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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. THE r GAZETTE-TIMES Heppoi, Oregon 97836 MORROW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1SS3. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1S37. Consolidated February 15, 1912. NIWSPAPII IIS W-ASSOCIAT SOCIATION WESLET A. SHERMAN Editor and PnhUahw Office Hours: 8 am. to 6 p.m, until noon Saturday. Subscription Rates: $4.50 Year. Every Thursday and Entered at as Second Class Matter. Welcome Portlanders! When the big school bus brings a load of Portland eighth gTade pupils here Friday, some of the youngsters it carries will get their first glimpse of our picturesque Morrow coun ty. It may be. too, that this will be the first time that some see a real wheat or cattle ranch. They will find that ranch life is not as glamorous In some respects as they have read in books, but, at the same time, they will find a new fascination as they glimpse this rural life. They will be guests on some ranches where the nearest neighbor Is miles away, instead of a few feet as it is in Portland residential areas. This visit by the Portlanders is one of the delightful high lights of the year In Morrow county. During the past two years, it has been apparent that there is no city kid-country kid aloofness or antagonism when host meets visitor. In stead, there is a mutual respect and admiration. Some fine friendships have developed from these past tours, and more will develop as a result of this one. It Is a real pleasure to have the youngsters visiting here, and the welcome that is extended Is a warm and genuine one. The committee has worked out a new route this year to take the visitors to different ranches from those of the first two tours, and so even those on the committee will find this new and interesting. This should be one of the fine experiences In the lives of the young Portlanders. Every detail is being considered to make this true, and everyone hopes that the three-day visit will be thoroughly enjoyable, exciting and educational for those who come from the city. Success Story Dedication of the plant of the Marlette Coach Co., manu facturers of mobile homes, In Hermlston last week culminat ed a real success story for the neighboring city. Business and civic leaders there sought the plant, "sold" their city as a desirable location for It, and now Marlette in Hermiston Is a reality. It strikes us that this is a particularly fine type of indus try to have in a community. There are no smokestacks con nected with a house trailer Industry. There are no disagree able odors, no noxious fumes, no air pollution, and no haz ards. It is a clean industry, and a creative one. The product is one which has a pleasant connotation. One thinks of travel ellng, living in comfort, and of pleasant hours in one of the handy, compact mobile homes. This industry brings employment for skilled craftsmen, thus offering payroll for substantial people the type who should make good neighbors in a small community. It means a better economy for Hermiston and to some extent for the eastern Oregon area. Other cities might be just a little envious of Hermiston acquiring the Marlette factory, but Hermiston deserves it. They took the steps necessary to win favor of the company, coordinated their community efforts, and for their efforts were rewarded with success. It Is much the same story as was the one in McMinnville some years ago where a development corporation was formed and community leaders set about to do the things they need ed to do to attract industry. They were aggressive about it, and they got the Industry. Like Hermiston, one of the plants was a house trailer factory that furnished an Initial payroll for 110 men. We're particularly happy for Hermiston because their Cham ber of Commerce has had such a broad vision for the area. They have boosted Morrow county on Its venture In the past. They were on hand to back the Willow Creek project when the hearing was held here, and they gave funds to help local promotional efforts. You'll notice that they have a float every year in our rodeo parade. This achievement in Hermiston has caused other eastern Oregon cities to sit up and take notice. It is a good example of what an alert group of leaders can do if they really want more payroll enough to work for it. County School Calendar MONDAY, May 2 Election of Morrow County School Dist. R-l Directors All School Buildings and Rhea Creek Grange Hall from 2:00 to 8:00 Election of Advisory Committee Members Election of Blue Mtn. Community College Directors Election of Blue Mtn. Community College Budget lone Advisory Committee Meeting TUESDAY, May 3 Irrigon Advisory Committee at A. C. Houghton Baseball: Stanfield at Riverside High Umatilla at lone WEDNESDAY, May 4 Heppner Junior-Senior Banquet Baseball: Blue Mtn. Community College at Heppner High THURSDAY. May 5 B League Meeting at Weston FRIDAY, May 6 Track: Heppner High to Eastern Oregon College 1:00 A. C. Houghton at Arlington Baseball: Riverside High at Umatilla Mrs. Hoskin's Special Education Class to Salem SATURDAY. May 7 Speech Clinic for Morrow County Schools Special Education Field Trip Continues Baseball: Grant Union at Heppner 11:00 Arlington Elem. at Heppner Heppner High Junior-Senior Prom Immunization Clinic at Heppner High MONDAY, May 9 lone Girls' League Tea 2:30 to 3:30 Elementary Administrators and Coaches Meet at Boajrdman I. E. D. Meeting at Salem for Mr. Potter Thursday. April 23. 1966 HEPFNER NATION A I NEWSPAPEI X.V AS! a v m C6T6N r.Trn:.ir.mi HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, TO THE EDITOR... Berl Akers Jr. Writes of Work With Oglala Sioux Berl Akers. Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Berl Akers. Sr., of lone. has written of his work in the VISTA program with the Ogla la Sioux Indians In South Da kota. The letter explains some of the problems and conditions which he feels will be of inter- est in understanding what is being undertaken by VISTA. The letter follows: Mr. Sherman: As my time in VISTA has ex pired and I start my Job as a supervisor-couns e lo r for the Oglala Sioux Tribe Neighbor hood Youth Corps program. I would like to pass on to the people at home, some of my views as a worker among and with the Indian people. First let me sav that in the last year I have seen probably the worst poverty west of the f Mississippi, if not in the United States. I have seen people more dis criminated against than any r l negro nas ever oeen or ever win U. 1-1... .. iK-. me mucmiuii wiui iws io DeoDles minds, when w- tI 1 ... , j "inarm; inc kius or ine uwr them this, is "Why do they put does' up with it" The main reason ; k. a. Y. . T J : 1 w i . u.i me iimitn propie nave (Editor's Note: This is the let been pushed around for so long,.,,, n,iinnH i ....l v inai mey nave lormea a pass ive attitude toward everything The worst bit of propaganda any American can believe is the statement that the Indians are "Wards of the Government'' be cause they are not. There is on ly aoout w percent or tne in- ,t0 tne Editor: dian people here on any kind As I look about the town to ol welfare. This means that dav I another 40 pwrent make under ! S2.000 a ear. mainly lease in- : (s t0 be commended for its work come. The other 20 percent are,in this regard it what a mm. employed by the B.I.A. muntty should do. I believe that The main problem we have we should always take pride in here is the lack of lobs. As we'uhprn uv liv u all know the lack of Jobs mean idle hands. When there is noth - ing to do to keep the hands and minds busy they seek recrea - tion. There is not much in the line 01 recreation nere on me reservation. Then what happens Not only weeds and grass but Alonzo Henderson, Mrs. Joe Yo is the people hang around the papers as well as Junk give the com. Mrs. Oris Padberg Mrs bars. We all know what hap-( town a bad appearance. Charlie Piuiberg. Mrs. A I Kelson pens from here. Karl L. Soward. Lexlnrtnn !Mn A c vt.t.,i. vi i-i...' A few or us here have our views on why Indians have such a problem holding their alcohol. In the days before it became legal for Indians to buy alco holic beverages, the Indian had to sneak drinks. It very often happens that they would buy a bottle and drink it all down right away. We feel that this has a bearing on the way they are. We also believe that there is no such a thing as an Indian alcoholic as we know it. TVi nrohlom I'm now working l"UUK"1 11 " 'vtt ireai 10 nave , ,V ... . " unq la mi- wilhVSebmTthVK t week- Hy H in the hosplta! John nut tvio Hrnrwint hpr Is nnitp end ' fishing. Lay. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Ed- r'prorem'X"' Jj"": e c"Ud ,h"e " Si'1 . . , ..a a nr nas been good, and accord ne to urdav. school. The most of them drop nnJff'ev " 8 fen tot out when in the eighth or ninth cSv Lh.il fi.".6 Shot i"e grade. I've found that most of i at"rday while fishing on low- them drop out because the;" K0CK -ree; teachers aren't able to reach the . ,, . students. This makes the stu-1 L , "T neU Hfd" dent look elsewhere for excite- " kI aJ , fven'nK ment While Mr. and Mrs. Huston Les- They give all kinds of excus- Ijw n their way to the es for dropping out of school. I &e?.Ae T J1 '?k Ieppner have heard such excuses as I iat n,ght. they saw this coug dropped out of school because fLs,,a"?ln? 0 e rad ntVr I didn't have enough clothes or : foot o the Hardman grade. I went home to help my. folks. ev thought It looked to be None of them really tell the: i u u.a M,t:Borine spent three davs nave ucvci nccuu viic aj school work bored me and I never wm neeu an cuuv.ai.iuii. . ...111 . a As you probably know the B.I.A. has boarding schools. We h. h tht rvri thfl have one here that covers the reservation plus one Catholic Mission school. So you see this gives us two high schools to cover three coun ties, each being about the size. of Morrow county or a little larger. There are eight elementary schools located in the major communities on the reservation. I think that everybody can lJhLu" Z.mf have here in Pine Ridge. The state of South Dakota isn't very far ahead of the government in its educational program. Another reason for the drop out is the lack of parental su pervision. I come by this by observing some parents and children. I have seen the youth come up to the parent and say, "I going do this and I going to do that." The parent will look at the child and say, "Sure, that's all right," or "Do you want us to come after you, or "Here is some money, you sure that's j nnAiifin"" i enough!' -This may be a child stayine all night with someone else and he may not return home for a week or more. This starts as soon as a child is about five or six and goes on all the while he is going to school. This leads to lack of paren-1 tal supervision child never really eoes through a life of growing up. From this we go to this child to his child ren and find out that he never learned anything from his par ents so he won't be able to know how to raise his own child-! Darold Hams family were Mr. ren. !unci Mrs. Harry Snyder and fam- Most of the Indian people ily, formerly of Tennessee, and don't, believe in making their, now of Heppner. She Is a niece children follow their orders or of Mrs. Hams. Mr. and Mrs. make them get permission to do Lewis McDonald called later In things. The children generally tell the parents what to do. When the parents tell the child ren to do something that seems like a child should do, the! child throws a fit so the parent Rives in and lets him do what ever he wanted to. I I read vour paper every week. I I really enjoy reading about the goings on back home. I 1 am now married and work ing for the O.S.T. Neighborhood outn torus. Mv w-ifo. our boy and I, plan on coming back home during the first two weeks In June. Yours truly, Berl Akers, Jr. Dog Story To The Editor: We roan in the paper every once In a while about someone poisoning dogs. Then we read in the paper about how much trouble we will get In If we are Caught. 1 don t believe In pois oning dogs but 1 do think there should be something done about them. If a person wants a dog I think they should be kept on leash or In a pen. I wonder If people realize Just how much damage their dogs cause because they don't take care of them. The town dogs kill different animals, chase our horses that we trv to keep in pastures, scatter garbage all over town. And nothing makes i n" any "nKJ tr Jn,n 10 K aim zk-c a uik nolo uiue tui); has dug In mv yard. The town people give our kids b unu a bad time because they are all h im ..,!., ,,mthin.. n,, u.t,i..k 11.. - 11,K V, 0VHI.MI.llh ! :" . X.i . .L r.r,-. St.. "Chaff and Chatter" which was signed "Unhappy Reader." We print It this week because Mrs. Steers came In and signed It). Likes Cleanup to do the same thing. People !wh0 do not live in Lexington j but own property there should ; have enough regard for their former place of residence to keeD the r vacant lot rlfln Weather Clears For Fish Opening By BLANCHE McDANIEL HARDMAN. RHEA CREEK After the snowstorm of laf i Wednesday, the people here'tne D"1 week In Mt. Vernon to .,, ' . ? ' Mr iinrl Mrc Paul Unnllnc nt last . ,it ti i "V u,u "" if,, Dl,.. . n i rr liicy uiu auiiic ruin, uuniing l ' "uli "erf.- 'ra j Jl? E"tmi1,? WaS a, "iday night guest and one of the early fishermen Saturday. Spending Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Huston were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Barlow of Elghtmile. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Crewdson and Mr. and Mrs Archie Ball were amone those attending the grand opening of the Marlette Coach Co. plant on Saturday. The Balls drove on Into Pendle ton and spent the night. iP last week at Monument stay- Mrs. Harold Wright spent most ing with her mother, Mrs. Wave Jackson who has been ill. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Palmer from lone were dinner guests at the Harold Wright home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Van Blokland spent the week-end In Portland visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stream. The Arbogasts from near Con don trailed two bands of sheep through Hardman Friday and Saturday on their way to the high mountains near Dale. Gene Hall entered Pendleton Community hospital on Monday . ... to be put Into traction for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevens and family drove to Pendleton last Wednesday and stayed over night with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brinda. Miss Nonda Clark returned home from Eupenp Sunday night after being there since Thurs- and thus the'dav while attending a soeech festival. Wayne Wall and Verne Lund of Salem spent the week-end at the Barton Clark home doing some fishing. riday dinner guests of tne the evening Miss Alta Stevens spent Sun day in Heppner visiting with Mrs. Ima McDaniel and Mrs, Bud Marshall and family. Mr. and Mrs. Darold Hams and I Lexington Grange To Aid in Tour, Sells Cook Books By DELPHA JONES LEXINGTON-The l.olngtoii Grance Hume Economics club held Its monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Florence McMil lan last Thursday, with Mrs. ('. C Jones presiding. It was an nounced that the Eighth Grade Tour group would have lunch at the LexltiKton Grange Hall on Saturday. April 30, and Mrs. Norman Nelson was apiHiintcd chairman for making the ar rangements. A supply of cook books fea turing WcMrn recipes has ar rived for sale by memters of the HEC. Thev are at the home of Mrs. Fred Nelson and orders are now being tuken for them. Plans were discussed for Po mona Grange on Saturday and for the birthday meeting of the Lexington Grange on May H. It was announced that besides a history of the Grange and a musical program, there will he a guest speaker. Russell lKrran, assistant manager of Umatilla County Cooperative. He will speak on how the community promoted the Marlett Trailer Company's coming to Hermiston. Refreshments were served to Mrs. Norman Nelson. Mrs. Fred Nelson. Jr.. Mrs. Ola Kurclcs. Mrs. Fred Nelson, Sr., Mrs. Nora Turner. Mrs. Ola Bureovne Mrs I turner. r.d Hunt. Mrs. C. C. Jones. Mrs Kenneth Smouse. Mrs. A. F. Ma teske. Mrs. Bertha Hunt. Mrs. Joe Yocom, Mrs. Martha Van Schoiack. and the hostess, Mrs. McMillan. The next meeting was sched uled for the home of Mrs. Nora Turner In Heppner. Charles Collev has returned home alter a stay In the Com munltv Hospital in Pendleton where he underwent surgery. Frank Robinson is a patient In Pioneer Memorial hospital where he is receiving medical attention. An afternoon of games and a three o'clock luncheon was on loyed at the home of Mrs. Joel Engloman in lone on Wednes day of lust week when a com mittee of ladies of Holly Rebek ah Lodge entertained a winning committee of ladle Thow, fir. ! m ., 1 1. r, ............ ... - &i . ....... ... a. man,ni.. .HI., f tUI' ence McMillan. Mrs. Gene Cole Mrs. C. C. Jones, Mrs. Ed Hunt, and the hostess. Mrs. Engleman. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth have been attending to business in Salem this week. Mrs. Natalie iRauch stayed with the children i while they were away. Kenneth Jones spent the week end in Portland with his sister, Charlerte Jones. Mrs. Wm. J. VanWinkle spent VISTA Volunteer Uoth Miss Leora VanWinkle, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. VanWinkle, left Tuesday by plane from Pendleton for Fall banks, Alaska, where she will start her volunteer service In the VISTA program. She will fly to Seattle where she will have a short stop-over and then on to Fairbanks. Leora has been at tending Blue Mountain College in Pendleton this last winter. She was a member of the class of '65 in Heppner High school. She was taken to Pendleton by her parents. Notice of the death of Dr. Charles Hurley, brother of Mrs. Harold S. Huber, has been re ceived. Dr. Hurley was killed In a car accident near Crescent City, California. Graveside serv ices were held In Hermiston on Thursday, following services in Crescent City on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Steagall and family have been recent ! visitors in The Dalles. Newt OHarra was a Pendle ton business caller on Tuesday. Mrs. Lola Breeding returned home Sunday from Idaho where she has been visiting her son Paul. On Monday she and Mrs. Emma Breshears motored to The Dalles. Mrs. Breshears will visit a daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Rlchclderler, and Mrs. Breeding at the Rich ard Catlin home. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall were The Dalles visitors Sunday. The Amicitia Club met at the home of Mrs. Roger Campbell last Wednesday evening. Those present were Mrs. O. W. Cuts forth, Mrs. Roy Martin, Mrs. Gene Cole, Mrs. Bob Lovgren, Mrs. Al Fetsch, Mrs. Eldon Pud berg, Mrs. Bob Davidson and the hostess, Mrs. Campbell. Prizes were won by Mrs. Padberg, high; Mrs. Gene Cole, second high, and Mrs. Bob Davidson, traveling. Mrs. Mabel Davidson who has been a patient In Pioneer Mem orial hospital for several months is staying at the home of her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davidson. Mrs. John Flint of Portland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davidson, was one of a group of four who spoke at the Iono High school Thursday on the topic 'The Great Society." The group has had two previous speaking engagem e nt s, last Thursday at the Arlington High school and to a men's group in Arlington. Mrs. Davidson met her daughter at lone for a short visit before they returned to Portland. Jimmy were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald in Heppner. Chaff Wes NOIIOhY I.OVKS the wind h much us Herman Green. It gives him such great pleasure when he loads his garbage dls posal truck with nil kinds of irniMv anil trash, and the brlk brcee scatters It all over ere at Ion. Ills mock ami Ironic answer to the friendly "How are yous?" that he received on his rounds early this week was. 'The wind can't blow when it s raining so hard Hut the big blow seemed to be over at least for a time bv Wednesday. We flgger this came about be cause Gene Winters, Hth graiie tour dint-tor. was considering appointing a tour committee member to he In charge of Wind ami Dust Storm Abatement for Friday through Sunday, While ranchers have their tongues hanging out because of the lack of moisture. Newt ()' llarra comes back in with this sage comment; "Morrow county never gets rain when we want It lust when we have to have It." I LINDSAY K1NCAI1). chairman of I the Portland Hth grade tour ' here. Isn't going to be on hand j when the klits arrive Friday. iIm-PIIo his host resolution. He 'firmly declared he would lc out of his hospltul bod to gnt-t the kids despite the nasty accident that he suffered to his log re cently. Apparently a skin graft to the log didn't come along as good us had boon hoped and 1,1ml sav Is going to have to stay In bod for a while longer. I Those who take the tour will be thinking of him Just the same and wilt recognize that 'his planning Is helping to make the event a success even though he can't be along. THIS IS CLF.ANl'P week In Heppner. and students from the high school will be scour ing the city for delxls Friday j afternoon. Tim Tullls, student ' body president, suvs that the students will pick up any trash that folks around town sec fit to leave on the sidewalks and 'curbs. If it hapiM-ns to blow as hard us It did Monday and Tuesday, the kids would have to get on bicycles to catch up with the blowing papers. Meanwhile, over at Murray Rexall Drug, It appears as If Lynn Pearson Is really taking tms v.iean-up, nx up week ser iously. He tore the floor out of !the buck end of the corner sec tion of the store and was rip I ping out the Joists the last wo Isuw Tuesday. Hot had develop ed In this old lumber and the versatile pharmacist carpenter Photographer -c a b 1 n e t maker was taking steps to correct the Pine City 4-H Club To Visit Fccdlots Fifth meeting of the Pine City Riders and tho Animal Tnnw.r. 4-H club was held at 7:30 p.m. April 12 at the home of George Luclanl. Joan Healy led In the flag salute and Susan Healy led the 4 II DledL-e Melvln A-.Mw.rU Pattl Hcalv and Sheila Luclanl were found eligible to go to 4 11 Summer School. Charles Daly announced we could go to Conn's Feedlot on April 30 nt 10:00 a.m. Every one Is to bring a sack lunch. We think It will be Interesting. Mrs. George Luclanl served re freshments. Mrs. Jerry Myers was a visitor. Jeanne Daly, reporter ijoucan Uwbroue poorfamsluhfj tuabits. D AUTOMATIC ACTION BRUSH FOR TEETH AND GUMS FROM SQUIBB Mur rays Rexall Drug Heppner pn. 676-9610 Chatter Sherman situation. With the entlh revealed be. low we thought he might find gold mine of old fashioned patent remedy bottles which are unite valuable today for collec tor, but someone else had got ten under the store and m-av-cnged them previously. I WHEN Mrs. Ed I Rachel I lok became regional vlo presi dent of the Parent-Teacher as sociation and was Installed last week In Klamath Falls by the national president, she achieved an honor that her mother, Mrs. 11. C. Forsyth, had received be fore her. Mrs Forsvthe was regional vice irldent of the Southern Oregon region when the family lived In Ashland. The mother worked In ITA here, too, at a later time The Forvthe niW live In Kvderwood, Wn. Coincldenlally, Mrs. A. B Clough of Arlington, mother of Coach Hob Clough. was also a regional vice president of the ITA at one time. She was ac tive In the organization at Ar lington. ... WE'RE SITTING her watchlna Tommy Howell prance around like a kid In his Economy Mar ket, while lust down the street John Ifelffer Is testing some of his Western Auto lawn mowers. The flies are merrily streaming In the open GT door. We're going to have to put up that screen door one of those days. .Yep, siving Is here. l COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Coming Events LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBAIX Final Little la-ague team try outs Saturday. April 30 Little League field. 1:00 p.m PORTLAND Hih GRADE TOUR Welcome Portlanders to Mor row County Friday. Saturday, April 29. 30. POMONA GRANGE Isaturday. April 30 Willows Grange Hall All day meeting Visit of State Master. SCHOOL ELECTION Election of District 1(1 Board Members and Advisory Board Tuesday, May 2 Rejrular Poling Places. 2:0C to 8:00 p m. RUMMAGE SALE Bv Heppner Civic League Friday, Saturday, April 29, 30 Old Tryco Building Lots of bargains Open !l:30 a m. to 6 p m. Help the kindergarten! SIUNSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. 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