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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday. August 1 1967 ; i THE .fv HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oreqoo 97836 Phone 676-9228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1SSX The Heppner ) Times established xvovembor IS. i!Si. t.onsoliaaioci j-ooruary lo. 1512. Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman NIWSPAPII NATIONAL NEWSPAPER EDITOR AND PUiUSHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman Printer REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STTLLMAN Apprentice Subscription Rates: S4.5Q Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Even- Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Office Hours: a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. WESLET A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN MARION ABRAMS Society Circulation JIM SHERMAN Pressman It Was The President Speaking At a time when spirits of the people of this nation run to a low ebb in morale because of the war In Vietnam, riots, other civil disobedience, and an apparent general unrest President Lyndon Johnson's voice came through loud and clear the other night His administration has been strongly criticized, his pol icies on Vietnam bitterly attacked, but certainly most Amer icans who heard him and watched him on television must have felt the surge of feeling conveyed by his earnest convic tion, and his apparent determination on the current crisis brought on by riots during the "long hot summer." It was invigorating to feel. In the face of this emergency, that the President of the United States could come strongly before the people and bring a message to inspire, unite, and restore faith. It brought out again that The President though he be Democrat or Republican and subject to harassment by his opponents nevertheless is President of the United States and our leader. We're among those prone to criticize the administration, but his message through the dramatic medium of TV brought nothing but inspiration. When the feeling is predominant that domestic chaos is universal and opportunistic vandals capitalize on the con dition to run rampant in violent and destructive crime, the president brought out that 98 of the American public both white and neero remain decent and law-abiding citi zens. This is something we're prone to forget when the focus of attention is on the few. His determination that the vio lence of rioters will be treated as criminal action and is not to be disguised as having any connection with civil rights movements presents a strong stand for the pubic to support. His calling for a Day of Prayer acknowledged a need for divine guidance, which all Americans must feel. If there were more prayerful people in the nation and more everyday prac tice of religion, the stress and unrest would be reduced in proportionate degree. These riots will not be tolerated or minimized by a free America where people still have enough fortitude and pride in law and order to take whatever action is necessary to suppress them. Out of the appalling destruction comes one notable good the responsible leadership among the negro people is step ping forward to denounce the lawless acts and to take lead ership in discouraging them. From this action they may achieve a new respect that civil rights laws, demonstrations and marches cannot bring. At a time when a person sometimes feels like hiding his head in the sand with the image of an Ugly American in the eyes of the world, the President restored a renewed spark of pride. And the feeling was good! Fashions and Flowers r Hi, ho! It's time to think of the fair and rodeo if you haven't already been busy doing so. Going to have a float? Theme for the rodeo parade, to be on August 26, is "Fashions and Flowers," chosen in a contest late last year. Now is the time to stir your favor ite organization and get it working on a float. Or if you have a business, figure out something that will contribute to the theme and get in the parade. There is an undercurrent of preparation on every hand for the fair and rodeo. We see that Arnie Hedman is calling a Heppner marching band to practice. The fair and rodeo boards and committees are working right along. Tom Currin is busy on getting out publicity, the Chamber of Commerce is getting a new batch of rodeo ties to sell, Columbia Basin is planning on putting up the flags soon, and the itinerant painters have embellished downtown windows with their col orful signs. The fair and rodeo court has traveled far and near to carry the word and publicize the events; the dances have been proving highly successful; and the Queen's Coronation program is underway by the Jaycees, set for the evening of Queen Verina's dance on August 12. Most everyone gets involved in fair and rodeo in some capacity, so this is truly a time of community cooperation everyone working together so that the county may put its best foot forward and so that everyone has a good time. If you haven't caught the spirit, better get with it Crank up your energy and get ready. It's just around the ii "wIt v i c - i r 1 fts. r 'it - ; A IF' 1 ? - ' . 1 1 It boon Idlv hllln av niv j be prepared tor-u luth.T a bro time a far as football noes. I j ken iinn, a heart attack, a have been pl.mnlni; for the t'.Hu .Itow nun:, or whatever season ever since that debacle j This s a tood opportunity to against Vale, making plan to ' point nut what ;teit Melnt r-x'al otir Iimkuo rhamplim ;i. (hiiIhiI.iikv Is for thli iiren hip, aiul hope that the nut j , ,at n f lito thlnJ Mr. ni-ie In the play o(f will te j ., i , nusull H m'nermis iln lifdTi-iit 'n.'itliMi ha been. We realle Khe PRO FOOTBALL PLATERS aren't all brawn and no brains. This photo, taken In Salem about 19S6. shows Frank Gilford (left). x-New Totk Giant star, and another Giant (Can anyone Iden tify him? ) in an antic with CoUas Moisten, chairman of Dallas Smileroo for that year. Mais ten, an attorney, died several years aqo while serving on the staff of the state attorney -general Coach Ed Hiemstra is bringing the spirit of the Giants to Hepp ner High football players. (See Chart and Chatter below lor ex. planation of all this). 'loneer i my Ml TT " Pond erings By W. S. CAVERHILL A Rosy Outlook? According to an article pub lished in a national magazine by one of our top scientists, by 1990 we will be living In a wonderful world. Workers will work half as much and get double the pay. People will be paid for going to school until they are 35 years old if they wish. That sounds good, but will It work? such an elite society can exist only by the support of some sort of colonialism, either within the country or in foreign lands. The prospect of economic profit to support our internal economy from foreign countries is growing aim. Then, if the ex perts proposals are put in mo tion, a segment of our own peo ple will become the "colonials." There is some evidence of such a situation beginning to exist. The good man predicts that by 1990 we will have twice the present number of automobiles. If so, it is easy to imagine that it will take four times as many mechanics at twice the cost to keep them in repair. Four hours per shift, five days per week at increased pay should do the trick. That's just one line of industry. I think the professor's think ing is a bit fuzzy. Maybe there is a screw loose in the commi- ter. Mr. and Mrs. Conlev Lanham left last week-end for a two week vacation trip which was to include a visit u;ith ,l-,,.rrU Unless history reverses itself, ter Sandra in San Diego. JUST ABOUT the time a person gets around to recognizing that summer is really here, news on football begins to fill the air. and the warning comes that autumn is just around the corner. Thus, it comes with a bit of a shock in the form of a letter from Football Coach Ed Hiem stra of Heppner High that gTid practice is to begin on August 21. Even before this, though, the Shrine A-2 and B East-West football game will be in Pen dleton on Saturday night. Aug ust 19, with Jimmy Doherty. one of Heppner High's all-time best "natural" athletes plaving. IF COACH HIEMSTRA wasn't so good in his chosen field, we think he ousht to be in the newspaper busin ess. We've found that he can write an ex cellent news story, and the let ters he composes are most in teresting. The ex-pro gridder types with 'nary a strikeover, and his spelling is spotless. It has been somewhat tra ditional to think of football players as brawny and brain less, but we learned long since that there is a falacy involved in this, and we got part of this education from the New York Giants, a team that Hiemstra was on in 1942 until the war interrupted his pro career. About 11 or 12 years ago, the Giants came to Salem for spring training for a couple of years. We were at Dallas and mixed up in helping promote a com munity celebration, the Smiler oo. Some of us conceived the idea of working the Giants into the show, and four of us called on the pros during one of their practice sessions at Willamette U's stadium. Our motive was to get them to pose for pictures with the Smileroo leaders, who were garbed as clowns in keeping with the theme of the event. We went into it with some mis givings, thinking that these grid greats wouldn't want to be bothered with a bunch of clowns like us. You never saw a more oblig ing group of men. Fellows like Frank Gifford and Chuck Con erly got into the spirit of the thing and cut up with the clowns. We got their huge cen ter to take his position over the ball in Giant uniform, flanked by two of our clowns and another one of our made up gang in the backfield. They obligingly posed for any antics which we could conjure up. We went into their dressing room and visited with the whole gang while each signed a couple dozen miniature foot balls that we later auctioned off at the Smileroo. It had as its purpose to raise funds for a swimming pool. We still have a couple of those little footballs stored in a trunk somewhere, bearing the autographs of the Giants. In their speech, there wasn't a "dese" nor "dat" among them 'like "dese guys" or "dat football"). They were intelligent ana spoke more like a bunch of English professors. They were courteous and congenial. It seemed apparent that to be a success in bigtime football, a person today has to be smart to keep up with the intricacies of the game, and since he is a public figure, he needs to cre ate a good image of himself. They become essential virtues along with their athletic talents. These Giants later came to the Smileroo to put on a dem onstration for the crowds on the Polk county courthouse lawn, and it was quite an event in the life of the Dallas communi ty. BUT LISTEN to what Coach Hiemstra has to say about the plans for the coming season: "I have been slaving at the books, term papers, book re views, mid-terms and am now trying to get myself oriented for the final drive towards the finals which will be in two weeks. "This hasn't left me with any time to enjoy the 'vacation' as I would like. I hope to take a week and fish the beautiful Seven Devil area of central Ida ho right after summer school is over. This fishing excursion will help prepare me for the coming football season. "I am actually anxious for it to arrive. Even though the foot ball season of 1907 seemed far away when we last that game to the Vale machine, I haven't 'The oih thine thai ha al js been present In hlch. school athletics, niul one tit Un reasons I have alwnv enjoyed coat-hint; In htyh .school, Is the advancement of the underclass. men to st.irrinif rules the kuc ivetling vear. herea we regret livsinj; the giM player each vear, there- nlway seems to be someone ready to step Into their .shot's and (ill the gap they left "So, with this in niitiil, I hid looking forward lo the comitu; season and anticipate that Heppner will have a god tenin. I hope the players are ready lo go to work and do the Job. It will he so much more difficult since we are now marked nnd the other schools are pointing to us. This is a challenge which I enjoy as a coach uiul hope that the returning players will share I ho same enthusiasm in show ing the others that last year wasn't a fluke that last year's record can be Improved upon and will be." Last year, Coach Hiemstra's team captured the feeling that he so well expresses, and we're sure that the UH57 contingent of Mustangs will do the same. Spirit makes much of the dif ference In this great sinirt. Hiemstra still has the spirit of a Giant. WE LEARN rather belatedly that we made an error In an editorial statement a couple of weeks ago In regard to the am bulance, saving that it came to the swimming pool when the Portland girl nearly drowned without a resuscitator. This was not true. The ambulance carries two resuscitators as part of Its normal equipment. They weren't used because Lifeguard Stuart Dick already had the girl re- hiins publicity on It. mil a i;raleful coniimitiHy should lake note. It seem that thert- ha It-ell more need for n ambulance this summer than ever Iwtore On the particular ntlit of the near drowning, for Instance. It was out three times on emer gency calls. The ambulance I truly a lifesaver. INCIPKNTAI.I.Y. manv of the needs brought out bv the close call at the h have been Ink en cart- of. The cltv hail them done even before that week's paper wa out. A telephone with nn unlisted number has been installed tthls to prevent all kin. Is of trivial calls to the hk1. so that nlil can be sum moneil quickly when needed. Dick has a device that will assist In any future mouth to mouth resuscitation cases. Oili er steps have been taken to help see that the pool's remark able safety record la continued. SHOP TALK the other Uav turn ed to automobiles, and the possibility of finding new fuels to power them, other than gaso line. Someone brought up the development of the elts-trlc car. but pointed out that this meth od of power doesen't seem to be feasible because of the nec essity of charging the batteries every few miles. Personally, we can't see this as a major problem since the coming of the BankAmerlcard. A person can charge anything on that. Ballot, not Bullets COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Vlsitlnq last week at the C. J. I). Baumun home were Mr Bauman's son and family, Mr. stored to near normal breathing j and Mrs. Jack ('. Holt of Ore by mouth to-mouth resuscita j gon City. They also visited a tion. ; short time with his grandmoth- The editorial made no empha or, Mrs. Frances Cant well at the sis of the erroneous statement hospital nursing home. Mr. Holt that the ambulance had no re ; was on vacation from his work suscitators but rather sought to as principal of the Oregon City emphasize that, In the confus ' grade school and the family ion. it was not stated In calling was returning home from a trip trie emergency vehicle what to Into l an.ul.i. Coming Events HEPPNEH SWIMMING POOL Open Tuesdays thru Fri days, 1 to 4 pm, and 7 to 11 ( m. Open Saturdays and Sundays, '1 to 7 pin. I'loHetl Mondays Parents swim fret' Friday nights when aocomponylnj! children HOnKO DANCE Honoring Princess l.lnda Tn tone uf the lUmrdman Til- Ileum Club Saturday. August 3, 9:30 p m. to l:tk) a m. Heppner Fair Pavilion Music by The Go' Kent of The Dalles Everyone Welcome! 4 II HORSE SHOW Sunday. August 13. 1:30 p m County Fairgrounds Events Include showman ship, horsemanship and horse Judging Fair Premiums awarded QUEEN CORONATION Full evening of fun, Satur day, August 12, Kodeo Grounds "Smoker" for all ages. Tug. of War, games. conces sions, coronation ceremon ies StKiusored by Morrow County Jaycees BAND PRACTICE Monday, Aug. 7, 7:15 p.m. All band students, grades 7 through 12. graduates and others Invited Grade School bund room STONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppner P. O. Box 247 PH. 678 9tlJ 31 M 4' 1 . t ' J Jt ' I ' "' : --; i it'- . o MORROW COUNTY FAIR and RODEO SATURDAY AUGUST 5 9:30 p.m. to I a.m. MUSIC BY THE GO TERS of The Dalles Honoring Princess LINDA TATONE ADMISSION $l.50 Per Person FA MORROW COUNTY Ay 0 US HEPPNER ON
