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.
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WESLET A. SHERMAN
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
Heppner
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