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HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday. August 1 1967 ; i
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WESLET A. SHERMAN
HELEN E. SHERMAN
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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
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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
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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).
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Pond
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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
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FAIR and RODEO
SATURDAY
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9:30 p.m. to I a.m.
MUSIC
BY
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of The Dalles
Honoring Princess
LINDA TATONE
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