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HEPPNER CA2ETTE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Or9on 97836 morrow coDirrrs newspaper The Heppner Garette establLhed March 3a 1SS3. The Heppner Times established November IS, 1S97. Consolidated February 15, 1912. r0m NIW$PAPl lllSHIIt ASSOCIATION WESLET A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 pjn, until noon Saturday. Subscription Rates: $450 Year. Every Thursday and Entered at as Second Class Matter. New Signs Fine Improvement "So this is West Willow!" exclaimed a businessman when he stopped to watch Jaycees putting up new street signs Sat urday. This man has been here probablv three years and didn't know for sure just where Willow street was located. This could be just as true with many of us living here. Quite a few of our people have paid little attention to street designations, probably due tho fact that most of them have been poorly marked. Ask a person where someone else lives, and he might reply, "Oh. he lives in the old Joe Doakes house down by the depot."' The Morrow county Jaycees, active group that they are, decided that something should be done about street signs, and they approached the city council on the matter. The agree ment was reached that the city would buy the signs and the Jaycees would install them. By this weekend the project will be about completed. Some two-thirds of the signs are in place now, and the rest will be installed this weekend. This should help residents learn to know where thev live bv street and house number and should facilitate finding of residences or business houses by visitors. There would be more emphasis on house and street numb ers, of course, if the city had house-to-house mail delivery. In this case it would become essential for residents to become more specific with their addresses. Some may pooh -posh the need for the signs and numbers in a small town, but the newspaper, the city hall and other information points have many, many inquires about locating various residents for all number of reasons. In quite a number of cases, it is hard to direct them adequately. It leaves a newcomer at a loss to say to himself, "Oh, he lives in the old Joe Doakes house." This step on signing will tie in nicely with the city's planning and zoning program, and the Jaycees are to be con gratulated first for their recognition of the need, and second for doing something about it. The city has a map with streets marked on it These maps could be produced in quantity so that inexpensive copies could be made available to the public. Some enterprising business, looking for an advertising idea or some token to give to the public, might sponsor the reproduction of this map in quantity to give away to those coming to town seeking directions. The Old Organ Brought $100 The old pedal organ brought $100 at the lone community auction Saturday, and this gives rise to some interesting reflections. It wasn't long ago that every church and many homes boast ed one of these organs. We recall what a workout the young people's organization in our church in Forest Grove gave just such an organ at hymn sings on Sundav nights: "Oh. Beulah Land, sweet Beulah Land, As on the highest mount I stand. . ." Young men and women crowded around the old pumper, and young organists would take turns at the job of playing as legs gave out in turn from the pedalling. But electric organs arrived on the scene, and the ornate pump organs were cast out. Not so long ago. one could buy one for $2.50 or pick one off a trash heap. This was an un deserved fate for the musical instrument that served so well. Now, from a perspective and with the supply running low, the organs are coming into their respected place as antiques. We'd say the lady who was willing to give $100 for the organ made a good buy. It won't be long until this old organ will be valued at several times that sum. Sale of the organ was just one incident at the day of festivities at lone. It must be called a festival day even though it is designed to raise money for lone United Church of Christ projects. For everyone has fun, there is an abundance of good things to eat, everyone gets a chance to visit with friends and neighbors, and there are a lot of laughs in the course of the day. This year's auction was a record - setter with the crowd and the proceeds the greatest ever. With the unique flavor this event offers, it will continue to grow. That dinner, featuring barbecued beef, was superb, and those serving the portions of meat were truly generous. lone has several outstanding community events during the year, and this is one of them. If you didn't get there this year, plan on going next year. You'll be glad you did. 'Golden Passport' to Recreation (From Redmond Spokesman) Last year for the first time an entry fee was required at 7000 federally operated recreation areas. Purpose was to support land and water conservation fund recreational pro grams. However sale of the bumper stickers was somewhat disappointing, only about 300,000. This year it is hoped to do a lot better under "Operation Golden Eagle." The "Golden Passport," which costs $7, admits the purchaser and members of his party to any of the areas for the entire season, being valid through March 31, 1967. Many people do not realize that the entire $7 they con tribute is earmarked specifically for the recreational facilities so much in demand. Sixty per cent or 54.20, goes for improved recreational opportunities in the states, with the remining 40 per cent used for bolstering and expanding federal recreational programs. The bumper sticker is being eliminated this year. Instead, a wallet-sized card printed in gold ink will admit a carload of people to more than 7000 government recreation areas an un limited number of times for a full year. These "Golden Pass ports" are on sale at entrance gates and other federal areas where valid for admission, at most offices of the Corps of Engi neers, Forest Service, various agencies of the Department of the Interior, certain national conservation organizations, Amer ican Automobile Association offices or by mail from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in Washington. Those who do not wish to buy the full-year permit may get either a temporary one (not to exceed 30 days) or a daily use permit. The temporary permits are blue and those for one day only are green. It is a well-known fact that many federal and state camp ing areas are badly crowded and in need of enlargement. Buy ing a "Golden Passport" will help make them better. Gayle Cox to Get Bachelor Degree A Heppner man who has been working his way through college for seven years will receive a Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State College Sunday, June 12, in the Memorial Coli seum in Portland. He Is Gayle J. Cox. son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cox. Gayle has worked for the Mul tnomah County Road Depart ment and for United Airlines during his college career and p!ans to go to work full time -TINES. Thursday. Jun 9. 1966 NATIONAL NtWSPAPII HELEN E. SHERMAN Aasodat Publisher Monday through Friday; 9 ajn. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon, with United Airlines after grad uation. His college major is in Business Administration. Four months of the school year just past were devoted to active duty with the United States Coast Guard. He Is now in the Coast Guard Reserve. Mr. and Mrs. Cox and son Todd will drive to Portland to attend the graduation. Tell the advertiser von raw it in the Gazette-Times. ' ' X i ! - a - - ..... -'v : i . CTX 4 HERE ARE two oi the performer who ar scheduled to be with the Biraam Eros. Circus when it comes to Heppner for Wednesday night performances on June 22 under sponsorship oi the Morrow county Jaycees. Neither the horse nor the attractlT rider were identified by the circus advance man. Chaff and Wes I THE 63rd anniversarv of the great Heppner flood will be Tuesday. June 14. and residents still living here who are able to remember that catastrophic day are fewer and fewer in number. But there are still some, and while the specific details may be getting a little more vague with each passing year, the memory' of it is as vivid to them as if it were just a few months ago. The flood continues to be a popular subject for writers. Most recent article we've seen on it is that done bv Joe Frazier for the Sunday magazine of the Eugene Register-Guard. Joe visited Heppner a few months ago to do some research on the flood, and his article was printed in the Eugene paper of March 20. under the title "Flash Flood:" Frazier interviewed Frank Turner and Mrs. Frank Parker t oget some of his material and obtained pictures from the Gazette-Times. He quotes Frank as saying, "I've forgotten a few names and dates, but I can't ever exagger ate about the flood. It was much more terrible than I could ever tell vou about." And he quotes Mrs. Parker as saying, "People seem to think it couldn't happen again, but it could." The article and pictures cover four tabloid pages in the sec tion. Frazier makes an interesting point when he says that it is now difficult to determine which is fact and which is legend in connection with the flood. This is to be expected as time goes on, but enough factual material was written on it at the time it happened so that the most im portant details are fairly well established. As we sit here and look out at the gathering dark clouds on a warm muggy day, we might muse that the Sunday of June 14. 1903, might have been a quite similar day to this one. HAVE YOU had any shocking experiences lately? We have, and we blame it on the weather. When conditions are as they are now, they give rise to a phy sical Tjhenomenon. a rirevalencp of static electricity. When you suae across the seat of your car and get out, you get a shock on the door. Static electricity is an arr-h enemy of newspaper and com mercial printing plants. It makes it hard to handle paper, and it is esDeciallv had in thie type of weather. In feeding a press, the top sheet of a stock will cling and almost refuse to break free. Sometimes u-hpn thn sheets go through the press they win oecome stubborn because of the static, go askew and tear. Printers have been known to sav such words as "Docirnnit" for this reason, we understand. we have a static eliminator on our newspaper press, an elec tronic device, that seems to do a pretty good job. But if you touch it, you get a worse "bite" than vou ever get from static. We've heard it reported, from those who know a great deal more about physics than we do, that some people are more prone to carry and conduct static elec tricity than others. There have been cases where a spark from such a person has set off a fire in a gasoline refinery. Ben Padrow at commence ment here the other night advis ed the seniors to "catch fire" but we doubt if he wants them to get that hot. ARNOLD RAYMOND, our shop foreman, and his wife took a rl - " Chatter Sherman hike up Eagle Creek trail, just off the Columbia River highway on a recent weekend and came back to report that "Nothing could be more beautiful." We've been by there hundreds of times but have never taken the time to walk in and explore the area. Eagle Creek flows Into the Columbia near Bonneville. Arnold s statement brings the thought that we're living adjac ent to some of the world's most beautiful scenery and often don't realize it. A new color brochure, "Ore con. Cool. Green Vacationland." iust out, emphasizes the point. This 32-page brochure is about the best piece of color printing we've ever seen. If we lived in New York and got one, we'd hop in the family car right now and come to Oregon. Among the scenic attractions shown in the folder are those of the Columbia Gorge, in which our residents routinely travel en route to Portland. If vou haven't seen a copy of this booklet, vou may want one to show or send to your friends in other states. You can get a free copy by writing the Oregon State Highway Department, Tra vel Information Division. 10 1 State Highway Building, Salem, Oregon 97310. SPEAKING OF VACATIONS. we're happv to have Dave Magruder of Colville, Wn., help ing us over the hump at the G-T while the boys in the plant get some time off from the long hours thev have been putting In. Dave has had some 24 years of exjenence in this business, but he's not an old man. He got his first taste of printer's ink when he was just a kid, appar ently. He has quite a history of newspaper work some with good-sized dailies and he does considerable free lance work, at the same time editing some periodicals. During this summer he has a busy schedule going around to various newspapers to to tide them over while staffs take va cations. It's good to find a man of his ability to help out 4 Courses Added At Blue Mountain Four more courses have been added to the Blue Mountain Community College summer ses sion. Two mathematics courses will be offered during the even ing program and two typing classes are scheduled for the day program. Two college transfer courses, intermediate algebre and col lege algebra, will be offered starting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 20. First meeting will be In Room 101 on the campus. Meeting dates and locations have not been set for the two classes. Persons interested In be ginning typing or second year typing should phone the admis sions office at the college (276-1291). Six other courses are being offered this summer under BM CC'8 college preparatory pro gram. They are: effective read ing, effective study, basic math ematics, basic communications, introduction to psychology, and physical education. All will be offered during week days start ing June 20. Persons interested should phone the college ad missions office or register at the college June 20. Vacation Time Here; Cooperation Asked On Early Copy; Office to Close Saturday Since vacation time is here for employees of the Gnrette Time, cooperation of the pub lie l aKod In gi'tttittf lcw, puhldltv and advertisimi copy t the paper early for the next throe weeks, KVKl' Pascal, linoiyi op erator, l:i on vacation till wovk, and Arnold Raymond, shop foreman, will be on va cation next wwk. Dave Magruder of Colville, Wn , wh ) has h a d some 24 years experience In the new, "pap huMneas, is here to fill In lor the vacationing employ ees. He is associate editor of Intermounfatn Forest Product News, risvntly edited a new scries of U n I v e r s 1 1 y of Wy oming catalogues, docs feature work fo? Spokane newvpatwrs and also works as a free lamv writer. Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman, Bt DAVID R. POTTER Superintendent. Morrow County School In tho past several month we have hoard and road much about federal aid to education. During this period of time your school administrators have been asked manv specific questions pertain ing to this law. At tho last session of our Con gress. Public Law S9-10 was en acted. This law Include five titl es, or parts. Titla I provides money, upon proper application, to local school districts for programs to assist tho educationally depriv ed student. Tho amount allocat ed for each district was deter mined by figures taken from tho 10 census. Morrow Counts School District was eligible for SIS.tsM S. Tho district school board approved a summer remedial program. For this program we were granted $13,4il.SO. This amount will bo used for teacher salaries, equipment, supplies, transporta tion and custodial salaries. No portion of this can be used for administration or other regular functions of tho school district. This program will start June 20 and will i-ontinue for six weeks. The administrators are now arranging for teachers, pur chasing equipment and working on the problem of transporta tion. Title n of Public Law 89-10 sets aside money for additional library books, reference books, periodicals, and audio-visual materials. Wo. In Morrow coun ty, submitted an application under this title and received a grant of S2.013 We are current-K- nrrlcrinw lihrarv materials which will moot tho require ments set uu under this project. As soon as tho books start to arrive, a tremendous amount of work will be required to Class ify, inventory, and prepare the George Medlock Dies in Accident George Loyd Medlock. 58, of Ukiah was found dead under his overturned pickup near Battle Mountain off U. S. Highway 395 early Monday morning. He was born on Rhea Crock near Ruggs and had lived much of his life in Morrow county. The overturned pickup was found about 75 feet off the high way some 19 miles east of Pilot Rock just after 6 a.m. Monday. It was not known when the ac cident happened, but it appar ently occurred Sunday night. The pickup had rolled down a bank. Medlock evidently was heading for Ukiah when the ve hicle left the highway. Funeral services were today (Thursday), June 9, at 2 p.m. in Sweeney Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Al Boschee officiating. Interment was in the I O O F cemetery. Hardman. He was born on a ranch on Rhea Creek on January 11, 1908, and devoted most of his life to ranch work in Morrow and Uma tilla counties. Medlock had visit ed in Heppner Sunday, accord ing to friends here. Surviving are one son, Loyd Medlock of Ukiah and a brother, Ruben Medlock of Hermlston. Linton Accepts New Teaching Position; Gets Summer Grant Gary Linton has acceidod a teaching position In tho newly completed Gladstone High school near West Linn, accord ing to word received from his wife, the former Connie Ander son. The Llntons are moving from Bandon, whore he has been teaching the past two years. The couple and small daught er Lorl will be In La Grande dur ing the summer months, while Mr. Linton will study under an NDEA grant to the geography institute at the college. At Glad stone he will teach geography and history, coach baseball and assist In football. Mrs. Linton plans to have her brother. Kit Anderson, with them next fall after his return from Africa, and he will pro bably attend the West Linn High school, as Gladstone will start as a freshman and sopho more school. School Bells -gt publisher, do not contemplate a vacation at this time but will l.e tone Junn 2.1-iM to at tind t 'l Oregon Ncwpntcr Publlheri nswx-Utioii conven tion rtl Salthnii, near Wald port. Sherman will be moder ator of panel dlxcuitidnn "n newspaper' role In com munity Korvloe as a prt of tho program The paper Off Ht' will W closed thi! Saturday hut will be open until iohhi on tnuM Saturdays through the summer. While regular member of the staff arc gone. It I necewi ary to have material early In order t meet deadline and t:et the n. mt out on schedule. Material should Im- submitted an early a possible, and any except th.' ir.oM ltnrtant that comes In on Wednesdays proli ably will not be punted In thai week's paper books for Use. Till III Is generally reserved for regional projifts. or project that are of (he explanatory rial ure We are vorv fortunate to have renive approval on a tolnt Mor row I'malllla countv project. This lolnt protict call for edu cational television and a large Instructional center, to Iw hous ed In Pendleton, but to servo all of tho school In our region. Title IV and V are set aside for state departments of educa tion and for educational re search No Individual school lislii.l tx i-li.-lhl.. fur a IimliN-I under these last two titles. One of Every Nine In Morrow County Gets Security Check In Morrow county 5-1.1 people received a total of $195 1 OK In social security benefits In 19ti5, i Vernon A. Welo, social security district manager In l.al.rande, revealed todav. This Is an In rroaso of $:t6.9-tS and 2 people loss than tho year In-fore. A largo part of tho Increase In pavments resulted from changes made bv tho social sec urity amendments of HH'sV Welo said. Those changes which were in addition to tho now program of health Insurance for the aged. Included a 7 per cent increase In monthly benefits rotrtmctivc to January 195; benefits for widows as early as 60; benefits for full-time students between IS and 22; benefits for some divorced women; benefits for some people over 72 who hadn't worked long enough to get soc ial security before; and the pay ment of disability Insurance benefits to workers who are un able to work because of a dls- ability that lasts 12 months of more. "In addition to (ho people who began getting benefits In 1965 because of these changes," Welo continued, "a good many older people who, upon applying for medicare, found they were eligi ble for regular social security benefits, too. Alt In all. tho 1965 figures for Morrow county In clude 339 retired workers, 12 disabled workers and their fam ilies, and 121 wives and children of retired, disabled, or deceased workers. Tho average monthly social security benefit of those beneficiaries amounted to $76 In 1965. One of every nine people In Morrow county receives a monthly Social Security check. BIO GREAT, HEPPNER WED., JUNE St n t 111 6 and 8 p.m. RODEO GROUNDS SPONSORED BT JAYCEES 75 Any One - Any Age Child or Adult TO THE EDITOR. . . To the Kdltor: 1 wonder why our tax asses or doesn't got on th ball and r assess tho Boclnjf lease lands her In Morrow county? Our homo and farm land are re appraised according to tho most record sale to usTrtaln tholr truo cash vahio, Tbero aro land not a good a Boeing's selllns? tor $1(10 per aero In the North Knd, and alnoo Hoeing pay all local taxes out of tho Stato of Oregon's loano fund of $HUH. why not raise our appraisal of theso land and keep all of tho $tiO.UiO hero. Th aesor would do just that If one of we farmer owned tt. (V W. Cutsforth Mr. an J Mrs. Tom DtlseoU and Jeff of Portland were In Heppner to attend tho graduation of hi brother Tim Driwoll on Juno 2 They stayed with Mr. and Mr Jim Dilsooll Wednesday night and also visited with Mr. and Mrs Flmef Schmidt, Jill and lald. This iiimrar Tom will bo working on his Master" De gree at Oregon College of Edu cation at Monmouth. They have purchased a homo In Crosham Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schmidt and David traveled to lrwiston. Idaho, over tho Memorial Day week end to visit his brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs U- lleldeit In their now home Coming Events PUBLIC CARD PARTY Episcopal Parish Hall Saturday, Juno 11. l:M pm. Episcopal Church Women's Guild Bridge and pinochle Public Invited. PANCAKE DINNER Saturday, June 11 st Patrick Parish Hall. I to 8 p.m. By Boy Scrut Troop No. (161 Family Ticket $3; adults, $1; children 51c, Everyone Welcome! BIRNAM CIRCUS Wednesday. Juno 22 Ftodeo Ground. Heppner Two Shows, 6 and 8 pm. Sponsored Hv Heppner Jaycees. Admission 75c person ELKS' PICNIC ("ut-Hforth Park. Sunday, Juno 2i. Elks members nnd families COWUELl.E BARBECUE Honoring Father of Year Sunday, Juno 20. 4 to 6 p.m. Heppner Fairgrounds SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BV C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppcet 11 BILLBOARD t k. I J ill 111 mm IP
