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Incredible Copriccs of Mother Nature
Cloudbursts from sudden surnme r storms bring even more
Incredulity on the caprices of Old Mother Nature than the
devastating deluge of winter.
It Is nothing but Incredulous when a family U swept away
, & hS .fw being hit by a huge ; tSrt
warning, as the Redman family experienced near rdMon
Monday night The father said It had been raining allghtly
onlv 30 minutes. The spout had hit farther up and roared
d?wTa cVn"n towards thi home. When It hit the house he
Sin's -expWed- and the mother drowned
Iwept away It was rather miraculous that the whole family
wasn't lost. . .
The father told how cold the water was from he Ice. In
credible? Yes-ln the middle of the summer! But the Ice ac
cumulated from the heavy halL
From out in the Eightmlle country comes the story fi
mixed with mud and straw to a depth of three feet and per
SnsTa half acre in extent where it accumulated against a
cXrt a. it iwep dSn to the Heppner-Condon highway. It
SlI Uk"n?t5n for this to melt even In the warmth of
mid-summer. This, too. seems incredible.
Countv Judge Paul Jones reported loss of all his cross
fenced corral he.dwalls of a culvert, and wunty Mdg
at SpC ! Rainfall at his house was measured at Just
Inch but It must have been considerably more at the source
of the spout Again, it is Incredible.
The big Heppner flood of 1903 was incredible. It brought
devastation on a greater scale than anything since, but 62
S hasn't changed the natural conditions nor the caprice
of o7d Mother Nat Jre a bit It still remains that when thunder
Seads Vhe7 and heavy black clouds form, this country is
lufnerab'e w water spouts. And when the deluge hits the dry
eS ft acts to seal the soiL Running off in a torrent. It gate
volume as it goes and carries any kind of debris in its
path with it
At the same time It rips and gouges, washing away valu
able top soil in accordance with a natural plan of erosion and
geologic evolution. Men's commendable efforts at conserva
tion can only seek to check the damage. They cannot stop it
when f it Sn to a fierce battle with the elements Man and
his facilities must give way, as they have done this week.
This land is a good land. It has been good to the people
who populate it Those who live here are accustomed to these
freakish storms and their sudden terrifying nature They
know that all canyons can't be dammed, and the possiblimes
for location of waterspouts are as many as the multitude or
canyons in the area.
After the storms comes the cleanup for those unfortunate
enough to be hit. and help and sympathy goes to them from
their neighbors. They resume working and using the good
earth. But always remaining with them is something of the
awe and incredulity at the onslaughts and caprices of Old
Mother Nature.
Diet of Drivel in Store on TV
It might be considered natural that newspapers should
vent some harsh criticism on television on the theory that it
it k,. mniitruiv nplthpr of these mea
ls a competing raoiiuiui ui -
la seriously consider the other as competition with the excep
tion of vying for advertising. It is pretty generally understood
that they play separate roles In modern life. Newspaper peo
ple, looking for entertainment and Information, like to watch
television Just as TV people undoubtedly enjoy reading the
morning paper at breakfast
Television must be considered a marvelous invention In
an electronic age, and it has the possibilities of making great
contributions to the common good. But the continuing trend
that It Is showing Is nothing short of dismaying. It is so sensi
tive to its rating system that it is turning to trivia and feed
ing the public a diet of driveL
A look at what television promises for the coming season
affirms this. The industry has conceded that it is aiming its
are to be the mam entrees in siore vx me masses.
Sad to say, the programs which we adult "squares" con
sider to be the better ones the ones which could make some
contribution to culture and more significant entertainment
are bowing out. Their ratings show that they are not capturing
the bulk of the viewers. Our children are not watching the
kids programs, such as "Lassie" and Disney's "Wonderful
World of Color." They get their kicks out of the frothy com
edy shows and some of the more bizarre creations of TV
writers' minds.
Television people might well say and they do that they
feel it incumbent on them to give the public what it demands,
and it is sad that the public doesn't have better taste than it
exemplifies in its viewing habits. So our miraculous inven
tion, which could accomplish so much good, Is dissipating In
to a biff waste of time for millions of people. One may look
forward to a quier evening w wnwiuug y u
it will contribute something worth remembering or present
entertainment worthy of viewing. But many times after spend
ing an evening so engaged a person wonders how he could
be such a sucker.
The Milton -Freewater Valley Herald recently editorialized
as follows: ,
Back in the 30's at 9 o'clock every Sunday evening
many West Coast radio listeners glued their ears to their
superheterodynes for the tear-jerking adventures of Mother
and Father Barber and their almost limitless gaggle of
offspring and descendants. : For 30 minutes, the pathos
flowed freely and America delighted In an Inside peek
at the "true confessions" of a family of gabby incompe
tents struggling with the confusions of unimportant frus
trations. ' , , ,
Now television has slicked up the same old format,
borrowed the characters and incidents from Grace Metol
ious' peeping-tom expose of the foibles and frailties of a
New England town and given over two evening sessions
a week to "Peyton Place." '
Where "One Man's Family" at least kept within the
bounds of good moral taste a dictate of those times
"Peyton Place," on the other hand, seems eager to grovel
in all the contamination it dares foist upon a mass of
titillating curiosity-seekers.
And nnur n are told, with a trumpet fanfare heralding
an announcement of vital Import, "Peyton Place" will be
presented not twice but thrice a . week commencing this
fall.
To paraphrase another radio personality of the past,
"Archie" of "Duffy's Tavern," "Perish Forbid." But "Pey-
times, TfcdT. )t . mi
nEPPNnn
-TIMES
NATION A I IDItOMAl
HELEN C SHERMAN
Associate PuMUbst
., Monday through Friday: 9 am.
Single Copy 10 Cents. Published
the rot Uince at ueppner, vrrs.
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TRAIN TOtntSELT o spot a Hood Bat On good dual Me Iowa
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Many Awards
Given at School
50th Reunion
By MARTHA RATTESON
fnvi!frvr Aniiroximate.
I., iwml Attended the 501 h
nniwrurv arhool reunion of
the Monument school on Sun-
day. July 1& uuest dook
and name plates were furnish.
ed bv the Monument Empire
Builders. . .
Many were presented awards
at the program on Sunday af
ternoon. The oldest graduate present,
from the class of 1923, was Sudle
Couture of Fossil; one who
traveled the farthest was Dianna
Ogle, from Chico. Calif.; one who
traveled in the most states,
(43 . Sara Smith of Pendleton;
one who traveled in most states
and abroad. (2 years in Germa
ny. Dianna Ogle.
The youngest grandmother
present was Naomi Bowman.
Waitsburg. Wn.; one with most
children. (9. Anna Robertson.
Mt. Vernon; one with most
grandchildren. (19. Anna Rob
ertson; one with greyest hair,
Sylvia McDaniel. Heppner; oth
ers with most greying hair. Ellen
Moore. Ellen and Mattie Stub
blefield. Monument; the baldest
head. Roy "Shortie" Cork. Bend.
One with highest college de
gree. Joe Batty of La Crande;
one living in Monument or sur
rounding area the longest. Roy
"Shortie" Cork. Bend; one liv
ing in most Orecon cities, Roy
"Barney" Cork, Prineville.
it riooidMt to hold anoth
er reunion in another five years.
1970. A ,
Those attending from out of
town were Ann Robertson. Isa
bell Herburger, Cedric Herburg
er, Mt Vernon; Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Clevenger and children,
Tacom. Wn.; Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Wright. Robert Lowe, Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Sweek and
children. Mr. and Mrs. Barton
Clark (he taught the years 1939
42); Theta Stratton; Sylvia Mc
Daniel; Shirley Cox, Mr. and
Mrs. Creston Robinson, Curtis
Sweek, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Steers and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Wilson and child
ren, all of Heppner.
Others were Helen Gollyhorn
Mulkey, Irrigon; Mr. and Mrs.
Herb Copeland, Salem; Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Detto and daughter
(teachers in 1946-48) Oregon
City; Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Cork
and children. Prineville; Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Smith, Pendleton; Dale
L. Matteson. Pilot Rock; Lolah
Wilson, lone; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Cauture, David Conklin and Tim
my Jewell, all of Fossil.
From John Day were Phil
Boyer. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gregg
and children, Mrs. Carolyn Ash
er, Mr. and Mrs. Rho Bleakman.
From Bend were Mr. and Mrs.
Keith Romesey; Mr. and Mrs.
Roy H. Cork, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Leslie and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Cork, Mrs. Clerissa
Cork, Mrs. Manila Jones and
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Robbins.
Others present were Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Bowman, Waitsburg,
Wn.; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lessy
and son, Seattle, Wn.; Mr. and
Mrs. Vic Wiese, Milton-Freewat-er;
Mr. and Mrs. David C Stuart
and daughter, Bonanza, Ore.;
Effie Lovely and Zlrl Robertson,
both of Portland; Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Howell and children,
Gales Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Dale, Valsetz; Hank Cupper, Jr.,
Mr,- and Mrs. Joe Batty and
ton Place" has accomplished one thing If nothing else
it is the greatest single argument in favor of educational
TV!
And on television's slanting of its programs to the teen
agers, the Blue Mountain Eagle of John Day speaks up.
An article in the TV supplement quotes television star
Dick Clark in claiming a $25 billion market among the na
tion's teenage group. This could mean more and more oi
our television programming being slanted toward teenage
viewers a
We have some brilliant teenagers these days, and
' we're confident they will be able to handle the tough
tasks ahead. But in the meantime, we hope the TV ex
perts do not forget that the total U. S. market amounts to
about $600 billion a year (the amount of goods and serv-
ices produced and sold). Adults have been known to spend
a little money now and then, too.
It is obvious that high costs make it rather imperative for
the television industry to be conscious of ratings in attract
ing advertisers, but at the same time it should develop a re
cponsibility to contribute more constructively to the American
It goes without saying that newspapers have a lot of faults,
too, but If they followed the same philosophy as televtsioni
they would devote the majority of their space to comlo strips
"in response to Juvenile demand. '
KINZUA NEWS
Mrs. Jean Med look and noru
John and Mike went to l"ot
Falls. Idaho, on FrWv to visit
with Mr. and Mrs. William Mes-MTM-hmtdt
and Mr. and Mrs.
Dell Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Slim Rhoton re-
Inrniol hnm last ThUPMiaV from
The Dalles where Slim has com
pleted hta medical care.
Mr nt Mr. Robert Ferrcl
and Mrs. Frank Ferrcl went to
John Day Saturday on pusinr
and lor medical care iur
Mrs. James Walker went to
Portland Sunday to scWt Christ,
mas merchandise for the Klnzua
Mercantile.
Cleve Robbins spent the week
end In Portland where he had
medical care. He brought Sara
Bowman home from Castle Rock
where she had been visiting
her grandparents.
-kii.irun vfr n, Mrs. Henry
lliuuirii, -
Cupper, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bat-
ty. Mr. ana wr. n ,
and Lewis Batty, Jr.. all of La
Grande. , ,
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ogle and
children came from Chleo, !
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Welch.
Bates. Ore.; Marie Blackwell (a
teacher In 1945-46. and Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Stussl. Long Creek;
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Round.
Dawllle; Mr. and Mrs. Breeding
and Mrs. Lydia Wilson. Grcsh-
am. .
From Klmberly were Jean
Hill. Elizabeth and Nancy Stir
r ais mil Mr. and Mrs.
George Capon, Delsla Sweek,
Clara Flowers. Wayne Leathers,
Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. wayne warn
r. cr riarixsa CamDDell and
daughter, Mrs. Donna Camp
bell. ' .
Attending from Monument
were Jan Cavender, Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Boyer and child
At VI Ian Moore. Laura Lee
1 V 1 1, -t .- - v
ci l, tc. nH Mrs rleorpe
Stirritt Ellen Stubblcfleld, Jack
Sweek and son uoug. xvir. aim
Mrs. Jack Forrest and children,
rtnrct Irene Forrest Paul
Jewell, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Port
er. Mr. and Mrs. amey mua
grave, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Holmes,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Round, Mr. and
Mrs. Elzy Emery. Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Enrlght and son Gall, Mr.
and Mrs. Verne Matteson and
children. Joe Elder, Wave Jack
son and Martha Matteson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller
took their son-in-law and dau
ghter, Mr. and Mrs, Roger Ash
mead and baby to Fossil last
Thursday to visit his mother,
Mrs. Doris Ashmead.
Mr. mv MrWtllls. Mrs. Billle
Jean Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Wheeler moved the lurnuure oi
Barbara Glenger to Pendleton
last Thursday.
Mrs. Joe Wheeler took Brenda
Ricker to John Day last Friday
to meet her sister and continue
on home with her to Walla
Walla. . ,
Ellen Moore has gone to iiepp
ner to visit her sister for a
while
' formerly of
Monument and Pendleton, and
his new bride were visitors Sat
urday with his uncles, Tann
Tz VIrter The newlVWedS
will make their home in Port
land. ' ' . .
TJnlnnn. Mrs. 1
J. Matteson and Mrs. Elmer Mat
teson were business visitors in
Portland July 12-14.
Frank Elder and Elmer Mat
teson came In Saturday after
hulldinff fence six weeks for
Percy Cecil. ;.
Chaff nd
Wes
THK CV PL'BliSIIER looked out
the doorway at the heavy
rain tato Monday afternoon and
made this altv comment: "Our
country Is Morton country, said
he, -When It raln It poura."
Ml. NKUSON. a fugitive from
hi harrt with his arm in a
line, was running around town
in the deluee wearing a T ahlrt.
atutortiing the moMute. hi only
coiMvrn bring hrlhor It wa
hailliiK on the crop back home.
It wasn't. They took a Utile rain
thrre, which atopintl them a
whllf. but they were back In
harvrst Wednesday and 1V waa
right ba.k In the tliuk of It.
bad arm and all.
He cot the arm trouble being
a !ood samarltan. A woman had
trouble with the fan U-lt on her
car near the Nelson ranch on
Ihe bomb range road. 11 went
to clve aid. and In fixing, the
fan belt, twisted hl arm In auch
a manner as to pull aonw lUa
menta. and he has been hitched
ui In the harness ever since.
LAST WEt'K we retried on the
Improvements to the rodeo
ground. Including the new
catch iHn. We neglected to aay
that these were installed with
membtvs of the rodeo hoard do
in ihe tabor. Charlie Dalv was
one of the moving aplrlta of the
project. The men wno om ine
i, ,k iiu'tii a lot of time on it. and.
of course. th'v don"t get a cent
lor the work. It will help make
h..ttrr thnur inis vear. anu
that Is all the reward they want.
JACK KRIEGER, In charge of
timber management for the
Heppner Ranger district, gave a
very interesting talk to the
Chamber of Commerce Monday
about projected plans for the
district, particularly In the area
of recreation.
One novel thing that he re
ported is that campers using the
forests fit Into a rating wale
for the type of camp that they
need for the users' respective
wants.
The ratings are based on what
they call Recreation Experience
.Modification Level."
A camp site which has mast
of the conveniences of home Is
considered "Keml 5" while one
for the hardy outdoorsman,
equipped only in a natural rus
tic state would be "Rem! 1" and
the proportionate levels are In
between. This Is a bit disconcerting to
the writer who qualifies as
a Rem! 5 despite the fact that
he feels he Is really next to
the great out-of-doors when he
gets out In the vacation trailer.
It kind of nips at one's pride.
Now a guy like Gene Pierce
or Bob Abrams. or these many
rugged hunters who plow
through snow, sleet and rain In
mld-wlnter to run down an elk.
all may throw out their chests
and declare they are Reml l's.
Gene likes to explore primi
tive areas and Abrams climbs
the mountain peaks. Bob may
spend the night in a little pup
tent on the edge of a glacier at
high altitude. You'd think the
Forest Service would have to
come up with a rating of Rcml
00 for him. ,
For the Reml l'ers, the Forest
Service only has to find a
pretty spot in some glade, toss
a few rocks on the area where
the camper is likely to roll out
his blanket Just to make him
feel comfortable and the camp
site Is ready.
All the man with hair on his
chest has to do, then, Is flop
down after an exhausting day,
ring his rustic bed with a horse
hair rope to keep the rattlers
away, and drop off into a deep
sleep.
For the Reml 5'ers, though, it
is a different story. They (we)
have to have sturdy tables with
steel and concrete underpinning
in our camp area. Hot and cold
running water must be at hand.
There should be electrical con
nections for the trailer. (How
else is a guy gonna use his elec
tric razor or plug In his blanket?
And you wouldn't want the ice
cream to melt In the refriger
ator). Matter of . fact, the Forestry
hnva should consider running
their Reml scale to 9 or 10 and
put in a TV cable at a popular
campgrounds like Bull Prairie,
and they could make it real
handy if they installed air com
pressors with hoses at each place
so a fellow could inflate his
air mattresses, inner tubes lor
swimming, and other assorted
paraphernalia.
They already give us some
thing of maid service, in a man
ner of speaking. They have
someone come around bright
unA earlv earn morning to emD-
ty the garbage cans, which are
lined with plastic bags.
Mavhe some dav theV will
have campsite room service, and
all you will nave to ao is press
a bell button and someone will
come to hear your desires.
Yep, us old Reml 5'ers sure
Hire miiirh It. far from civili
zation, with no telephone Jang
ling to shatter your nerves;
BEVERLY GUNDERSON finishes
hl week as clerk of the Mor-
mw ennntv Rchool district after
some 11 years of service as clerk
of the county ana, prior 10 mai,
the Heppner district. In a visit
to the new Lexington office we
asked to take her picture Mon
day to use in the G-T, but she
refused.
But somehow that old camera
happened to flash while she was
straightening up the desk, and
lo and behold, the resulting
Chatter
Sherman
negative Is quite good We con
sidered UsinK H despite her wish
ra. but irllertln on the las
of Invasion of tights of privacy,
we decided that we had better
not.
bv has done an admirable
Job as cletk, as everyone know,
and as she leaves the office, we
want to Join all those who com
mend her for hor contribution
to the schools and to education
here.
This paper has enjoyed very
cordial and coieratlv relations
with the muntv school olllce. as
it has with all county offices,
and the fine toplo on the atafti
make our woik much moie
pleasurable.
The district Is fortunate In
havtnir a person as capable and
as well trained as Alice Vance
to step Into Beverly's siwtt She
knows school matters very well
after aervlnj? as secretary at
Heppner Hleh for a number of
vear. and she look very nat
ural In the county school office.
THE LYNN PEARSONS got quite
a surprise Monday night when
they were coming home from
Echo way about 10:30 p m. They
came over a rise on the highway
between Echo and the Junction
to Butter Creek, and found the
flood waters pouring over the
highway for about a block long,
l.vnn hit the brakes, and Ihe
tires laid rubber on the high-
way. but they plunged Into the
surging waters. It came up to
the doors before the car went
dead, water having splashed
over the motor. They were well
out In the torrent
Lynn didn't want to get out
the driver's side because small
logs and debrlrs were coming
down and hitting the car on
that side. He managed to get
out the other side, climbed over
the hood and opened it He took
off the air cleaner and event
uallv got the car started again,
backing out to safety. He didn't
know for sure how deep the
water was farther on. but spec
ulated that It might have been
up to the waist
Catches Limit
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Potter and
daughter Donna enjoyed a day
of fishing in the ocean Mond.iy
off the mouth of the Columbia
River. Mr. Potter, county whool
superintendent, brought back a
limit of silver salmon (Ed. Note:
Delicious, DaveM. Because of a
busy summer, Mr. Potter plans
to take his vacation piecemeal
a day or so at a time arid the
fishing trip accounted for one
day.
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Hew Yorken Visit
Vislitng Mr. and Mrs John
I. (eglla. this wrk aw hi
brother and sUler li law. Mr.
and Mis. MUbael tVglla. of
Ij.ng Island, N. V. They airlved
Monday while on a month's va
cation trip and rpect to leave
Saturday. ThU Is their first
vUlt to Ihppner. and they are
rnjoving Ih country very muih
Michael Ufam acquainted
with ihe west while serving dur
ing WM War II, Hit U't
Ihe flit time they Ut
here. TIm-v espwl to go home
via Us Vegas, Nev.. and San
Francisco,
Tell the sdwrtlser you saw It
In Ihe Gactle-TliiHB.
) COMMUNITY
) BILLBOARD
Coming Events
RODEO DANCE
Honoring Princess Karla Luc
lanl.
Saturday, July 31. 10 p.m.
Fair Pavilion. Heppner.
Music by The Centa, Pasco.
Supper served
POMONA GRANGE
Lexington Grange Hall
Saturday, July Jl
Barbecue Supper, 6:30 p.m.
Business. Program
SWIMMING POOL
Oien Tuesday through Satur.
day, 1 to , 7:w a;ju; o
on Sundays.
Closed Mondays.
COUNTY PICNIC
Annual Morrow County Pic-
me.
rnrolhurt Park. Portland.
11:00 am.. Coffee furnished.
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