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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. August 17. 1967 GAZETTE-TIMES Heppncr, Oregon 97836 Phone 676-8228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppnor Gazette established March 30. 1SS3. The Heppner Times established November 18. 1S97. Consolidated February Is. 1912. PUtllSHf RS ASSOCIATION WESLET A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN MARION ABRAMS Society Circulation JIM SHERMAN Pressman Apprentice Subscription Rates: $4.50 Year. Single Cony 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. L , . Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 am until noon Saturday. Judge Kilkenny Deserves It Probablv the best recommendation that can come to any man is that which stems from his "grass roots." If he has gained the complete respect of those who watched him in his vouth; if he is admired by those who know him best; and "if he retains their untarnished esteem as he achieves in maturity, then he truly can be said to hold a vaunted place among his fellows. Such is the feeling of the native community towards Judge John F. Kilkenny of Portland at this time when he is being considered for a position on the nine-man 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Kilkenny, who was born in Heppner, was appointed to the bench in U. S. District Court, Portland, in 1959. Behind him were 30 years as an outstanding trial lawyer in Eastern Oregon. He had graduated from Notre Dame after attending Columbia Prep in Portland. It has been pointed out that Oregon has not been repre sented on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals since 1959. at the time of the death of James Alger Fee. Its jurisdiction in cludes 11 states Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Alas ka, Hawaii, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Mon tana. Judge Kilkenny is a brother of Wm. P. Kilkenny and Mrs. Sara Cohn, both of Pendleton, and half-brother of Mrs. Ilene Wyman and Mrs. Don Greenup, both of Heppner, and Bob Kilkenny of Lexington. He has the full support of local attorneys for the position in San Francisco. Attorney P. W. Mahoney has known him through much of his life and has the highest respect for Judge Kilkenny and his ability. This feeling is shared by other local attorneys who know him by reputation and through their work in law. While serving on the U. S. District Court bench in Port land, Judge Kilkenny has also served as a visiting District Court Judge to Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Montana, California, Arizona, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania. He has been a pro tern judge in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and in the 5th Circuit Court in Atlanta and Houston. There can be no question of Judge Kilkenny's qualifi cation for the position; there can be no question of the ad miration he engenders from his fellow members of the Bar. The State of Oregon deserves a man on the 9th Circuit bench who is familiar with the way state courts have interpreted Oregon statutes. The Oregonian points out that this state has been "out gunned in patronage battles" since the death of Judge Fee. It was never able to reco-er his seat on the 9th. Appointment for the position will come from President Johnson. Judge Kilkenny is a Republican and was appointed to the District Court bench by a Republican president. But this appointment should rise above patronage and politics. It is to be hoped that it will. Judge Kilkenny de serves the appointment from any point of view. His "home folks" those who know him best back to his young days strongly recommend him. Statement Wounds Pride Statement by Dr. Leon Minear, superintendent of public instruction, that 152 Oregon school districts are "substandard" has wounded the pride of many administrators and school patrons. It did here. It was a bit of a shock to go down the list of the dis tricts in the daily newspaper story, thinking that the Morrow county district would not be on the list, only to discover that it was there in black and white. It seemed sort of like a child who thought he had done a good job of cleaning up his room and expected a compli ment from his mother, only to be scolded for failing to pick up his dirty sox. It would have to be assumed that Dr. Minear released the statement in his zeal to urge the best possible education for our children, but it certainly wasn't done in the Carnegie tradition of "winning friends and influencing people." People like those in Morrow county have worked hard, paid dearly in taxes, and made many sacrifices to achieve a fine educational system. Thus, while in the throes of these labors, it seems ill-timed and disturbing for him to utter a statement that the public will interpret as a remonstrance. Perhaps Dr. Minear wished to "stir" the public, thereby to call attention dramatically to educational needs in the state as he sees them. Supt. Ron Daniels of the Morrow county district expressed "dismay" at the statement. He states that an evaluation in this district took place in 1961, prior to the opening of new high schools in lone and Heppner. Supt. Daniels points out as school patrons here well know that the county has been working steadily to correct building deficiencies. Four of its seven school buildings can be classed as "new" two having been built in the past six years and another new one is just rising. Only the lone and Heppner elementary plants could be classed as old buildings. Even though some of us (who are still not too old) can trace our school days back to the one-room buildings with cloakrooms on either side of the entrance (and feel that we got a pretty good education in them, too), it has to be rec ognized that standards are important and logical in this rap idly moving and competitive time. Nevertheless, there is some possibility that they tend to become too inflexible. One might point out that some teachers could give a youngster a first class education in a cowshed, but, of course, that is neither practical nor desirable. At a time when property taxes border on the oppressive, when some volunteer citizens are working long hours for ed ucation (school board, advisory committees and others), and when the people of the district have been prone to give full cooperation and support to our school system (such as pass ing the budget on the first try), it would seem that encour agement is needed. Dr. Minear's statement tends to discour age. Any who took a critical look at our school system would probably concede that Morrow county doesn't measure up to oil state standards. But how much more good it would have done us if Dr. Minear had listed the steps toward meeting standards that the county has achieved the new schools at Heppner and lone, the new addition at A. C. Houghton, the start on Riverside High, and other progressive moves and commended them. He could then have added the. specific areas where further progress is needed. This, then, could serve as a guide to our district instead of wounding our pride. HEPPNER NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ggaiAc6T,?N EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman Printer REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STTLLMAN Fair--A Family Event When you go to the fair next week, you'll notliv that those attending atv in family groups. Oh, you might not find them walking around with arms linked, but chances are that if the boy is .showing livostivk or the girl is taking part in the drvss tvviio. dad ami mother will be right at hand. And if mother is involved in the cake baking contest, little daughter will be there rooting for her. This is one of the Rtvat things about fairs, Isn't it? It's still one event where the family participates as a group. One doesn't go to the Morrow county fair to have a rip-roaring time, but he gets a deeper sense of pleasure the kind that comes from achieving and knowing he has done n good Job. Families feel the close association of common Interest, and dad can be thrilled to see a son pack off a blue ribbon that has become a family tradition. ( It has been a long time since the pioneer days, but fair time brings us back to the basics which were so Important then and remain Important today cooking, sewing, homemak ing, raising agricultural products. No matter how these things are refined by machines and modern techniques they are still necessary for human livelihood and families share them. As you go to the fair with your family, you will feel that closer relationship, whether any of yours wins a blue ribbon or not. Even If you just go to marvel at the work of others, you'll notice it. Emphasis Is on youth activities, as it should be, but parents will be very well represented in open classes, com munity booths and many other activities. It is truly a family event, and it's great to be a part of a family. FREE BUCKING SHOIV- It Was Impromptu "But Good-- (While It Lasted!) (Editors Note: Rodeo time Is drawing near, and we nrp indebted to O. G. Crawford of Lincoln City, former Gazette Times publisher, for this contribution as a "yarn on pre-Rodeo days," as he puts It. "It Is doubtful if anyone now living in Heppner saw the little show, and I am trusting that you will accept my word that everything mentioned herein is the 'gos pel truth' 'pon my word of honor," he writes . By O. G. CRAWFORD In long years past, it was no uncommon sight to see some horseman come riding into town on a shy nag that was "seeing the sights of the city for the first time. The animal may have been broken to the saddle but aside from the familiar sights of range and ranch knew nothing of the dangers lurking on every hand in a more thick ly populated area. An unfamil iar noise, a flapping canvas shade in front of a business house, or even a piece of paper fluttering in the wind could be the signal for an unannounced one-man, one-horse rodeo that never failed to draw an enthus iastic crowd and free, at that. The writer was one of those who got a big thrill out of wit nessing such exhibitions and more than once was known to flee his stool and type case, composing stick in hand, and enjoy a battle between horse and man for a few moments. The 10-hour day was more en durable after that, particularly when such exhibitions occurred during the 7 to 12 shift in the a.m. (Because said writer was sanitary engineer as well as compositor in those earlier days of his career it was necessary to go to work an hour earlier than the rest of the personnel). One thing that made unplan ned exhibitions convenient for witnessing by representatives of the "Fourth Estate" was that both Heppner newspapers, the Gazette and the Times were in the same block and separated only by Willie Stewart's Livery Stable. The Times had the ad vantage inasmuch as the yard was on the north side of hte stable and that was where the action was to be found. But if the clamor was loud enough the Gazette crew could get there in a matter of seconds. Avoided Bucking Although I had been used to horses from the time I was big enough to sit astride a cayuse I never purposely made a horse buck. It was fun to get into a race with some other boy (even a girl now and then) but aside from making a pony "kick-up" I had no thought of becoming a buckaroo. I was of slight build, weighed in the neighbor hood of 122 pounds at 18 years of age and had a feeling that a horse that meant business might toss me over into the next county. That thought may have prevented some . jarring contacts with the ground ai.d permitted me to attain manhood without crippling results. There was one time that I staged my own show and I can't say that the excitement engend ered was an unpleasant exper ience. It was early fall and I was working for a few weeks out at the Johnny Ayers ranch on Lit tle Butter Creek (later known as the Grover Swaggart ranch). Antone Cunha was looking af ter the ranch while Jack Ayers was on cattle round-up in the Middle Fork area of the John Day. Cunha was the cook and I was the bottle washer. One day he announced that the larder was low and besides there had been no mail for quite a spell. That meant that I would have to saddle up a half-wild bronc whose only association with civ ilization had been traversing the trail between the Middle Fork of the John Day river and the Ayers ranch on Little But ler creek. Jack Ayers had sized the horse up and concluded he would make a good saddler and after a few rounds of acquaint ing him with the saddle and bridle, brought him to Butter Creek. Up to that point the edu cating had been successful but this product of the rugged John Day had not yet been introduc- ed to the more modern concept of civilization, but boy, did he learn! Blackie Skittish From the ranch house to the top of the hill within the boun daries of the Avers ranch was a distance of perhaps two miles. Ever yt h 1 n g went along smoothly until the boundary fence was reached. I had to dis mount to open the gate and a little noise created In the loos ening the top loop caused Blackie to jerk the reins from my hand. He ran a short dis tance and perhaps realizing that he was out In a great big world all by himself stopped and stood as if waiting for me to Join him. He changed his mind when I got close to him, but instead ff acing over the hill and out of sight he trotted back towards the gate and In a few minutes I was able to get hold of the reins and mount up for what I hoped would be a less eventful journey. Everything went well until we approached town. As we were nearing Elder street I thought I heard a familiar sound, but it was too late. Blackie had heard it and before I could decide on another course he took off right back up Hint on creek as hard as he could run, and I could only let him run until he got tired or had assured himself that he was in safe territory. An old steam woodsaw could make consider able noise and to an unltiated pony fresh from the breaks of Who's Who In Morrow County? 'Clues Hidden in Any 1. This In a family fun content En tries welcome from every member of the family old enough to fill out hla or her own. You may submit one entry per person at any OR ALL of the Sponsoring Mrechants whose ads are heavily bordered this week but only one entry per person at any one store (more than one will dis qualify all entries of that person (or that week). 2. Anyone may enter unless a mem ber of your family Is employed by The Gazette-Times. Hponsorlng Mer chants and their families, and their employees and families are most wel come to enter EXCEPT during the weeks that the ad of your own store is heavily bordered In this section. 3. Nothing to buy. Use any slip of paper for entry blank. DO NOT put your entry Into an envelope. Not necessary to be present at the draw ing to win. Not necessary to be a subscriber to The Gazette-Times to participate. P5S? BEuCS C0NTY'S WAGON WHEEL CAFE t , .v. JWELEBS HE GS SHOES Pipe FRED and CECILE OTT Like father, like son HEPPNER . . Something From the Jewelers Fresh Patent Drugs For featuring Fine Food Every Is Always Something Special Skillfully Compounded ALL Day of The Week J. C PENNET TUM-A-LUM ELMA'S APPAREL CENTRAL HEPPNER LUMBER CO. HEPPNFR MARKET ALWAYS "MATERIALLY YOURS" , ' , . t HEPPNER FIRST Building Materials Brand Names for Infants For The Mast Complete QUALITY Boysen Paints To Ladles Food Service JACK'S GARDNER'S VAN'S VARIETY HEPPNER CHES5H MEN'S WEAR -HEPPNER- INLAND CHEMICAL HEPPNER , There's Something m We Take Better THE STORE WITH For Everyone To Keep You Growing Better Care of Your Car PERSONAL SERVICE At Van's Is Our Business PETTYJOHN'S C. A. RUGGLES IONE CHEVRON STATION MILADIES APPAREL FARM & BUILDERS SUPPLY Farm Mortgages Arranged Natlve Jm jjARNETT "Everything In Ladles -HEPPNER- Phone 676 -9625 P.O. Box 247 Batter)eg and AccesS0rle8 Ready-to-Wear" Plumbing Hardware HEPPNER RPM Motor Oil, Atlas Tires, HEPPNER E loves E Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman WELL. Halleluiah! The Cham ber of Commetw taught the Voting sprouts (tin Jayooost n lesson again at the Tin: of War at the Queen's Coronation Sat ur'av night, ami that valuable coffee can trophy comes back to the C of C. Mavbe this Just goes to show that iHM'trv doesn't win contests of physical prowess. If we hail time on this busy hot day, we il try to write a poem lor the Jay eees' benefit. One Junior Chamber member alibied that their anchor man, Koggle Pascal, didn't come through for them. They probab ly figured that Reggie, who is the big linotype operator for the G T. would do the whole thing at the end of the rope. Knowing Reggie as we do. we'd be prone to believe that he would have done the Job for them singlehuiuledly If they had Just got out of his way. (P. S. RegKlo says his excuse is that they didn't give him enough rope ut the anchor spot. He says It might have been a different story if he had more rope). If the Jayeees are going to get that trophy back next year, they'd better start Joining the young ladies of the community In their jogging sessions on the Heppner High track. Maybe they could be In shape within the next 12 months. But we hasten to add that we don't mean to be as taunting as this sounds. The Jayeees did a splendid job of staging the Queen Cor onation again, and they deserve hearty applause for It. They are real good sports, and we're hap py that the community has this livewire group to stir up Inter est. Apparently everyone else feels the same way. Judging by the estimated 750 on hand for the coronation. BILL COX was In the office the other day, and surprisingly, was grousing like the rest of the John Day it was a terrifying noise. It was an uneventful ride from the Vee Gentry place back to town where we cut across the school yard and forded Willow creek and proceeded across Main to Gale and up to the barn on the Vuwter Crawford property. Blackie was quieted down bv that time and appear ed to like his new surroundings. Does 'Push-Ups' I attended to the shopping and picking up the mail, all of which was placed In two flour sacks, one of which was draped and tightly secured around the saddle horn and the other placed behind the cantle. Not only was this the proper way to carry supplies by horse back it formed a double buck ing roll which could come In handy In case Blackie d;elded to indulge In a few "push ups" before taking to the road. Starting about 7 a.m., we were rounding the Palace Hotel corner Just as the hotel bus was loading. The bus was horse drawn and that did not excite Blackie. Across the street In front of the old Gazette build ing or Peter Borg's Jewelry store stood another monster of civil ization an EMP fire engine red automobile. One man was In the driver's seat and another Ad in This Section or 4. WHO'S WHO may be anyone In Morrow County. Clues to his (or her) Identity will be hidden ONLY In ads of Sponsoring Merchants (every spon soring Merchant has a little at in this group ad). Clues may bo hidden In ANY ad of ANY name you think the WHO'S Sponsoring merchant. ANYWIIKFtE In the paper. Clues will he scattered many ads will have no clues, while others may Ituve ait many as five. This Is a contest of skill, and we Intend to do our best to outwit you. We'll be delighted If you succeed In outguessing us, In spite of our best efforts! 5. If by coincidence, the name of the WHO'S WHO (or other facta about him) happen to appear In news Items, editorial matter, or other plac es In this newspaper, these will not count as clues. 6. To enter, write down the WHO is. List all the clues you can find In all the. ads of the Hponsorlng Merchants In this issue. Don't forget us on the heal. Now one would think that an Ice cream maker would be delighted when It gels hot. Hut Hill reports an odd thing: When It gets over 85 de grees or so, soys he, lie cream sales drop. Wei . lust think about It." he declared. "When you get so hot, vou go for n glass of Ice tea or lemonade and don't think about eating." Meiitie vou re rignt. mil. nut as wo perspire In this hot of flee right now with shirt unbut toned and the sweat drops roll ing down, we'd surelv enjoy a great blj dish of Pride of Ore gon lee cream In any or nil of Its delicious flavors. Including sherbet. Sherbet Is a sure-bet In unv weather, cold or hot. WHILE" members of our Barrell family (mother's side) were rubbing elbows at the reunion In Silver Falls Park, east of Sa lem, Sunday, a small triune flew over the tall fir trees. A deep, booming voice came forth front the sky. "This Is Smokey the Bear Air Patrol Please be careful with fire In the woods." It was effective propaganda. There probably were a couple thousand people In that big park In all. ami th place sounded like an animat ed bee hive. But when "Smokey" started talking from the bird In the sky, all commotion ceased. They paused In awe for a few mo ments liefore normal chatter re sumed. We were once skeptical, but i now we know, "Yes. Virginia, j there U a Smokey ..." j SERIOUSLY, this long stretch of dry weather Is really creating one of the most perilous sum mers In the history of this state. The western forests are amaz ingly dry, and the streams are mere trickles. But. as a recent message from Klnua Corporation pointed out, the record has been amazingly good in fire prevention so far man was trying to crank the motor. There was a pop pop -pop as the gas ignited, followed by a loud putt putt putt. Blackie didn't take time to consider what action to take he took II' Instead of taking off as hi' had done the day before he started going straight up and coming down stiff-legged. Bus passengers were starting to come down the steps of the Pal ace and there was some wild scrambling for safety, some of them running back Into the ho tel. About that time Blackie saw the steps ami made for them In high bounding leaps. There were shouts of "Stay with him, kid!" and "(Jet that crazy horse out of here" anil other cvideures of panic, but Blackie went right up the steps and stuck his hrtid Inside the lobby before deciding he was not welcome, and back ed away. And the rider? He was mighty thankful to be still upright In the saddle and to note that the baggage was Intact. He also was thankful for the "bucking rolls" and for the fact that he did not wear spurs. A little scratching with tiie rowels and that black beauty might have tossed me through the second story window of the hotel, and that wouldn't have heen polite If guests were present. in Any Ad by Merchants in This Newspaper' your own nnme and address! Then, drop your entry at any Sponsoring Merchant whose ad Is between the heavy borders In this group ad this Issue. You may enter at all four If you wish! There are no other places where entries will be accepted and mall entries will not be accepted. Any member of the family may bring In all entries for that family. Child ren under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. 6. This week's contest starts when you receive this Issue, nd climes at 4 ddi. Tuesday of the following week. At that tlmo, a drawing will be held. The first entry drawn that correctly Identifies the WHO'S WHO will win !.0u, If THAT entry also lists every clue hidden In all ads nl Sponsoring Merchants, a HONU8 of t2T will be added. Whenever this HONUS Is not won. It will he added to next week's HONUS which will continue to grow until It Is won. Winning the IIONUH requires a I'KH KKCT list of clues the exact num In view of llii haaidous situa tion. Tills testifies to the coop- i-i .tl ion of the public, and nil we can siv Is, "Keep up the rood wmk. folks, and keep your fingers crossed." Fllli: ON THK HANCK Is ,n sev ere tiling, too. Al Hunch saw his ulnh-r fei-d go up In smoke when Monday's hlao fwept across siiine NHI wires of grass and stulilile on tils place, Oilgln Is soinethlinr of a mystery. Al speculates that It might have taken otf from sun focusing through a piece of broken glass. It has lia!cucl before. Melvln Mover saw his house and contents destroyed by flit In Hlackhorse Canyon last week with a loss estimated around JU.lHKl. That's a real blow. Both of these men came to the paper of flit' to see that thanks were expressed to all those who helped during their fires unci after. They both reit erated what has lieen said so manv limes before by those who hav faevri heavy losses: "This Is the best place In the world for people to lend you a huiiri when you reully need them." That's the way with Morrow county people. TYPING PAPER. Mimeograph paMr and other office sup idles for Bale at tin.' Gazette Times office. Coming Events HEPPNER SWIMMING POOL 0Mn Tuesdays thru Fri days, 1 to 4 p.m., and 7 to 9 p.m. 0en Saturdays and Sundays, 2 to 7 p.m. Closed Mondays Pool will lie closed for rodi) Saturday & Sunday, Aug ust Iti. 27 RODEO DANCE Friday. August 25. 9:30 p.m. to 1 :()() a m. Heppner Fair pavilion Music bv The Henchmen Dance, Western Style, Satur day, Aug. 2, music by the Western Gentlemen of Con don Everyone Welcome! MORROW COUNTY FAIR and RODKO 4 H ami 0ii Class Kxhlb- its, Tuesday & Wednesday. Aug. 22, 2.1 HI Dress Revue, Wednesday, 8 p.m. Pet Show, Pig Scramble, rtiurs. Aug. 21 Open Class Horse Show, Fri day, Aug. 25, !):(X) a.m. Big Street Parade. Sal., Aug. 2(1. Downtown Heppner, 10 a.m. Rodeo, Sat. & Sun., Aug. 2(5 27 Cowboy Breakfast, Sunday 7:00 a.m. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC ' SERVICE BY C A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Hoppner P. O. Box 247 PH. 678-9635 Spin the platter ber, and all copied exactly as In th Paper , watch li.ose capital" eu.). ..7.Kl.vnr, P"""l''o precaution will mr. t'hV rVr"1. ''WW .- Ea V, " mistaken for J. ' errorless typograuhv CAN Family participation give you a bettor chance to win the Jackpot Your wife, husband, or some bright eyed youngster MAY spot a clue that you miss! Got any Perry Mason In youT . , . Think YOU can outwit the conteetT -Remember, you can't win If you don't enter! Two for-ouc IX COMMUNITY If J BILLBOARD k
