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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1965)
ntrrntM CAirtTt MORROW COUWTTa KEWSMFTJ The lleppner C.arette established March 30. ISM The llerpner Time. ..ulUl,ed Number IS. IS37. Conadated rcbruary 13, 1911 rffr" NIWIfAPIt 60r? ruiiiMit WESLEY A. SRtEMAN Editor and Publish Office Hour: 8 a.m. to 6 pm vnttl noon Saturday. Subscription Rates: J450 Year Every Thumday and Entered at as Second Class Matter. , Here Comef Summer (rrom Industrial Ntws Review) Summer U on lt way. and It wnt bt long until ! ira here. For those Interred In exactness. It will make "i omrta! ap pearance at 9:56 A-M, Fa Hern Standard Time. June 21. It's the season of vacation and fun Almost eyep-one wel comes and eagerly awaits it But. every V"1 talllv. bloodily and Instantly ended for great numbers ot people-Xcause of careless, thoughtless and overenthuslasttc P' TbTdangers are varted-but they all can be averted. For '""iKhway driving will be at Its height ami wfnwtion 1 be commorL Adjust and adapt your driving habits Sunbathing Is a happy and somnolent .p1 'f? much exposure can make your vacation a time of pain and put you In the hospital. Take the sun In moderate doses, par ticularly at the beginning. . ... AtMM- Swimming Is summer s classic exercise. Tragically, drown ings run wtII into the thousands each season. Swimming alone, overestimation of ability and endurance diving Into unktKwjTt waters are some of the potentially lethal practices responsible. The boating boom has reached enormous proportions. Im proper boat handling, over loading, failure to have the proper safety equipment aboard, a lack of knowledge of the rules of the road uch needless hostages to fortune as these take heavy toll of health and life. ... j. So have fun this summer. But know what you re doing and do It the right way. That Is the safe way! To Youth Seeking Summer Work With the coming of summer there are many teen-agers seek lng Jobs in order to earn "pin money" or start savings for con tinuing their education. This Is a field In which we are caught short In Morrow county, for while there Is some ranch work and some other positions available, there just aren't enough to go around. We understood that Lowell Chally. welfare administrator, and Dave Potter, county school superintendent have been doing some work towards determining how many youngsters want summer employment and then seeking some means to help find them jobs. At this writing, we do not know how fruitful their efforts have been. Neither was available for com ment on this Wednesday. We did understand that a question naire sent to Riverside High school brought the response that nine students had summer Jobs and 34 are looking for work. We sympathize with the youth who really do want to earn money in the summertime and are willing to work for it They deserve encouragement and help. ... At the same time, there Is a field wide open to the Ingeni ous and imaginative teen-ager. It seems to us, who has the Initiative to start in business for hlmelf. An elderly widowed lady came into this office this week and said that she had moved into an apartment She enjoyed it more than attempting to keep up the yard at the big family home, she said. Previously she had attempted to hire a boy to mow the grass In her yard and gave him $4 per time, but she couldn't depend on him, and it became a considerable effort to find someone willing to do the work. A lively teen ager with a power mower could do pretty well in Heppner. we think. If he spread the word of his will ingness and then backed it up with steady and reliable serv ice Another Idea that might be practical for the right young man, or a team, would be to develop a window-washing serv ice In the downtown district. We can't speak for the rest of the businessmen, but we would think there would be considerable opportunity for a young businessman to work up a window washing circuit covering the town at regular intervals. The young lad with a business head could even start a night crawler business and sell them at 25c a dozen. We hap pen to know of two who caught 160 night crawlers In one eve ning Just for their own amusement There are plenty of fisher men who would like to buy them. Girls have the old standby babysitting as a possibility, and they can take on other forms of housekeeping work. Either boys or girls could start a carwashlng business polishing, too. In the days gone by, every house had a pile of wood by it that awaited putting away, and the ambitious lad could gen erally find work by rapping at a door and asking for a Job of tossing it In a basement and piling it there. But about the time wood sliped from the scene as the uni versal fuel, the Ingenuity of young people seeking work seem ed to wane. too. But there are still good opportunities for young people with initiative and ambition. Some rather ridiculous child labor laws don't help. It is quite impossible to get permits for some youngsters under 16 even for non-hazardous work in some types of etablishments which have the misfortune to be classified as industries. But our advice to the young man or woman who can t find a job and who really wants to earn money this summer is: Think up a good idea of something that needs to be done, market your services, and perform in a reliable manner. We think you'll do pretty well. . McCabe Gets Award From Colfax Jaycees For Outstanding Year Alvin McCabe of Colfax, Wn.. and formerly of Heppner, was installed secretary of the Colfax Jaycees chapter at installation ceremonies Saturday, May 22. His wife, Carolyn, was installed at the same time as state direc tor of the Lady Jaycees of Col fax. Both have been very active in Jaycee work there the past year. McCabe was also awarded the Dick Repp Memorial trophy for being the chapter's outstanding first year Jaycee, according to Alvon Davis. This was the first year for the award, which will be given annually in memory of Dick Repp who was killed in a jet plane crash while serving in the National Guard in 1960. The eward was given by Repp's par ents, Mr. and Mrs- Ed Repp. McCabe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McCabe and his wife i 5 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crabtree, all of lone. He is employed by John Deere Im plement Co. in Colfax. TIMES. TWrsdarr. X ms -TIMES NATIONAL I0ITOIIAI HtLEM C SHERMAN Associate PublUbef Monday through Friday; 9 Jtu Single Cory 10 Cent. Published the Post OMct at lleppner, Oregon, Lutheran Churches To Confirm Youth Five young people, having completed two years of cate chistical study, will be confirm ed Sunday at Hope and Valby Lutheran churches, Pastor Ken neth Robinson announces. Three, Teresa Stefani, Bonnio Morgan and Kerry Peterson, wi',1 be confirmed at Valby, and two Monte Evans and Terry Peck, at Hope. They will receive their first communion at that time. Friday evening the young people will undergo a period of review questioning, over the ma terial they have studied. This will be at 5 pm. A dinner will be served to them and their par ents at 6 p.m., sponsored by par ents of the former catechism class. A gift from the congrega tion will be given at that time. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Padberg on Sunday were her sons and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed win Tucker of Salem and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Tucker of lone, and their families. Also a guest was Mrs. Edwin Tucker's moth er, Mrs. Henry Peck. ISote Announced Cal Meredith, manager v4 Sherwood and Roberta In Pen dirt on. announces the al of the Grace Peters Maxwell property In Morrow county to V, W. Ms honey of lleppner. The sale was handled by Jo IV Doherty. The UVKacre heat ranch U located i prutimiuly five ml'es south unltit lleppner. TO THE EDITOR... To the Editors. Helen and Wm: Mv sincere thanks for the pace given to the publicity for the rioneer Memorial picnic, i have enjoyed these past years a avrtarv-Ireaaurer. but frit there wai someone who could probably have a new Idea. My congratulations to Happy Gra ham, secretary ior next year. Slncerelv. Eleanor Gonty To the Editor: I'm writing to you at this time to make two definite comments. First a hearty thank you for the very accurate report on my re cent visitation to Washington. D- C, In connection with local and northwest projects, and sec ondly, a little more elaboration on these local projects. Where we stand on local pro jects is not so much the point as "where do we go from here?" As said, the Willow Creek dam project looks very favorable. Wherever mentioned, the going seemed to be smooth there In Washington. Also we have back there two very strong support ers with us. They are Senator Morse and Congressman toll man. They, together with Sen ator Neuberger. all co-sponsor with me In this project, are both loyal and active. In our meeting with the Under Secretary to the Chief of the Corps of Engineers, Col. Alfred B Fitt. the question was raised: "Are there any objections or ob stacles on the home front that could cause us delay In the nor-1 mal procedure?" I said that I thought there was not. He said the benefit to cast ritlo. not taking into consider ation the loss of life In the 1903 flood, was quite low. 1 to 12. The Willow Creek project is a multipurpose project and the irrigation feature Is not fully un derstood. However. benefits from Irrigation, even In these smaller projects, nearly always exceed anticipation. Some meetings with members from the Bureau of Reclamation should follow definite announce mtnt that the project has been approved. Federal Interstate Highway 82 has always been a project of tremendous interest to me. It should be to every citizen of Morrow couny. Originally, this four-lane interstate highway was proposed for between Board -man. Oregon, and Ellensburg, Washington, connecting Wash ington U. S. 10 and Oregon's Columbia River Highway, U. S. 30, Interstate 80. The Washington State Hign way Commission January 22, 1958, voted its approval of in clusion of the 132-mile-long route In the Federal Aid Inter state Highway System by way of Blalock Island and Boardman- Upon pressure being brought to bear by groups from Umatilla county that the highway should be constructed via Plymouth and the Umatilla bridge, the Oregon Highway Commission did not concur with the Washington group, causing them to revers? their decision, thus nullifying the intent of making the route the least costly and most direct. The route via Umatilla bridge would tentatively possibly have been the least costly but with U. S. 30 being made a four-lane highway, and the Umatilla bridge not adequate for long, as well as the additional 22-mlle longer route, it would soon prove to be the most costly. Mileage is an important item in those Interstate highways. While the additional 22 miles to reach the Umatilla bridge and U. S. 30 was feasible in the Fed eral Interstate Highway System, an additional 26 miles to bring the highway by way of the Tri Cities and Walla Walla county is not Senator Magnuson from Washington State has now intro duced legislation to add 19,000 miles to the Federal Interstate Highway System. The primary purpose, of course, is to permit the routing of Interstate High way 82 by way of the Tri-Cities. No doubt the legislation wiU pass. Since the routing by way of Umatilla was somewhat of a political issue and not based on what was the least costly and most feasible route as originally intended, the route by way of the Tri-Cities, Walla Walla county, and Van Sycle canyon, as proposed by Magnuson, can not harm us here in Morrow county more than the route now proposed by Umatilla. After all, there is a tremendous develop ment potential in our North Mor row county which cannot be ig nored but is certainly overlooked in either of the two much talkerl about routes. We hope the route can still be brought by way of Blalock Island and Boardman, and thus Ir the most feasible way, serve both Umatilla and Morrow counties. Yes, I had an opportunity to speak for our interests in this route while in Washington and I did so. I still hope we can get down to earth and make our selves here in Morrow county heard In this matter. Sincerely, Oscar E. Peterson Pod berg Reunion Set Annual Padber reunion, for descendants (4 Henry and Mar. tha r.l!'re, haa been aetieduled for Fathers Day. Sunday. June M at II" In City atk. It U announced. Friends of members of the family are Incited. IK luck dinner will be served at 1 pro. with napkin, table serv ice, c-offi-e, punch and ice cream furnished. Tj the Editor: Below U an article that I found in the April H. l'.J5 Issue of the Shannon County New Shannon County, S. IV, U one of the three counties tha! make up the I'tne Ridge Reser vation, ill l reservation I the home of Red Cloud and The Ogalata Sioux. The gentleman who wrote thl tory U an old Indian cimboy. Jake Herman Is the publicity chairman of the Ocalala Sioux, I hope that you will put thl article In your paper tKvue i feel that this U the way mwt of the Indians today feel. Thank you. BKRL AKKRS. JR line Ridge. S. tuk WA HO 81 By Jake Herman They tell me there are 30 mil lion poor people In the United States. Some people think and av they are lary. but I do not think so. They are disinherited by circumstances. Many of us can remember way. ay back, when we were told here In the United States that by the sweat of his brow, a good man who had a lot of get-up. with character and determination, could earn himself a Dlace In life. No doubt you have heard this appealing equation as a young tot. Th intent or this had an eternal truth. More so when It came from our forefathers who worked their way up from a poor boy to boss of a firm, or through education In some profession and they became a living prol of such. But modern times took a big change since those days- Be cause many changes have taken place In this world, opportun ities changed, our own Ideas and thinking changed also, and our beliefs also changed. I do not want to disavow the connection between the old and new. I am merely wanting to make a point concerning the 30 million poor people who live In poverty. Now these people, let's say. were born to suffering be cause their parents were poor, or cast down Into it by the ele ments of their means of liveli hood. " Modern times have made some dreams fade. For a lot of eople the bottom rung has been erked from the ladder of suc cess. There is no way for them to get a foothold without help. It Is time we do something and revamp the American dream, to include these people, so it is time we take a willing look at those people and perhaps rid ourselves of these prejudices which say the poor are worth less and lazy and that being poor is part of the human race. Being poor gives a person less chance to get education and pro motes more sickness, darn fewer social graces and above all creates greater odds against suc cessful family life. It all pro duces a terrible sense of hope lessness. Let's remember, underneath these sores of body and spirit are, for the most part, people who want to work and to live decently. What they need more than anything is respect, con cern, and opportunity. Now these arc the objects of the war on poverty. This is what we are up against. Here, every day, many of our boys come around to the agency and ask, "When are we going to get work?" With our projects at a stand still right now, it is getting pretty rugged. What I write is not my own thinking, it is an idea that I learned from others (and it is true) and it applies to our reser vation where Jobs are dang scarce. I am writing this from our tri bal cafe. A man walked in and asked me what I was writing about. I told him, "I am writing HOW TO STAY DOING HOUSEWORK DDL Air conditioners installed, maintained, repaired "WE SELL THE BEST AND REPAIR THE BEST" M6-R COMPANY Heppner Chaff Wes KHW! Only W more days until whool opens, iw-tter mane eiw e ii )r time, " fT IS sometimes said that school teachers no longer aa any thing on their free time lor ....... .,..,- anu miiro Thnk Who feel this way mljjht like to hear of at leal one exception, ii cmiea In the form of a letter from Gordon Dawson, dutn.t commlMtoner of the iHegon A-..--1 .1 i.im Amilrur Athletic Un ion. IS-rtland. and U written t Supt. Dave letter: Dear Mr. ivtter, -Lat Saturday. May 29. a contingent of students Iron air A .! bv Mr. Clint Acre. arnvni nrre in i riiui-ii fartlclpate In the district A JV U. unlor Olympic track meet. The (fames Committee and myself felt that a letter of com- nu-ndatlon was In order. The group from Morrow county con ducted themselves In a highly complimentary manner. It was a real privilege to have them as our guests. "Mr. Agee certainly made friends for himself with his pleasant manner and helpful coloration. We even agreed not to "boo' him when he comes over here next basketball sea on to referee some of our games. "Sincerely, Gordon Dawson, District Commissioner ' On Saturday. Clint Is going to take a busload of Junior Olym pic contestants to Portland be cause he feels that "someone should do It." His teaching and coaching year Is over but he Is still working with the kids. 9 BV THE WAY, Clint Is going to hiv irt vlnlM the "hli man' title on the school faculties in Heppner next year. Vlrlf I turn I ho ni-u." hlolofV tci.cher at Heppner High, soars a mere six ieei. eigni rnne. W met him Tuesday and saw him chattUg on the street with Clint. It U me nrsi time in my inriine that I ever saw blk' CUnt tilt his head back to look up Into the face or a lellow mortal. Mr. Horn seems like a very amiable and congenial person, but you high schoolers who clan to take biology might real ize that he could take two or three students In each hand and crack their heads together if m-ed be. ORA Y EAGER of Castle Rock. Wn., came home to Heppner f.r the Pioneer Picnic, first time he has been back for 11 years, and we enjoyed a two hour visit with htm Monday evening, listening to tales of early Heppner and his Interest ing versions of the big flood of 1903. Mr. Ycager Just turned 80 on May 21- He has written a good many articles for the paper since we have been editing it. but we had never met him un til Monday. Although he has been in rather poor health re ctntly, he looked considerably yr.unger than we had envisioned hlni. We're tempted to write aome of the things he told us, but wo suspect he has In mind writing them himself and so will fore (rit this. Ora had counted on spending Monday visiting up and down tho himineKS district to Chat with old-timers. He had not re- allzed that the stores wouia oc closed for the legal holiday. He got up at 7:30 to get an early start and found nothing but locked doors. "If I had realized everything would be closed, I would have wailed a couple of weeks to come," he said. He did get In plenty of visiting at the picnic Sunday, however, and a little more before departing Tuesday. Mr. Ycager has a big fat and colorful manuscript on Morrow county and Heppner history that he has written over the years. A New York publishing firm one of the big ones just about published it but when their some 40 professional read- about the poor," and he said, "Bo careful, you might become a millionaire some day." I told him, "No danger." . , do your- nousewor in cool comfort. We'll keep your air condi tioner working prop erly. Call us for ex ' pert repairs, main tenance. Ph. 676-9148 Chatter Sherman ers read the manusctll't came up about evenly divided s whether It wiM . -y decided to lurn It down and so advised Mr Ycacer, alnf that It was a lilt I loo locallted. Tills Is still a cvinlurabl compliment to him because or dinarily a county history wxmld be tf such peUllied Interest that few out of the particular would be Interested In lookln " ... WE'VE NOTICED that MrJ and Lclloy Gardner have don fin Kib dressing the windows In their apparel store since they bought the buslnes. but dldnt rcaiie they were as lifelike at we discovered the other day. In walking bv the store to the post off ice. we casually waved to Ulloy in the store. As we con tinued bv. we did a double take because it seemed to us that one of the mannequins In the win dow waved back. Coming back, we stopped to take a closer look. MarJ. apparently In the process of working on a display, was sitting on the edge of the window platform Inside. This mannequin not only waves but It smiles prettily, too! ONE WELL-KNOWN young lady In Heppner. driving downtown the morning after the National Drivers Test on TV last week, thought she must have been set ii n aa a mine ulff for depleting the haiard run Just as It was on TV. We won t embarrass her by mentioning her name. Lh rfmve iloun MV street and stopped, with signal lights hiinkinp i,a make a left turn. As she did so, she noticed In her mirror a young man approacn Ing from the rear on a motor- Mb vh alui noticed that he was looking In another direction and apparently dldnt see ner stopped In front of him. She couldn't get out of the way be cause of an approaching car. He came closer and closer. She knew there would be a crasn. hut t her relief saw him look up. note the car just In time and swerve sharply to avoid it. After maklnir the turn, she continued up the next street. A youngster riding a bicycle was wobbling ail over we sireci ana holding a baseball bat so It ex tended full length Into the street. She started around him. driving far over Into the leit lane, when suddenly another bike rider, a girl, came zooming down a hill right at her. She veered to the right and got out of the way. A few minutes later our her oine drove down Main towards the post office. Someone was give u finae weatch In our wide selection of handsome, famous name watches there's one that will make a great gift for Dad. And to make the gift doubly important, we'll fit that watch with a TWIST-O-FLEX walchband by Speidel. It's the watchband he's seen, wants . . . the gift he'll appreciate. Let us show you our TWIST-O-flEX watchbands by Speidel as well as our other great gift ideas. Budget terms, of course. Store Houisi 9 A. M. To 6 P.M. PH. 676-9200 177 MAIN ST- HEPPNEB Wiliont Mov Mr and Mit Wsyne Wlln and family etited to move by mid week fnnii Heppner to bv eily. N J. where he Hans to e Into the elwlrwniea field and Mr. VIIon will tearh school. VMImiii said that he has lived in llei ptier fr il years double parked momentarily on tru whrr M cf the strrrt and a young hot rod rim Mating up tha street In the opposite dir. ectton and swerved by the double parked car. almost col lldlng with the young lady and nearly forcing her Into cars on the tippoalte aide of the street, When she related mine of these Incidents to us. she was still a little shaken. Ltk H Mike, she now doesn't even want to attrini to cross the street without the assistant of a lice olfieer and a couple of Boy S-wuta for logouts. Coming Events POOL OPENING lleppner Swimming Pool tens Monday. June 7. Free swim from 1 to 4 p m. Hours, 1 to 4. 6:30 H 00. Tucs. through Sat : 1-5 Sundays Closed Mondays. Pt'BUC CARD PARTY Saturday, June 5. Episcopal parish hall. 1:15 pm. Bridge and pinochle. SCOUT PANCAKE DINNER By Scout Troop Saturday. June 12. St. Pat rick's parish hall. 4 8 pm. 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