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1911
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WES LIT A. IHtEMAN
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Office Hours: 8 a.ra. to 6 p.m,
until noon Saturday.
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Oregon-State for Late Vacations -
Or gons travel Information division has started a new pro
gram for attracting visitors, we note from a recent m'ftline
An advertisement suggested coming to this state for fall a
cations. , , .
Noting the amount of travel on the highways , over the
week-end and the popularity of many camping J'
pears that a good many people seem to be getting the idea.
We noted some Callfornlans headed north with house
trailers and boats, apparently deciding, with some wisdom,
that now-after the rush Is past-Is the time to travel
While the weather Is a bit cooler. It Is crisp and lnvjgor.
atlng. and days are sunny. Campsites and recreation places
are not congested and for those who stay in motels and ho
tels, rates are down for the season.
Certainly one sees the state at Just about Its prettiest at
this time of year, when leaves are turning to red and golden
hues in the forests. Some will prefer the greenery of spring,
but In Oregon, the green stays pretty much throughout the
Indian summer weather for September, or at least for part
of the month, can just about be taken for granted. Folks who
live along the seashore will tell you that this Is one of the
best months for vacations there. When the weather Is hot in
land during mid-summer, it Is often cold and foggy at the
Over at Stayton, we note that Jack Powell, who writes for
the Stayton Mail when he is not teaching In high school, pro
poses that school vacations be changed so that students may
have September and not get out so early in the spring when
weather is often unsettled. Might be something to that, al
though it could play hob with activity schedules. How about
football for instance?
In some families, September may be the time when some
mothers and dads can slip away by themselves, leaving the
youngsters with grandma and grandpa while the kids are
starting to school.
Many hunters, of course, reserve their vacations for fall,
but most of the died-ln-the-wool hunters axe looking not for
Indian summers, but the rainy and snowy weather of late
fall.
For those who really want to enjoy a time when they can
get away for a good rest In a period of real good weather,
September Is one of the surest bets, and at the same time,
from a vacationer's standpoint. Is often the most overlooked.
Herbert Hamilton
Funeral Services
Scheduled Friday
Funeral services for Herbert G.
Hamilton. 56. of Heppner will
be Friday. September 24. at 10
a.m. in All Saints Episcopal
church with the Rev. Chandler
C. Jackson of St John's Episcopal
church. Hermiston, officiating.
Requiem mass will be at All
Saints' at 7:30 a.m. the same
day with the Rev. Jackson as
celebrant
Interment will be at Heppner
Masonic Cemetery. Sweeney
Mortuary is in charge of arrange
ments. , .
Hamilton, owner of the wish
ing Well drive-in restaurant
here, was found dead in a tele
phone booth at lone after mid
night Wednesday morning, ap
parently having shot himself
with a .38 caliber revolver. He
had called his wife shortly be
fore his death.
County Sheriff C. J. D. Bau
man and State Police Officer
Curtis Culp investigated.
Hamilton had been a resident
of this area for 16 years and had
operated the Wishing Well for a
number of years. He was born
July 7, 1909, at Holly, Calif., and
was married August 3, 1951, to
Betty Happold Bradford in Hepp
ner. He was a member of Hepp
ner lodge, BPOE, No. 358.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs
Betty Hamilton: a son, Donald
Hamilton 'of Roseburg; three
daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Guttry
of Santa Barbara, Calif., Judy
Hamilton and Deborah Diane
Hamilton of Heppner; and his
mother, Mrs. Clara Williams of
Nevada City, Calit
Mrs. 01a Ruggles
Breaks Arm in Fall
Mrs. Ola Ruggles fell at the
bottom of the stairway as she
came downstairs from her apart
ment in the Lane Apartments
Friday and suffered a painful
break in her upper left arm. It
was described as a "spiral
break, three ' inches below the
shoulder.
Mrs. Ruggles apparently
caught the heel of her shoe in
a mat at the bottom of the
stairs and fell back with the
arm behind here. The ambulance
took her to Pioneer Memorial
hospital for treatment, and al
though she was reported improv
ing satisfactorily this week, she
is expected to be hospitalized
for several days more.
Mrs. Elmer Palmer underwent
mainr curtrnrv at St Marv's hos
pital in Walla Walla on Monday
morning. She expects to De con
fined there another week, and
occupies Room 424'.
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HEPPNEIt
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NATION
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HELEN C SHEXMAN
Assodats Publish
Monday through FrUay; 9 Jn.
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showroom. Thatlittle whirl wiU give you some idea how Comet became the
World's Dorabih'ty Champ. Now-how much? That, of course, depends on what
you want in it and on it But base prices are
definitely Economy
Class. Half the
price of a lot
ofthosemedium
priced cars.
Mot & Main Street
HEPPEfl AUTO SALES, inc.
Chaff nd
Wes
HEPPNER AUTO SALES does a
a fine thin Mr boys 8 through
13 of the lone and Heppner
areas uhen It sponsor trw an
nual runt, rasa and Kick conv
petition.
With Dave Barnett. sales man
acer of the company, in charge
attain, this year will be the third
consecutive year of the event,
which will be held Saturday.
October 9.
Interest has been very keen
In the past two years, and the
younssters put on quite a show
as they got the feel of football.
Since each competes with other
boys his own ace, all have a
good chance, and the sponsor
gives a lot of fine prtres at con
siderable expense to the com-
This Saturday starts things off
with a clinic at lone and Hep
ner football fields, beginning at
2 p.m. The sponsors not only
provide for the competition and
prizes, but give them instruc
tion and teach them how to
punt, pass and kick at the clin
ic Parents should encourage
their boys to enter. It's a lot of
fun for th kids and good whole
some activity.
From the ones wno take part
will come some of the star foot
ball players for Heppner and
lone High schools in the future,
no doubt At the same time, the
interest shown by Heppner Ford
Is helping to create better in
terest in football and sports
manship as well
WITH TWO BIG scores In their
favor in their first two foot
ball games. Heppner Highs
Mustangs have started the sea
son this year with a rush. After
defeating Condon. 31-0, Friday
they picked up more points In
sports polls. In the Oregonlan
Tuesday they were tied for 11th
spot. That's mighty good going
for the team which will be seen
In action here Saturday night
against the Hermiston Jayvees.
Coach Jim Potter nas some
words of caution for the rest of
the season, however. There Is
a rugged schedule ahead against
some bie schools. Madras, af
ter playing against A-l teams
for a few years. Is back In the
A -2 ranks and Heppner faces
them at the rodeo grounds here
October 15. Coming ahead of
this date are Wahtonka at The
Dalles on October 1 and Grant
Union at John Day October 8.
After Madras, the Mustangs
play Burns. Sherman and Pome
roy, Wn., In order.
"A lot depends on how our
young sophomores go against
these big schools," the coach
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loosen thereinsa bit Now try
Chatter
Sherman
tales. Impressive in the first
two games has been the work
of these voung players. If they
can continue agaliul
the powers of the area, the Mus.
tangs could wind up with a
real good season.
ACTUALLY. HEPPNER High hM
dropped to a B sire school this
year with enrollment below 2iW.
Pilot Rock stepped down Into
this class Joining such schools
as Umatilla and Condon.
Currently, the Mustangs have
a good crop of athletes with
some fine football players and
most of the state A 2 tourna-
ment basketball team coming
back again. But they will be In
competition with some teams
not too far below 500 in enroll-
ment.
It seems to us that they have
more prestige In A 3 competit
ion, but whether they can main
tain their status with the lack
of manpower coming up Is an
Interesting question. Our Mus
tangs must certainly now rep
resent one of the smallest of A-2
schools in the state.
The other side of the coin Is
that forthcoming developments
here may shoot up enrollment
In a few years. Just at this mo
ment comes word that Congress
has approved the Willow Creek
dam project. Construction a few
years from now should bring
In quite an Influx of students.
So. It Is hard to say what the
future holds. For right now. our
team Is doing just exception
ally well with its scheduled
competition.
MEANWHILE, over at the
Round-Up some of our local
cowboys did right well for them
selves. Rolce Fulleton won a go
round of wild cow milking, we
hear, and that should pick him
up a pretty goon purse. e un
derstand that Ron Currin won
a go-round of wild horse rac
ing. Go for them!
Maybe we have had some
other local winners in the
Round-Up. too, but they haven't
been brought to our attention.
ITS QUITE AN EXODUS from
the old home town when all
the college kids pack off and
leave for fall term. The differ
ence is quite noticeable, as we
miss seeing them in the stores
and around the streets.
They certainly go to the four
winds, choosing educational in
stitutions all over the country.
Certainly Morrow county has
a very high percentage of Its
young people in college. We
don't have the statistics at hand,
but it must rank towards the
GotW-minutestSpenditin the
a hilly route back to the
Heppner, Oregon
To the Edllor.
I don t see any ih.hu in spell
ing so much money trying
gel a man on the moon, even
t( we did there would be a sign
on thfiw aavtnif thU U MatlU.ro
Country and another one say
Ing go Home lanns ana r
your clg with you. We roll our
own up here.
Yours, sincere I)'.
Andy Hayes
Auxiliary Plans
Hunter Bake Sale
Auxiliary of Heppner post.
American Legion, will hold a
baked food aaltf with Special
emphasis for hunters at West
ern Auto store. Friday. October 1.
at 9 M a.m.. Mrs. Frank Ham
lin of the auxiliary states.
They will offer foods that
hunters may wish to take on
their trips, she said. At the same
time they will have "goodies"
for others of the public as well
Huffman Enrolls
In Dental School
Robert I Huffman, son of Mrs.
J. R. Huffman of Heppner. hat
enrolled as a freshman at the
University of Oregon Dental
School In Portland.
He was graduated from Hepp
ner high school In 195.1 and
from the University of Oregon
in 11XV4 with a B. S. degree In
general science.
top of counties In the state.
WHEN a high school graduate
goes off to college, his par
ents probably have more anx
ious moments about It than he
does, wondering whether he can
meet the stiff competition, make
adjustments to a new life and
so on. Most of them, we are
certain, will do real well if they
apply themselves. They certain
ly will have to face all kinds
of new experiences, but these
may not be as bad as it might
nmwjir.
It reminds us of the story of
two hillbillies who had never
been on a train before. Thev
were drafted for service and
were en route to camp. A porter
came tnrougn tne train wiunx
bananas which neltner mount
aineer had ever seen. Each
bought one. As one of them bit
into his banana the train en
tered a tunnel. His voice came
to his companion In the dark
ness: -Have you et yours yet?"
"Not yet. Why?"
wll don't touch It. I've et
one bite and gone blind."
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TO THE
EDITOR.
IVar Editor,
KnrWd are two lleins uu
mav care to sandwich In some
where.
END OF A PERFECT DAY
Grandma, on a lntry day,
Milked the cows and ted them
hay;
Saddled the mule , ,
And got the children off to
school;
Did the washing, scrubbed Ihe
floors.
Washed windows ami
did the chores1 ,
Cooked a dish of home-dried
rru,, . 4. ,
And pressed her husband
Sunday suit.
She swept Ihe parlor, nude the
bed.
And baked a down loaves of
bread;
Spill some firewood and then
tugged In
fcnough to fill the kitchen bin;
Cleaned the lamp, filled It with
And stewed some apples she
thought might spoil.
She made a supper that was
delicious
And afterward washed all the
dishes.
She fed the cat and sprinkled
the clothes
And mended a basketful of
hose;
Then opened the organ and be
gan to play,
"When you come to Ihe end
of a perfect day."
-Author unknown
END OF ANOTHER PERFECT
DAY
Grandma, now. on any old day
Chucks clothes In the washer
And then goes away.
She worries less, nor bothers
r Imn
Drip-dry fabrics like dacron and
nylon;
She puts on some lipstick and
powders her nose,
But doesn't bother to wesr any
hose.
She slips on a Jacket,
Jumps Into the car.
And drives a few blocks not
very far
In the supermarket she finds
frozen pies.
Some vegetables, meat, and
shoestring fries.
It's quite an effort to drive back
home
To turn on the heat tUl dinner
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Then dlh washes the fhlnBi to
gel It clean.
Sh dirt slightly so shsll
look lean J
While new folk are talking of
Ihrlr golf pars
Grandpa U stewing fr a trip
to Mars.
Out to the movies, grandpa sel
dom goes .
Boca use TV. has plenty of
shows .
When things simmer down she
hears record play
To end the end of a perfect
day.
Author known, as
Nellie tJ. Anderson
COMMUNITY
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Coming Events
HEPPNER HIGH FOOTBA1X
Heppner vs Hermiston Jayvees
Saturday, Sept. 25. 8 pm.
Heppner Rodeo Grounds.
Support the Mustangs!
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
Ruth Assembly. Order of
Rainbow Girls
Installation of offers Sun-
day. Sept. 2o. 2.30 Dm.
Heppner Masonic hall.
BAKED FOOD SALE
By Legion Auxlllsry Friday,
October 1. from 9:30 a.m.
Western Auto Store.
Hunter's specials.
rUBLIC CONCERT
N. W. Chrlstlsn Cellege Cru
sader Quartet
Thursday, Sept. 23. 8 p.m.
Lexington Christian church.
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