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CAICTTX-TlMtS. rn. , C -Qfjg UtWQ ... jQ JE EDUOR . . . GAZETTE a -TIMES .... . rwt "m Jlmrt fkUMUned jxovrmwi o, 1912. NIWtPAPIt PUIUI Mill ASSOCIATION WESLEY A. 8RCBMAN Editor end fubUsh? NATION A I IplTOIIAt HELEN C SHERMAN Associate rublUbM Office Hour.: 8 a.m. to 6 pm. Monday through Friday; 9 wn. unta noon baturoay. Published SiJSdSf ffi BtVrat -tSTifSl blf Vt lleppncr, Oregon. as Second was. aiattcr. Tho Move to Lexington ... . ... irwtinv the Morrow There will oe tome cusavi't county school district office in the Lexington .chool building Si the .dv.nt.ire. .re rarponder.te. and It can only be con eluded that It will be a good move. The district staff will have to . offer a venience. particularly In driving back and forth; the office 35 n"7h.ve the cIom access that ?&S& records-tax m.tters and so on; and It will be a c10.1 Stance from all school rather that i being .close tott-t In Heppner and farther away from the others in the county. But the building at Lexington Is a big : on and 1 rood one The change will eliminate the crowding that the oince T h?d oCn tSeSesecond floor in TuSTSi the use of this space for other needs in the courthouse. yn Lexlnglon building will allow Ample room for storage nd thereby help to Implement a central county purchasing plan that could result In considerable economy. It wUl be more central to all schools, rath than Just being close to those to Heppner. It wlU provide room for meetings of all kinds And aside from these, the move is a consideration that LexUgton deinS. The community "luctantly h but . un. begrudglngly gave up its school when this seemed the realistic and logical thing to da All In all. it is difficult to see how there could be much comp a nt on the board's decision on this matter, when every thmg is considered, and to this time none has come to our attention. It's Time to Think of Forest Fires Not so many years ago Oregon residents could expect heavy ad almost stifling pallor of smoke to hang heavy Sve7the landscape in August or late July of each year It seemed almost inevitable that the odor of burning forests stnShere would fill one's nostrils, and the effect was de- PrenIf then ereat strides have been made in forest fire pre venter? and suppression. Part of this has come about with a sTnse ofobllgatlon on the part of the public towards conservation and the need for care to protect our forest re soWs; and part has been due to much better organization and better methods for prevention and control. A elimpse of this organization can be seen at the fire training X1 in progress this week at PPf n where first year men of the southern end of the Umatilla Snal forest are being educated j ."-J g vention and suppression. One cannot help but note that this U a far cry from the hit and miss techniques employed 25 years ago. . It no longer seems quite so Inevitable that there be major forest fires, although there is an ever-present danger in the d Lasoi But even with man's greater consciousness for cation in forestlands. there will always be someone who S to be wanton or heedless, and even If humans were Set in Uieir demeanor in the woods, lightning can start Tfire, or it may begin from accidental causes. Ralph Stlckney, business management assistant, pointed out Monday night at the fire school AenUtton about $1,500,000 was spent on fire National Forest in 1960 and about $1,000,000 in 1961. . m tne last three years, with no big fires, the control cost was cut T. abouf $500,000 annually. The latter figure may well be coiisidered the price of vigilance and preparedness, but It to SSi S? than when conflagrations hit in the national forest The public, as well as organized agencies, can be proud of toe improved record on forest fires, but it remains a never endfng bffite Forestlands in this area are pobably as much aSpedated as they could be anywhere because of the rec reatoTtheT give and the significance they have for the Snomy. Because of their relative scarcity, woodlands in E0rfSntln?ee KTSffl JSTt- as the call gets stronger to take to the mountains for picnics and outings and families enjoy this great forest resource, let's remember to be nSKSly careful to prevent fires. It's an old, old warning, but one that will be reiterated time and time again. A con stan - series of admonitions has been partly responsible for 55ns made, whether in the form of Smokey Bear posters, Keep Ore?o" Green signs, advertisements of logging companies, eSrlals o?TV announcements. This to the only way to hold the line and make an even better record. When we enjoy the woods this summer, one of the best ways to show appreciation for this resource is to be scrup ulously careful with fire. Angelenos Experience Heppner Particularly intriguing to the letter from Lloyd and Danny NoSu2Sle. county. Calif., printed elsewhere , on this page. It to especially interesting because it gives hint S Ve astonishment of those accustomed to the ways and manners of a metropolis who suddenly experience the infor Slut? friendliness and cordiality of a town Heppner Perhaps it would be presumptuous to say that, the Northrups could enjoy such treatment as relative strangers only in Heppner for there are other towns which are characterized ?y (ST'open western hospitality, but it to a reminder again th fcfSttS?2 gSln coming to Heppner sornething that many old-timers have long since taken for gTnted fs this sincerely friendly reception. It to not feigned or Dseudo- it is a real interest In a newcomer that gives him SeStfo? being a worthy fellow man without doubts and res "rvations. From what we read in E. R. Jackman's and Reub Lang's "Oregon Desert," it has always been that way in eMi!Sbe1Knborne partly from the fact that eastern Ore gonlans are self-reliant and resourceful; they can face a newcomer openly and fairly for they tanoJJIh jsx. They. then, may look to a stranger to accept him for what he to worth, rather than to hold hto motives In suspect Where populations are Jammed together, crime to more prevalent and racketeers and schemers spawn-lthough the maTority of persons in the cities are honest and friendly. Is if any wonder that doors are kept locked there, and wary UTi!SnLaSy.7tmklnara?tickles the cockles of our hear to eel a letter like the Northrups'. What they say to truth, and it to quite awntxast from life in some other parts of our country. - : (! THESE ARE THE FIRST ta therU. of ol dddre. Uln, prints a th curr.ni ' eblUinn of famUT group. Jix. itu nli.T' liJ.V Micho.1 (right). Mr. and Mrs. Hanay -' - . . - and Parti Lou (c.nt.r). 5. TJSSS of Mr. and Mrs. coraon noxi A ' , 7L , M. and and T.rrt (rtoht). 8. At bottom toll Jd It Bvodina down ar Steph.n Lynn. IZt ShnY n' 'p'rin iiuawi. 8; Donald Duan.. ; Starla Ann. 4 and Fam.la Diana, 2. Chaff nJ Chatter Wes Sherman ONE JUST can't always believe place asking If they had seen ki. That lnnkpd for all the world like Frank Turner rid- ing by the olTice on a uicyvic the other day. We ran to the n A. . - on1 siiro pnOUPn. It was Frank Turner. Oh, the bike was wobbling arouna me suwi somewhat but he did a pretty good job of it Wish we could have gotten me camera uui t .otfh him. It mizht have showed some of the youngsters around now 10 Keep in " Frank later confided that he fig roin have to give up bike riding at hto age. but darned II we wouia De surpiiscu if we saw him putting around on a Honda. THE PHONE rang at the school district office tne omer uay. The voice at the calling end said, "I'm Mr. Loyd." Secretary Shirley relied promptly, "I'm Mrs. Loyd." No, It wasn't her husband, Jack, calling. It was Alfred Loyd of Dallas who to taking a teacn- in position in Morrow county. When they finally determined for sure that neither was kid ding about the name, they got into the spelling and learned that thev are spelled the same, too. without the double "1 , which to a bit unusual. Appar ently no relation, either. DONNA GEORGE was amused the other day when she saw one of the Fulleton girls ride up to one of the gas pumps at her dad's garage. She wasn't in a car: she was on a horse. Donna really didn't expect to see the horse filled with Texaco4 but it might be handy if Roice set up a feed trough by hto pumps for the 'hay eatin" automobiles." ' ONE OF our family's valuable rata fmavbe worth two-bits) riovplnned an abcess the other day. We couldn't see it suffer, so took it up to Dr. Jim Norene at his new veterinary hospital. It was the first time we had been in there. That iittio rat cot the best treatment she ever had, Just as if she had been born wun royai fiina. Kiwi it wan Interesting to see the care that the doctor gave her. Filled out a cam 10 ctarf- Vior moHiral historv. weigh ed her and assigned her quart ers. - ... The hospital is conveniently nnH fa tllSt abOUt 8.3 clean as a hospital for humans. . x Jin Dr. Jim is equippea to iwu 11 ft-rna rf animals, from the littlest to the biggest (maybe no elephants, please.' i. When we picked our cat up Monday, after her period of con- valescence, we thought how nice it is to have a facility like this in town. AS AN epilogue to the above to u nr aHstut Ralnh FUam- er's German shepherd. Along late last weeK, we got a wu of calls from friends of the Don Greenups who wanted to know if anyone had called the paper to find a German shepherd. One had come to the Greenups' place, and it apeared that its leg was broken. ' t . VinA failed seeking the animal, so we couldn't be of hCBut when we went to get the cat Monday, there was the Ger man shepherd in the hospitaL Someone had called Greenups before the dog arrived at their such 'a dog. At that time they hadn't Th raller didn't leave his name, and the Greenups didn't recognize the voice as one of the Beamers. So when the dog did come to the place, the Greenups aiant know who to call. But .omehow thev finally eot together on u Annsraniiv tho ahpDherd. a fin lnoldn? animal, had fallen off a moving ptcKup. When we saw it in the hosplt- n 1 n KnronA hni set its leg with some metal gadgets that ne nas, ana me aoe, uiuuku a little peaked, seemed to be doing real wen snpnpmnsTS are reaulred to earn $5 each during the year to go into their scnoiarsnip mnu, and they each give a report on how they earn the money at their annual installation dinner. which for 1965 was Saturday nleht at the Jim Hager home. Now this money cannot be earned In their regular walks of KfA anri en thov find Rome nrettv novel metnoas ot getting iu Judged the winner was Mrs Charles (Gene) Starks, who earned hers making a basic pattern. Mrs. Ola Mae urosnens oairl that tho had nlanned to call voaotahiee from her hUS .. , 1 . V.. Dana s garaen aoor to uuur, uui this didn't work out, so she got $5 playing lor tne -iks annual Mrs fnniev (Vii Tjinham earn ed her contribution by pulling rva and cald that after several days at this occupation, she could hardly move her fingers. Others gave bridge lessons, sold eggs, cut hair, and drew house plans. Tho era la made some noble el tnrta In nrAetr tn make their All VlAi W . - scholarships possible, didnt they? An oven l-Ur ti the rltlrfM of lm,r Tol1 K'h'4 v.r frtrnds: JC'(ia fluid .- ----- wurtta: "1 wan a strank'fr .t . u0t mo In." How .pplh'.nie th-t word m to my n Panlfl .nd myw'f . we .ay i:xMlbye U th incnniiM i ... in ih lis. A. On June 4 we came Into your town tirod from our two-nay un u" c..,.ihrn nallhiral tit llrlUMItT. (ur flmt .top w. to .dmlre the beautiful mw inurvn o nc Nar.rene that w. to our ..h.!.,..." f.ir IiihI four Sundays. Then on to the Hall'h trum ranch we lieatUM io gr inp L.. t.i I hrt immnn ace. Hut we cot more than that. We got a friendly welcome and .n arm load of griwerli-i to R-t u. bach elorm Ml ui for breakfast. By now It was urk and we wert w.rntvl that the lovk on the front door was s cantnk. erous a Mluunirl mule. That was the understatement or tne v,.r I tuUlrd anil turned and frttte! over that lock but all to no avail. Then from nowhere came a friendly young man and with a twM of hu wrlt the key magically turned in the lock and we were in: Next day we were at tne gro cery store becauM we lacKea one thing, sugar for our cvrenl. And what greeted uT A free pancake iffU ami me warm friendly conversation of ix-ople milling around enjoying the same thing. rranKiy, we were overwhelmed, from mat mo t this Dannv and I have been literally "taken In" though we were mangers. Wh..n u'A wanted to know where to catvh fish or hunt var mints you showed us. wncn we visited In your homes to Invite you to our church you extended the most wonuenui cvunoi to me that have ever been af forded me In church visitation, across the nation for 18 years, vihu rva had a hanker (BUI Ci..urt vtn mow mv lawn for me! And give me em steaKs and entertain my .on. Rut i mu the moit wonder ful thing Is that though you knew us, because we were .i,inmF v,m never treated us like such. You will never know how rich a town can be by just ruinir frliMullv until vou have r - - . , lived In a metropolis ime my home area, Los Angeles county. My hat's oft to you. Heppner. . i hank, from the bottom of our hearts. Thanks for the free dinners, thanks for the raaisnes, thanks for the elk. thank, for the fishing and hunting, thanks for tho putting up wun u. thanks for everything. As Danny and I leave we know that we have not contrib uted very much to your town, u .m.h knt u.' have been en- 9 BWII, ww. " - - - riched by knowing you folks. When we leave, anomer rene stranger and his family shall move In to take up his cross and follow the Master over the hills and dales of Heppner and Morrow county. But I have no fears, for the Rev. Don Mc-r-ortu and f.imllv will not be strangers very long. You'll take them In also. Anu more uj you've done for us. I know you 11 support mm ana encourage mm and let him minister unto you I.. art, a nt vnuT llVPS. I OU n muni nn nor Nazarenc min isters to marry your young, bury your dead, comion your mi" r,i even afflict your comfortable. God bless you all and I hope we meet again wun, friends. Lloyd and Danny Northrup 1000 Greer Ave. Covina, Calif. June 1H, VM'A Chamber to Print County Brochures Printing of 5000 new and re- viufd Mnrrniv rountv brochures was authorized by the Chamber nf rnmmeree hoard Of directors at a meeting June 7. The bro chures, last printed In 1963, have been popular in aaverusmK county and the Initial supply of 5000 is now exhausted. Directors authorized sending three Boy Scouts to Junior Lead ers Training Camp at Wallowa Lake June 26 to July 2 and will pay a total of $24 for the pur pose. Those going will be Bobbie Abrams, Jimmy Healy and Gary Munkers. Purchase of 200 rodeo ties to be sold through local merch ants was also approved by the board. Directors discussed town dec orations for the fair and rodeo and President Peterson said that osKh hiiKinoa would be asked to buy its decorations this year with the lair ooara to purcna&e Btroot hanners. It is eXDCCted that cost of purchasing the dec- orations can oe amui incu ahnnt i ia vears on the basis ul the amount paid for renting them irom a decorating corny- pprorsnn saia mat uoiiiat-is would be made among business houses on tne matter soon. Matter of handling ticket sales and parking at the rodeo, hand led annually by the chamber, was discussed. Th. Story of The Old Baptist church in Ion. By O. M. Yeager The story of the old Baptist church in lone brought a flood of memories to this writer. Rev. of the old circuit riders who used to saddle up his oia none biu start out on his Brown was a carpenter by trade. He worked until he had saved up enough money to last him on his three months trip. He was a frequent guest at my fath er's home so I had the pleasure .i ,or,,r frnd rhiekens. Someone once told me that all preachers HKed mis Kino ml meal. lie omojo , . i . ror fnr his nreacnlnCT Later on, ne moveu and rented a smaii nouse ujeic. t a four weeks at his lone home and worked a week or so on the church with mm. i uo not i . hv.,, manv rmidren remeiiiuvi iivy ......j y . . j he had but I know he had a red haired daughter ana a son uuuui mXf,Ren,m hutlt what I be XV- V i;iui -- . lleve was Ione's first water stor .n . n r a rfM'K v niii age rcscivuu -v . attar the church building was finished. Most of the labor on te cnurun wa mw- j ir..iiidinir mine, but Rev. Brown's wife refused to let me I think the people of Morrow county should buy this old bell and keep It at the fine museum St Heppner. All old Morrow ehmild he nlaced county ren- . v. ;,r . there. I do not know anything about the bell tnai was hung In the belfry tower. I hope this will Interest the people of lone, and I have many other lone stories I will write from time to time. O. M. Yeager When you patronize Gazette Times advertisers, you help make a better paper Tell them you saw it in the Gazette-Times. ti.tlw Ih.-ra aie teolle lit w - - - - . I I Matt! iiw uiu aH wny iHvple In Irrltfon are upet .lut the new high whool brine in tktardm.n. fy nuu can very e.nlly aiuwrr why we are uet. ir it uMn't fnr the Keocramu cal loc.tum ut the lowny in Morrow county, the Ideal U ii.,.. I txt a iMitMilldAlel hljjh tvhwl In the middle of the county. Tin. wouin ri ....... .,. hii-ti ki'liool .n nun-l t.te t.ndard. llil would ... . .....,.li..itni idea unlv we t- m - - - .ren t able to do thU, IranM" tathMi ctn.t. would te robltlitve i,ir uh.iiil reiir'M'nlatl e h. put lO.ooo mile, on hl c.r in his term oi oiiuT ju board meeting, .lone, averaging tun met-tlni: a month. ft...,-, uin tw. K.1 dukII. from Irtlgon. all renident. not from ih inriiiv f i-oiistruetlon work- em. that will te .ttendlng Junior k ,.k mn.i hlin lU'rUMH' 111111 Boardm.n. 3H pupil., excluding construction worker., btime oi i ...inviriii'iliiM workers have "V . already gone and other. wlU leave .iter ine roau miv iu pleted. An .rtide written In a i.ymi turner was vrrv Ir,,. uh..n It stated that .11 prop erty from the Gllll.m ctninty 1 1 1 1 . I root to. would be Included in the iH tltlon that w rwm ta the Morrow county whool K,.r,i rM-ntlv. All that w. asketl wa. that me jorin run xiww.i duirli-t of Morrow coun ty be annexed with L'm.tllla . . . a .ill. m school dlMruf. umaiuia i larger whool .nd the rurrlculum .. .,.,1.1 K.. vn miii h tM-tter for our two glrU. The town of l'm.tllla U only even mile, irom iriijjon and B.rdman I. 13 mile.. The recomme n d a 1 1 o n from people who are interestea in iw L.... ..iatlnn for OttHOII scho)U and .re paid fr their work (incluiltng ur. uimm.i. who the school district paid over SJOiO for hlH advice) recom- .l...l that a hlch IChOOl nit ii.i - " . should be In .n are. of the pretest .tudent population When recommemiaiiona o t- ...rlnnrvut IK-OIlle BfC overlooked thinking ioplc begin to ask no est ions. 1. What made the board go .inut ihnia rHimmcndatlon.T It surely wasn't on account of saving tax uouar. ur. iwnw .- had .Ireauy pointeu out his Idea, woum oc moic nomkal- vt'a this a nolitiral decls ih ii hiM,l Board de luri win" - . . elded on the Boardman chool site? We only wish we knew the answers to Just a few questions. i' hum nia'avs ieu inai ohlld'a orlnrntlnn WAS VcrV lm Kirtant, becoming more w this oay ana -- nn uith dther nations. It must be the best. America has never taken second dcsi, wc u. aiuavs demanded the best n whv should we settle for a second rate education for our children when thev are the fu ..... n.miriiinn of our eountr IUIC s:iiv,.v.. The idea that a school should be built to mane a town iy Is a very poor excuse for build ing any school, let alone a high school. My husband and I would ap preciate every thinking person In Morrow County to mit them selves In our place, if It were kn(. r.hltlrn how WOUld thCV feel? All we ask Is the best education tor our cnnurvn for our tax dollar. Is this too much to a.sk? lone. On-goti June 21, YA To The lMHr: tt ua with a 1-tPal deal of ai.nr.iiiiklon that 1 read In the pain!, the decision of our Mor. rW l OUIIiy tHIIl. '' tiuirr i.,i..iat HiL'hway KJ. llil was rkHi.lly dikturtiing to me ilinf biou. i4taio"lK i rating or Hits highway routing had Iteen or.e t.l my m.)r proJ.n1. f. many yeai. Hi... u mi side of the Issue on which I .m quite certain. Had It been Kepi ou oi poiiuca and erminea 10 go 'y oi Bl.hMk Island and turdm.n. there would never have been .ti Issue. itI. would n.ve tn-en ine moat dlrr t route and most feas ible for wh.t II wa. Intended, Also for Morrow county, a tre mendou. aet. I h over the ye.ra m.ie an Intensive study of Iht. mat in and had the .ksurance of some quite iomlnent prison that ours w. the only route. Although It wt.ui.1 noi n.ve cto-ssed the Umatilla bridge It would have been a great et to Umatilla county aiu reniue ton alo. Certainly much me so th.n the Van fyvle Canyon route. A. It now siini, inns greater question whether we pet It Into Oregon where the united ritotl aeems 10 nave nn-n placed th.n If placed a. origi nally Intended. A. oi now, ll e-m nm nn us. the door na. been cuweu. And uittia of our own txtinle have helied clone It. A. Mid. I feel badly about n. . oo many other. In our county, but we are In a position where we must accept It. A It W. wun ine WaOilniMon sen. tor. .nd other. coming Into the picture, the L'm.tllla bridge I. no longer om Idered an Inflexible control iKiint. And with me ihm-iok -pie coming Into the Industrial park and most Interested In the crossing at Boardman we felt we had a talking point- Umatilla county n. a laming rw.lnl atiul hut actU.llV. lOltlf Ol the member, of the court there h.ve shown lime respcci iw Mnniv nr the interest. IVIWIIV.W " " ' - - - of the people thereif. bo why . as, . t ttnuaattaV must we bow lo mnni iiuwr.i. since some of the mot noted leader. In Mrow county helped make thl. final decision. It U up to u. to .bide by it. I .nan do o. although reluctantly. Sincerely, Oscar K. Peterson v th flaete-Time. can print the form you need for busl ne or ranch use. I'hone 676- 9228. . COMMUNITY ( ) BILLBOARD Yourt truly, , Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Early Irrlgon, Oregon Mass of Angels Held For McElligott uooy Mi nf the Ancreis was cele brated Monday, June 14, at St. oatrirk's Catholic church for Eunice Helena McElligott, in fant daughter or Mr. ana . nnaid r McKllcrott of lone. UUIIM ' ' ' . . tvih,.. Dnumnnil Kenrd OillCiai- ."I'Vr-.-r i" i i nt ed ano interment wmwcu the Heppner Masonic cemetery led Thnrsdav. June 17, the same day It was born at St. Anthony Hospital in rni dleton. Coming Events SWIMMING POOL Open Tuesday through Satur day. 1 to 4, 7:00 8:30; 2 0 on Sundays. Closed Mondays. Season tickets and dally tick ets available. Swim lessons now available, mornings. IOOF PANCAKE FEED By Lexington IOOF Lodge. Saturday, June 26, 5:30-8 p.m. All vou can eat. $1.50 adults, 75c children. Lexington IOOF nan PUBLIC INSTALLATION Ruth Chapter No. 32, OES. Monday, June 28, 8 p.m. Masonic Hall RESERVE THE DATES For Sidewalk Bazaar. Friday, Saturday, July , iu. , Lots of fun for everyone! SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 67S-9625 H.ppnr For Weed Spraying CALL ON Owner Gar Aviation Spraying-Dusting-Fertilizing-Seeding DHT OR LIQUID FERTILIZER APPLICATION. STANDARD OR HIGH DENSITY SPRAT APPLICATION. A GOOD JOB AT A FAIR PRICE You Can Find Us AH Year Around AT THE LEXINGTON AIRPORT Phone 989-84ZZ
