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8- HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. NoTombor 2, 19671 LcttCT ffOITI the SCVCNnSCnS THE fxfi HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Oregon 97838 Fhon 676-9228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883 The 'Heppner Times ebtablihhed November 18, 18J7. Consolidated February 15, 1912. NATIONAL NEWSPAPER VS'AIIOCIATIOM - lTAc8T,7N WESLEY A. SHERMAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER HELEN E. SHERMAN ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman Printer GAIL BURKENBINE Society Circulation REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STTLLMAN Apprentice JIM SHERMAN Pressman Subscription Rates: $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second uass Matter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. Paying for Tax Reduction The story goes that a couple went to buy a new econ omy compact car. After learning the price of the automo bile, the husband remonstrated, "But that's almost as much as a big car costs." "Well," replied the salesman, "if you want economy, you've got to pay for it." Perhaps this Is the philosophy of those who propose a sales tax to get Oregon out of its tax dilemma. They realize that a sales tax will add to the total tax load, but if prop erty taxes are to be cut, we have to pay for it. At this writing there is no way of knowing for sure what the special session of the legislature will do, but the odds are that it will come up with a sales tax plan, using Gov. Tom McCall's proposal as a basis, to be submitted to the people. It is expected that it will go to a vote at the time of the primary election next May. A statewide survey taken recently Indicated that if a vote were held on a sales tax today, It would go down to overwhelming defeat. Gov. McCall stated in his address to the legislature that he felt that the "40" who favor a sales tax is a pretty strong reason for an election to be held on it. (Actually the survey showed that only 34 favored the tilX)But apparently the feeling is that enough additional sup porters can be won between now and May to receive approv al of the people. It was interesting to note in the same survey that the lower the income class the higher the opposition to the sales tax; the higher the income class the more support there was for the tax. This stands to reason since the sales tax tends to hit the "have nots" hardest. Perhaps the sales tax advocates can muster enough sup port to swing an election by May, but there are many reas ons why the voters should turn it down. Gov. McCall said in his speech that the arguments against a sales tax are the same ones that have been used for years. But perhaps truth Is unchanging. The sales tax is still unfair because it imposes a burden on those least able to pay; it would add to the total tax burden meaning that our total population would have to pungle up more money to get the same job done; it would impose a distinct hardship on business particularly small business; it would be a nuisance for the consumer; it would tend to eliminate local control of taxing agencies and lessen a person's voice In government. While the sales tax might be earmarked strictly for ie duction in property tax to start, it won't stay this way very Jong, Qnce state administration turps over a. couple of times anS a budget pinch comes again, there Is little doubt that the pressure will be to increase the sales tax once it is on the books. Did you notice this pressure, for instance, in the State of Washington earlier this year? Among the possibilities for relieving the property tax burden, the sales tax should be the last to receive serious consideration, , As Giles French puts it In The Sherman County Journal, "A sales tax should be the very last tax put upon the peo ple. It bears too heavily on the poor and especially the large family that's poor. It is not an equitable tax. It is a mistake to say that visitors would pay a sizeable part of a sales tax. They wouldn't. Farmers would pay a good part of the tax because the price of machinery is so high." As to reduction of property taxes, French states, "It might for a year or so, but the record of states with a sales tax Is that property taxes are also high. Can you re member that the income tax was passed in Oregon for prop erty tax relief?" , , It is disappointing to see the state legislature pointing to a sales tax and the governor swinging over even though he previously stated opposition to such a tax. Some of thosa representing the people are almost obviously yielding to pres sure against their better judgment, turning to the tax as "the only way out." It certainly is the popular thing to do, since most states have sales taxes. But it wouldn't matter if all 49 other states had the tax. This state, which has been so expert at promoting tourism, could achieve a master stroke by widely publicizing, "Come to Oregon where there Is no sales tax!" Is there anyone so naive as to believe that adoption of a sales tax will cure our tax problems? It would not. Rest assured that almost every session of the legislature will con sider tax problems arid dilemmas ad infinitum. When the sales tax was first proposed many years ago in Oregon there were those Who felt that we couldn't do without it. But we have all these years. llv would be deliehted to "come iJW - ' j " - II home" for the Morrow County Rodeo next year if it Is at ail possible for them to do so. This is the word from the family In a cordial letter that arrived at the Gazette-Times Inst week In response to the item in a recent "Chaff and Chatter" column in which It was proposed that Doc, now leader of the NBC-TV orchestra, and his family come to take part in the rodeo week events. Doc, as everyone knows, appears regularly on Johnny Carson's Tonight show and has attained fame across the country as a trumpeter. Carson calls him one of the "world's greatest trumpet players." But let the letter written by Evonne Severlnsen speak for 'tSe"'"We love Fridays!! Our Gazette arrives (thanks to Aunt Beth and Uncle Herb Hynd who have made the pa per a gift to us the past few years!!!) "Finding the invitation In your "Chaff and Chatter" column was a real thrill for all of us, and believe us when we say we've been planning a trip 'home' for three years and finding the time from school and Doc's career always escapes us!!! However, we haven't given up the Idea and would 1ot being able to be home for Rodeo!!! We'll take anytime the 'dead' of winter, if necessary!!! "I was not only reared in Heppner, but spent several years of my adult life there therefore, I'll always miss not seeing special friends and relatives!!! If I started naming friends I have fond thoughts of every day, it would take in 90 of the population Laurel and La Verne, Shirley and Jack Loyd, Ned and Lillian Sweek, Calvin and Beverly Sherman (Cavin is my first cousin, and my dad, Harold Evans, loved him like a son, which he never had therefore I claim him as a brother!), ' Harriet and Gene Hall, Bob and Sherrie Mahoney, Phil and Hazel; Helen and Harry O'Donnell Zet and Ted Palmateer (lone), Mose and Edda Mae Lovgren, Harold and Inez Erwln, Riley and Bebe Munkers, all the Kil kenneys, Ilene Wyman, all the Fulletons, Beth and How ard Bryant, Frank Turner, Dr. and Mrs. McMurdo (I'm one of his babies!), everyone at Humphrey's (Murrays) Drug store; Lois and Sammy Johnston, the Jim Drlscolls, the Ed Gontys; Pat and Nadine O'Brien, the Fred Man kin, Millie Evans, Don and Margaret Ann Evans (Doc and Margaret Ann were classmates in Arlington and have been friends for years), Claude and Margaret Buschke, Jerry and his family, Bob and his family, all the Buschkes, the Greens, the Fetsches, Yvonne and Jim Bloodsworth, Ernie and Lois Winchester, Nellie Doney, Effie Munkers, Jim Farley and family, Arch and Doris Ball, Norah Ras mus, Jim and Cork Norene, and our 'partners in crime,' our 'Las Vegas buddies,' Carl and Betty Spaulding! "I've missed many and could go on and on but I'm sure your time is too precious to sit reading this any longer!!! "It would be a little embarrassing to return home with any fanfare, but we're all terribly proud of 'Doc' and he'd love entertaining you any way he could. "Both Doc's folks and my mother live in Portland now, so coming 'home' would mean a great deal to us as we haven't seen them for months and we really miss them!! "Thanks again for the warm invitation, and if it's at all possible we'll make it!! "What a terrific loss to Heppner Doug Drake! Our sympathy to his family. "Love to all Doc, Evonne, Judy, Nancy, Robin, Cindy and Allen Severinsen." Now maybe Evonne didn't mean for this letter to be pub lished, but it is good to know that New York state has a hearty cheering section for Heppner and that they are so willing to come home for a visit. We don't think she'll mind. If there, need be an editorial message, it is that Hepp nerites, no matter where they go or how successful they become, never forget their friends. We realize we can't truly claim Doc as a Heppnerite, but we certainly claim him by adoption! Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman School Bells Harvest Festival Set at Hermiston Altar Society of Our Lady of Anels Catholic church in Herm iston is preparing for a Harvest Festival and Bazaar Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18, from 4 to 10 p.m., it is announc ed. It will be in the parish hall there. , The Knights of Columbus are assisting. A door prize consisting of a $25 U. S. government bond will be given at the drawing on Sat urday night. A snack bar will serve suppers. Other attractions are games with prizes, Christ mas booth, cooked food, cake walk, fish pond, white eleph ants, sewing booth, antiques and other wares. Purpose of the festival is to defray costs of the recent re modeling of the parish hall kitchen. Mrs. Melvln Harrington ol Vancouver, Wash., is here for a two week visit with her sister, Mrs. Scott Furlong, and other relatives. TO THE EDITOR 'Place Growed?' Dear Gazette: Thanks for the paper, and I or. oTAlrtcincr navment for a year. It seems good to get the news from my old home town and to see Forrest BurKenomcs picture in the paper. I and his mother grew up together. My brother, Roy Bookman, just returned from a visit there with his daughter, Cartolyn Bookman, and an aunt, Mildred Morris. He says, "The old place has growed." Thanks. Mrs. Walter Wesarg Box 222 Onalaska, Wash. Colonel and Mrs. Clayton Shaw and son of Corvallis were Heppner visitors last week. Col onel Shaw and his son enjoyed some bird hunting in the Pilot Rock area, while Mrs. Shaw staved in Heppner to visit with her mother, Mrs. Emma Hager. Who's New at Heppner Eiiisentary School . This year Arnim Freeman has joined the Heppner Elementary school staff. Mr. Freeman is in charge of guidance and special TTk Vino tanaht for three years at Dale Ickes Junior High school in MliwauKie, ure. ne has been a Protestant minister, cnincman riairvman. railroad worker, and hospital aide. Mr. Freeman did his undergraduate work at Cascade College and re ceived his master's degree in nuirinnrn nnil counseling from Oregon State University. Mr. Freeman s auties at nepp- moi. Vlompntarv include teach ing iho ctnripntc in the KDPfial education class and serving as guidance counselor. As guidance counselor he organizes the ef forts of the school to provide lnaminiT pxneriences which helD all the students grow and de velop as complete children. The most important part or ine pro- n.nw la tha ftwiprn fnr the children as people and to show that this approacn is ine Dest for effective learning. Mr. Free man also is responsible for test ina Individual students when needed and for supervising the elementary school's total testing program, Cither duties as guidance counselor include individual and group guidance witn stu dents, consulting with teachers, the principal, and parents, mak ing home visits when invited, planning and coordinating staffings on students, making referrals to outside school agen cies, providing guidance mater ials to teachers, and interpret ing the changing needs of the students. , , Mr. Freeman's philosophy 6oncerning guidance is that it is a continuing and developing process from complete depend ency to Self direction on the part of the student. Because the role of the teacher is becoming more complex, the counselor can provide support for the teacher in the form of specialized assist ance. The net result is to make the teacher more effective and the child a better individual. Aren't these worthwhile goals? JL ronaenngs Bv W. S. CAVERHILL I Bruce Jones Takes Course with Navy Fireman Bruce V. Jones, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max well C. Jones of Irrigon, is at tending the basic Engineman School at t he Service School Command of the Naval Train ing Center, Great Lakes, 111. The three-month course cov ers the operation, maintenance and overnaui oi uiesei ciiiur, gas turbines and other mach inery used on the ships of the U. S. Navy. Mrs. Medda Britt accompanied Mrs. Laura Mover and Melvin Moyer to Walla Walla early l ist week for a day of visit ing and shopping. While m Walla Walla they visited with Mrs. Sylvia Cason. "Dan" One of the memorable char acters of the early days was "Dan" Morrow who scuttled back and forth between Hepp ner and the John Day country. "Dan" was a professional freighter who hit the road with his "six and two" outfit as soon as the roads were passable and kept it moving until snow tuv ered the mountains. His was one of the many "wool teams" that took the an nual "clip" to Heppner and loaded back merchandise for the stores and whiskey for the sal oons. "Dan" was a dry wit and practical joker. He relieved the tension around many a freight er's campfire with his perform ances. One instance I will always re member. As early as the roads permitted, wool buyers from Heppner covered the interior country contracting with the sheep men for their product. One met "Dan" in the Dam-Fi-No in Long Creek. Dan said that he hadn't sold yet. The buyer was eager for business, hired a livery team, bought a bottle of whiskey and took off with Dan for the Morrow ranch. About five miles out the bottle was getting low when the buy , HskpH. "How many sheep have you, Mr. Morrow?" Dan replied, "Oh, not a lot. Just throe fat lambs that belong to the kids." I think that is where they turned the team around. KAREN McCURDY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy, Jr., made a very pretty and charmina homecoming princess at Oregon State University Sat urday. With the queen and three other members of the court, Prin cess Karen made an entry on a clever and colorful float at halftime of the WSU-OSU foot ball game. This royalty proved to be dem ocratic because the rain fell on them, too. Someone procured umbrellas for the girls and so they had it a little better. Fort unately it desisted a bit when they made the circle around the field in front of the crowd. Mom and Pop McCurdy were on hand to view proceedings, al though their seats were in row 70 just six from the back of the new addition. But they could be mighty proud of their gal, as all Heppne-ites were. One of the delights of being parents of royalty at OSU home- .nrvln7 una TipinCT Pllpsts Bt the concert of The Association. The McCurdys had front row seats in Gill Ciliseum, which was sold out to reai this nationally fam ous musical (?) group. If Harlan cups his ear at you and says "Eh?" when you ask him a question, you'll know why. A person has to have pretty strong ears to stand this modern finer music. The Clint Mc- Quarries were there to endure it, too. ADDITION to Parker Stadium, home of the Beaver football team, is very impressive. Jim Barratt rescued us from the rain f fovu minutes Saturday af ternoon when he noticed us as he came down the aisle ana tnnU us on a tour of the new press box. There is quite a contrast from sitting in the crowd, watching tha oramp fnr mire eniovment. as compared with having a job to do in the press dox. They can hardly call this a "box" any more. The new facil ity is a big two-deck affair which must be at least 100 feet long and some 20 or 30 feet wide. t KWtinn of the lower level is used by working news Danermen and wire services. There are two tiers of them, stretching the full length of the press "box" with typewriters clacking lickety-split. I'ho frnnt rnw is nracticallv against the solid row of windows. The Dox sits up so nign mat it io almost like watchine the game from a low-hovering heli copter, tlvery piay can De seen clearly and no lineman is big enough to block one's view. On trie upper level oi me oox things are really humming. This io riiviHpH intn rooms. There is mu fnr television coveraee. At the WSU game, Art Eckman was narrating his piay-Dy-piay oi me game for release Sunday p.m. on KATU-TV while a camera cap tured it on film. KREM-TV also was getting it for Washington viewers. . . In the next room, Bob Black burn was broadcasting the game over the radio net, and it was interesting to stand behind him and listen for a few minutes without having to turn on a transistor set. Spotters and others who had some role to play flank ed him as his voice rose and fell with the fluctuating excite ment of the game. wont intn nnnther room where three or four OSU assis tant coaches were really worK- inrr Jin H sweating it out. If VOU don't think college football is serious business and probably big business you should watch them. Two wore telephone earsets connected with the OSU bench below and across the field. They kept up a running fire of criti cism, comment and suggestions: "That pass was too high and wobbly!" OSU sutlerea two cupping pen- Three Ex-Residents Bag Two Spike Elk TVi roo pV- HenDnerites spent the week-end hunting elk in the Ditch Creek area and scored with two nice spikes. In the party were irea oimuei, wuki Pacific Power lineman-agent here and now of Lincoln City; Victor Kreimier of Portland, for merly U. S. Forest Service rang er here; and Whit Wright, now of Woodburn, who also was as- io,h with the Forest Service MJVldltw " , . , . on the Heppner district. Wrlgnt DaKKeu clrl-j-.. nftpmnnn and ("Jimbel scor- ucty aiii ed Sunday night. The three re mained until luesuay. uu""ti planned to stop in Hermiston to visit his parents on his return trip. Examiner Coming A drivers license examiner i utr, in TTpnnner on Will UC u,l ""'J -"--V " iC" Tuesday, November 7, at the courthouse Detween uie uuuio OI . ou a.m. " t- cording to announcement from the Department oi iviuiui venu les of Oregon. Recent Heppner visitors were Mrs. Gladys Walker of Portland and her sister, Mrs. Lillian Cook of Oregon City, who were here to visit arother sister, Mrs. Jes cip riHffin The twn ladies were house guests of their nephew! and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley ; Cox and family for about a ! week. i nltleg In a row. One of the coaches crashed an ash trny down on the table in front of him, and one would swear that his ejaculations of anguish could be heard all the way to Autzen stadium in Eugene. We d hate to be in the boy's shoes who made that Inst clip, we thought. Near the coaches was a pho tog from the Corvallis Gazette Times taking polaroid pictures of each play with a telephoto lens. The coaches get instant aneous shots of their opponents "sets" to study by this method. WSU coacnes had another room, but that was off limits to "foreigners." If OSU coaches were going through anguish in winning, 35-7, we could imagine what the WSU mentors were going through on the short end of the score and riding a 7-game losing streak. There wore no wolves snarling at their door, however. Behind the "picture window rooms is a spacious lounge area, yet to be furnished. Girls in rally outfits are on hand to serve coltee to the press. The commissioner of ath letics and other sports dignitar ies circulate around the area. Jim pauses for a word or quick quip with each. He introduces us, but we're gone again before we can digest the person's name. He's like a human dynamo who flits around that concrete mon ument to muscular might almost at a run, keeping his fingers on a thousand details like a good athletic director should. A tour through the press box convinces us again that this is anything but fun and games for the boys who make a living at it, even though they are absorb ed In their work. Nets Good Keturns For Civic League Public response to the last Civic League sponsored rum mage sale was very good, ac cording to Mrs. Bill Gentry, pres ident of the Heppner Civic The ' semi-annual rummage sale was an event of October 20-21, and Civic League mem bers were busy keeping up with the brisk business created. Mem bers also sponsored a food sale both days that was well receiv ed. Mrs. Gentry states that the success of the sale was due to the willing response of Civic League members who spent evenings sorting rummage and to those who devoted their ef forts to picking up the rum mage, as well as those wno sola during the sale. Much of the left-over rum mage was boxed and sent, through the efforts of the Meth odist church, to the Salvation Army in Pendleton. Mrs. Willis A. Roller has re turned to her home at Los Al os Hills, Calif., after enjoying a week's visit with her mother, Mrs. Nellie Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Chap in have returned -from afew days in Camas, Wash., where they had an opportunity to j watch their grandsons play football. Church Represented At District Meeting Rev. and Mrs. Dirk Rinehart, Mm. Lucille Parrlsh, and Mr. and Mrs. - Nod Clark have re turned from The Dalles where they attended the district con vocation held on October 20-22, as local delegates from All Saints' Episcopal church. The convocation Is an annual meeting of laymen and priests of the missionary district of Eastern Oregon and it affords them the opportunity to gather to discuss business and vote on new issues and budgets of the churli. In addition to business meet ings, the group had the oppor tunity to hear reports from Rev. Rustin Kimsey. who is a brother-in-law of Uev. Rinehart, and Rev. Grant Rinehart, father of Rev. Rinehart, from Nyssa. The two ministers were delegates from the missionary district of Eastern Oregon to the General Convention held in Seattle in September. Mrs. Jack Loyd was elected to serve as vice-president of the E.C.W. group for the mission ary district. Metsker maps of Morrow, Gil liam. UmatiUa. Wheeler counties on sale at ine uazene-umes. COMMUNITY 1 Coming Events IONE-HEPPNER FOOTBALL GAME Friday, Nov. 3, 1:00 p.m. . lone High School Field Heppner Freshmen, Sopho mores, Juniors vs. lone Varsity 4-H ACHIEVEMENT PARTY All South Morrow 4-H Mem bers and Leaders Annual Achievement Party Sunday, Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m. Heppner High Multipurpose Room 4-H Leaders Appreciation Banquet, 7:00 p.m., Mon day, Nov. 13 Heppner High Cafetorium ELEMENTARY PTA Wednesday, Nov. 8, 8:00 p.m. Grade School Multipurpose Room Special Film on Teenage Smoking. Parents urged to attend ANNUAL MEETINGS Morrow Co. Grain Growers, Monday, Nov. 6, Fair Pa vilion, 6:30 p.m. Columbia Basin Electric Conn Condon Memorial Hall Thursday, JNov. lb, ree Lunch, meeting at i:xa n m Al Ullman, guest speaker SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. 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