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Number 43 84th Year HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIM 10 Cent Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 21, 1967 Students Again Convey Christmas Spirit With Drawings Sponsored by Local Businesses By WES SHERMAN Perhaps the spirit of Christ mas is best reflected through the sentiments and expressions of children. This is apparent again this year as pupils of the Heppner Elementary school once more have drawn their conceptions of the holiday season for the Christmas issue of The Gazette Times. Through the excellent cooper ation of Terry Lincecum, nrt teacher, the pupils have devoted some ol tneir oass mm.- m drawing appropriate pictures for greetings that are sponsored by different businesses. This was done here for the first time last year, and the re sponse from the public showed that all appreciated and enjoy ed the work of the youngsters. Their imagination and talents have a way of expressing the Christmas spirit in simple, dir ect and honest manner. Some of these expressions are novel. Perhaps they picture Santa Claus riding in a super-jet sleigh. Perhaps they envision the Christmas spirit through a picture pointing out kindness to animals. Many, of course, re flect the religious motive as they draw angels, the baby Jesus, manger scenes and oth ers. Their work is the more force ful and striking because it is unsophisticated. This, perhaps, is what elicits the sympathetic response from the public. Business people indicated last year that they liked to express their season's greetings through the work of the youngsters, and even more of them than Inst year are sponsoring the greet ings. Many Could Not Be UeC Unfortunately, out of the sev eral hundred pictures drawn, only a relatively few could be used, for there are many more children than businesses. This does not mean that some of those not selected by the busi nesses were not as well done. Many outstanding pictures were drawn which could not be printed. It Is unfortunate that every reader cannot see all the work done by the pupils, for all would have an enjoyable time looking at them. Another regret, too, is that the art work of the smaller young sters has less chance of publi cation because their little hands have not yet learned to write and draw smaller letters and characters. Thus, the smaller the child, the larger the picture. Lack of space and the cost of printing the larger greetings thereby cuts the number of those of the smaller youngsters hat could be used. Good Work Apparent It is evident, though, that Miss Lincecum and her pupils are doing fine work in their art classes. This will be apparent to those who enjoy going through this "greeting card" section and studying the Christ mas sentiments of the young sters. Some are humorous, and some are serious. It will also be noted that the keen eyes of the children notice things around town in connec- Teacher Terry .:,m ,.,. ,.,,... Ul - TERRY LINCECUM tion with Christmas that par ents and townspeople do not re alize they notice. One, for in stance, shows a picture of the Hotel Heppner, complete with fire escape. In the front is the fire truck, which brought in Santa Claus at Christmas Open ing. The downtown Christmas tree stands in front. A pood number of merchants from Heppner, lone and Lexing- DRAWN BY BRENDA CARPENTER. 8th GRADE MARKET ton are expressing their senti ments in wishing the best of the season to all and in saying "thank you" to their customers and friends. Some use the pa per to reach the public instead of sending Christmas cards to them. The Gazette-Times is able to use the children's art work by using its Fairchild Scan-A-Gra-ver to make plastic engravings from their drawings. While the drawings may lose some of their quality in the reproduction, they are true copies of the originals. Some of the drawings had to be cut down to be used, and some had to be engraved in two sec tions because of their size. To Get Certificate All children whose pictures are used in the paper will re ceive a certificate from The Gazette-Times and the merchants for their help. The cooperative project en courages and recognizes the work of the youngsters, giving them an Incentive for their class work, and the local busi nesses appreciate their helpful ness in expressing the spirit of the season. With these words, we point out that this Christmas issue of the Gazette-Times is the 1967 "Greeting Card" from the mer chants, children and the paper to the Morrow county commu nity and all readers everywhere. All join in expressing best wishes of the season to others, and if this issue helps to bring joy to readers and enhances the spirit of the season, all who have made it possible will be happy indeed. . .-. HTi ifttfZr' : , v. -t r nvles J 'wood SS-S" ' .... .- JJ! DRAWN BY CARLITA MARQUARDT, 7th GRADE HEPPNER LUMBER CO. o s .0 y ( J V Qodyg r n DRAWN BY JODY JENSEN, 1st GRADE DANK OF D pastern Oregon HEPPNER IONE ARLINGTON MEMBER. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
