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The Heppner Gaxerte established March 3a 1SS3. Th Heppnef
Times established November 18, 1S97. Consolidated February 15,
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ASSOCIATION
WESLET A. SHERMAN
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a Second Class Matter.
Now About Those Parade
Floats . . .
A quick plane at the calendar readily shows that Fair
and Rodeo time Is Just around the corner. It is Just 19 days
until the opening of the fair and Just 23 days until the ro
deo pets underway.
This means that all those who intend to participate but
haven't yet pot around to it had better get In gear!
At last year's rodeo parade, there were quite a few who
didnt have entries who vowed they would make the effort
in 1966. Well, the 1966 show Is Just about here.
Entries for the parade dont have to be elaborate float.
That humorous idea you may have could add considerable
to the parade. Or you can rig up that old wagon that's been
standing idle in the yard and doll It up.
You can get your children excited about it, and they can
work up some humorous costumes or fitting entries in the
number of categories open to them.
A check with Randall Peterson, parade chairman for the
Charr.be re of Commerce, will show that he can fit your entry
whatever it may be into some category. And there are fine
prizes offered in all classes. A total of some $375 will be of
fered in prizes.
Theme this year, it Is to be remembered, is "Between the
Book Ends." That means that a person or organization should
try to pick out a book title for the theme of his entry. And,
goodness knows, books have been written with every conceiv
able title to fit any possible Idea.
Greater participation of local firms, organizations and In
dividuals can make the coming rodeo parade the best yet
Let's don't sit back and wait for the fine outside entries from
other cities to make our parade. Let's pitch in with spirit and
make this the greatest
Importance of the
Steps are being taken this year to restore financial vigor
to the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland,
the largest nationally ranked and accredited diversified live
stock show in the United States.
Named locally to help implement this program is John
Venard of the First National Bank, and he is as enthusiastic
about promoting the P. L as he is convinced of its import
ance. When the show appeared to be in jeopardy last year, con
cerned men and organizations came to the rescue, and a sub
stantial part of the P. I.'s 1966 budget of $260,650 is to come
from donations. These are in the amount of $50,000.
A volunteer committee, headed by Ed Johnson, independ
ent company relations manager of Pacific Northwest Bell and
of which Venard is a member, is promoting a plan to sell
tickets to the Pacific International in communities outside of
Portland at a special price of $3 each for reserved seats in
blocks of 16 or 8. Firms and organizations will be contacted
to buy tickets at $48 or $24 to give to customers, employees
or others. Preferential seating will be given to holders for
performances of their choice. Through this method, it is hoped
to boost ticket sales to $95,000.
Venard points out that Pacific International is of great im
portance to Morrow county. In so stating, he declares the firm
belief that cattle from this county take a back seat to none.
His stand is affirmed by the record. A number of grand cham
pion animals have come from this county, and Morrow county
exhibitors have done exceptionally well at the show.
In 1965, measurable boost to the economy of the Pacific
Northwest by the P. I. was in excess of $875,000, and it is
believed that this could be increased to $2Vi million per
year with changes in the program to attract greater public
participation.
The Pacific International helps the livestock industry be
cause it is a meeting ground for exchange of information
and a place to compete for awards. Because of this it fosters
the improvement of marketable animals. If a major show
were not available in Oregon, it would cost each grower an
average of $1000 more to exhibit stock, it is estimated. These
are dollars that would leave the area.
The show is also valuable as an educational medium. More
than 15.000 primary grade children were given free lecture
tours of the P. L in 1965. Stock judging teams from colleges
and universities compete with each other and improve their
knowledge of livestock by comparing results with profession
als. As the "regional championships" for 4-H and FFA judg
ing teams, and for young people entering stock, the P. I. en
courages youth to practice modern production techniques.
Programs are now underway to modernize the building and
grounds and citizens committees are taking responsibility for
much of the work in management reorganization and in plan
ning for bigger and better entertainment features. Concessions
and entertainment will be changed to keep pace with the pub
lic's changing desires, in order to appeal to greater numbers of
people not directly connected with livestock or agriculture.
A dynamic, fast-moving force for the good of the livestock
industry, the Pacific International is equally important for
the general economy of the Pacific Northwest.
Morrow county people have a real stake in the P. I. be
cause the cattle industry is of particular importance to them.
It is to be hoped that more will gain the enthusiasm and
support being demonstrated by Venard. One way to start is
to buy a block of tickets for the show that is coming to Port
land October 15-22.
Dan McBride Writes
Dan McBride, who is serving
aboard the USS Delta, repair
ship in the Navy, writes that
he has been changed from Aux
iliary Repair to Main Repair and
is working in the internal com
bustion engine shop on the ship.
He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Nate
McBride of Heppner.
Dan, whose rating is fireman,
is enroute by sea to Seattle. He
plans to arrive this week end
and will see part of the Seafair
celebration as well as to come
home for a short visit. His ship
is based at Alameda, Calif.
Dan is expected to go on over
sea f'utv in January.
"I l re enj'iy your paper," he
TINES. Thursdoy. Aogurt 4. 1966
HEPPNER
NATIONAL NEWSPAMI
A s(:
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HELEN E. SHERMAN
Aodrt FubUaba
Monday through Friday; 9
P. I.
Of Work in Navy
writes. "We go overseas on a
West Pack cruise for eight
months in January."
His new address is Dan Mc
Bride, FA USS Delta IAR-9) R-2,
FPO San Francisco, Calif.
96601.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel
entertained out-of-town guests
at their home two days last
week. Coming from Townsend,
Mont. vs Mrs. Chapel's niece,
Mrs. Clarence Morris. She was
accompanied bv her daughter.
Mrs. Norma Seiffert nnH enn
Terry of Las Vegas, Nev.
Chaff
Wes
IF WE can type with one hand
while holding a class of Iced
tea In the other, we'll boat out
a column on this warm dav.
We ll be a little grateful at the
same time that we don't have
to sit where our linotype oper
ators are at work beside the
hot machines. Any who have
not seen these machines oper
ate may not know that they
have "pots" which contain
molten metal that eventually
becomes tvpe. Type slugs com
Ine into the "sticks' are hotter
than blitien. and it Isn't a very
cool place to work.
Reggie Pascal, who puts in
long hours at the machine, has
an electric fan blowing cool air
on his back but the perspira
tion still courses down the side
of his face. Son Jim, who works
on the lntertype as a relief op
trator. Is clad in shorts and
keeps a little cooler.
But it's even hotter in the
stereotype room where Randy
Stillman melts metal for mak
ing "pigs" and does the cast
ing.
WE NEVER have been con
vinced that synthetic products
are quite as good as the real
thing. Oleo doesn't taste quite
as good as good butter, the
"diet" carbonated drinks aren't
as good as those which are full
of calories, and instant coffee is
only a remote suggestion of the
brewed kind.
But. there N one exception, in
our opinion. This Is instant tea.
Man. we dont think there is
anv other drink that is as cool
ing on these hot davs as Iced
tea. Somehow, the tea makers
have come up with an Instant
tea that tastes exactly like the
cenuine article. When a fellow
is reallv dehydrated and feel
ing like a boiled lobster from
the summer sun. there is noth
ing but nothine that tastes
as good as Iced tea. The Inno
vation of instant tea means that
you don't have to wait for the
regular kind to brew and cool.
Methinks our favorite is still
Upton's but Nestea Is a eood
one. too. No, we don't get any
raxeoii ror saying this, but
merely doff our hat (if we wore
one) to the manufacturers of
eood products which help make
the warm days more tolerable.
WE HAD expected to hear an
explosion from the rural area
northeast of Lexington about i
OiHt. nf tt U',wlr Kut if (t V. I
curred. we didn't hear it. We
got out of town instead.
Somehow, while putting last
week's paper to bed, we got the
fiendish idea, with the egging j
of the boys in the backshop. ;
to change the headline on a i
few papers on the story about
the Republican convention and
Don Turner. The headline on I
all papers but one in our reg-
ular circulation said, "Don :
Turner Declines Nomination as
State Republican Chairman." i
But on one paper, the head j
was changed to read, "Don i
Turner Accepts Nomination as j
State Democratic Chairman."
This paper was the one mail- i
ed to Don Turner. i
We understand that Don j
came in while we were gone I
Friday p.m. He had already
gone through the throes of '
being puzzled and surprised, j
We'd suspect that he probablv i
mumbled. 'That dad-blasted
paper never gets anything
right." or words to that effect.
But by the time he got into
the office, he had it all figured
as a gag, and he took it with
as much equanimity as a pol- ;
ititian kissing a baby.
Probably the Democrats had
more reason for complaint on
last week's paper than the GOP
members. They went on a con- j
vention, too, but didn't even get I
their story on the front page. I
This wasn't because they aren't
entitled to equal space but be
cause the GOP convention ap
parently had a little more dra
ma in which a local man was
involved.
SHERMANS were all over the
place at Camp Magruder near
Rockaway Sunday. We just
pulled in with daughter Cathy
at the Methodist camp when up
drove the Calvin Shermans of
Heppner. (By the way, so far as
either of us know, we aren't
related;. They were bringing
Tami Meador and their daugh
ter, Barbara, to camp.
Already there was another
Sherman, our son Bill, who is
a counsellor this summer.
The land of "Cheese, Trees
and Ocean Breeze" at Tillamook
was a considerable contrast
from the wheat and cattle coun
try. After hitting 103-degree
weather in The Dalles, we
found it in the 60's at Tilla
mook, a drop of some 40 de
grees. Leaving here in the heat,
we even failed to put in a coat
for our young camper and had
to buy her a hooded sweat shirt
in Tillamook.
By the way, one hears stories
about these letters that kids
write from camp. We got our
first one from the 11-year-old
today. It was a good long one
about three terse sentences.
But the closing was the kicker.
It said: "Your friend, Cathy."
Well, we are glad there are
no hard feelings, little daugh
ter! HAVE YOU ever lived next door
to a fire siren? We do, and
we're getting so we cringe in
terror when the first Vnnrlav
of the month arrives, The siren I
Chatter
Sherman
goes through tta full ode of
12 intermittent blasts as a test
at noon on the first Monday of
each month.
With the doors open on these
summer days, it is quite an
experience.
This device b designed so
that fireman In the most dis
tant part of town can hear it
It is so loud when you live
next door that you can Just
about hear it over television
when the kids have a cartoon
comedy on.
When that first blast sounds
out of the blue, you experience
a shock like plunging into a
swimming pool of ice water on
a hot day. At the same time
it shatters your nervous system
and you automatically vault
from your chair, if you happen
to be sitting.
When It dies down, you trem
ble with the thought of the
next shock coming. If you are
trying to talk to someone, he
sees you merely mouthing your
words the audio completely
drowned out if you're convers
ing on the telephone, you have
to give up.
Bv the time the 12th blast
sounds, you may find yourself
beating your head against the
wall, a nervous wreck.
But the old fire siren may
be like a nagging wife. Gets
pretty hard to tolerate, they say,
but what would the old man
do without her.
PVT. AND MRS. DICK CLARK
(Shirley Erwln) deserve doub
le congratulations follow! n g
their wedding Saturday, not on
ly on the wedding but also on
the fact that the groom made
it on time.
A lot of people were sweat
ing that one out. Dick had to
come a long distance, and w'.:h
transportation pretty much in a
muddle, it was well known that
it would be touch and go whe
ther he could get here in time
from service for the service.
Original time of the wedding
FOR
MORROW COUNTY
FAIR AND RODEO
PRINCESS
VERINA
FRENCH
Sponsored By
LENA COMMUNITY
ADMISSION
S1.50
PER PERSON
TO THE EDITOR . . .
U tter to (lie Editor:
High li'tercst rules on limn.
loans are again being used l
throttle the economy as an offset
III the free spending Hillcle of
the Administration Tills "big
government" monetary manlpu
latlon is not new to the world,
however, fairly new to our free
society. For years as a producer
of lutiiln-r, I have tell this tool
used over and over again I" the
detriment of Oregon's major In
dustry. Tills policy of raising Interest
which discriminates agitlnsl tVie
goti's payrolls must le Mopped
It helps tin rich at the expense
of the newly formed families and
at the expense of Oregon's econ
omy. The nation, anil especially
Oregon, cannot stand the luxury
of government waste and foreign
aid giveaway when our people
are doing without at home.
Sincerely yours,
Everett J. Thoren
Republican Candidate from
Oregon's Second PIMrlct
to the U. S. House of Hep
resentatlves P. O Box 17.
Elgin, Oregon
Dear Helen and Wes:
I wish to take this opportun
ity to thank you for your court
esles which I have received
while acting us District No (1
Auxiliary President, t am sure
that Heppner I'nlt N". K7 also
thanks you for your publicity.
The theme chosen for Amcr
icanism this year Is. 'Every
hour of every day Think and
was 1 p.m. but this was chnng
ed at a late date to 4 p.m.. and
it was a good thing. Dick didn't
arrive from Seattle until 2.
That lust gave him two hours
to get ready.
Most grooms have a chance
to go through a rehearsal but
Dick didn't have this oppor
tunity. Ills first appearance was
"on stage".
One couldn't sav that the
wedding went off without n
hitch, btscau.se they were "hitch
ed", but it went off very well
anyway.
SATURDAY,
Fair
Pavilion
Heppner
MUSIC BY
THE TAYNES
Of Pendleton
act the Americanism Way" Let
us all hi I this way and ('"'
. ,. . i. u h jil
all re'.is tins is
members 'f the Ugion hum
Auxiliary ac doing
Publicity Is very Impoilaiit In
gelling the urpte of Hie Auier
lean Legion and Auxiliary to the
public.
Again my sincere appretlal
Hairl lUmlln
Dear Wes and Helen:
I was visiting over the week
end with some Portland friends,
when I happened to remember
that the former Morrow ttwmj
people were going ,l ""'lr H"
nual picnic nt l.aurelhutst Park
In Portland, so my friend tk
me out there Just In time to have
h great bl polluck dinner If
you know the Morrow county
(oiks as well as J do, you will
know they had enough to feed a
huge army,
talked with Mrs McNamer,
the Krebs brothers, a couple of
the Ritchie men, Sam McMillan
and wife. Tom and Neva Wells.
John llergstrom and dozen "f
other ol.l time friends I aim to
be there again next year While
In Portland l visited my niece.
Mrs. Paul Morey She is Mrs
Myra Peck's daughter .
I would like to tell Bob Lowe
that Ittiv A Gaj;e. my old time
friend set lis his best regards
ami considers him one of his
best new friends Mr Gage and
I have been very close friends
for altno-t sixty years
Well, anvhow, I escaped one
thing Just nt 3 .' p m mv
friend came to get me, and I
was iai t" see him as a lady
culled out, "Why don't we ask
Mr Y eager to make a speech "
Mv what a close shave that was'
Just got the G Times niul was
sorry to hear that Amanda lu
Friends ol Mrs. Ale Thomp
son of Portland will be glad to
hear that she Is recovering from
surgery and has returned to her
home In Portland. The Thomp
sons are living In a new home
at 1.UU5 SE Salmon. Portland
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AUGUST 6
vail had a bad accident, and I
hope she makes a quick rectiv
eiy If I don't wind this letter up,
I won t neeil to go lit lieil, hut
I I fore I d, I want to thank all
my good friend I toei at 1-aurel
hurst I'aik for their kindness
how i) ine
Sincerely your,
O M. Veage
Coming Events
GOLDEN AGE CLUB
Monthly meeting, Tuesday,
Aug. 0
Episcopal rarlsh Hall
Pot lurk dinner, 7:00 p m.
Entertainment following.
PRINCESS DANCE
For Prince Verlna French
of lena Community
Saturday. August 6. 9 30 p m.
to 1:00 a m.
Music bv The Tayne of Pen
dleton Lunch served.
Ql'EEN CORONATION
Saturday, Aug. 13
Heppner Rodeo Ground
Queen' dance following.
RHEA CREEK GRANGE
Family picnic, Sunday, Aug.
14
Anson Wright Me m o r t a I
Park. 1:30 p.m.
Grange families and friend
Invited.
SKJNSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
Beppoat
t. O. o 247 PH. f78 M3$
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DANCING
9:30 To 1
SUPPER SERVED