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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. October 13. 1966 GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Oregon 17836 MORROW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gaiette established March 30, 1SS3. The Reppner Times established November 18, 1S97. Consolidated February 15, NIWIPAPII PUIlltHIIS ASSOCIATION WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher NATION At NEWSPAMt HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m, Monday through Friday; 9 -in. until noon Saturday. Subscription Rates: $450 Year. Single Cony 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon. u oevuna mass maner. Chaff Chatter Wes Sherman G-T Marks Newspaper Week This is (Oh, dear, did that folder quit again?) National (Excuse me, the phone is ringing somebody has a late item.) Newspaper (What? Didn't we get some of those proofs out?) Week, and (Yes we have a cut of Bob Straub to go with his story the Gazette-Times (Penney's needs to know the clr culation figures in our trading area) should Join (You say the phone man wants to know where to install the phones in the new office?) all other weeklies (No. we can't go to the high school reception tonight. Maybe Marion can repre sent us.) in observing (Yes, we'll be glad to take your Card of Thanks) It As we were saying, this is National Newspaper Week, but there isn't much time to get philosophical about it what with trying to get repairs made on the folder before press time, trying to get the new office In shape, trying to get the writing done and the paper out on schedule. We hope to observe the week belatedly when we have completed the move to the new office In a week or so. But there are a couple of things we do want to say about National Newspaper Week. First we would like to pay tribute to our newspaper neighbors. As we scan them each week, we think the week ly newspapers in Oregon are getting better and better, and it appears to us that the portended demise of the rural press In years to come is a lot of bosh. Their circulations are growing, and this is evidence that they are doing good work in their respective communities. Their editorial pages are better. Not so many years ago, many weekly newspapers carried no editorials, and we consider this opinion portion the "soul" of the paper. But most of them today have good thought-provoking editorials regularly. We notice that production of the weeklies is better, that they have more and better pictures, that their news coverage is better, and so is their advertising. We think the weekly press Is doing an excellent job around the state of Oregon and it kind of makes us proud to be associated with these fellow publishers. Man, they work hard! Wally Cowan and Harry Ringhand at Milton-Freewater, Marge Bartlett at Hermiston, Jim Ma haffey at Condon and Fossil, Charlie Heard at Pilot Rock, Dick Nafsinger at Hood River, Dwight Hinshaw at Burns, Con nie Johnson at John Day, Bill Robinson at Madras, Dan Bart lett at Moro just to mention a few in our part of the country- And just one thing before we go check on that folder again this Wednesday night. We are grateful for men like Hugh McGilvra of the Washington County News-Times, Earle Richardson of the Itemizer-Observer, Dallas (now retired), and LawTence Spraker of The Stayton Mail (also now retired) for their influence in years past We always have felt for tunate for having had the opportunity to develop In the "newspaper game" under these men, not only for sharing their knowledge and ability, but for the integrity, honesty, community spirit and the strong unswerving traits they po ssess. They are the salt of the earth, and as long as there are editors like these men, the weekly newspaper will be an im portant institution in this nation for years to come. And so to check that folder. May her gears never strip again! Fire Week Thoughts Every hour 63 American homes are destroyed or damaged by fire. Every hour and a quarter one person most frequently a child or elderly person dies in a dwelling fire. These figures, from National Fire Protection Association re search, are the measure of our failure to heed fire hazards and to take corrective action. Fortunately in Heppner and Morrow county at large, ma jor fires have been held to a minimum, and this is a credit to the care and precautions taken by our people. But the threat of fire is ever-present The causes of most home fires are no mystery. A careless ly discarded cigarette is left to smolder in an overstuffed chair, a portable oil heater Is refilled while still lighted, elec trical circuits are overloaded and overfused, uncleared rub bish becomes a breeding place for fire. There is nothing mysterious about the causes of most fire deaths in homes. They occur when the simple rules of safe ty from fire are violated smoking in bed, leaving children alone in the house, allowing youngsters to play with match es. A critical failure is being unprepared for fire emergencies in the home no family planning of escape routes, no period ic family fire drill to make sure that both adults and child ren can act quickly and without panic. Fire Prevention Week November 9-15 is a time to rec ognize that fighting fire is everyone's job, now and through out the year. It is time also to correct hazards, to exercise care, to be prepared. Your actions and attitude now can make you and your family safe from the tragic consequences of fire in the months ahead. Fire Prevention Week is also an appropriate time to pay tribute to the volunteer firemen who serve our community with very little credit. When the fire alarm sounds, we know that they will respond; that they will drop whatever they may te doing to come to the aid of fellowmen in distress. These men drill regularly and give freely of their time for others. This is the week to give them a great big 'Thank You!" We extend hearty appreciation to Charles Ruggles, who recently announced his plan to resign as chief on his doctor's advice after years of service as a fireman and chief. What Chief Ruggles has done for this community is hard to meas ure in the hours he has devoted to helping others in organ izing and supervising the department, in handling the alarms with the help of his good wife, Helen. As he leaves the department he may truly feel deep inner satisfaction for what he has done in helping others. He has taken time from his business, stayed up all night on occas ion when it was demanded, and rolled out of bed along with the other smoke eaters when that alarm went off in noc turnal hours. Charlie Ruggles has been a mighty fine chief and has earned the sincere gratitude of the community. SOLACE for unsuccessful dw hunters: One wav you could have gotten your buck over the week-end would have been to bet a dollar on the Orioles. AT EACH place at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon Mon day was wooden nickel. This was the joint enterprise of Gone Pierce and Barncv Malcom. Now that Barneys Heppner Lumber Company sawmill is closed down, they have conceiv ed the idea that the wooden nickels could furnish the answer to his problem in two wavs. First. Barney could get back Into production making wooden nickels. Second, when they were put in circulation thov would help ease the "tight money" situa tion. Maybe the Idea wouldn't work, but you have to admire guys like them for keeping up a good spirit in the face of a tough situation. j SOME VERY FINE little paper back books have been pub lished hv Oregon writers In re cent years, such as "Oregon for the Curious." bv Ralph Fried man; "The Big Blow" on the Columbus Day Storm of Octo ber 12. 12 (just four years so today) by Ellis Lucia and "Don't Call It Or-e-Rawn," also by Lucia. This week another one arrlv ed on Oregon's Historical Mark ers bv W, M. Seofleld. It Is put out by Souvenir Publishing Company, Pleasant Hill, Ore gon. Maybe vou have driven bv many of the historical markers In the state when you were In a hurry to get somewhere, but like us, wondered in passing, what they said and what they commemorated. Well, this new book has good sized pictures of most of those markers, and the Inscriptions loom up so that thov are easily read. Complied together. In this AFTER VIEWING OSU and noYel Publication, tnev comprise Northweste r n at CorvallLs uite . a . hwtory ot Oregon. A Saturday, we're convinced that mP included to snow where Margaret Marks Gets Scholarship Margaret Marks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Los Marks of Fos sil and graduate of Heppner High, school with the class of V.Xtt, has received n $.100 schol arship from National Institute of Ford Technology and a S-Hl scholarship from General Foods It Is announced. The awards were made at a banquet on October 12. Miss Marks Is now attending Oregon State University and Is secretary of the Food Technology club on the campus. While attending Heppner High school, she resided with the Robert Abrams family. the Beavers sorely need more football players like our Dick Ruhl and his running mate. O"- Billovich. And we note that Coach Doe Andros has the same general idea. The morning press report ed that he felt one of the Beav ers' great weaknesses is in their secondary on defense. North western passed the podwads out of the Beavers, and there was nobody like Ruhl or O'Bil- lovich to stop them. WITH THE construction of the new highway stretch well un derway north of town, a person can oeg'n to see what a great improvement this will be. What a great difference, too, to get those power poles out of the way and off the highway shoul ders. It doesn t look like the same road. This is a neat bit of work by Columbia Basin Electric. Drivers traveling over the con struction at night need to pro ceed with caution. Sometimes piles of rocks are left jutting into the highway, and when one is facing lights of an oncoming car. he can ram into such an obstruction without seeing It. We think that the construction company could do a better Job of marking these hazards, par ticularly at night. We heard one complaint by driver whose car was nearly run down bv a grader. The con struction man had expected him to stop, but the motorist didn t realize his peril since there was no flagman at that spot. But we admit we don't know all the problems that they have in doing such work. It must be aggravating to try to get the job done within a time limit and be held up by traffic, too. " BOB HENRY reports that he is amazed at the support that is being given the Arbuckle Moun tain ski project this year. Many persons have turned out on work days to help clear brush and make other improvements. On one recent day, 20 came up voluntarily to help out, and they really made progress. One enthusiast savs that Arbuckle is beginning to look just like a state park. In previous years when a few faithful souls were trying to get the Arbuckle project off the ground, it was mighty hard to enlist help. This was true even last year. But there seems to be a change this year. Why the sud den surge? It's hard to figure out Maybe at long last inter est in the project and skiing are beginning to snowball. And that's no pun. AT LIONS club Monday night in lone. Berniece and Deniece Matthews, Virgil Morgan and Pat McElligott gave talks on their experiences at Boys' and Girls' State in Corvallis and Sa lem during the summer. When you listen to such excellent re ports as theirs, you realize what fine training the American Leg ion and Auxiliary are giving youth of today through these sessions. At a time when demonstra tions, protests and revolts against established traditions and institutions seems to be in vogue, it is delightful to hear such fine young people talk with real enthusiasm on Amer icanism and what it means to them. The Legion posts and auxil iaries in Heppner and lone are doing a fine thing in support ing Boys' and Girls' State ses sions, as are all the other or ganizations, like the Lions club, who help sponsor the youths' attendance. each is located around the state. We haven't checked to see If Murrays Drug has it In stock, but if not, they can undoubt edly get It for you. It sells for $1.95 and would seem like a splendid gift idea lor those in terested in Oregon history or for tourists who would like to take a souvenir home. TO THE EDITOR. To the Editor: I wonder If anyone has fig ured the agriculture potential of the Booing leased lands of 100, 000 acres in the North End? If Irrigated, it could produce 514,000 000 worth of alfalfa alone, six tons at $25 or about $1-10 or $150 per acre, and the gross agricultural Income of Morrow county Is but $7,000,000 new. Which is double our pres ent income. However, if planted to pota toes, asparagus or like crops It would produce at least $500 per acre or $50,000,000 annual in come, all of which would be spent here at home. And now here comes a letter from Congressman Al Ullman and the Bureau of Reclamation for grass roots backing to get $230,000 for a survey toward a 300.000 acre reclamation project In the north end of these three counties. We had better get on the ball so our representatives will be able to get these funds. Now I honestly believe we'll never get any support toward this move from our present industry-minded state govern ment, and this Booing Blunder will set as is for the next 80 years with no Columbia River water being used unless public opinion forces it and the state government is changed. Candidate for governor, Bob Straub, his wife and I visited the Boeing based lands recent ly and I believe that if he could be elected we would get some thing done for these arid lands of these three counties. At least we'd get more than lip serv ice. O. W. CuLsforth, Sr. Danny Leathers Aids In Boating Rescue Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers had reason to be proud of their grand .on, Danny Lout hers, when he helped In the rescue of two men survivors of a cap sized boat near Long Beach, Wn., recently. The 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Standerfer saw the men In distress from the shore, ran a considerable dis tance to secure help from a woman with a car, then with her, made contact with the Coast Guard which brought help to the boat victims. A small girl was found drowned under the boat, but with help by Danny and first aid treat ment, the two men survived. School Bells By DAVID POTTER Superintendent Monow County Schools Teachers throughout the stale of Oregon will take part Octo ber It In what has boon la beled as "Professional Day." Approximately 75 percent of Oregon schools, including all schools In Morrow county, will be closel this day to allow teach ers n dav to loam and hear now teaching technique and more about their teaching ureas. The Idea for Professional Dav originated with the Oregon A socl'atlon of School Administra tors, a department within the Oregon Education association. More than 20 ubect matter departments within the OKA will provide programs for teach ers, ranging from "The Two Party System Factions and Groupings" for social studies teachers to 'The Spell of the Symbol Weavers" for mathe matics teachers. Teachers of Morrow county have planned a series of pro grams which will follow the "Professional Dav" theme. A number of teachers will attend their professional meetings In other parts of the state. The el ementary teachers have planned a workshop at lone to exchange Ideas, prepare new materials, County School Calendar Selective Service Test Applications Due by October 21 Oregon State Headquarters, Selective Service System, has announced that high school and college students wishing to take the Selective Service College Qualification Test on November 18 or 19 must mail applications for the test not later than 21 October 1966. Students must be 18 years of age to apply for the test and are not eligible if they have taken the test previously. Ap plications may be picked up In person at any Selective Service Local Board. Some colleges ate also assisting in distribution of the test applications. The test will be given at most Oregon colleges and universities under the auspices of the Education al Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey. A passing score of 70 or high er provides a student with a possible basis for deferment for undergraduate study. Grad uate students and students of law and the healing arts must achieve a Qalification Test score of 80 or be in the upper one quarter of their last year of un dergraduate study. MONDAY. October 17 A. C, Houghton PTA at Cafetorlum 7:30 TUESDAY, October 18 PSAT Tests for lone Juniors College Visitations at Heppner High Preliminary Aptitude Tests, Riverside High Juniors k Seniors WEDNESDAY. October 19 College Visitations continue at Heppner High THURSDAY. October 20 Title II Workshop Vert Memorial, Pendleton Heppner tlementarv at Arlington 2:00 Pilot Rock Frosh at Heppner FRIDAY, Octboer 21 Homecoming Umaplne at lone High Grant Union at Heppner High Echo High at Riverside 2:30 Mobile X-Rav Unit at A. C. Houghton 9:00-12:00 Department of Classroom Teachers Eugene SATURDAY. PSAT Tests at Heppner High Department of Classroom Teache October 22 s Eugene ml to assist each other In the solution of teaching problems. The high school teachers un penning trip to Pendleton to visit the Instruction materials center which U located In the Umatilla County Intermedial! Education District office. Thl visit will allow the teachers to examine the teaching inati-rlaU that Is now available to them COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Coming Events HEPPNER HIGH FOOTBALL Friday, October II, 8 p.m Heppner vs. Sherman Sherman High School Field HARVEST SMORGASBORD Sunday. October lfl, 3-7 p.m. St. Patrick' Parish Halt Public Welcome Hunters, come as you are B En EOT CARD PARTY American Legion Auxiliary Monday. Oct. 31. B:Ot) p in. bridge and pinochle, prizes, dessert Public welcome. ELKS CRAB FEED Saturday, October 22. 6:30 to H:30 p.m. Dance following. Music by Three Blind Mice. RUMMAGE SALE Friday, Saturday, October 28-29 Bv Heppner Civic League. Benefit for Heppner Kindergarten Former TrlCo building. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppae P. O. Box 247 PH. ITS-962J Congratulations, Bankers! First inclination is to extend congratulations to Gene Pierce, but before that, we think congratulations are due the Independent Bankers of Oregon. They deserve this commen dation for electing such a good man as Pierce president df their association. We don't think they could have chosen better Pierce has all the qualities that represent the best In his profession honesty, community spirit, progressiveness, stability, and so His election to the top spot In this association is a credit to Heppner and Morrow county and to the Bank of Eastern Oregon, which he represents as president. So congratulations both to the Independent Bankers and to their new president Our local people feel another glow of pride In realizing that another of our fine citizens is rec ognized for what he represents In his field School Yearbook Slates Campaign Staff of Heppner High school's yearbook, the Mustang, Is con ducting a sales campaign be tween October 10 and 25. Sup port of the sales campaign by local people will help the Mus tang become a bigger and bet ter yearbook, Mrs. Jus tine Weatherford, advisor states. Neither of the high school publications, the Mustang nor the Hehlsch, school paper, sells advert islng. In the campaign the staff of fer is to sell two deluxe annuals one to a student and one to a non-student for $9. Single an nuals are $5.50 each. Names of the owners will be printed on the padded covers In gold. Non deluxe yearbooks are available only to registered students and members of the high school staff at $3.50. The high school has ordered 200 books at $K50, or $1.25 each. After this contract Is fulfilled additional books may be pur chased by the school at less cost per book. This year the Mustang will cover the entire school year. It will not be Issued until the fall of 1967. and It will thus in- elude pictures of the closing of tne school year, of graduation and the senior banquet. Assisting the co-editors. Mar tha Peck and Marsha Sowell, in the sales campaign are Mara- lee Murray and Nonda Clark seniors, and Norlta Marquardt, junior. Any oi the lour will be glad to explain the sales cam paign and take orders until October 25. College People To Visit Schools Representatives of State Sys tem colleges will visit lone High school on Wednesday, Oc tober 19, at 8:45 a.m. and Hepp. ner High school on Wednesday at 1 p.m. Students will be Informed of tne importance of seeking post high school education and train ing and will be given first hand Information about course offer ings, admission requirements, costs to attend, financial aids and other concerns In attend ing Oregon public colleges. Parents are invited to attend any of the sessions and are urged to discuss post - high school plans with their sons and daughters before and after the conference. Representing the various In stitutions will be Don DuShane counselor, Office of High School Relations and Jack Rye, direct or of information, Eastern Ore gon College, who is team cap tain. A representative from Ore gon Technical Institute will al so be present. That's tht most an Accutron timepiece will gain or lot In one month's time. And we'll put It In writing.1 Accutron looks like a watch. But It Isn't It doesn't have a mainspring, a hairspring, or balance wheel. These parts make watch run fast or slow. Accutron has replaced them with an elec tronic tuning fork. It splits each second Into 360 equal parts. And makes the Accutron time piece so precise, It won't gain or lose an average of more than two seconds a day. In fact, we guarantee accuracy to within 60 seconds a month. Just one darn minute. ACCUTRON "420" I0K gold flllad. watarproof.f luminous dott and rtenda, aduttable main bracelet with fold over buckle. 179 We will adjud to thl tolerance, II necetiary. Guarantee li lor one year. IWhen case, crystal and crown are Intact "Something from the Jeweler's, Is olwcrys something special" VI JEWELERS Store Hoursi 9 JL M. to 8 P.M. Pa 676-9200 177 MAIN ST.. HEPPNER rfflFkuul