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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1965)
HEFFNEK CAZETTE -TIMES. Thufday. Dombf 1 Ml THE GAZETTE-TIMES uobow conirm hcwsfafe The IWfvnrt CmtwUm tUblUhed Tlmea established riovrmrx-r js 1911 WESLTT A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher Office Hours: S am. to 6 pm, until noon iuiuraay. Subixrlptlon Rate: S50 Year. Every Thursday and Entered at M Second Class Miner. 4 V-AIIOCIATIOM Help Needed on a Worthy Project Beta Omega Sorority of lone, an organization that ha ac complished many worthy projects for the county despite a email membership, has embarked on another undertaking that is worthy of the assistance of other organization and Individuals. The sorority ha launched a drive to raise $1900 for pur chase and installation of a water softener in Pioneer Mem orial hospital. Thl doesn't seem like a glamorou or dra matie reject but It is an important and vital one. Klckoff of the drive was a recent fruit cake sale, and Beta Omega raised $125 to start the fund, but that leaves a long way to go. Dinner proceeds at the lone Fall Festival Sunday. Decem ber 13. will go towards the needed sum. and one thing every one can do to support this cause would be to go to the din ner. Those who may have seen the sections of pipe, cut from the hospital" plumbing system, in the sorority's recent dis play in Gardner's Men's Wear window will get part of the idea of the need for the water oftener. The hot water sys tem at the hospital has been almost literally clogged with accumulating minerals, and the repairs are costly. Will O'Harra. hospital administrator, points out that the softener would mean savings on soap and repairs, assure a continuous and adequate flow of hot water, and would pro vide for better care for patients. It would mean better skin care and eliminate bed sores for those who are confined for long periods of time. Water at the hospital is harder than that of the city sys tem. It comes from the system that supplies the county courthouse and Is separate from the city system. Beta Omega knows that this will take some time to ac complish, but the members are going to see it through. Their record of projects shows that they don't stop short of com pletion of a Job. They feel that the public first must be aware of the need, and that is the reason for this editorial. Anyone who needs further information Is invited to visit with O'Harra on the matter. He has a good many samples of pipe sections clog ged with minerals that he can show. The sorority Invites and urges other organizations to as sist with contributions and donations. Individuals, too, can make contributions. These may be submitted to Mrs. Art (June) Lindstrom, chairman of the project, or to Mrs. Joe (Betty) Hausler. president of Beta Omega. As everyone knows. Pioneer Memorial hospital fills a vital role in this area. It has been a godsend to our people and to the entire area. It stands on the hill overlooking Heppner today because the people were aware of the need and pitch ed in to share In making it possible. Since it was construct ed many individuals and organizations have shared in im proving its facilities through their donations of money and embarking on projects for new equipment The project of Beta Omega is another to help the hos pital keep up to date and to give its patients the best possi- It is hoped that this message will stimulate thinking on the part of those who may be in a position to influence oth er organizations to help or to stir Individuals in sharing with Thcffirst step that can be taken is to attend the dinner at lone Sunday. You'll take full measure for your money in the fine dinner planned, and you'll have the bonus of know ing that your participation is going to keep on helping in benefits from this project at the hospital. Don't 'Hide Your Light . . .' There is an old saving, or a corruption of one, that says, "Don't Hide Your Light under a Bushel." - This, In essence, admonishes a person of good works to let these be known, ostensibly so more good works may be stimulated. Occasion for this thought is the statement by Mrs. Joe Hausler at the Chamber of Commerce Monday that Beta Omega sorority of lone, which has accomplished many wor thy projects, has received little publicity and many people do not know of the things they are doing. This is the cue for us all like all other news media to point out that we are always happy to report to the best of our ability the worthwhile things that are done by people and our organizations. If such things do not receive adequate publicity, chances are that the news media do not know about them It goes without saying that these media are far bettor equipped to disseminate publicity than that which comes by word of mouth. One of the things In the newspaper business that con tinues to surprise us every day is that so many persons do not know how to go about getting their legitimate news ln frftalking with Mrs. Rachel Dick, Heppner High Journa lism instructor, the other day we made this point and sug gested that a course in journalism would be quite fitting for all students on the assumption that some day most of them will have need to communicate through news media either on behalf of an organization, or in some political af filiation, or for some educational purpose. Some folks think that when they turn their news into a paper it smacks of boasting, but we say again, "Don't Hide Your Light under a Bushel." A weekly paper, particularly, is a community enterprise. It cannot pick news out of the air. many think that it is the first to know about things, but actually, it often doesn't learn about happenings until a large majority of the citizenry has already heard of them for the very reason that many think it has previously received the information. We have no occult powers and are not endowed with extra sensory perception. Those who are promoting projects of importance to the community and are interested in getting community help will find a ready friend in the newspaper to the limit of its time and space, yet reserving the right to evaluate its im portance and news value. . In a sense, the best reporters a weekly paper has is its corps of citizens who take the time to grab the telephone when something happens whether it is an accident, a fire, some important visitors, something going on in the schools, or some projects getting- underway. In the case of the Gazette-Times the area of coverage sprawls more than 100 miles from Boardman and Irrlgon in the north, to Monument, Spray and Kinzua in the south. This Is far greater territory than most weeklies in the state must cover. The four regulars and seven correspondents on our staff Just can't cover everything that should get publicity. March 30, ISivl. The Heppner vonwairi rwivmij NATIONAL lOITpIIAL HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate PublUhr Monday through Friday; 9 ajn, Single Copy 10 Cent. ruMUhed the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, Chaff and Chatter Wos Sherman PKOBAIILY there re quite few pt-rons who do run realize lht cvntinuooi editions of erklv new pa per comprise a valuable and accurate hUtornsl record tor the community it rep resents. Copies of every lue printed are compiled into annual bound volume and are available tor reercrt on matter of Intercrt. .Not infrequently doe someone come to thu office, for Instance, to seek an Hem concerning a birth to establish proof for a birth certificate. Kcoently, Mr. Cart Marquardt and other went through the pa twnt fur vcr back to find the name of form students of the high school of Morrow county. In the earlier das. editor n.i mibltsher probably didn't realUe the Importance of keep in iruir file in good ihape. Some of them were tied togcth- er with string, and witn me passing of year, occame torn and dog eared. In recent year, nowever. mM tuihlisher have had their an nual file bound In large books with hard covers, a we do here. Some dally paper preserve their records by microfilming, and some librarie and historical so cieties also preserve newspaper by the same metnoo. UNFORTUNATELY a fire, ap parently In 1918. destroyed me newspaper ollict nere, nu h took with it all the prior cop nf the Gazette and the Times, which were consolidated In 1912. So we nave no copies available prior to about 19-0. Thl was a tremenaous ios. Those earlier papers are Just Knut Invaluable todav. Once ln a while some single copies will crop up. They are even found In the wall or oia duiiuiuki now being torn awn, rein used there as insulation to keep out the cold. THIS IS by way of preface to the fact that we are at a loss to find out an accurate record of the early history of Gilliam and Bisbee which will go out, oi business following, this week end' auction sale. A letter else where in this paper, from Harry Hill of Coos Bav. elves tne rec ord on Frank Gilliam going in tn the business In lboi. me oolnt we are not s u r e of Is whether he started the business or if it were already established under another name at that time. A man named Coffey (and we have been unable to learn his first name) went into dusi nes with Frank, and the store at 1887 was known as Gilliam and Coffey. Mavbe someone witnin me scope oi our reaaersnip ui hav some information on this. PerhaDs Ora Yeager at tasue Rock. Wn., can help us oui. Neither Earl nor Leonara uu Ham. who with Lou Bisbee, were operators of the store for vpare. can enliehten us. Anotner interesting quesuon is there any other business here that has had a longer tenure than Gilliam and Bisbee? If it were started ln 11597, tne Gazette-Times has it beat, since the Gazette was established March 30, 1883. The Times came alone in 1897, and the papers were consolidated in 1912. SAD TO SAY, this editor has done verv little in delving out historical articles since coming here 4& years ago, and it does n't appear that he is going to have much time to do it in the forseeable future. In taking a few minutes to check our "archives" here, we have located one paper printed in 1888 that has a Gilliam and Coffey advertisement on Hills Bros, farm wagons. Then we SDotted anotner in The Daily Heppner Gazette of June 5, 1891. (Heppner once naa for Gilliam and Bisbee (Frank Gilliam and T. H. Bisbee, ad vertising general hard ware, stoves and tinware, plumbers materials. Cyclone and Star windmills and a carload of Stu debaker wagons. "Anything In the hack line from a $juo top buggy to a $25 road cart," it says. Location is "next door to bank building, Main street." Another in the Gazette or iso- vember 27, 1896 (notice again the Weekly Gazette) advertises from Gilliam and Bisbee, "We are not the Largest Merchants in the World," then lists many items. "We have Good Goods at Fair Prices and Cheap John Goods at Cheap John Prices," it says. In the same assortment oi old Dapers and pictures, we find an old time picture of the old store near the bank building. If we can eet this to reproduce for an engraving, we'll try running it in an ensuing edition of the paper. WHILE WRITING of things his torical, it is in order to point out that Betty and Carl Mar quardt are doing an excellent job on their Lexington school book, which will be out in print soon. It Is rather amazing to see all the pictures of former students and teachers they have uncovered. It's going to be quite We need the public's help, and we appreciate it This helps make a better paper and consequently helps boost the com munity. If something occurs to you, your family or your organiza tion that is news, don't be unduly modest about it We like to let everyone know how our folks are getting on, achieving and how the community Is moving. "Don't hide your light. . ." work and a valuable one. ture to aake manv memories of lor rrrr itudrnt of the school. They have a good number of order for the hook, and it I quite probable that libraries and His torical societies will want cop. le. Iikk. Since only a limited number of them are bring printed and mot were ordered at the lime of the Lex reunion, there won t be manv available for sale be yond tluwe already reserved, but there may be a few. Other are planned for Hepp ner and Boardman to follow the Lexington book. WE OVERHEARD some torn talking Saturday evening about how difficult it wa to find a place to park downtown Saturday. This wa due. of course, to Christmas Opening. Some other around town had expressed the thought that "Just kd" were taking part, but the kid didn't drive the car to town! . . Everyone had a lot of fun on the guessing contest, and It Mvmi to u that the winner were about evenly divided be tween children and adults. They are listed elsewhere In thi pa per. One of the most amused and at the same time, delight ed winner was Opal Briggs who won a man' sweater at Gardner Mens Wear. Wed suspect that one of her several nephews is going to get a real nice Christmas present. Old Santa Claus had an ex ceptionally busy time for an ex ceptionally busy person. He ran out of candy, but some young ster may not get what they want for Christmas becase they were a little greedy and walk ed off with four or five sack of candy while others didn't get any. Maybe some different system will have to be worked out when he comes next year. Incidentally, some of those who got up real close to Santa were Impressed by the rather striking facial resemblance to the Rev. Al Bosehee, pastor of the Christian church. WELL, OUR basketball teams are off to a good start, me Mustangs having taken both the Jayvee and varsity games at Enterprise Saturday night. This Saturday night is the home opener here against liioi kock, and it is sure that a good crowd will be on hand, wear your booster buttons, folks! ONE OF THE very nice things that our business people oo in connection with nign scnooi athletics here is to sponsor printing of programs for foot ball and basketball. It is prob ably fair to assume that Hepp ner has the best programs in the Greater Oregon league De rmisp of this Interest A ctoud of firms again Is home basketball games and snonsorin? free programs for there will be space on them for keeping score. At this writing it Is not known for sure wheth er it is possible to get them out for the Pilot Rock opener, but If not, they will be coming up for future games. Those sports fans who appre date getting these free pro grams should take a moment, when an opportunity arises, to tell the sponsoring firms that the programs contribute to the enjoyment of tne game. Safety Director Warns on Signals With the onset of winter and reduced visibility. Oregon driv- ers were again reminded that before turning or cnanging lanes. Vern L. Hill, director fo the Oregon Department or Motor ve hicles, noting that the law for merly required that turn sig nals be given only 50 feet in advance of a turn, said: "High er speeds and reduced visibility make giving turn signals well in advance not Just a matter of being legally right, but a matter of life or death." Figures from the Department's Traffic Safety & Education uiv ision show that turning errors (14 per cent) and driving on wrong side of the road, strad dling or driving in wrong lane (seven per cent) are involved in more than one-fifth of all of the State's accidents. A COOL THOUGHT Here's a cool safety thought from the Traffic Safety & Edu cation Division of the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles: Ice at 30 degrees above zero Is twice as slippery as it is at zero degrees. If you don't believe it pick up an ice cube fresh from the refrigerator. Sticks to your hand, doesn't it? Run water over it. Now, it's slippery. Ice on roads" acts Just the same. Slow down. Allow for all de grees of skidding. TO THE EDITOR. . Dear Mr. Sherman: Yon ntted In the last copy of the Gazette that you were coing to try to rind the suiting date of the Gilliam and HI she more In Heppner. 1 will enclose a copy, from blogra p hi e a I sketche on Morrow County pio neer, a listed on Hon. Frank Gilliam, one of the founder of this store: Hon. Frank CUUara The eminent citizen and esteemed pioneer v hose name head this article t accorded a representa tion In thl volume, fnth be cause i f hi marked capabilities. which huve won him distinc tion, and hi Intrinsic merit and unswerving integrity, mat nave gained and held the confidence ol hi fellows, rossesseu oi those qualities that mark the typical pioneer, and dumlnatcd hy a wisdom that searches out the most intricate pioiHMdtloti without compromise, and main tained by a continuity of pur pose that brook no defeat. Mr. Gilliam U a man tnat ny loree of right must fill the position where his fellow have so un hesitatingly Installed him lead er and In which he has ever displayed that depth of resource and falihfulne characteristic of his wr.cle career. Mr. Frank Gilliam Is a son of Jasper anil Roe Gilliam and was horn In Clackamas I ounty. Ore gon, on jsovemner zv. iw. ins parents came to Oregon In iKVZ from North Carolina. Ten years later tne father died and the family removed to Multnomah County, where the subject of this sketch received a public school education and remained until 1870 the date of his emi gration to what Is now Morrow County. He located on Rhea creek, about ten mile from Heppner, and engaged In stock raising until 1SK7. At that time he embarked In the hardware and Implement business, where we still find him, now as the senior member of the firm. His business flourished from the start and he Is still favored PUZZLED? PERPLEXED? PANICKED? Give That Keeps n EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR A Subscription TO THE Gazeffe-Times EVERY ISSUE IS A GREETING FROM HOME THAT FORMER COUNTY RESIDENTS LOVE TO GET MAILED ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES 1 A Gift Certificate Furnished Free by the Gazette-Times Will Announce Your Thoughtful Year-Around Gift He HEPPNER with a generous and ever In- creasing patronage. Mr. Gilliam has ever devoted that time and attention to polit ical matter that become the loyal titlen. and for the rt Iwrnlv year the people have constantly placed uhh him the public trusts uf various lslt. ion. In 1 he was elected Mayor of Heppner and ha served in that office since. He was one of the tu. Commis sioner of this County and has also aervtd a treasure for four year, beside various other po alt '". The marriage of Mr. Gilliam and Ml F.ffte i, Wright occurr ed In Heppner. on NovemtM-r 20. HW& and to them have been born the following children: Ona V.. I.eonrd L-. Clinton C. Edwin 11. and Ilacl. He Is a iiromlnent member of the AF. i A.M., having taken the thirty- second degree. telngs to me WOW., the A.OU.W. and the BT.O.E. Mr. G I II I a m nns wntught long and faithfully In this tecthm, demonstrating his ability both a a stock raiser and buslnesnman by his almost unbounded ucve, while he has also exemplified the typical cit izen, the faithful public official, the kind and upright neighbor and the true gentleman of hon or. You will note that the store was started In 1H.7. Some of the old timer will probably re member the location of the first store. It wa located for years at the present location of Cal's tavern, next to the First Na tional Bank. I hope this might be of some help to you In lo cating some more Information. Very truly your Harold IHU Rt. 3. Box 773 Coos Bay, Oregon KEEP WINDSHIELD CLEAR Peck-a-boo driving Is kid stuff, say the Traffic Safety k Education Division of the Ore- gon Department of Motor Vehic le. Rubbing peep-holes in your windshield is a i:ood way to go where you're not looking. Clear all of vour cars glass wind shield, side and rear windows of Ice. frost, fog or steam bafore you drive. Tell the advertiser you saw It In the Gazette-Times. The Gift Ik" CjJSO Per Year li"""",B,S,SSSBBW izefife Morrow County's Newspaper A guest (4 Hi. Emma Hay oer the Thanksgiving week, end was hec graiuUnii, IUIm-M Shaw, a sophoinore at Oregon State University, He I the aon of her n In-law and daughter. Col. and Mr t A Shaw, of North Springfield, Va . and at Iridic d grade hol lo-itf w hen Mrs, Shaw resided N'te. COMMUNITY ( ) BILLBOARD Coming Events HFITNFU HIGH BASKETBALL Friday, ivcemtier H, I V.Hale at Walla Walla Saturday, ivc. 11. IH1 Rock here Support the Mustangs! COWBFIXE LUNCHEON AND ANNUAL MEETING Friday, lfc-c. 10, 1 pm. Heppner Grill dining room Important buslnes meeting IONE FALL FESTIVAL lone Grade School Gym Sunday, ivc. 12 Dinner. 12:30 to 2 p m. llooth oiH-n at 2 p.m. Lot of fun for everyone. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM High School Multipurpose ttoorn Friday. December 17, 7:30 p.m. , , Band, chorus music, "black light- skit Everyone welcome! SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency r. a uy th. ro-Mis Hppo Giving PK. 667-9223 ufiuies
