KCfPNCX GAZETTE-TIMES. Thurtdery. January It 1964
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Our Talkative People
Sometime e suspect that at the heart cf some of the
problems In thu country U the fact that rr.oit of us talk too
much.
But if the booklet. The World's Telephones." Is a true
Index, perhaps we aren't a-s bad as the Canadians. This
points out that Canada retained I's world title on telephone
conversations during the year 1D66. averaging 661 per per
son. The United States was the second most talkative with
618 calls per person.
However, the United States has far more telephones than
any other country with 93,789.000. This is close to half of ail
the telephones in the world 208.5OTj.CiO0.
Certainly the lines of communication must be better by
far in the United States than in the USSR, which has only
an estimated 8,400.000 telephones. If our population is 200
million, then our number of telephones average nearly one
to every two persons.
The interesting booklet on The World's Telephones, pub
lished by American Telephone & Telegraph Company and dis
tributed here by Pacific Northwest Bell, points out that the
number of telephones Increased by 13.4 million in the year
1966.
The marvelous progress made by telephone systems for
our talkative people Is brought out by the fact that now a
person may sit at his desk, or take the phone in his home,
and reach a person at any of 96 per cent of the world's tele
phones. A person can call places that he has never heard of. In
1967 connections were established with Brunei, Cayman Is
lands, Qatar, the Spanish Sahara, and Greenland. Operator
dialing of calls from the United States was extended to Nor
way, Spain, Sweden, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines
and Singapore. The time is rapidly approaching when many
United States customers will be able to dial their overseas
calls directly.
Second to the United States in the number of telephones
would you guess it? is Japan with more than 16 million
telephones.
If you have often tried to reach a party by telephone
and found the line busy, it Is understandale. There were
nearly 122'i billion calls made in the United States during
the year 1966!
Probably there are many parents who will aver that the
big increase in the number of calls in this country is due to
the fact that their daughters are reaching teen age!
Now this ease of communication, as contrasted with the
days of our grandfathers, may be considered a detriment a
contribution to the softening of our people. But watch a
teen ager on the telephone, and it is difficult to tell whether
she Is talking to a friend or taking a course in physical
education. She (and we use the personal pronoun in the
feminine gender advisedly) will stand on her head, or lop
over the davenport with head down to the floor and feet
draped over the back, or do a jig on one foot while carry ing
on an animated conversation.
But if the telephone companies have made it easy for
us to be a talkative people, it is nothing compared to what
they have in store for us.
We see by the ads (unfortunately not In this paper) that
the scientific wizards of the telephone companies are specu
lating on the development of dial telephones, without wires,
to wear on the wrists; others that permit one to view the
person to whom he is talking (in color, no less!); and home
telephones may be used to reach computers for figuring in
come taxes or getting any type of information.
One day the time will come when your home telephone
can be set to follow you and transfer calls to you, wherever
you may be. About the same time, you will be able to dial
your kitchen stove when you're away and turn on the oven
so the roast will be done when you arrive back home.
A hundred years from now or lessour population will
be doing things by telephone that we can scarcely imagine.
Our talkative nation will look back then at the old pioneers
of 1968 and wonder how the hardy people of that early age
ever got along without these taken-for-granted conveniences.
OUCH! POSTAGE HIKE PAINFUL
Going to Move? Please Notify
Paper of Change of Address
When Uncle Sam's post office department increased
postage rates, he also made some other increases that
many people don't realize.
One such is a 50 increase on the cost of notifying
publications of address changes when the recipient of the
publication doesn't take care of the matter himself.
Prior to January 1, a paper paid the post office 10c
for each such notice. Now it pays 15c. In a year's time,
even on a small paper like the Gazette-Times, there are
a great many such notices, for quite a few subscribers
fail to remember to notify the paper when they move or
otherwise change their addresses.
The postage hike thus gets the paper going and com
ing. Its second class rates were increased, and when it is
not delivered because of an address deficiency, it has to
pay the advanced rate for the post office notice.
Sometimes several papers pile up in a post office un
delivered, all destined for the same address. And the pa
per may get several notices at 15c each notifying that
the address is insufficient or has been changed.
If all subscribers will be thoughtful and courteous
enough as many are to notify The Gazette-Times in
advance when an address will be changed, this post f
tfice charge will be avoided and the paper will follow the
subscriber to his new address without delay.
The paper is absorbing, for the present, the increase
in mailing costs, but this consideration on address changes
will be appreciated. And one thing more when you
notify the paper of your address change, will you please
also give your former address. We know where many of
our subscribers live when we recognize their names, but
out of 1700, we don't know them alL and giving the old
address as well as the new one is most helpful in making
the change.
The Rhyming Philosopher
POSTERITY
I ESTABLISH NO CLAIM TO A MANSION OF FAME
OR A HOUSE FELL OF Ml'SKlM TREASURE:
BUT I N W MUST CONFESS WE'VE AMAZED WL'ITE
A MESS
OK RELICS OF PAST HUMAN PLEASURES.
WE'VE PAVED CORKS I HAVE POPPED
AND THE LOt KS THAT HAVE STOPPED
AND BALL-POINTED PENS LONG EXPIRED
OLD SCH-. iOL BOOKS AND PENCILS AND KITCHEN
UTENSILS.
AND GADGETS WHICH SINCE CAME U.V.VIRED.
THERE'S BOXES OF LETTERS FROM OLD FRIENDS
AND DEBTORS.
AND TOOLS WHICH HAVE LONG LOST THEIR
HANDLES.
THE KITCHEN S A HAVEN FOR COOK BOOKS WE'RE
SAVES G.
PLUS CARTONS OF USED BIRTHDAY CANDLES.
THE ATTIC IS LOADED WITH GARMENTS OUT MODED.
AND CHESTS FI LL OF TOYS. MOSTLY BROKEN.
THERE'S TRAPS FOR OUR GOPHERS. AND UNDER
STUFFED SOFAS.
AND SOUVENIR PLATES FROM HOBOKEN.
WE MAY HAVE OBSESSIONS FOR HOARDING
POSSESSIONS.
RUT SOMEDAY IT WON'T LOOK SO FIWY
IF SOME LUCKY GRANDCHILD DISCOVERS THIS JUNK
HAS NOW BECOME ANTIQUES WORTH MONEY.
HARRY W. FLETCHER
Chaff Chatter
Wes Sherman
IT HAS been said that a broad
general education best fits a
person for the newspaper busi
ness, and we can verily believe
it. One never knows what he is
going to need to know.
Take the storv this week on
grade school auditorium-gymna
sium where they have removed
all the plaster.
It reminded us of the old
story of Chicken Little and we
wanted to use this in connec
tion with the piece on the gym.
We remembered the part, all
right, about the thing (forgot
ten what the "thing" was) fall
ing on the head of Chicken Lit
tle, and then the little chick
going into hysteria and report-
son regarded us with wondering
eyes, men soitly intoned, "For
sooth and gadzooks. thee may
well verily be right."
And thereupon he turned up
the volume on his record play
er featuring Herb Alcert and
the Tijuana Brass.
SO YOU don't know about this
modern generation.
Watching a favorite TV pro
gram the other night, we were
interrupted when grade school
daughter came up with books
and papers in hand.
"Will you help me with mv
exponetal notations?" she said
(and I hope this is spelled cor
rectly).
Walter Beckef,
Son of Pioneers,
Dies January II
Walter W. Bucket, who had
tw-en a resident of this area for
the past M years, died Thurs
day. January 11, In Pioneer
i Memorial hospital following
short illness. He would have
reached his 83rd birthday in
February.
Funeral services were held
Saturday January 13. at 2:00
p.m. at the First Methodist
chunh. with the Rev. Melvln
Dixon officiating. Vault Inter
ment was In Heppner Masonic
cemetery witn Sweeney Mortuary
in cnarge of the arrangements.
He was born February 24, 1hj5.
in Weston, the son of J. W. and
Catherine Stall Becket, He was
brought by his pioneer parents
to the Eightmile area when he
was one year old, where the
family settled on a homestead
ranch.
On June 3, 1908, he was mar
ried to Carrie Forbes in Portland.
They were engaged in wheat
ranching in the Eightmile and
Liberty districts until his retire
ment in 1946, when they moved
into Heppner.
He was an active member of
Heppner Elks Lodge No. 358, of
Heppner Masonic Lodge No. 69,
AF&AM and a patron of Ruth
Chapter No. 32, Order of Eastern
Star.
Surviving are his wife, Carrie,
of Heppner; a son Laurence,
Heppner; a son-in-law, Claude
Buschke, Heppner; a sister, Mary
Becket. Heppner; two brothers.
Gen. John Beckett. La Jolla.
Calif., and Charlie Beckett,
Heppner. Also, four grandchild
ren and three great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers at the
service were Gerald Bergstrom,
Arnold Springer, Ervln Anderson.
Frank Anderson, Don Gilliam
and Jack Healy. Vocalist was
Janet Johnson and organist was
Pauline Miller.
Pioneer
Ponderings
Br W. S. CAVERHILL
TO THE EDITOR
Our Fiscal Tornado
That has built uo an econom
ic turbulence that has clouded
our tusines-s skies witn aencu
spending, time payments, inter
national imbalance ana waas oi
paper money threaten our
nresent nrosoentv.
It began as a small wninwina
(a dust devil In the early JOs.
The national debt was 35 billi
on and was increased, with
some misgivings, to $50 billion.
Since then there has been lit
tle official concern about its In
crease. The Vietnam war is
costing 2 billion a month. That
mav end eventually, but the in
terest on the national debt, cost
ing 1 billion a month, will go
on forever. The demands for in
creases in wages by service and
industrial workers, granted and
yet to be met, add to the tur
bulence. Unless Congress and the ad
ministration take courageous
and early action, this cowboy
leaning against the corral gate
makes this economic forecast:
"Cloudy."
Likes Philosophy
Di ar Helen and Wes:
Compliments and thanks to
you for sharing Harry W. Flet
cher's wonderful "rhyming phil
osophy" with your readers. If the
rest of his work carries that type
of advice I'm sure the sick,
greedy old mixedup world could
use some more of his dignified,
encouraging suggestions, ana
I m hoping you win continue to
helo him sow more of his up
lifting thoughts and JdeaLi.
Sincerely
Lois Winchester
(Ed. Note: Other readers have
called to say they also enjoyed
this new feature in The Gazette
Times. The second rhyme Is
printed on this page, and the
feature will be continued indefinitely).
Rt Rev. and Mrs. Lane Bar
ton of Bend visited In Heppner
Saturday and Sunday at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Dirk
Rinehart. Rev. Barton conducted
services of confirmation at All
Saints' Episcopal church on Sun
day morning. Following the
services, a coffee hour in honor
of the Bartons was held in the
parish hall of the church.
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inp' 71,15 was enueh to pull my
ng. ' pvpc Aii-av frnm Ihp tlihp pupn
But we couldn't remember to
whom he spread the story.
So we queried Mrs. Sherman
and Gail Burkenbine, as fol
lows: "To whom did Chicken
Little report that the sky was
falling?"
Both looked up from their
work simultaneously and re
plied in unison, "What!?!" And
we got two searching glances
similar to those we often get
when members of the staff have
some concern that we are going
oil our rocker again.
HOWEVER, neither could bring
enlightenment, and we let it
pass, but Gail went to work on
it.
Fifteen minutes later when I
went by her desk, she enumer
ated:
"Foxy-loxy, ducky-lucky and
turKey-iurky."
Then it was our turn to give
her an incredulous look, until
we tumbled that she was just
coming up with the answer to
an editorial request.
And Mrs. Co-Publisher added
Hennv-penny."
Well, sir, we felt right proud
of our staff that they are so
well versed in literature. See
how the broad general educa
tion comes in?
WE WERE trvine to convey
some of this to son Jim who
needed some convincing that
English literature is worth the
taking.
"You run into Shakesperian
quotations every day," said his
father from the depths of his
wisdom. "Some of our most
common expressions have their
backgrounds in Shakespeare,
and we don't even realize it.
Sometimes it is difficult to in
terpret articles which refer to
Shakespeare's characters in
analogies unless we know them
through his works."
The lecture over, 17-year-old
though Ironside was about to
crush an arch criminal with a
castigating diatribe.
"Ex-what notations?" we ejac
ulated. "Exponetal notations," she re
plied calmly. (And again we
apologize to her teacher if the
spelling is undermining the in
structor's good works).
"What subject does it have to
do with?" "
"Math." (She didn't add "of
course, but it was in her eyes
anybody knows what expon
etal notations are).
"Well, honey," we confessed, "I
don't know anything about
them, haven't heard of them."
We had to be honest about it.
She shut her book, went to her
room and we got in on the end
of Ironside's diatribe.
And to think that they
didn t have enough adults sign
up for the Blue Mountain even
ing course on "New Math for
Parents" to offer the subject.
Shame, shame!
OH, THESE kids today may
know their exponetal nota
tions all right, but we'll wager
they can't tell you a thing about
Chicken Little!
had a fabulous career, and most
of us realize that it would take
a big book to do a complete ac
count of his life.
Services Held
For Curtis Rhea
J COMMUNITY U
J BILLBOARD K
GORDON McNABB of the Asso
ciated Press. Portland, called
Monday and told us that the AP
is doing a feature story on Dr.
A. D. McMurdo. The East Ore
gonian is providing it for them,
and Avon Melby has written it
for the EO.
McNabb was interested in Dr.
McMurdo's age. So we went
across the street to visit our
good neighbor.
Well." said the aoctor wnen
we asked him about his age,
it's like the active old fellow
said when he was asked his
age, 'My age is none of my business'."
We're looking forward to see
ing the story. The doctor has
BILL JONES, editor of the Lar
iat, which is published in Van
couver, Wash., had some very
nice comments about Joann
Griffith of Spray in his last is
sue of the publication, which
is read widely by all interested
in horses and rodeos. We re
print his comments because we
heartily agree with him. All
who have worked with Mrs.
Griffith on anything to do with
the Northwest Rodeo association
undoubtedly assent.
"Again we are tickled pink to
see Mrs. Don' (Joann) Griffith
reelected to the important post
or secretary-Treasurer and pub
licity (of NRA). Joann has real
ly pulled her weight and much
more in the NRA team these
past years and is certainly a
credit and invaluable asset.
"The Lariat is especially
pleased to welcome Joann again
for 1968 because of her fine as
sistance with news stories and
pictures, her reliability, grac-
iousness and friendliness. It has
been a privileee to work with
and for Joann and the NRA and
the Lariat treasures this asso
ciation and pledges to continue
our help to the best of our abil
ity in "68."
Well said, BilL
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Curtis C. Rhea, a former Rhea
Creek rancher, died Wednesday,
January 10, in Hiersche's Nurs
ing Home in Pendleton at the
age of so. He had been In fail
ing health the past two years.
He had made his home in Stan-
field since 1921, after leaving the
lamily ranch.
Services were held at Burns
Mortuary Chapel, Hermiston, on
Saturday, January 13, at 2:00
p.m., with the Rev. Leon Bolen
pastor of the First Methodist
church, officiating.
Mr. Rhea was born at Heppner,
the son of C. A. and Sophronia
Rhea. The parents were the first
settlers in the Rhea Creek area.
He was a 62-year member of
Heppner Elks Lodge No. 3o8.
Graveside services were conduc
ted at the Echo cemetery by five
of the lodge members, Claude
Graham. Darrell Padberg. Dave
McLeod, Marshall Lovgren and
Bob Mahoney.
Survivors are the widow, Ma
bel of Phoenix, Ariz.; two sons,
Carl W- of Lexington and Robert
W. of Stanfield; five daughters,
Sophronia Kirkham of Island
City, Oregon, Alice Buckley of
laKima, vasn., Marie Hednck
of Stanfield, Mary Ashbeck and
Josephine Liesegang, both of
Echoi a sister, Josephine Jones,
Heppner; 17 grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were six grand
sons, Jim Liesegang, Don Hed
rick, Curtis L. Rhea, Calvin Ash
beck, Melvin Ashbeck and Alvin
Ashbeck.
Jim Dyck and children Jimmy
and Susie of Cheney, Wn., have
been recent visitors the past sev
eral week-ends at the home of
his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Art Dyck, and to
visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Connie Dyck, while Mr. Dyck is
a patient at Pioneer Memorial
hospital. j
Coming Events
HEPPNER HIGH
BASKETBALL
Burns at Heppner
Friday, Jan. 19
Grant Union at John Day
Saturday, January 20
Wahtonka at The Dalles
Friday, January 26, league
game
Support the Mustangs!
ELKS DINNER
Swedish Smorgasbord Dinner
Saturday, Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m,
Followed by dancing to West
ern Gentlemen
Old Timer's Night, Jan. 25
ARBUCKLE SKIING
Bus leaves Heppner Library
eacn sat. morning, 8 a.m.,
returns 5 p.m.
POMONA GRANGE
Monthly meeting, Saturday,
January 27. 10 a.m.
Willows Grange Hall, lone
Dinner at noon, program at
1:30 p.m.
All Grangers urged to attend
Old Timer's Night and Clam
Feed, Thursday, Jan. 25
PUBLIC CARD PARTY
St Patrick's Parish Hall
Monday, January 29, 8 p.m.
Bridge and Pinochle, $1 admission
Everyone welcome
each Sat. morning, 9 a.m.,
returns 4 p.m.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
Heppner
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SWEDISH
SMORGASBORD
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20
HEPPNER ELKS TEMPLE
Varieties of Swedish Dishes
MEATS. VEGETABLES. SALADS, DESSERTS
SERVED FROM 6:30 to 8:30 P.M.
Enjoy the Dinner and Dancing
To Music by
THE WESTERN GENTLEMEN
Of Condon
From 9:00 P.M.
FULL EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT
$2.50 Per Person
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NOTICE
This is the
Final notice to taxpayers
before the real property tax
foreclosure is published in the
Heppner Gazette-Times
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Unpaid taxes for the year 1964-1965 or prior are
delinquent and subject to foreclosure. Payments must
be made by February 15 to avoid foreclosure proceed-
C. J. D. BAUMAN
Sheriff and Tax Collector Morrow County