HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. November 23. 1967 I
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner. Oregon S7836
Phone 676-9228
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The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1817. Consolidated February 15,
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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.
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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