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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. November 23. 1967 I THE HEPPNER ;V GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Oregon S7836 Phone 676-9228 MOHROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1817. Consolidated February 15, 1912. NATIONAL NEWSPAPER r" NIWIPAMI ryiMSHits AIIOCIATION WESLET A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman Printer GAIL BURKENBINE Society Circulation EDITOR AND PUBLISHER I ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STILLMAN Apprentice JIM SHERMAN Pressman fiiihsrlntlnn Rates: $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. BE THANKFUL 'Thanksgiving 1967' Chaff and Chatter TO THE EDITOR. . Larry Muessig In Vietnam Duty More on Livestock To the Editor: Manv thincs nave been sam about livestock within the city. It has been stated what we en- Joy by living in the city. Broth- er, we pay very aear lor wnui we enloy water, lights, sewer, television, streets, and so forth. And best of all, taxes. Yes, my friend, we pay. It Is also stated that we should forego some of the bene fits enloyed by our friends who live on a farm. That Is, you should forego them provided you are not In the city-clique. When you nave iivestoc an around you, but your livestock is offensive to one neighbor, and the other five it does not of fend, you should get rid of yours, and let the other people continue to keep theirs. My friend, this Is Democracy. You also stated that some 01 our councilmen stated that this is a western town. God bless those guvs many of us take our hats off to them. They pos sibly know the difference In the taste of good cows milk and red wine. You state we should love thy neighbor. This Is fine as long as the neighbor does not want all of the love. Why should this Larry Muessig, graduate of Heppner High school with the class of ISHiJ, Is now serving as a machine cun squad leader with the U. S. Marines In Viet nam and Is a corporal. Letters received recently by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Drlscoll said that he Is currently engaged In fighting the "hard corps' North Vietnamese. He said they are well trained and tough fighters. One of the letters said that he had Just lost four men from his squad, two being victims of booby traps and two from an ambush, and he was saddened by the loss. Col. Muessig, who was a star athlete for Heppner High, es pecially in football, went to Treasure Valley Community College, Ontario, for two years before going to the Army Nat ional Guard. He then entered the Marine Corps. - He lived here with Chuck Mc Lean, who was fire control of ficer with the Heppner Ranger district, U. S. Forest Service, at the time. McLean Is now with the Forest Service at Elk City, Idaho. Cpl. Muessig undoubtedly would enjoy hearing from friends. His address is Col J. Muessig 2224608, 1st Bn. 3rd Marines, H and S Co. SI bee. Irrigon 4-H Club Elects New Officers The Country Critters 4-H club held a meeting Wednesday, No vember 15, at the Irrigon school library. We elected officers, and they are David Richards, presi dent; Robert Richards, vice pres. Identj PeggV Brandt, secretary; Tim Rice, treasurer; Karen Rich ards, news reporter; Judy Sny. der, song and recreation leader, and Mitchell Reed, sergeant-at-arms. Our club voted to support buying the land for the 4-H Training Center, which is to ba nine miles out of Salem. Mrs. Brandt and Mrs. Rich ards were special guests at the meeting. Our next metelng will be November 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Irrigon school library. Karen Richards, reporter ) community! billboard By PASTOR ROBERT WOLFE, Assembly of God This word Is two words, thanks and giving. Let me turn these two around, "giving thanks." Before the Pilgrims landed in America, other peoples of other lands had Thanksgiving days. These days were set aside for military victories, or days when some great bless ing came upon the land. The original Thankglving Day was celebrated under quite different circumstances than we face this day for our Thanks giving holiday. When the Pilgrims reached America It was fall. They had to get busy and build shelters for winter. The only food they had to eat was what they had brought with them and what wild game they could shoot. They had to stretch their food out until their plantings could be harvested. This was helped by their trading with the Indians. We can well imag ine why they had a great time of rejoicing in the fall whtn they reaped a bountiful harvest, without which they could not have survived another winter. These Pilgrim folk took about three days off and had times of prayer, times of sing ing and times of hearing the Bible preached. They believed in Almighty God. They believed he had sent the necessary rain and caused the crops to be bountiful. Almighty God prospered our nation because our early leaders continued in in the same spirit of being thankful to God. They prayed to God in times of need; they thanked Him for blessings; they acknowledged Him as their creator. This nation of ours became (by passing up many other nations) the greatest in the world. Note her economy, pro duction, factory goods and farm goods, great military victor ies, and education for the masses. Today we find this great nation facing dilemma 'after dilemma: crime, inflation, foreign Involvement, excessive tax ation, too liberal interpretation of laws concerning criminals and those who have committed crimes, and the integration issue. I believe the reason this nation is In the straits she is in is because we have forgotten where the blessings come from. We as a people have erred in our ways of living. We have tried new paths of philosophy that were unproven. Let's make this Thanksgiving Day a real old fashioned one by putting a spiritual emphasis on it Let's give God thanks for his blessings. Let's open our hearts to Him that we might receive more blessings. Psalms 26:7. Wes Sherman THEY'VE BEEN calling Ted night in the Heppner High gym Smith a bigamist ever since, (November 29, that is). Kuie Pioneer Ponderings Bv W. S. CAVERHILL A Tall Man Talks to Himself He came into town from some where south. He parked his Buick in front of the Pastime, hit the sidewalk and began talking to himself. Since he was a stranger, there was no reas on for him not to. His riding boots and high hat marked him as a cowman of some import ance. Curiosity drew some of us around him as he began mutter ing about taxes, the price of cat tle, range rights and grass When he came to "grass" was when he really addressed him self, thus; "Bier bov. vou 11 never see good bunch grass again after last year's long drought. You overgrazed the range last sum mer. You had to. but that treat ment plus the prolonged drought sure knocked the hell out of the bunchgrass root system. That means you'll have to depend more and more on weeds and cheat grass to feed your cows. We did cut bunchgrass hay in the years past, but no more." Having thus conferred with himself, he got into his car and drove away. The fellow impressed us as a man with a problem, especially with his analysis of the bunch grass situation. It is not likely that it will ever be brought back: the rehabilitation of the rangeland will be by other grasses. The bunchgrass will not come back. Miss Anne McNamee of Seat tle, Wash., has been a guest during the past week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Anne McNamee. and with her brother. Jim McNamee, in Heppner. She State Distributes Tax Relief Fund Secretary of State Clay My ers said today that nearly $15.5 million is now being distribut ed to Oregon counties for dir ect property tax relief. Morrow county will receive 100,639 as its net share. The $4.21 relief per $1000 assessed value has been deducted from property taxes on statements sent out by the sheriff recently. Another $5,114,000. approprla ted for reduction of property tax on inventories in the counties for the current fiscal year, will be apportioned at the same time, Myers said. Morrow's share is $13,577. The Secretary of State said the first annual distribution of cigarette tax revenues amounts to $5,462,995. It, added to $10 million from the state general fund appropriation, will provide relier or $4.21 per $1000 or as sessed valuation in the coun ties, Myers noted. The cigarette tax formula provides that 50 percent of rev enues will be paid on a year ly basis to local property tax relief, and 25 percent each to cities and counties on a quar terly basis. Burpee Advanced In Jet Training Correspondence from Lieut, and Mrs. Douglas Burpee, Pensa- cola. Fla.. informs her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Don Turner, of his recent advancement and com pletion o'. special marine jet training at tnat base. Lieut. Burpee was given special com mendation for rating in the top third for one who had not been a graduate of Annapolis or West t'oint. During the next five months. Lieut, and Mrs. Burpee will live in Meridian, Miss., where he will train with the T-2 Buckeyes, a new marine jet plane, and then expects to be stationed at Corpus Christl, Tex., for one year. Their proent mailing address is Mar-Ray Aptms., No. 394. 4609 the story appeared in the G-T last week on the Neighborhood Center. Mrs. Eloise Smith, staff member of the center, was iden tified as "Mrs. Ted (Eloise) Smith". But Eloise Smith isn't Mrs. Ted Smith, hence the ex city recorder (and probably his wife and Eloise, too) have been taking a ribbing this week. But Ted. being a good Joe, takes it good-naturedly, and our faces are red. About the only excuse we can offer since we knew better around here is that Eloise and Ella (the real Mrs. Ted Smith) have the same first two letters in their names, and in the rush of things,, we just made the boo-boo. By the way, Ted has some philosophizing theories these days on the subject of retire ment. Since he left the position of city recorder and stepped out of the limelight, he found that one year of loafing around and taking trips was great. , But one year of this luxurious inactivity was just about all he could stand, so Ted then was fair game for some part time accounting work and communi ty service jobs. One of the lat ter is that of Civil Defense dir ector. Recently, this able man has been target for Quite a few re quests for volunteer work, and so ne rinds the pendulum swing ing the other way. He is thinking of taking a course in elementary English to learn how to say that two-let ter word, "No," gracefully. EVERY TIME we commit a boo boo In the paper, we get some solace by rationalizing that most every newspaper and ev en the electronic media make some dandies, too. (Like the $1.5 billion Riverside school in the East Oregonian, instead of $1.5 million). If you were among the many who watched the USC-UCLA game on TV Saturday, vou mav have noticed a rash of faux pas at the start of the game. One of the announcers in reviewing the uac record in tne pre-game cnatter toid or usu administer ing the Trojans' only defeat of tne year, 3-0. Then he blithely added, "Yes, the Ducks did it." lhat should have been pood for a couple hundred irate let ters from Oregon State. And when the teams and coaches were Introduced. Tom my Prothro (in his familiar hat) stepped into full view of the camera in his turn. While his race filled the screen, the lee- end flashed on, "John McKay, coacn, ust. Again when the captains as sembled at the center of the field with the officials for the toss of the coin, the referee an nounced for the full benefit of the TV audience, USC wins the toss and will receive, but his motions indicated UCLA had won the toss, and, indeed, the Uclans did win the toss. returned to her home Saturday. I Broadmoor Drive, Meridian, Miss. WITH CHRISTMAS OPENING and holiday activities in the offing, this is a real busy time for our Morrow county commu nities. There are so many signs plastered on doors and windows of business houses announcing coming events that thev almost shut out the daylight. We told Randall Peterson Tuesday that he had more news on the door of Peterson s Jew changes and interpretations will be explained, and this snouid help educate the fans to offic ials decisions in the coming season which they might not otherwise understand. At the same time, the public will get to see the Mustang prospects in action. By the way, both Heppner and lone High have season basket ball tickets on sale and offer good bargains for fans who plan to attend the games, wow is the time to get them, since the season is right upon us. lone opens at Arlington on Tiaay night, December 1. and the Mus tangs face Grant Union on Fri day, December 8, here. The game here will give fans a chance to see one oi eastern Oregon's best A-2 teams (out side of Heppner, of course!) since the Prospectors are rated topnotch this year. Much of the local interest in them is through Chris Labhart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Labhart, all formerly of Heppner. Chris seemed to be a skyscraper last year, but the reDort is tnat ne is siui grew ing. Maybe the Mustangs will have to equip themselves with stepladders to checK mm, or raise the baskets to 12 feet. IT HAS OFTEN been said that some of the world's best cat tle are raised right here in Mor row county, and the recent achievements of the Kirk and Robinson ranch and Ekstrom and Sons support this conten tion. Perhaps you have noticed how their Hereforas nave Deen winning highest honors in shows throughout Ore g o n, Washington and California. Re cently, a story announced how Ekstroms junior bull calves were blazing a trail through California shows. This week we have a story on how the Kirk and Robinson stock took many top awards at the Oregon Clas sic in Salem. Heppner and lone may be small places on the U. S. map, but they loom large among live stock growers all across the country. Congratulations to them for their fine work and for putting Morrow county on the map! Some of this fine stock of the county will be shown at two sales coming in the very near future. Frank and Kay Ander son will have their production sale on Wednesday, November 29, at their ranch beyond Ruggs on the Condon hignway, selling 60 bulls. Kirk and Robinson and Ekstrom and Sons will have their joint production sale at the indoor arena of the fair erounds on Wednesday. Decem ber 6. They will have 57 head in all, coming from wen-Known bloodlines. We trust that both sales will be hiehlv successful ana xnat these ranchers will get the sup port they deserve. R5!25Sf C te'ffftS2.' Francisci.Calil2: J V t-O HV r BIIU IIVl Villa Vb-1M around him, when the other livestock is as close or closer? I Love thy neighbor is indeed a great policy. It also stated that we with livestock should move out of the city. This would be great pro vided we could find a small place outside of town that we could buy. If we did, who would buy the TV shares and pay the four dollars a month that pro vides the money for our neigh bor to set back and enjoy the urban living he now enjoys? One other thing, young fel lows beware. Before long, you will have to have a permit to have children in our great city of Heppner. However, this doesn't bother my wife and I because we are a little too old. That is why we like a few chick ens and a cow to occupy our spare time. We have a 16-year-old daugh ter and an adopted son of 12. We like a few fresh eggs and some good milk to feed them. This is why we have tried so hard to obtain a permit. In closing, I wish to express for myself, my wife, and my two kids, our whole-hearted Sergeant Serving With Crack Unit Sergeant Robert D. Kaufman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kaufman of 1664 S. Downing St., Seaside, is a member of the U. S. Air Force defense organza tion that has been selected 83 best in the United States. His wife, Beverly, is daughter of Hazel Jackson, Star Route, lone. Sergeant Kaufman is assign ed to the Air Defense Com mand's (ADC) 26th Air Division that has won the coveted Gen eral Frederic H. Smith Trophy. The trophy, which honors a for mer Air Force vice chief of staff now retired from active duty, was presented at division head quarters, Adair Air Force Sta tion, Oregon, November 7. The 26th was chosen for the top ADC award for demonstrat ing through year-long evalua tion the best ground capability to support ADC fighter mtercen tors in identifying, intercepting ana destroying enemy aircraft. iwu niua, uui wnuic-ncaucu ctuu ueauu.yillK tffltriliy airiraiu thanks to the many people who The division which has won the have wished us luck in obtain ing a permit. Johnnie mil Heppner, Ore. Be a Friend IT WASN'T long ago that some of our state legislators were in high dudgeon over uie iaci that Morrow county raised the assessment on Boeing lands. Morrow emintv is robbing the state!" they cried, mis was oe cause the taxes have to come from the State Veterans Depart ment through the state lease on the lands, an increase or some thing around $10,000. But strangely enough, one doesn't hear so many wails elers than we have in the paper from the legislators on spend Donkey Basketball coming at i ing $4000 Der dav to keep the lone. Fiddlers contest of the Jaycees here this week-end, the film "Berkeley Revolution" also to be shown this week-end, and there were probably a few ba zaars and car washes on the door posters. Business people are real good about giving their window space for these posters, and it does help to get the word around. A LOT OF THESE things com ing up appear to be programs and events that will be inter esting and unusual. Another such is the Mustang Preview of the Heppner High basketball i team which will be Wednesday SDecial session going, with lit tle but futility as the accomp lishment to date. Probably an exception was ReD. Frank Roberts of Portland who said last week that the spe cial session has been asked to develop tax plans "that the peo ple won't buy and that would n't give real tax relief if they did pass." Rep. Roberts said that the spe cial session is a $4,000-a-day exercise in futility." Maybe it isnt quite as Daa as all that, since the legislators are surely trying, but think how long the state could pay the taxes on the Boeing lands for Heppner, Oregon November 15, 1967 Dear Mr. Sherman: I really don't know where to start. I guess, with the fact that I have never realized that some of the people in Heppner were such stuck-ups and ungratefuls. The other night at a function which I attended I and some other women spoke to a new comer to Heppner and she said that she had helped with the fair and rodeo and helped other organizations since moving here j and since the projects nave been over, none of the people she worked with seem to know her or speak. Now does that sound very friendly? One of the people in the dis cussion made a statement which really Impressed me. She said, and I quote, 'To have a friend vou have to be a friend." It real ly doesn't take a whole lot of time to put forth a smile or kind word of friendship wheth er it be an old friend or new comer. I feel that everyone, in cluding myself, should take time and think how they would feel if they entered a town to settle down and got tne cold shoulder instead of a warm smile from some and a kind word from others. A person shouldn't have to prove himself to be accepted by a community. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be a one woman welcoming commit tee. I'm only saving as a com munity we should be a bit more friendly if we expect to grow and grow. I rest my case Mrs. Vern Nolan, Jr. honor twice, operates 14 radar sites and five fighter squadrons to maintain air surveillance and guard a five state 800,000 square mile area covering the Pacific Coast , and Western IJnited The sergeant is a communi cations specialist with the 761st Kadar bquadron at North Bend Air Force Station. Sergeant Kaufman attended Seaside High school and South western Oregon Community College. Coming Events JAYCEE FIDDLER CONTEST Old-time Fiddler Contest Sponsored by Heppner Jay rep Friday-Sat nights, Nov. 24 ft 25 Junior High Gym 50 YOUTH MOVIE "Berkeley Revolution", minute color movie Friday night, Nov. 24, grade school multipurpose room High School and College stu dents invited Adults and children, Satur day night, 8 p.m. COMMUNITY SERVICE United Community Thanks giving Service Wednesday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m. HeDDner Christian Church People of all faiths invited HEPPNER HIGH BASKETBALL First home game, Friday, Dec. 8, 7 p.m. Heppner vs. Grant Union Heppner vs. Burns at Burns, Sat, Dec 9 ECW HOLIDAY BAZAAR Episcopal Parish Hall Saturday, Dec. 2, from 11:00 a.m. Many homemade Christmas gifts and foods DON'T FORGET CHRISTMAS OPENING NOV. 24, 25 DOWNTOWN HEPPNER SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppner SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS Come and See Girls Choose Name Junior High Camp Fire girls met November 13. Present were Tami Meador, Lynda Baker, Carmen Papineau, Kathleen Bartlett and Beverly Phegley. Kathleen oDened the meeting. We named our group the Taly cakabe's which is made up from the first two letters of each name of the girls. We discussed the things which we are plan ning to do during the year. Beverly rnegley, reporter 'Berkeley Revolution' 50-Minute Sound Motion Picture Film Friday Night, Nov. 24 7:00 P.M. (For High School and College Students Only) AND Saturday Night, Nov. 25 7:00 P.M. (For Adults and Children) the amount of money that the special session is costing. www MAYBE the Bureau of Land Management should have ad vertised the north Morrow coun ty land auction, coming up Fri day, as a sale for the "person who has everything." Think what a nice Christmas gift this; might be for some wealthy per son from the east. He could talk about his "holdings" in the west. Indications are that the sale is attracting interest of in- estors (we avoid the word, speculators") from all parts of the countrv. We hope the suc cessful bidders are ones who will really develop the land for the good of Morrow county and its people. HEPPNER GRADE SCHOOL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM REFRESHMENTS SERVED No Admission Charge Sponsored by Campus Crusade For Christ, Intl. And Presented by Local College Students
