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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thunder. February 16. 1967 GAZETTE-TIMES Heppntr, Oregon 97836 MORROW COONTTS NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1SS3. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15. 1912. - . . tut - - - - - - - - USHEIt SOCIATION WESLET A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher Office Hours: 8 a.m. until noon Saturday. to 6 p.m., Suhserintion Rates: S4 5fl Year. Every Thursday and Entered at the as Second Class Matter. Blossoming Boardman As we focus attention on Boardman to some extent this week, it is Interesting to reflect that the new town has arisen rather quietly and without any embroiling controversy, so far as the outsider can observe. Oh. the change has had a great deal of publicity- from time to time, but the people and agencies Involved have peck ed away at their big task with a minimum of fuss. A person might have gone there on one occasion during the relocation to see nothing but stakes set around the sand hills and some heavy earth moving equipment at work. Then after six months or so he might have gone back to see bright new businesses erected on various sites, without having heard of much progress being made In the meantime. By now the new town Is taking its final shape. It Is evi dent that the job to date has been well done and that plans for the future are being carefully laid. Boardman Is not an old community, even In a state as young as Oregon. Sam Boardman filed on a homestead there in 1903, opening the sandy wasteland, but It wasn't until 1916 that the town was platted and water brought from the Umatilla River to bring new life. Sam Boardman became one of the state's better known men, particularly for his work on highways He died in 1953, but If he were alive today, he would probably smile with pleasure at the new town while reserving some regret at seeing the passing of the Old Town. Along Highway Interstate 80-N, Boardman now presents a bright and modern appearance to welcome the traveler to Morrow county, and all of the county may be proud of it As Mayor Dewey West points out there is a great deal yet to be done perhaps even more than has already been done to make the town what It is expected to be. Parks are to be developed, the water system to be Improved, streets widened, sidewalks Installed, the school to be erected, and much more. Target date for "open hoe" Is scheduled two years hence, and fellow residents In Morrow county can reserve the time to Join in the celebration. Beyond this, for both Irrlgon and Boardman loom many possibilities with developments in view through the port commission, the potential of the lands to be Irrigated, the space age possibilities at the Boeing site, and other industry contemplated. It was only a few years ago that some doubters were heard to say that most of the Boardman population would pack up and move away when the Army Corps paid them for their houses and business buildings that would be razed. There would be nothing left of Boardman, said these cyn ics. If you haven't already visited the new town, take a Sun day drive over, look around, and see if the blossoming Board man hasn't pretty well spiked that Working for Hubby's Love? Maybe Valentine's week is a good time to bring this up. Herman Winter has called attention to an Interesting bill that Rep. Irvln Mann of the 28th district is helping to spon sor In the legislature and it's an important one, too. The State of Oregon has traditionally taken the view that a housewife Is not a partner in her husband's business or earnings if she lists her occupation as a housewife and isn't made a partner in fact by legal action. "If he's a rancher, she can drive truck, cook for the har vest hands, feed the cows, run to town for parts, take care of the children, but she does this not for pay, but because she loves the guy!!" said Winter interpreting the state's view on the subject Thus, when the husband dies, the bank account may be "frozen" until the estate is acted upon. The new bill would make 50 of the assets the property of the wife. "Sooner or later this will affect all of us," said Winter in suggesting support for a bill that he considers of signif icance. The change would seem to be a sensible one, and prog ress of the bill will be interesting to watch. Incidentally, Winter, who came here from Salem, says that the current legislature Is one of the hardest working legislatures that he has seen in action. On the afternoon that he went to appear before the judiciary committee to seek a second circuit judge for Morrow and Umatilla counties, Rep. Irvln Mann had appearances or work to do in the ju diciary committee, the fish amd game committee and the agriculture committee following the morning sessions of the House. OBRA Head Meets With Rodeo Board Mrs. Dianna Alexander, pres ident of the Oregon Barrel Rac ing association, was a guest at the February meeting of the Morrow County Rodeo commit tee at the county fairgrounds. Mrs. Alexander, who was ac companied by her husband, dis cussed rule changes and poli cies of the OBRA It was reported that contract acceptances for the 1967 rodeo have been received from How ard Johnson, Condon, stock con tractor, and from Joe Daley of Pendleton as announcer. Each has worked with the rodeo here for the past two years. Contract was also authorized for John Irwin of Taeoma to serve again as clown for the rodeo. Bob Bergstrom is a new mem bore of the rodeo board, repre senting the Wrangler club. He will be in charge of hay and barns. Bergstrom succeeds Roice Fulleton on the board. Next meeting of the group will be Wednesday, March 1, at the Wrangler clubhouse at the fairgrounds. HEPPNER NATIONAL NEWSPAPER llAgc8Tl HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. Sincle Conv 10 Cents. Published Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, Henchmen to Appear In Band Battle The Henchmen are to appear in Richland, Wash., on February 21 for a "Battle of the Bands" with about 20 other bands from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The big event is to be at the Bomber gym In Richland late Tuesday afternoon, and a dance with the top three bands will be held that night The first place band will re ceive a new wardrobe, a record ing session of the song which was written by that group, and performance bookings by KALE rartio in Richland. Tickets for the big battle may be obtained by writing KALE radio in Richland. Henchmen include Tim Smith, Jim Sherman. Roger Leonnig and Kathy Melby, all of Hepp ner High. Mrs. N. D. Bailey returned home Saturday after spending the past three weeks with rela tives in Portland and Astoria. She visited her daughter, Mrs Jack (Dora) Parsons, who is re covering nicely from spinal sur gery at Good Samaritan hospi tal in Portland, and enjoyed her birthday with ner twin sis ter, Mrs. Maggie Reynolds, at Astoria. r0' fV :ij r fit 2T r 7 - ..... ' ROYAL WISHES! Oregon' 108th birthday cclebiation was highlighted Tuesday when Oregon Dairy Princess Alue Pitney presented a cake made of ice cream to Governor Tom McCall who samples first bite. Princess Alue served the rake, which was decorated with symbols of Oregon's Manual ami agricultural resources, in honor of Oregon's statehood. Chaff and Wes IF SOME sort of meter were used in the county to cheek individual performa nee, Its chart would take a nosedive on a good many persons the day following school board meet ings. You can tell the guy who attended the meeting he's the fellow who's yawning all the next day. But if he thinks it tough to sit through 4H hours of deliberations, he can feel for the members of the board and the administrators who have to puzzle out the problems and face the decisions. The "old board" of several years ago still has the record for lengthy sessions running later than 1 a.m. on at least one occasion but we thought Monday night's meeting might crack it However, adjournment came just before midnight af ter starting at 7:30. Somebody sugg es t e d the Chamber of Commerce ought to give a banquet in honor of the school board. They surely de serve It for the work they put in and the criticism they take and still keep their poise and good humor. NOW THAT the Riverside school is causing problems again, and once more there is diuis sion on what school should be located where, one wise fellow proposes that the schools be built on barges in the north end and floated back and forth be tween the two towns. But we think we have a bet ter Idea. One could build a great big blimp for the educa tion of our children, and they could go to school In it, hov ering over each town of the county for equal time. We think the particular ad vantage of this suggestion is that there certainly would be less high school dropouts! SKI SEASON came to an abrupt halt for legman Spike Pardee of the Gazette-Times staff Sun day. At the same time he be came a member in good stand ing of the Order of the Busted Ski. He almost qualified for the higher Order of the Cracked Cranium. Spike, who may not be quite as catty with a pair of slats under him as he is at flicking a shutter on his camera, tried to negotiate the downhill per ils of the upper slope. He hit the little twisting dip that is becoming to have quite a repu tation among the more daring skiers, and ol' Spike found him self upside backwards and in side out all at once. After the world had stopped spinning and he figured out which way was up again as he lay reclining on the cool Invig orating ice, Spike found one of his skis in two pieces and the other ready to be retired. OCCASIONALLY some friend goes on a trip to the south west and sends us a copy of the paper from "The town too tough to die," Tombstone, Ariz. While the Larry Cooks were on their trip, they sent us the Jan uary 26 issue, and it Is always enjoyable to look over and read the paper. It's a little hard for us to figure out which stories are cur rent and which are taken from the archives to bring back mem ories of the days of the Old West. One story, at the top of the front page, for instance, is head ed, "Suspended. O. K. Corral Fracas Brings Knife Wielder Two Years' Probation." It goes on to say, "It was early in No vember last that tempers wax ed hot on old Allen street. Words were exchanged, a scuf fle ensued, and the soft, warm belly of a man tasted cold knife steel. Blood flowed once again in Tombstone's famed and vio lent O. K. Corral." Now, would you figure that to be a current news story, or r , .. . .. :., - , " & 0 . I Chatter Sherman one from the archives? The ads are interesting, too. In the old style, there are a number of them on the front page. We enjoyed the one from Dugan Funeral Chapel, 18 Naco Road. Bisbee, Arizona. "Orders filled on short notice from any part of the county," it reads, "Phone 432-4242. Day or Night" If you're down that way and get Into a gunflght with the ghosts of any of them there old gunslingers, you might remem ber that Information. The Cooks are now home, but it was nice of them to send us this copy of the Epitaph. IF YOU HAVEN T seen the pho tos of our local George Wash Ingtons yet, e sure you turn to pages 4 and 5, section 2, before you put this paper down. Who makes the cutest George Washington Ed Gonty? Ran dall Peterson? Bill Hust? LeRoy Gardner? To cast your vote call Phlla dephia. Pa, 1-215-929-8655 and ask for Patrick Henry. BALLOTS on the tax issue, printed In last week' G-T, have Just started to come In good, but there are not enough for a tabulation at this time. The ballot Is re-prlnted In this issue, and If you haven't stat ed your preference, we Invite you to take a moment to do so. We have heard and read that some legislators are getting the idea that the people don't care how the tax Issue goes because of the lack of letters and Inter est shown. We'll take the bal lots submitted and turn them over to Rep. Irvin Mann. That way, he can at least get a samp ling of local thinking. Funeral Services Held Last Week For Fred Rauch Funeral services were held for Fred Rauch, 73, at Trinity Lutheran church, Hermlston, on Thursday, February 9. The Rev. Samuel Goldenman officiated at the 2 p.m. service, and inter ment followed In Echo ceme tery. He was born In Poland, July 20, 1893, and came to the Unit ed States in 1910. On February 9. 1915, he was married to Jo hanna Erdman in Pendleton. Since 1939 he had operated a ranch between Lexington and Butter Creek He was a member of Trinity Lutheran church. Mr. Rauch died Monday, Feb ruary 6, at Good Shepherd hos pital in Hermiston after a lengthy illness. Contributions have been accepted by the fam ily to the Trinity Lutheran Church Memorial Fund or to the Cancer Fund In his memory. Survivors include his widow, Johanna, of Lexington; two sons, Fred of Chattaroy, Wn., and August of Lebanon; six daughters, Mrs Jim Mitchell and Mrs Melvin Clark, both of Chattaroy, Mrs. Doug Watson of Hermiston, Mrs. Keith Middle ton of Echo, Mrs. Orval Mathe ny of Heppner and Mrs. Joe Ritzer of Hermiston. Also two brothers, Julian of Hermiston and Adolph of East Germany; three sisters, Mrs. William Hen nie of West Germany, Mrs. Al ex Hunt of Heppner and Mrs. Fred Hermann of Hermiston. He leaves 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. R. A. Thompson is now receiving medical care in Pio neer Memorial hospital. Rela tives brought her back to Hepp ner Monday after she had been a patient at Park Manor Home in Walla Walla, Wn., for a con siderable time. 1967-68 Edition I Oregon Blue Book Ready for Sale The 1967.68 edition of the Oregon Blue Book, featuring a winter scone of Crater Luke on the cover, Is now coming off the presses, and distribution for public sale Is expected to begin soon. Secretary of State Clav My ers, whose office Is charged with preparation of the Blue Book, pointed out some Innova tions In the layout of this edit ion I. A handy section reference has been added to the back cover, enabling users to turn quickly to Information, for example, on Oregon history, newspapers, the Oregon Constitution, state boards and commissions, and a variety of other subjects. The pcrhxlloals section has boon expanded, and zip code numbers have been Included for all post offices In the state. Another section has been add ed In this edition to provide In formation on the state's 11 community colleges. Oregon's congressional dele gation has been moved up near the front of the Blue Book, and brief biographical sketches of each member have boon Includ ed. Even most of the recent ap pointments of the McCall ad ministration to state boards and commissions were Included In the edition before It came off the presses. The cut off date was January 19. The price of Oregon's refer once work remains the game: $1 for the plain-bound volume, and $1.50 for the one with a plastic spiral binding. Myers noted that compliance and editing was done under the direction of former-seoetary of State Tom McCall. Editor was Mrs. Wanda Merrill, now Gov. McCall's executive secretary. She was assisted by Margaret Bourassa. Fulleton Named To BMC Committee Rolce Fulleton, owner of Ful leton Chevrolet Co., has been appointed as a member of the mechanical advisory committee of Blue Mountain College, Rob ert Hawk, dean of applied science, has advised him. The committee has been formed to help evaluate and suggest curriculum changes. Fulleton represents auto deal ers. First meeting was Tuesday night on the college campus. Others named to serve Include Howard Hagen, heavy equip ment; Don Miller, auto mech anics; Pat Davis, farming in dustry; Kay Hlsatoml, heavy equipment mechanic; J. S. Mc Clendon, welding and machine shop; Gerald McBee, body and fender; and Bud Duncan, mo bile dlesel. Several to Attend North Pacific Meet Several from Morrow county are planning to attend the mid winter meeting of North Pacific Grain Growers Managers and Directors association In Port land on Friday, according to Harlan McCurdy, manager of Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. Among those who expect to attend, besides McCurdy, are Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Munkers, Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark, Homer Hughes, and Mr. and Mrs. Lar ry Lindsay. McCurdy expected to leave late Tuesday and to attend a meeting preceding the Friday session. Reports from both national and local grain cooperative of ficials are included on the pro gram. Marketing patterns, fu ture transportation changes and river development will be dis cussed. A feature of the meeting will be a harbor cruise through the Portland port by chartered ves sel. "The more we can learn about export markets and the more efficiently we can serve them," said McCurdy, "the more effect ively we can serve our grain producers at home" To the Editor: As one of the chaperones on the Pep Club bus which trav eled to Burns and John Day flic past week-end, I can truthfully say I am not sorry I went. It was well organized by the pres ident of the Pep Club, Erin Dick. She worked hard and faithful throughout the trip. The Pep Club should be very proud to have her as Its pres ident. The Pep Club girls conduct ed themselves well and their appearance was outstanding. Losing both the games was dis appointing but we do have a fine team to be proud of, as they conducted themselves well and showed good sportsman ship in representing their school and community. Not only do we have a school to be proud of, but the com munity of Heppner has a city to also be proud of. When wo arrived back at 1:00 a.m. Sun day morning, I couldn't help but notice how clean the town of Heppner appeared. Some times it takes a trip away from home to realize how thankful we are to have a city ordinance which is doing such a fine job. Mrs. Raymond French TO THE EDITOR . . . Dear Won: We enjoyed vour recent note from Morrow county. I visited with Howard Bryant from tele phone the other evening and he told me of the wonderful win ter you are having this year. l,ook's like a fine growing sea son for wheat In the making We would like to subscribe to the Gazette Times, as we en Joy hearing of our many friends tlr..n.ti tlx.. IIMth r. Micie vou will find n check. If this Is not aufflclcnt. let me hear from you again soon I sure would like to see your new olflee and expanded plant We hoe to get back up that wav next summer. Best wishes to you and your family. Sincerely yours, Gene Harrymnn Comanche Public Schools Comanche. OMa. 73MD February 7. 1!H!7 To the Editor: As a Morrow county taxpay er and an Individual with W years plus of Interest In good schools, I would like to state tnv views regarding the present school Impasse In north Morrow county, The first thing to consider Is the best Interest of the pupils in that area and secondly close behind Is the best Interest of the taxpayers. Certainly neither of these have bi-on given prime consideration. On several occas ions, the opinions of exports have been obtained at consid erable expense, but the advice received has not been followed. It Is ridiculous that an admin istration and a board from an area remote from the problem should dictate to the people liv ing within the area what course they should follow. It should be their decision to make within reason and If It had been left to them, they would have come up with a common sense solu tion within a few months. The first recommendation from the State Board of Education was to transport the high school pup ils from the Riverside district to a nearby district which had ample facilities built with fed eral funds. This would result In the best opportunity educa tion-wise and would also be least costly to the taxpayer. Recent Indications are that the good people of north Mor row county might take this course If It was left to them to make the decision. Would It not make common sense to fol low a democratic procedure ami let them determine the destiny of their school with no Inter ference from the south? I for one am fed up with the eeny-meeny-mlny mo policies that have been followed for the past ten years. Very sincerely, L. L. Howton. lone Dear Bro. Sherman: Just a few lines to let you know that I will not renew my subscription to the Gazette Times. I will have to confess that I will miss it however. I believe you edit a fine news paper. I always enjoyed your keen wit in the Chaff and Chatter. I will remember Heppner with many warm memories. For the size of town it Is progres sive and I believe produces more community projects, busi ness and otherwise, than the cltv fathers do here. Thanks again for all your In terest and help while there, I remain, A sincere friend, Elwood Boyd Brewster, Wash. To the Editor: Attending a meeting of the Morrow county school board last Monday night was revealing In many ways. One can't escape the conclusion that this Is a good school board. All Its mem bers are experienced, informed, conscientious, and truly Inter ested in solving the many prob lems of the district. Further, in mv Judgment, the quality and efficiency of our system and Its teachers has been steadily Im proving under the able admin istration of Superintendent Pot ter. In my view, there are two problems confronting the board which should bo of Interest to nil citizens of Morrow county. First, construction of the new Boardman-Irrigon school build Ing must go forward A review of the facts would seem to in dicate that the architect must reduce his building plan and Its specifications to comply with the limitations Imposed by the Corps of Army Engineers. This should be done Immediately. Second, in order to preserve and Improve the quality of our teachers, upgra ding salary schedules should be negotiated to a satisfactory conclusion with the minimum increase of the total annual salary obligation On this point, I believe it Is Incumbent upon the hoard and our superintendent to utilize teacher skills to mnxlmum ef ficiency. It is not denied by either the board or the super intendent that there are eight een more teachers In this sys tem than there were three years ago, despite the fact that stu dent enrollment has decreased. This school board, with the assistance of the superintend ent and his administration, can solve these problems, and they deserve the help nnd support of all the people in Morrow coun ty in seeking solutions for the Improvement of the quality of education in our district. Don Turner Lexington February 7, l'JtS7 To the Editor: I saw this in mv paper euro eon Journal) and Just thought It was Interesting. I rcmomWr my dad. J I". Owen, shaking of Mr Itedlngton. Mrs. J M- Harrington axil k. nth st. Vancouver. Wash. VHMl HER HEART IN VANCOUVER Close to one year ago llcrnloe Itedlngton died In n Seattle hoa pltal Iteeentlv the '.!2,XK) re maining from the sale of her home ami waterfront property at Normandy Park, south of Se attle, became the bequest of the Vancouver Institution she des ignated This was aftei approximately one fourth was paid for admin Isterlng the estate. Nothing was left to her family, but that Is beside the point, which Is that less than a handful of the bene factors knew who she was or why she left them this. llcrnloe Itedlngton was the daughter of an early Northwest ncwspaiK-rmnn who published the Heppner Gazette before the flood was a reporter on the Oregonlan at the lime of the I.ewi and Clark Exposition, la ter published the Puvallup Com merce. He was an Indian eout during the Modoc wars. He was mustered out of Vancouver Bar racks at that time. The first prudence Penny on the Seattle Punt-Intelligencer, He mice Itedlngton spoke dally on the radio, held vast cooking schools In Seattle' two large department stores and outdoors In Seattle parks In the summer. She promoted creative quilt shows, cake contests, even mushroom shows. For five years she was food editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Farm and Home. She wrote weekly neighborhood news column on a Dei Moines paper up to a month before her death. When readers of the P I learn ed through their columns of her fatal Illness they wrote her more than 100 letters telling her she taught them to cook. But Bcrnlce'a heart was In Vaueouver, where she had work ed as food manager at the School for the Blind, was presi dent of Zonta Club and watched the cornerstone laid for the First Presbyterian Ch u r c h, which was her heart's home. The reason for thla letter Is that It seems when person who has given all her earthly wealth to a cause she loved and thought worthy of her choice, the people to whom he loft It are entitled to know at least who she Is and why they were so remembered. I, her sister, think she Is due this much Mrs. Donald I. Stewart. MOO N. W. Lincoln Are Van eouTtr, Wash. WEDDING. PARTY and ANNI VERSARY Napkins with names Imprinted; Monogram med Playing cards; Regency Personalized Note Stationary; Wedding Books. Inquire at Gazette -Times office. 24x COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Coming Events BASKETBALL Heppner vs. Sherman, Hepp ner High Gym, Friday, Feb. 17. Heppner vs. Madras at Mad ras, Satuiday, Feb. 18 Heppner vs. Wahtonka, Hep pner High Gym, Friday, Feb. 21 ELKS' DINNER Friday, Feb. 17, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Spaghetti Dinner, adults $100, Children, 50c SCOUT BANQUET Saturday, Feb. 18, High school Cafeteria G:30, Potluck dinner Court of Honor, Cubs, Scouts and families Invited FFA BANQUET Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7:00 p.m. High School Cafeteria FFA Members, Parents, In vited Guests. ANYONE FOR BASKETBALL? OSU BASKETBALL, 3:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 19, OSU va. UCLA, KATU Channel X OSU BASKETBALL, 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 12, OSU vs. OREGON, KATU Channel 2. Meet the man from NORTH WESTERN during breaks In the games. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppner P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 l
