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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thunder. January 11. I96 THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Happar, Oregon 97U38 Phone 676-9228 MOHHOW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Time? established November 18, 1&T7. Consolidated February 15, 1912. j-rjjr NIWIPAPH c,l,,H,M J"A$IOCIATION NATION At NIWSPAMI WTSLET A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman Printer GAIL BURKENBINE Society Circulation EDITOR AND PUBLISHER REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STILLMAN 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 Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. Plight of Nyssa and Vale Maybe, as a practical matter, one might paraphrase an old saying and come up with an axiom for high school ath letic teams: "No team can serve two leagues." This Is the problem that Vale and Nyssa of the Greater Oregon league face with the announcement that football games In the league next year will be played on a round robin basis. This means that every team in the league will play every other team, regardless of whether they are !n the east or the west. The round robin will mean that each Greater Oregon team will have nine league games with the champion represent ing the A-2 district in state playoffs. In this part of the state, where distances between schools Is great, it has been difficult to devise a league that would provide equal competition for all. Until recently, most of the competition has been in the west. Only Enterprise, Nyssa and Vale have competed In the eastern division, making it rela tively easy to win a ttle. Vale's Vikings, who seem to be perennially strong, have emerged winners year after year. Meanwhile, the other seven Heppner, Grant Union, Wah tonka, Madras, Sherman County, Burns, and Pilot Rock have gone through tough schedules against each other to produce a division champion. Pilot Rock, which dropped out of A-2 ranks for a while but now Is back, was shunted into the eastern division this past season, which meant some long road trips for the Rock ets as well as their opponents. Nyssa and Vale for many years have been tied to the Snake River Valley conference in Idaho. This is convenient for them because most of the schools are within 25-50 mile range, such as Weiser, Payette, Parma and others. They have common interests, and they have a good league. However, with the Vikings and Bulldogs allied with the Snake River Valley, the Greater Oregon has always been be set with problems and complications. League members recently took the bull by the horns and decided that the two far east teams would have to de cide whether they want to play in Oregon or Idaho. This is a pretty stern edict, but a reasonable one. While Vale and Nyssa have competed in the short end of the circuit, their championships cannot be minimized. Vale has been so strong and dominated that end of the league so long that, in football, one almost concedes the Vikings to be the annual winner. West teams have had little luck in trying to subdue them in district playoffs, and Vale's rec ord of state championships surely has been a boom to the Greater Oregon banner. While the Vikings ties are strong with the Idaho teams, they are not eligible to compete in championships in the Potato State. Their trophy case must be bulging with awards won In Oregon. It would be a good guess that if they can not squeeze out of the plight In which they now find them selves, they will reluctantly bid adieu to Idaho teams and come home to the Greater Oregon League. In doing so, though, they will have trips far beyond those of their past seasons. Addition of Vale, particularly, to a round robin will mean a tougher schedule for the rest of the teams unless the Vik ings undergo some unexpected drought. If they continue as powerful as in the past, it might be speculated perhaps facetiously that some of the league members who voted for the round robin may regret it. One wouldn't think that the round robin schedule will continue very many years. Once the Viks and Bulldogs pledge allegiance to the GO league the circuit may decide on an equitable east-west split that will eliminate some of the long trips that will be demanded by the round robin. The hope is that Vale and Nyssa will think first of Oregon competition without being wooed by the attractive Idaho teams. TO THE EDITOR 'Complete Coverage' Dear Wes and Helen: Peggy and I extend to you our sincere wishes for a very happy and prosperous new year. We enclose our check for an other year's subscription to the Heppner Gazette-Times. Al though our many friends in Morrow county keep us well ad vised as to important personal events during the year, we are indebted to the Gazette for a complete coverage of news and events that are vital to the wel fare of Morrow county and its fine citizens. Thanks for your efforts. Sincerely, Garnet Barratt 901 Longwood Loop Mesa, Arizona 85201 Couple Make Steady Gains After Surgery r-Viorloa Mnnncrl Is ronvalesc ing in Pendleton and expected to be nome soon ionowing ma inr ciiruorv in November and . December. He is reported as making satisfactory recovery following amputations of part of the left leg. Mrs. Monagle is staying with him in Pendleton until he re turns home, and to be nearby for medical care for herself. She underwent major eye surgery to her left eye on December 15. Their son, Lany, has been tak ing care of the family ranch since he came home from serv ice in Vietnam in early November. Boardman Resident Dies in Pendleton After Long Illness BOARDMAN Catherine Mc Entire, 77, a 38-year resident of the Boardman community, died Saturday, January 6, in a Pen dleton hospital following a long illness. She was born in Longford, Ireland, February 3, 1890. She was married to John McEntire on February 15, 1917, in New York City. After coming to Ore gon they resided at Arlington and Cecil before coming to the Boardman area in 1929, where they have since made their home. Her husband preceded her in death in December, 1964. Mrs. McEntire was a member of the Catholic Church and of the Altar Society. Recitation of the rosary was at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston Tuesday evening and the funeral mass was Wednes day morning at 10:00 a.m. at St Patrick's Catholic church in Irrigon, with Father Simon Coughlan as celebrant. Inter ment followed in Boardman Riverview cemetery. Surviving are one son, John, of Boardman; one daughter, Josephine, of Portland; five sis ters, two In Ireland, one in Eng land and two in New York City. A recent visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spaulding has been Mrs. Spaulding's mother, Mrs. Jessie Simpson of Springfield. Mrs. Simpson arriv ed to enjoy the Christmas and New Years holidays ana re mained to be here to help her eranddauehter, Janice, celebrate The Rhyming Philosopher BEGINNING COME LIFT L'P YOUR HEARTS AND BE SINGING, SOME RIFT IN THE CLOUDS MAY APPEAR; EACH DAY THERE'S A NEWER BEGINNING AWAITING THE FLOUTING OF FEAR. NO PROBLEM WAS EVER THE GREATEST. NO PAIN BUTS BEEN SUFFERED BEFORE; AND NOTHING IS EVER THE LATEST SINCE TIME CREATES NEW EVERMORE. THERE'S ALWAYS NEW HEIGHTS TO BE SCALING, NEW CHALLENGES TESTING YOUR SKILL. NO USE SITTING DOWN AND BEWAILING: GET MOVING TO WIN WITH A WILL. IN SPITE OF WHAT SOME HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. NOT ALL THATS WORTHWHILE HAS BEEN DONE; AND ONLY THE WEAK STAND ASTONISHED WHEN UNATTAINED GOALS HAVE BEEN WON. YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO GET STARTED. AND NEVER TOO YOUNG FOR A TRY. THINK NOT OF THE PAST THATS DEPARTED, BUT HAIL THE NEW DAWN IN THE SKY! HARRY W. FLETCHER Rhyming Feature Starts This Week With this Issue of The Gt-wtte-Times, new feature, "The Rhyming Philosopher," Is being started on a weekly basin. The "rhyming philosopher" U Harry W. Fletcher of Mon terey county. Calif., who has served as an editor, publish er and printer. While object ing to being called a poet, Fletcher comments on various sublecta in rhyme, rangtng from litterbugs to friendship. His friends in Monterey county felt that his talents should be offered outside his home county and consequent ly have sent it to other week ly papers for consideration. Gazette-Times publishers felt that its readers might en joy the feature. Comments on It are invited. 'loneer Chaff md Chatter Wes Sherman BEFORE THE backshop of The Gazette-Times was rewired a few years ago, it wasn't too un common to come up to press time, onlv to have a motor start blowing fuses or some other electrical disorder. It was then that we would send out a frantic call for Her man Stroeber. And he would come, day or nignt, to Daie us out and get the current flowing properly again. Sometimes, wnue ne was helDiner here, he'd get calls from others who had emergen cies in their electrical systems maybe an irrigation pump motor eone dead. He a leave from here to help someone else. Stroeber seemed to be almost the indispensable man at the Kinzua mill. Were it not tor him, or someone like him, the plant undoubtedly would have had more shutdowns than it ha had. Fortunately, there is a little better situation in the electrical repair line here now. Rich Vin son has come along to bolster Randv Lott s staff and others are doing work in the electrical field. Death claimed Herman Mon day, lust when it seemed that he was making a good recovery from his illness. Although he is pone, we'll remember his will- ineness to help us out and oth ers in the community. AFTER SEEING four Rose Bowl games, Dr. A. D. McMurdo, our good physician-surgeon neigh bor across the street, should be getting to be a little expert on the annual January 1 game. After returning from a flying trip both literally and figurat ively) to Pasadena this year, he is in a position to give an ex ceptionally good description of one part of the Bowl the goal posts. There was some son oi mix- up on tickets, and wnen ur. McMurdo reached the Coliseum, he found that his seat was dir ectly behind one of the goal posts. He had saort of hoped for tickets on the 50-yard line but didn't know for sure because his son, Scott, of Corvallis had ob tained them and had arranged for them to be picked up at will-call on arrival. This poor location was a bad reak after going all that dis tance. May we suggest that next year the doctor take a portable TV set just in case. He left Heppner on December 29, .driving to Portland to be with son, Ted, then he and Scott flew down, stopping at San Francisco to see the doctor's brothers, Percy F. and Hew B. McMurdo. ALMOST AS disappointed as Dr. McMurdo were the parents and basketball fans who went to Enterprise Saturday night to see the game that wasn't play ed. The highway was very icy for a time over the Blues to La Grande, and a truck mishap vir tually blocked one of the bridg es near the Union county seat. The player bus was held up there for an hour and 45 min utes, but officers let cars pro ceed. So some of the Heppner fans passed the player bus and continued on to Enterprise, on ly to find the gym dark and deserted. After the long delay, and with conditions being what they were, the decision was made for the team to turn back, and state police stopped the spectator bus and advised them, nut tnere was no way to advise the par ents and fans. Making the situation worse, the would-be spectators upon arrival at Enterprise, though advised that the game would not be played, were sure that the information was wrong be cause they had passed the play er bus at La Grande. Parents reported? that, ironic ally, the road from La Grande to Enterprise was clear and dry even the dreaded Minam grade. But information that the team had received apparently was discouraging, and so they headed home with Leonard Munkers at the wheel of the bus. When the bus came over the Blues the highway was really slick, but by the time tne spec tators came over, the route had been sanded and wasn't bad at all. Well, no one was hurt even though some of the fans had a long ride in the cool of the winter. It appears to us that anytime conditions seem to be such as to jeopardize the safety of the players and students, the right decision is to turn back. Thev had no wav of knowing that worse conditions didn't face them ahead nor that the highways might be more dif ficult to travel later at night. Ponderings 8r W. S. CAVERHILL An A cms of Hallucination No other name can be given for the behavior of two charac ters found in a field north of town. The report (there Is some evidence to support it) concerns the actions of a couple of boys who much have been under the Influence of LSD. No combina tion of Scotch whiskev. mount ain moonshine, and larkspur could have provided the "trip the boys were on. They were "far out and going high . It seems that a passerby saw a man fly-fishing in the dust of a summer fallowed field. His partner in a boat trailer was parked by the roadside. The fasserby inquired about the fel ow in the field. "Oh, he's my buddy. He had been fishing all night I'm taking the boat out to bring him in." That's the story as we got it. The boys were not morons. Their expensive outfit proved that. So, if you happen to see a lad climbing a tree backward or a midget trying to upset a mountain, think noth ing of it. He is just an addict on a "trip". Columbia Basin's Phones Changed TeleDhone numbers at the Heppner office of Columbia Bas in Electric Co-op are now 676 9146 and 676-9147, Manager Har ley Young advises. A new system has been in stalled, and if one phone is busy, the other will ring auto matically, he said. All in the area are advised to jot down the numbers in their telephone books for use in case of an emergency. The new sys tem is another step in an en deavor to give increasingly bet ter service to all power users, Young said. Mrs. LeRoy Gardner has been in Portland since last Tuesday to be, near her father, Fred Payne of The Dalles, during his convalescence at St. Vincent's hospital. He is reported to be improving very satisfactorily following an operation there. LeRoy Gardner went to Portland over the week-end and expects to go again Friday and accom pany Mrs. Gardner home Saturday. 4-H Skiers Open Season January 6 At Arbuckle Mt. Br CHERI CARLSON It was a very exciting day! For some, it was a first! For others it was a belated contin uation of last vear. Yes. it was an exciting day, for January 6 was the opening day of the 1963 ski season at Arbuckle Mount ain. The Morrow county 4-H Ski club boarded the bus at lone, Lexington and Heppner to Init iate the new snow pack In the Blues! Dick McElllgott, 4 H lead er, and, by the way bus driver, introduced 14 new members to the 24 veteran skiers from last year. Upon arrival at the ski area, this year's officers were elected as follows: Tom Stockard, president; Rick Barneit, vice president; Kathleen Ayres, secre tary; and Cheri Carlson, nes report ur. After the formalities of the day were concluded, the snow rush began. Veteran skiers pro ceeded to pack the hill and swoosh the ski runs while the beginning skiers received their first lessons. Sprained ankles and other minor casualties re mained light, resulting in a good day's skiing for the ski patrol consisting of Alan Mar tin, Heppner Grade school prin cipal, and Lorcn Lucore, of the U. S. Forest Service. Arbuckle Mountain lies ap proximately 30 miles east of Heppner. Traveling up Willow Creek road, ski fans will find hard packed, well-bladed roads leading to the area. Facilities at the ski area include a basic ski lodge with a good selection of candies, soft drinks and snacks for lunch. An improved rope tow this year pulls skiers up the challenging timDer stua ded slopes, almost to the sum mit. There the most basic ski student will behold an awesome view of the Blue Mountains sel dom seen bv manv. During the past year, McElligott, along with other interested people, has made a number of im provements on the slope. These include removing timber at the upper landing and thinning of pole thickets in trail areas, bince this is a public ski area used by 4-H clubs, and since public funds help to maintain roads leading to the area, we of the Morrow 4-h bki Club invite and mee anvone who would like to enjoy the snow and out of doors to come on up to Arbuckle and ski in the sky. Cheri Carlson News Reporter Boy's Leg Broken In Skiing Mishap Chris Culp, 44. son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Culp, is at home with a cast on hU leg ua re sult of a skiing accident on op ening weekend at Arbuckle Mountain Sunday. The boy was one of a num- .... ,riiniiruli.ra learnintr to ski when ho took a tumble and broke the lea In four places. His father suid that it was a kmni, if,! u'bk rh'ht there. along with members of the ski patrol to assist ins nun. ThA knu la iindnnnted and says that he is Ruing back as soon as ne is auiu. nna nt thn 4-11 VOUthS Suffer- .j m i0M,a(lnn tn tha forehead Saturday when ho took a spill and his head nit tne up oi nis ski. 41 COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Mr. and Mrs. Everett Struck- meter have returned to Oregon after living the past six months at Bonsall, Calif. They moved last week to Feeder Spring Ranch near Arlington where thev will make their home Their son, Earl, has remained In Heppner during this school year to complete his senior year. Mrs. Struckmeier was a former commercial teacher in the Hepp ner High school. Coming Events HEPPNER HIGH BASKETBALL DeSales at Heppner Saturday, Jan. 13 Burns at Heppner Friday. Jan. 19 Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock Fri., Jan. 12, League game ADULT EDUCATION Organizational Meetine Thurs., Jan. 11, 7 p.m. Honnnpr Hich schnol Variety of courses through BMCC REBEKAH-ODD FELLOW niMMirp g. INSTALLATION Willows IOOF Hall. Heooner Saturday, Jan. w Dinner, 6:dO p.m.; instana tion at s:uo p.m. ELKS DINNER Swedish Smorgasbord Dinner Saturday, Jan. W, b.JO p.m. Followed by dancing to West ern Gentlemen Old Timer's Night, Jan. 25 ARBUCKLE SKIING Bus leaves Heppner Library each Sat. morning, 8 a.m., returns 5 p.m. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppner More Fun, Always . . . eugene 215 Coburg Road Phone: (503) 342-5181 5 o-o ntS AURANT WITH J4-HOim COFFEE SHOP It's Rexall Sale Time Again! R nnufli jflnuQrv m Cut The Cosf of livim STARTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 HURRY! HUNDREDS OF ITEMS ON SALE! Ml) RRAY REXALL DRUG Heppner Ph. 676-9610 her ninth birthday.
