was Just walking
by and would have been handy
to etve comfort had there been
serious injury!
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KEN TURNER, who last week
- a S.-. f.a- I
of the Year, apparently isn't the I thought that was Just too kind
I'MinffMT man wnn nil wnn int vi .-v...
diplomas clutched firmly In
their hand!
SAY FOLKS, well take your
knnl f.. It Thffr are rattle
snakes In Morrow county. Since
we ran that little story a few
weeks back about the snake
Mrs. Bauman came across on
Ma'.n street with the assumption
that it micht hiin hwn a rattle
snake, aome folks senerously
have felt that thev mut brtnn
us rattlesnakes so we can see
what they look like.
Ray Wlnslow killed one on
Rletmann Grade out of lone
U'Mtneariav moraine and W'as
tnouchtrui enousn to enng u m
as Exhibit A. Well, we're about
Ida an.k u.-tH anakea as the
late ini Pvle who. In his
llnm. rnnnlnl flnrM UTOte B
11UI1IV V . 1 1 . . F " " -
kiimnmill Kit aSnilt hOW ft
mtmm a Ktll vartef Snake
rnivm m. p.
near sun vallev. luanu. anu
tnnk off Ilk a seared rabbit.
Rav hart HlfflrulIV rcttlnff US
out of the office to see the snake
in his truck, but we rciunanwy
consented. It was dead, he as-
ured us. but the ivptlle was
still moving. It had five rattles
on It.
Ray offered to let us Keep it
and not it nn rilsnlav. but Wf
Those Bicycles Again!
v,r,,T KSwz-lu. nff Hfsln street sidewalks is almost as
tC; fcVVAW0 -
futile an endeavor as keeping dogs from running at large.
Despite the city ordinance against it, and repeated ad
monitions of youngsters, the practice of riding bikes on the
6idewalks continues. There have been some serious accidents
in the past on this account, and there will be more.
Chief of Police Dean Gilman has Impounded many bikes
from time to time for infractions, and some young hearts have
been hurt, but it still persists.
Calls keep coming to the Gazette-Times from those who have
been near victims as they step from downtown doorways just!
as a bike whizzes by.
It Is hard for youngsters to remember that they are in
violation when they are bent on some errand or heading for the
swimming hole and go pedaling up the sidewalk, but parents
could be very helpful if they would sit down with their children
for a few minutes and caution them about this.
If an elderly person sustains some broken bones In a
collision with a bike the consequences can be serious and par
ents are in Jeopardy of facing legal action.
Occasionally you see someone older who very well knows
better. The other day an older high school age youth went
whizzing down the sidewalk on a bike on the east! side of
Main street, cigarette dangling from his mouth.
A young man of this age should know better, and smaller
children are not too young to be taught
Youth Invited
To Church School
Final plans are underway this
week to start the Methodist
Church Summer Vacation Bible
School on Monday, June 15.
Classes will be held each morn
ing from 9:00 to 11:30 Monday
through Friday of next week.
The school will be under the
direction of Mrs. Herman Green,
chairman of the church com
mission on education. Instruc
tors will be Mrs. David McLeod,
Mrs. James Hildebrand, Mrs.
Bob Henry, Sharon Dixon and
hieh school girl helpers, Susan
Drake, Margaret Green, Leslee
Faye Meador and Gail Batty.
Mrs. Melvin Dixon will be in
charge of the music, and Mrs.
Ernest McCabe is in charge of
soliciting food for the the morn
ing snacks.
The school will be open to
youth from kindergarten age
through the 6th grade. A 50c
registration fee will help cover
expenses of materials and an
offering will be taken each
morning for use in mission pro
jects. Mrs. Bill Scott, J ana Lee and
Jill, left Monday for Eugene
where she will spend the rest
of the week visiting at the home
of her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lynch.
Week-end guests ot the home
of Mrs. Millie Doolittle were ner
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Doolittle and soils. Dennis
and Ronald, of Portland.
honor in Morrow countv. The re
port we had last week saying
that h u-a th nunmt UK
in error. Jack Sumner was named
Conservation Man a number of
years ago. and he is the same
aee as Ken. That means mat
Jack really was a youngster
when he got the award because
Ken Isn't getting grey hairs by
any means.
PUBLIC SERVICE DEPT.: We re-
celved a report the otner flay
that a herd of cattle Is adding
a hazard on the road to Con
don, being In the area where the
highway winds down to kock
creek. A person can swing
of thns halmln
curves and find himself suddenly
in a nerd oi canie, n ne aoesn i
watch out It is quite a little
rirnn nvpr th bluff. tOO. if a
person should lose control of his
car. If you are traveling mat
route, watch out.
Another rail reoorts that some
Heppner kids have developed a
fad for throwing rocks, tossing
them against the sides of pass
ing cars and at pedestrians. An
other resident said that his
lawn is littered with rocks
chucked there by the kids.
Seems like this is kind of dan
pprous Dlav if it is as wide
spread as reported. Parent
might take heed.
IT IS getting so that attendance
nt commencement at Oregon
f State University or University of
Oregon is necessarily an exclus
ive privilege. OSU gave out some
71 v rfpcrrPM Sunriav. and each
recipient was given six tickets
for spectators. ro one was sup
posed to get into Gill Coliseum
without a ticKet
It can readily be seen that
with six tickets per degree, the
coliseum wouia De more inun
filial uHthout anv outsiders.
Trouble Is the six tickets don't
go around for all tne motners,
rlaria hrothers. sisters, aunts.
uncles, grandparents, wives and
sweethearts who want to come.
Virtually all of those at the com
mencement, thus, are relatives
Wa wpto there to see son Dick
get his bachelor of science de
gree in mathematics Sunday and
went through the same parental
pnae as me inousanus vi vuieia
present.
Aithnnch th dirilomas are
handed out as fast as the stu
dents can march by not even
takinor time to announce the
namps it still takes a long time
to get the Job done. It looks like
mass production but graas oi
25 years ago realize that it is
a int tmicrhpr to pet a diDloma
now that it was in the "old days,"
competition Demg as Keen as u
is.
If college costs $1500 per year
per student, there was some $12
million worth or education in
that crradliatine' Class. No WOn-
der the moms and dads heave a
sigh of relief when they see
their capped and gowned prog
eny pass by the podium with
If thl koena on. VOU II See
the G-T editor wearing hip
boots even around town right
through the summer.
NEXT WEEK the Gazette-Times
will have a couple of new
editors, pro tern, Jim Morris and
3at Jim rhaunrev. who will be
the front end team for the paper
while the Shermans are attend
ing the wedding or a nepnew
inH thn tak in the Orecon
newspaper Conference at Gear
hart This will be the first ed
ition that we shall have missed
icinro cnmlnir tn HcDDner on
June 1. 1961. In a sense the short
vacation will be a third anni
versary celebration.
Jim Morris has been tne rtgni
hand man around here for the
nact pteht months and Sgt.
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Ml . . . . I st . W f. aim U'tlA VFl.
' duces the Air Defense Command's
award winning newspaper, "ine
Scone." from the Condon Air
Station. He Is spending two earlier
weeks leave working with us
and will leave for an assignment
in Okinawa In August. We re al
so going to lose Jim Morris soon,
since he will go for six months
duty with the National Guard.
With the two steady old-timers
in the backshop. Foreman Arnold
and Printer Joe Hartle.
subscribers can rest assured that
thov win tret their Da Ders as
usual.
The I'X.I Irrigation water sup
ply outlook In Umatilla, Morrow
.... i :mim cimrtiea has te
come pro;rras.lvely woriw and Is
now only near avrrair
a.wrrfinu t a rriiort rrlrmrt
i.i. w hv r p. lielseth. State
Connenallonlst of the Soil Con
unili.m Srvict (L'M)AI. Co
mwratlnir With Oregon aie
University. lrecoti Mai w.n
iHnr anil others. Low WCt'lpI
tatinn ami drvlnff winds nave
i-aiiul Teaa runoff than wi ex
peeted from a got! anowpaca
ami atreamflow forecasts nave
ealn been reduced accordingly.
sireamflow la nw expected to
drop off soonrr than earlier pre
dictions Indicated, especially on
lower elevation streams.
A little snow atlll remains at
the highest and most protected
l.icatinna of the watersheds In
this area. Tollgate snow course
shows an average deptn or
ln-ha U'lfh 11 Inrhea of Water
equivalent. This Is good for this
late In the season and reflects
cooler than average temper-
aturea reducing the melt rate.
Hie her watershed soils are
still 88 per cent of capacity, al
though beginning to cry ou a
litflo at all atatlona exceot Toll-
gate which U still anow covered.
Lower elevation soils are drying
rapidly as a result of record low
precipitation In this area for the
past few months, tropa and
range land on these lower ele
vations are suffering badlv be
cause of the lack of moisture In
the soils.
streamflow durlnir May was
not as good as predictions Indi
cated from the good snowpack
ft nn the hit? her Dortlona Of
the watersheds on May 1. Fore
casts of streamflow for the re
mainder of the May-September
period have been reduced ac
cordingly, and now range from
" acr left or 7 ner cent on
McKay Creek to 50.CX acre feet
or 86 per cent on the Soutn rorK
Walla Walla.
Butter Creek is extMcted to
flow 3f)00 acre feet or 71 per
cent of average for the May
September period: the Umatilla
near Gibbon 50.000 acre feet
85 per cent, and at Pendle
ton 84.000 acre feet or 83 per
cent for the same period.
The lack of precipitation in
this area during the past few
months Is expected to cause an
decline in streamilow,
especially on streams heading
In the low to medium elevations.
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
To the Editor:
Sire: ....
wtiiia tfcpi-o Is a lull In Ore
gon's political wars, I hope you
.rill tns n-IP a hit of SDSCe tO
thank those voters who gave me
such an overwhelming expres
sion of confidence in the Secre
tary of State's race In the pri
mary. Tint nntv An t wish to take
this means to evidence my grati
tude, but to pledge to an ure-
imniani a fnntt nilfltlon Of the
clean, hard campaigning which
helped me poll 1 1 per ceni oi me
Republican vote in that contest.
Sincerely.
Tom McCall
Pierces to Attend
Bankers Convention
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pierce will
Toavo this urpplr.pnil for the
Oregon Bankers association con
vention which will be held In
Victoria, B. C. They expect to
be gone until June lb.
IHont nf the Bank
of Faittp'm rwomv i a member
of the executive council of the
association.
The Rev. and Mrs. Melvin Dix
on are in Salem this week at
tending the annual Oregon
Methodist Conference.
FIRST CHOICE
FOR FATHER'S DAY
Make Dad's Eyes Light Up On Father's Day
When You Gift Him With A Set of Atlas Tires.
Here's A Practical Gift He'll Both Appreciate
and Enjoy.
THESE ARE FIRST - LINE TIRES WITH AN 18 MONTH
WRITTEN GUARANTEE. THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN WHITE
WALL, BLACK WALL, TUBELESS OR TUBE TYPE. ALL SIZES.
Rockhounders Enjoy
All-day Field Trip
Ton mamKAra rt th fnrrnu
County Rockhound club, accom-
paniea Dy several oi meir ennu-
ron cnlivAft an Ynirlntl nn.
day Into the Clarno and Antelope
vicinity.
The party, traveling In four
cars, enjoyed a picnic lunch at
Antelope creek before continuing
their search for agate, opal and
other Interesting rocks in the
area.
Making the day-long trip were
Mr. and Mrs. George1 Miller and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller, all of
lone: Mrs. Alice McCabe and son.
Allan; Mrs Avery Taylor,
Christy, Peggy and Butch; Mr.
onH Kfr Kit C.nntv RivmnnH
and Doug; Walt Edger and John
Piper.
Padbergs to Gather
be on Father's Day, June 21, at
Iha r 1 1 rtnrl, tn Tnnji It la an.
nntm.Oft Thla u111 Ha an alt.rlav
affair with potluck dinner sched
uled at noon, uonee ana puncn
will be served by the committee
In charge.
Four-H Summer
School Delegates
Attend June 15-20
Twentv alt h'Va and cltls who
will represent Morrow county at
4 II .Summer St-hool on the i)r
t.m SUt UnlveiUty campus at
I'urvallls. attended orientation
meetings this past week In
preparation for their week-long
Mav. leaving Monday morning,
June 13. thev will have a busy
week attending special classes,
assemblies and parties. They
u hi ritinrn hum on Saturday.
t.,n ! ThM Morrow countv dele
gation will he part of 1W0 4 ll era
who will !e represent- i
ron'a 33.( club members. The
...in tiill travel to Oregon
ci itnivi-riltv bv bus driven
by Leonard Munkers. Islington.
announces li. V. Anaerson. coun
ty extension agent.
Chosen as official 4 II dele-
! from xtorrow county on
th.ir all around 4 11 club ac
tlvlttet are: Jenlece and Dev Ann
McKlroy. Joe and hnirley Jaca
son. Tom Van Horn, Bruce Jones
and Bryon llobba, Irrlgon; Mike
t.rir.u Diuntmin: Sheridan
Wyman. Steve Pettyjohn. Barb
ara Bloodswortn. kudv ruuciuii,
Dale Van Blokland, Kit Andvr
vtA Hall. Nancv Doherty
and Nonda Clark. Heppner; lar
ol Rawlins, Susan Undatrom.
Tim Tullls, Bernlece and Dcnieoe
Uiiihwi Arieta Aict-aoe anu
Sherllyn Smouse. lone, and Keith
and Karen Nelson. Lexington.
I Mini rrl Munkers. Lexington.
and Mrs. Jim Bloodsworth. Hepp
ner. will chaperon the group
and assist with the program dur
Ing the week-long summer
school. Delegates and chaperonea
will be housed In dormitories on
the campus and clashes will be
Instructed by Oregon state uni
versity professors as well as vis
iting instructors from off-cam-pus.
Scholarships which pay for
board, room and expenses for
the week-long school are pro
vided by local Individuals, and
organizations. Morrow county
donors are: Lexington. Willows.
Rhea Creek. Irrlgon. Greenfield
and Pomona Granges; Inland
Chemical. Mahoney and Abrams,
Turner. Van Marter and Byant.
Klks Lodge, Bank of .'astern
Oregon. Klrst National Bank,
Humphreys Drug, Phil's Pharm
acy, Soroptlmlst Club, Klma's
Apparel. Central Market llepo-
ner Auto Sales, J. C. Penney Co.,
and Marguerite C.lavey. Hepp
ner; Lexington Oil Co op. Del s
Maikrl. and Muw County
Crsln Growers, slnt;lon; IHti
illeloil Grain Growers, U. H.
Nallonnl Hank att.1 Umatilla
hleittlo CooM-rsthe AsMM-latlon,
HetmUlon; Inland Kmplro Hank
and Hlewails Town and Country
Store, Umatilla; lloardman Soil
and Water Conservation Dlstru ,
lloardman.
Monry rrcrlpt book In dup-
Meate and trlpllrate art on aalo
It the Gatette-Tlinea.
N COMMUNITY I
) BILLBOARD V
Coming Events
JAYCEK CAR WASH
uturdav. June 13. 8 IB. to
Jacks Chevron Station.
Wash or wash n waa
Free pickup and delivery.
SWIMMING LESSONS
It 'M I J
KtaHinir Tuesday. June IS.
signup at 9 a m. for begin
. ami Intermediates.
Pool open dally except Mon
Amu
Season tickets available.
WIl-LOW CRFEK
GOLK CLUB
Guests of Klnxua Goir cluo,
Cnn.tav Jon 21.
Breakfast at 8:30 Golf all day.
ANNUAL CHAPTER MEETING
Mrorow County Red Crossi
rhaoter.
Mondav. June 72. 8 pm.
Important meeting.
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Insurance Agency
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