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nttrntn exirrTC GAZETTE-TIMES MORROW COUNTY"! NEWSFAfER The HfPpnrr etaNl.?ed March 30. MX3. The llePP" ?mel eM.WuK November 18. 1WT. Con.olld.ted February 15. fifr NtWlfAM! ruinMit NX ViAnoCIATIOM WISLXY A. SHERMAN Cdltot oad rublUh.r Office Hour.: 8 m to ( p m, a Second Claa Matter. 62 A. F.-Hcppncr Time Dotes From Flood June 15 will tart a new year In "frrr-l A T (After Flood). For while no calendar recocnlrea It. time In Herpner Site, from the year of the big Hood on June 14, 1903 , An old timer U known by 'rtherhe L,5I . YL. rlrtod prior evenu are described as happening neror TL!d - AtntoiL and when old friends gather, the talk rvltaMv roU blck to the great dUaMer. When someone goes riX'.n'dTeS atranef that he Is ter'a only knowledge of the town may be that " ,75 Segons greatest catastrophe In point of loss of life occurred " UtTJ fundings In town are designated by whether they were here and withstood the flood, or whether they were built later. , , ..... M Any discussion of history about the area Is Inevitably cen tered around the flood. It could only be thus, for It was a terrific shock and ( numb, ing thing that would indelibly Impress those who went through It! Even from the distance of more than six decades, the mem. orV of the flood Is as vivid in the minds of those who witnessed it as if It happened only last week. Yet with the passage of time, discrepancies on details grow! and It becomes increasingly difficult to separate the ftories that border on the legendary from the accurate ac counts. As was pointed out at the Pioneer Reunion there is a very real need to get an accurate Morrow county history pub lished that will record for posterity the true nj of thousands of words have been written on the Heppner flood, but discrepancies have developed, too. While .ft1 never be definitely established, pro or con. it is quite likely also that there would have been different versions on these pU even at the time of the disaster itself when confusion WAtPth" Tnd1 annl versary of the flood it would be good to announce that the Willow Creek project Is a sure thing to pre vent another similar catastrophe. Progress looks very good in deed, as reported both by Oscar Peterson and Mayor Al Lamb after recent trips to Washington. D. C. but one more official signature Is needed from the Army department before the project is ready for being included in the omnibus bill. It Is felt that this will surely come, and that it will be a part or this year's bill. . , . , . But there are still a number of vital steps ahead before the project can become a reality, and even at best, the Wll low Creek dam is still several years away. It would be a fine thing if. on June 14, 1968. the 6oth an niversary of the flood, a memorial program could be held by the Willow Creek dam under construction. But the wheels of government on projects such as this grind slowly, and that might be too optimistic. v .... ., It would not seem too much to anticipate, though, that the dam be finished and in use for a year or two by the year 70 A, F. in 1973. L , , But whenever the job is done and if it reaches culmina tion there should be a dedication in the form of a memorial to those who lost their lives in the Flood of 1903. Reduction of Excise Taxes Welcome President Lyndon Johnson's proposal to repeal or reduce excise taxes amounting to about $4 billion should be univers ally welcomed throughout the land. As Senator Maurine Neuberger reports in her most recent report from the capitol, "Washington Calling." many of these levies came into being during World War II to raise funds for combat and to curb buying pressure on war-short goods or services. Once established, however, they became a fixture, and des plte protests, it appeared to the citizenry that they would be exacted forevermore. ... Mrs. Neuberger quotes President Lyndon Johnson: "The proposed program of excise tax cuts and revisions will spur growth and move us closer to full employment by removing an unnecessary drag on consumer and business purchasing power. . . To insure that the excise tax reductions make the maximum contribution to continued price stability and bal anced prosperity, I call on American business to translate lower excise taxes promptly into lower retail prices for con , sumers." Senator Neuberger adds, "This is the key to effectiveness of the tax cut The tax savings must be passed along to con sumers so as to increase purchasing power. This benefits bus iness because rising volume should boost profits and create more jobs." The senator states that the first reduction would take place July 1, wiping out the annual $550 million levy on jewelry, furs, toilet preparations, luggage and handbags. Manufac turer's excises amounting to $608 million annually on TV sets, appliances, business machines, lighters, etc., would go also. Auto taxes would be cut $570 million this year, and more in 19G6 and 1967. The cuts on amusement, telephone, telegraph, club and other taxes would come January 1, 1966. Elimination of these taxes at long last would seem to be latedly keep faith with the American public which rose to the occasion in the emergency and then was to be saddled with them far beyond the time when their original purpose would be served. It is hard for the man in the street to understand how tax es may be cut while the government embarks on more pro grams and accelerates spending, but it is quite conceivable that tax reductions can be made by cutting waste and wanton spending. Examples of federal waste are legion, but it seems today there is no voice nor symphony of protests that are any thing more than faint cries in the wilderness. For instance, a wave of indignation swept over the nation when the new architectural monstrosity, the House Office Building, was ap proved at something in the neighborhood of $100 million, but to no avail. How can this sort of thing be done and taxes be cut, too? The reduction of excise taxes will seem almost too good to be true, but it should have some stimulus to the economy, and therefore is to be commended highly. Businesses and concerns who have had to do Uncle Sam's collection work on excise taxes will heartily cheer getting rid of the nuisance, too. And think how nice it will be to buy an item at its stated price, without having the clerk add, ". . .and 15c Federal tax." Senator Neuberger says that she is concerned about the auto tax "because after the reduction becomes effective we cannot be certain that the savings go to the buyer, as the Pres ident intended." However, at least one auto manufacturer has advertised the price of cars will be reduced by the amount of the excise tax after the effective date of the repeal. It would seem that the public would not stand still for any price hikes to absorb the tax savings, particularly when they are anticipating a drop in cost. It is to be hoped that the competition of a free enterprise system would see to that Tmcs. indi. JM H HEPPNBH NATIONAL L0,l2B,r1 HELEN E. AMociat. blht Monday throuKh Friday; 9 a-m. - Chaff nd Wes Sherman HOCKIIOUNPS had a Mt ' Opal Butte Sunday. In f"t, they had three or four of them Some of their group more prvprriy and edatrly known the Morrow County Com and Mineral Society went out to the butte and net off wm dyna mite charge, and others ami their gueht came along to oit through the rubble for opal. They apparent)' did pretty well at It and ct off a few mote charge during the course of the day. ThU wasn't exactly the Ideal way to uncover the opal because the blasts tended to shatter It. but It waa a lot of fun anyway. They had a picnic lunch and made a regular holi day out of It A NEWS RELEASE came In from , if v: i biu rt merit of Com merce the other day. and in the upper leitnana corner was me notation. "This local news item . nr..i r,( hv CeilkUS Bureau Electronic computer and typed at lO lines per eeonu especially for the Heppner Gazette-Times." The item wa about H line long, so that mean It was pre pared in about 1.4 seconds. Ma be we should nay. "Shucks, that s nothing. McDlvltt and White were a second off on their re entry procedure and missed their mark by 46 miles." That speed. Isn't it- At mv rato the electronic computer did considerably better than any secretary couia ao. me article was all In capital letters, so had to be rewritten. The be&t we could do was to type it in about 34 minutes. One thing the note didn't tell us Is how long the computer takes off for coffee breaks. WINNING that thar Spray rodeo saddle brings moans Irom as far as Stayton where old com patriot and columnist Jack Pow ell laments. "Why is it that win nings in prize drawings always seem to be directly geared l the winners lack of need?. . . . th lokr that wins the new se dan already has all his garacje space taken up with his four other new cars. And the char acter with the 1927 Hudson and 12 kids couldn't win if he bougnt all the tickets that were printed. ltd. rote now aooui a conniv ing printer who prints the tickets himseiiT Hen. nen:. "The euv that wins trie boat comes from Dry Gulch, where the only water for 500 miles comes lrom artesian wells. Bach elors win a vear's free diaper service; Spanish-American war vets win skateooaras 'ana pogo sticks; debt-ridden clerks with large families win glamorous trips to Bermuda. "Wes . . . needs a saddle like wc need a year's free service at a hair-twirling parlor. But may be he can have it built onto a swivel chair." Wal. now. hold on thar rxxl- r,er! We got a pitcher right-cher which shows us ridin' high in the saddle of a genuwlne hay eatin automobile. You Just might get the surprise of yore life if you looked under the mask of the Lone Ranger. Nope, we can't make an easy chair out of It, Jackson, It don't have no footstool on it. But just as one drug store cowboy to another, come on over to this hyar country, and we'll give y'all a chance to mount up on it, yeself. THINGS OUGHT TO work out pretty nicely Saturday. A per son can go to community auc tion at lone and get bids in on all kinds of interesting items. He can have a fine barbecued beef feed at noon, continue the fes tivities in the afternoon and then come back to Heppner for the Boy Scout pancake feed in the evening. There's a lot of fun promised at the auction, and a person can buy anything from half-hour airplane rides to the old Baptist church bell. At the Scout's pancake supper, as we understand it (but can haidly believe it), you can feed the whole family for $3. That's sure a bargain for any family with two kids or more. Both the lone United Church and the Boy Scouts causes are real worthy ones and deserve the best of community support. QUITE SOME improvements IF BUGS Are Your Problem Call Now For Free Estimates On- Fogging Tree and Yard Spraying Cattle Spraying Grain Storage Spraying House Spraying, Inside And Out LICENSED PESTICIDE APPLICATOH ALL WORK GUARANTEED Ayers Pest Control Ph. 676-9953 Chatter thai we are wring In ths downtown aectlon, ami we hope the ball keep rolling- with more Alway "em that hen ome one Urt H. awiirwtie rle break looe with m.i Improve ment. Humphrey expansion project Is nearlng completion, and thl U going to In a line big afore for our downtown du trut. Aero the treet. the Wagon Wheel and Heppner Auto Part have a bright new red and white metal awning that brighten up Main itreet and w ill brtn hade and shelter to the public, too. Meanwhile the Van Whet" Cate I brightening up InMde. with new uphoUtcry at the booth and new arrangement and decoration In the Cham ber of Commerce i banquet) room. . . .. Bud and Marvel llebert at the Heppner Grill have been work ing along for week to redecor ate their place of business, and the atmosphere la real cory and comfortable with their unique idea. ... . Ray Ayers and Matt Hughe of M and K worked hard In the hot sun. getting up the wnlng at the Wagon Wheel and Heppner Auto Tarts, but their work ure ly looki nice. Spauldings Enjoy Month Trip East A week's visit with "Doc" Severlnsen and Mrs. Severlnsen tthe former Yvonne Evans of Heppner) In New York, meeting C rmn nf the TOniCnt Show, a visit to the World's Fair, tour of Washington. D. C visit at New Orleans, and watching a big league ball game In Hous ton's Astrodome. These were some of the nlgh llehts of a trip across the United States and back enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spauldlng during the past month. The Spauldings. long time friends of the Severlnsens. spent a week at their home at War wick, a suburb of New York City. Thev have a five-acre place there. The visitors attended two of the Tonight show but had more fun attending rehearsals for the show. Thev met both Johnny Carson and Skltch Hen derson while there. Spauldlng said that it is a 4 hour round trip commuting by auto from Severlnsen' place to the television studio, and high way and bridge tolls total $3.85 one way. - , . , . They went V to the World Fair one day, enjoyed It. but saw all thev wanted to see in the single day. They did not find it necessary to wait long to see most of the exhibits. At Washington. D. C, they took a sightseeing tour around the capital and then went on to Charleston. S. C. where they visited friends. At New Orleans, they met Mrs. Spauldings sister and brother-in-law from Hous ton. Texas, and enjoyed touring the city with them. They heard Pete Fountains, formerly feat tured clarinetist with Lawrence Welk. and Al Hirt. and said that the French quartet "was really something." The Spauldines had ordered a new car through a local dealer, picked it up on the trip and came home in it They traveled across Texas to Phoenix, Ariz., where they had dinner one evening with Helen Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graham of Heppner. She works in a bank there. Continuing to Long Beach, Calif., to visit Spauldlng father, they found that he was quite seriously ill, so It was decided that Mrs. Spaulding would go home by airplane while Carl remained longer. She flew home last Wednesday and Carl arriv ed back Sunday. At Houston, Texas, they had the pleasure of enjoying the comforts of the nationally, publicized Astrodome. The As tros played and lost to Cincin nati that day. It was very comfortable and the admission price was very reasonable, they said. The ceiling of the covered stadium had just been repainted again in an effort to solve the glare problem. All in all, it was a "wonder ful" trip, Carl reported. "I'd go back in another two weeks if I could." Heppner Local Students Gel OSU Degrees Five ttudenta from the llepp-m-r area were eraduated Sunday from tegon Mt l'nlvrrUy. A total of 2Ut degree an all time record w-rt conferred at the unlverlly' '.Uh annual comm4iuemit rigto T" Ul Included 1U bar hrlor'a gree, i'M mater' degrees, and W doctor' degrre. Member of the graduating Him represented 31 iVego.t counties, 34 tate, and 3d for eign countries. The five local graduate were: Melvln Eugene Martin, lone, bat helor'a decree. Srhool of Ag riculture; Robert Karl Aker. lone. School of Education; Jean Merle Martin Hi a el I. lone. School of Horn creoiurole. and DUk and Suan Kuhl. Heppner, School of Education. Martin and MiM Braiell are on and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Martin: Akers la on of Mr. and Mr. IW-rl Aker; Miss Ruhl I daughter of Mr. and Mr. C. E. McQuarrle; and Kuhl la son of Mr. and Mrs, L. E. Ruhl. Mrs. Ruggles' Brother Dies Serai Searcy. 66, brother of Mrs. Charles Ruggle, died In Portland Saturday morning. June 5, following a stroke. Mrs. Ruggles had gone to Portland Tuesday. June i. arter hearing of his erlou Illness. Later in the week he howcd some Improvement, and he re turned home Saturday only I? learn that he had dleu mat day. Mrs. Ruggles went back to Port land Sunday to a-oiLsl with fun eral arrangement and Mr. Rug gles left Tuesday night for l"ort land. Funeral services were Wed nesday morning. Mr. Searcy wa retired office manager lor MUCH ell. Lewis and Staver. a ma chinery company In Portland. He Is survived by the widow, Mrs. Ethel Searcy; a daughter. Mr. Audrey Thorgerson of San ta Rosa. Calif., granddaughter. Sheryl Dewey ol Santa tiara; three brothers, Morris Searcy of Portland, Owen Searcy or Sa lem. and John Searcy of Hills boro: and two sister. Nina Pink erton of Moro, and Mrs. Kuggicj of Heppner. Mrs. Leta Thomas returned to her home In Heppner last Wed nesday after spending the win ter months at her trailer home in the Tucson Estates In Tucson. Ariz. GET A FINE MEAL AND HELP SEND SCOUTS TO CAMP AT THE BENEFIT afurday, JdiEne St. Patrick's Parish Hall 4 to 8 p- in- SPONSORED BY BOY SCOUT TROOP 661. Feed The Whole Family for $3 Single Tickets: Adults, $1 Children 50c PROCEEDS WILL HELP BUY EQUIPMENT AND HELP SEND SCOUTS TO CAMP AT WALLOWA LAKE THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED MEMBER. Eulcnna Vaughn Writes of New Home Mr. nii- " 1 - '.. n.u f llivfillk. mm 1 H I'ailitliH I . l lit, M written to tell tiien.U of ur new name irrr t o lor home in ion o if Mi, tin.v.r C Weaver of ml ll 1 tit tiff ft III A II to move Into It during lite mer month Mr and Mr. Vaughn went u a)iotk on June 1. 'Leaving Morrow ninir telling all my wondeilul i friend ;ood.ye' wa jut too hard on im- and I ended up In tear. .... . A . ,.1IU k IU I left witnoui io n"j f mv tie liar- UK uir ........ . lure." he write. "I know 1 will mlia o many iTie It.U I going to be a teal hap.y Ule for m.' , ... The country beautiful wltn . ., i l .i mountain.!. camp ground around that win oe an rninii . xtmrihlnit different and m nearly eery day." Mr, vaugnn . . . . i.. iwi-tri inn! ruc tion on their new home thl -Naturally 1 am excited over thl." he write. Thl I my flrM experience at planning and bulldlntf a home, and It la challenge," Doctor on Trip To Alumni Reunion rk.-fr.r A. I) Mi-Murdo left lat TuemUy by airplane for Virgin ia to attend tne iiunim reuni on at the Medical School of tho University of Virginia. Charlot tesville. In a card received from him Wednesday, he ald that he ar rived at Charlottesville on June 2 and vWted with an older bro ther. Aaton McMurdo. who will be 92 this month. The elder brother ha been living on the McMurdo family place. The Heppner doctor ald that he pent 'x hour In Washing ton. D. C. Mrs. McMurdo ald that he wa expecting him home probably Thursday. Time ha vanished like a shadow but every minute a Joy.'" the doctor wrote on the card. Abroms, Hughes Lead Hood Climb Bob Abram and Tom Hughe led a climb of the Mazama club on Mt. Hood over the week end with 29 participating. They start ed at 1:30 am. Saturday and were off the mountain by 3 p.m., reporting a very beautiful climb. Despite the fact lhat there wa kill; considerable depth of nov all climber In the party made It to the ton. Bob particularly shows one of the best early sea son tans for his efforts. The Cazette-Timea appreciates getting new copy early. Min 12 i i -ii yf, 7 1 ' , y v--v.. it v hi" 7vi t. BY YOUR HOME-OWNED BANK i ' i t . f km r 7 BANK Or , Eastern Oregon HEPPNER IONE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE Eleven at lone On Honor Roll Eleven lone With Sthool lu dent made the honor roll I of lite M-euiul meler, avoiding I.i announcement flow the ft tiool. i....i,.im.i i. Iha followlm' OHryif Lundell. Ivnlece Matth ew Heinlec Matthews, Janice Snider. Karen NcUon, Kthy Kerne. Sid .Inter, thrrllyn SmoUM". Janet I'alinaterr. Mark 11 Ivor wit. and Maureen M'wm-l-oll. Grade point average were mi luicd. Mark Halvonten wa rlwted . ....i i.i ..I i hmt atuitent IhmIv In r led Ion held toward the end of the nctu.M.1 ear. iy u" elioftcn lce president. Karen N,on aorietaiy-treasurer. Ie nl.ee Matthew altnl ecre tary treasurer, and Cherllyn Sinoue, earrooK eonor. Coming Events SWIMMINt; ItX5L Otien Tueiulay thnnrgh Satur- tiay, i o '" on Sunday. Closed Mondays Rcaon ticket and dally tick et available. ALL COUNTY TICN1C Honoring Nel Anderson fam ily Sunday. June 13. Fair Pavil ion Bldg . 2: P . . , C.rffee and punch furnlhed. Everyone Invited- SCOUT PANCAKE DINNER By Scout Troop Ml Saturday. June W. St. I al rlrk'a parish hall. 4 8 pm, lU-neflt for camp fund. Drive Carefully! Don't B Another Statlatle SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BT C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency f. O. Box 247 PH. 6? 962$ HeppoM IN WW S ?2 , AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE CORPORATION C COMMUNITY j ) BILLBOARD V T . If'
