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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thurtdtry. February IS. 1968
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THE
IIEPFNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner. Oregon 97638
Phone 676-9228
MORROW COUNTTS NEWSPAPEH
The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Hcppner
Times estaDUsnea novemoei io, iovi. iunsuiiuau.-u icuiuh
1912.
NIWSPAMI
SHIIS
ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
WESLET A. SHERMAN
HELEN E. SHERMAN
ARNOLD RAYMOND
Shop Foreman
Printer
CAIL BURKENBINE
Society
Circulation
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
REGGIE PASCAL
Linotype Operator
RANDY S TILLMAN
Apprentice
JIM SHERMAN
Pressman
Subscription Rates: $1.50 Year. SlrtRle Copy 10 Cents. Published
Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon,
as Second Class jviauer.
Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m.
until noon Saturday.
Heart Diseases: Local Problem
Obituaries printed in this newspaper offer persuasive tes
timony that the challenge of heart and blood vessel diseases
far from being an abstract and distant national Issue is
in reality the number one health problem right here in this
community.
These diseases are responsible for more than 54 percent
of all deaths In the nation, and chances are that about the
same ratio applies here.
"Heart attack," "stroke," "hypertensive heart disease,"
"congestive heart failure," "high blood pressure," "rheumatic
heart disease" and "congenital heart disease" are words that
appear often on death certificates In this community.
Can anything be done about it? Yes, indeed. We have
been doing something about it. Since the onset of massive
heart research programs in 1950, the cardiovascular death rate
among persons aged below 65 has declined about 15 percent.
Virtually every advance has been speeded by your Heart Fund
dollars.
But much remains to be done. You can help by support
ing the 19G8 Heart Fund Campaign through your contributions
and your volunteer services. The campaign is conducted
throughout February, reaching its high point through Heart
Week, February 19 to 26.
Give so more will live!
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
WHEN people pass on the street,
unless they know each other,
they assume an impersonal air
ami walk right by. One would
think they never noticed any
thing about the persons they
passed.
If you really believe this, try
carrying a white wig down
Main street some day. You will
get all kinds of glances, com
ments, and double takes.
While the human is inclined
to assume an impersonal air in
casual contacts with his fellows,
he also has an innate curiosity.
He just can't help but wonder
"what is that guy doing with
that bushy white wig?"
So it was Monday when we
went around taking pictures of
merchants wearing the wig. And
if you think the public was cur
ious about us carrying the wig,
how do you think they reacted
when they saw Bill Hust, Le
Roy Gardner, Ed Gonty or Mary
Van Blokland getting Ihoir pic
tures taken wilh the wig warm
ing their heads?
You'd think they never saw
any business person wear a
long bushy white wig before!
Well, sir, they are preparing
for George Washington's birth
day. They are having their an
nual promotion and next week
:you should see some of those
pictures in the paper in their
advertising. As one said, "What
a merchant has to go through
these days to sell a little merchandise!"
But it should be great tun.
They are going to give away a
total of one thousand (1,000)
three-inch cherry pies, by
George, and if you think we're
lying about that, you can take
your hatchet and cut down our
cherry tree.
IT ISN'T an exaggeration to say
that Andrew Hanners, execu
tive director of the Oregon
Council on Alcohol Problems,
held his audience spellbound
during his nine talks here Sun
day and Monday. He is truly a
brilliant speaker, one who
would impress even the late
Dale Cnrnetrie.
He had a fresh, humorous and
interesting approach to the sub
ject of alcoholic problems but
beneath it all he was very much
in earnest.
Hanners told the C of C how
he had appeared before a service
club in a California city at its
invitation. Their regular meet
ing place was in a bar. When
the proprietor heaird that a
speaker on alcoholic problems
was coming, he set up tree drinks
for the club members. By tne
time Hanners spoke, most of the
boys were feeling pretty gay, but
they gave him a very good neair-ina-
nevertheless.
A number of the points he
left with his audiences should
get some people thinking: 57
of the fatal auto accidents in
this state have drinking drivers
Involved; only 2.8 convictions
on drunken driving cases. If
we're seious about our alleged
concern for traffic deaths, we
should work towards doing
something about that.
The legislature, for some rea
son, hasn't taken a very tough
attitude on the problem, al
though it has been strongly rec
ommended by the governor.
SAY! What beautiful basketball
the Mustangs played over the
week-end. They were really a
transformed team from what
they appeared earlier in the sea
son. If they lacked "heart" be
fore, they showed gobs of if Fri
day and Saturday, together with
worlds of . desire and teamwork.
Think of it! In the last three
games they have won over Mad
ras, Sherman and Wahtonka by
an average of 31 points per
game!
Go to it boys! We need three
more victories now!
CONGRATULATIONS to Randy
Stillman for being selected al
ternate on the A-2 Shrine East
team. We confess we're a bit dis
appointed that he didn't make
the regular team but figure he
would have been there if he had
had more than one year of reg
ular football. It Is rare that a
person goes out as a senior and
makes a star rating.
Can't understand why Morrow
county was missed almost com
pletely on the Shrine team and
the Greater Oregon league, too,
was almost ignored. The Vale
Vikings landed one, Enterprise
one, but only one came from the
western division (and not very
far west) Simmons of Grant
Union.
Pioneer
Ponderings
Br W. S. CAVERHILL
The more I see, the less I
like it.
I am referring to massed hu
manity when the TV programs
are crowded with squirming so
ciety, protest marchers and sit
down rioters, and the daily pa
pers are cluttered with pictures
and stories of such doings. I am
glad that I have no part in
them. If our national turbulence
over races, religion, and auto
mation ever overtakes me, I am
glad that I have a way of tem
porary escape.
Of course, it is the Road South
where winding roads break the
monotony of freeway speeds
where some people still live and
work by "standard" time, where
camping and fishing is good and
people are not all in a hurry.
A heap of good living can be
crowded into a leisurely taken
trip into the Blue Mountains and
Harney Valley beyond.
It can be yours to enjoy, un
less you hunger for speedways
and crowds of hysterical people,
frenzied by emotional agitators.
The people you will meet have
lived too long in an atmosphere
of serenity to be disturbed by
our national or international
spasms. If you are one of those
human units who like to say of
a presidential convention, or ri
otous disturbance, "I was there",
the Road South country has lit
tle to offer you. For myself, I
want to be able to say, "I wasn't
there."
LETTERS 10 112 EDITOR
r:
Paper's Many Uses
To the Editor:
What manner of men are
those that would use old news
papers for anti-freeze? Well. In
the good old days the family
Journal, after serving Its orig
inal purpose ns a news mediu,
whs put to many uses and your
"Chaff and Chatter" comment on
the First National Bank of
Thursday, February 1, 19G8,
brings to mind some incidents
In this regard appropriate, we
hope, to the above theme.
The newspapers brought to
light during the bank's remod
eling and new addition could
well have been published (1933)
In a vear in which the G. T.
won the Sigma Delta Chi (jour
nalistic fraternity) award as
being the "Best Weekly News
paper In the State of Oregon."
The G. T. won this coveted
and well-merited award at least
twice during the years that Vaw-
ter and Spencer Crawford were
its Dublishers. So the best was
good enough for the old First
National for Insulating or what.
Let us hope all of the banks
"paper" was as good!
I am reminded ot ine inci
dent related by my sister Vir
ginia Turner. This was but a
short time after she and her
husband, the late Jesse O. Tur
ner, had taken up abode on the
Turner ranch. One afternoon
her "next door" neighbor, the
late Ben F. Swaggart, came to
the door, dusty, tired, thirsty
and hungry. Seems he had been
looking for strays horses,
mules, jennets or jacks he had
a lot of them In each category.
After he had eaten, he began
looking around for a newspa
per.
"Dangit," he said, "I am clean
out of cigarette papers, but here
is a Gazette-Times and if you
don't mind, I will tear off this
corner and roll one; that's about
all the paper is good for any
way." With that he proceeded
to light up.
"I lust know," says Virginia,
"he made that remark because
my father was the publisher."
However, using the newspaper
for "rolling your own" was not
uncommon among tobacco us
ers. An old timer in Heppner,
Jim Williams, would use noth
ing else.
Then another Incident (and
not uncommon) was related to
me by a man in San Francisco
who had but recently (1961) ta
ken a lease on a hotel on Gough
street. This old wooden structure
had become "run down" and
called for a complete renovation
from basement to garret as well
as an overall paint job, both
inside and out. When they start
ed on the main floor and the
stairways they found three lay
ers ot old carpet, eacn carper,
going down on the one below
and in between the carpets and
on the bottom, were copious lay
ers of mostly San Francisco
daily newspapers going back
for 60 years. (Unbelievable?)
Here was a history of the city
through a most interesting per
iod, but still short of the "days
of old, the days of gold, the days
of '49."
"There were no moths, no
fleas or other infestive bugs,"
says my friend, who added that
the printers ink could nave act
ed as an insecticide. The floors,
the newspapers and the carpets
were free from dampness, he
said.
Many of the kitchen walls of
early homes were insulated
against heat and cold by the
family newspapers, so the good
bank was only following a long-
established trend of those ear
lier times. Until the rolls on
the market shelves became more
available and popular, the news
papers and such catalogs as
Sears-Roebuck and "Monkey
Ward" were much in demand.
The catalogs, which as a rule,
were hung on the wall by a
stout cord, waned In popularity
when they came out with that
"slick" paper in order to get a
better print on the cuts used in
illustrating their many wares.
So the newspapers are "one
up" In that regard. And by the
way, Zellcrbach has a good
thing going nowadays. They not
only manufacture newsprint, but
are one of the leading producers
of toilet paper, among many oth
er products. We only mention
Zee as they are well known on
the Coast. Others In this high
ly competitive field include
Georgia-Pacific and Blake Mof
fitt and many others.
So $4.50 is a bargain, anyway
you look at it. Ail the weekly
news, the fine constructive edi
torials, comment, market media
and booster for everything good
in the community. After that,
the insulation or other varied
uses. Indeed, a family institu
tion of mighty proportions.
Art Crawford
4852 Kingston Way
San Jose, Calif. 95130
From Quang Tri
Dear Mr. Sherman:
We are now defending an air
field at Quang Trl. Each night
for a week we have been hit
by either enemy rockets or mor
tars, or enemy elements trying
to overrun our perimeter.
As I write this letter from In
side a bunker, I can hear our
own guns firing on enemy po
kIi Ions.
Amidst all this, at my side
is the Gazette-Times. Across the
many miles I would like to ex
tend my hand and heartfelt
thanks for a truly fine paper.
It brings that so much needed
cheer into this ever sorrowful
land. I write this letter to let
you know how greatly I appre
elate the Heppner Gazette.
My best wishes to all my
friends in Heppner. The very
best or this New Year to you
and your fine staff.
One thing, Mr. Sherman,
which Is so very nice about this
year (1968) is that (Dear God
willing) I can leave Vietnam.
Sincerely yours,
Cpl. Larry J. Muesslg
USMC
Quang Trl, R. V. N.
(Editor's Note: For those who
may wish to write to Larry, his
address is: 13 H and S Co. SI
Sec, FPO, San Francisco, Calif.
96602).
More than a Dream
To the Editor:
I want to thank you in the
behalf of our Port Commission
for the fine writeup you made
about our panel discussion last
Tuesday evening, January 6.
The possibility of getting a
thermal nuclear power plant
may at the moment seem as
mostly wishful thinking but
when we think of the tremen
dous resources we have here in
North Morrow county, both for
industrial as well as agricultural
development, it can be well
within the realm of reality and
within not too distant a future.
A plant that is very compact,
very clean, there Is no dust, soot
or smoke, costing in the neigh
borhood of $125 million to $140
million dollars and furnishing
employment for some 70 or 80
people (mostly specialized)
would certainly be an asset to
anv eommunitv.
And with the great possibil-1 that the District Attorney was
ity for the need for large blocks quoted in the February 6 East
Vehement Protest
Feb. 10, 19C8
To the Editor:
Wo deeply regret that the 'so
called marijuana Issue' was
published in last week's paper
without an adequate and thor
ough Investigation. Not that we
are trying to suppress a poten
tial problem, or that we are
marijuana lovers or that we are
trying to avoid the 'so-called'
serious problem.
But we take issue with the
story on the front page as well
as the editorial for the follow
ing reasons:
First, they have no 'absolute
basts of fact. Not one shred of
concrete evidence nns been
found. Not one person has been
apprehended as of this date. If
there is any evidence, which we
strongly doubt, it is oniy near
say. If there is 'strong evidence'
then we suggest that local of
ficials are not doing their duty,
for the violators should have
been apprehended or at least
questioned.
Secondly, we vehemently pro
test the manner in which Judge
Jones and the editor used in
breaking the story. When re
sponsible officials throw out a
threat (when they can't make
it stick) by saying: "We have
the names of four youths who
are users or suppliers, and we
will embarrass them by reveal
ing their names if necessary,"
that is tantamount to the red-
hunting McCarthy era, when in
nocent people were victimized
by a "do-gooder." To break the
story in this way was In poor
taste, and certainly ethically
questionable, in light of the fact
Mrs. Beraic Lamb left from
Umatilla by bus to visit her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Cunninghum and
family In Ontario this week. Her
son Wayne, who has been
working in Portland was homo
to visit for the week-end before
returning to his Job with First
National Bank.
COMMUNITY J
BILLBOARD K
of electrical energy it no doubt
behooves us all, as Rupert Ken
nedy pointed out, to work for
the expanded development.
I, too, feel that we should do
this and the reward is great,
So again, thank you for the
tine support.
Sincerely,
Oscar E. Peterson
Mike Sweeney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Sweeney, has pledged
to the Kappa Sigma fraternity
at the University of Oregon in
S:ugene. Sweeney, a freshman at
the university, has chosen the
study of pre-law as his major.
He is a 1967 graduate of Hepp
ner High school.
The Rhyming Philosopher
VALENTINE
ACCORDING TO THE BEST HISTORIC SOURCES
THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY STATES
THIS IS THE TIME FOR BIRDS TO UNITE FORCES
AND PROPAGATE THE SPECIES WITH THEIR MATES.
SAINT VALENTINE DECIDED IT WAS BETTER
FOR HUMAN LOVERS NOT TO BE SO BOLD,
BUT SEND THEIR MESSAGE BY A CARD OR LETTER
TO STATE THEIR CASE OR GET THEIR STORY TOLD.
AS TIME WENT ON THIS CUSTOM CHANGED ITS
FEATURES
AND LEFT THE BIRDS TO MAKE OUT BEST THEY COULD,
WHILE VALENTINES EXCHANGED WITH FRIENDS AND
TEACHERS
EXPRESSED THE KIND OF LOVE THEY UNDERSTOOD.
BUT LOVE, LIKE MAN HIMSELF, HAS MANY FACES,
WITH INFLUENCE OF SMALL OR WIDE EFFECT,
FROM MOTHERS' SMILES TO LOVERS' QUICK
EMBRACES,
THOUGH OFTEN TOO CONFINED OR INDIRECT.
LOVE UNEXPRESSED SOON DIES FOR WANT OF GIVING,
WHILE HUNGRY HEARTS CRY PLEADING AT YOUR
GATE.
SO SPREAD YOUR GIFT OF LOVE AMONG THE LIVING
THAT LOVE MAY RULE THE WORLD INSTEAD OF HATE.
HARRY W. FLETCHER
Oregonian as saying he didn't
have the evidence to press
charges against anyone.
Third, by using the press in
an attempt to correct the poten
tial problem, you only created
a 'juicy piece of gossip.' Already
young people's names are being
passed in the school and com
munity as possible suspects.
This malicious gossip results in
slander, defamation of charac
ter, and a witch-hunt, which
has resulted in unnecessary hu
miliation and emotional suffer
ing for at least one young per
son. This is a pretty high price
tor a sensational story.
We feel certain that both
Judge Jones and yourself were
well-meaning in exposing this
story as you did. Nevertheless,
we believe that a public expla
nation is in order, and that the
truth be known so that the gos
sip will come to an end in our
community.
Sincerely,
The Rev. Donald R. Pederson
The Rev. Dirk T. Rinehart
Coming Events
HEPPNER HIGH
BASKETBALL
Pilot Rock at Heppner, Fri
rinv. Feh. 16
Madras at Heppner, Saturday,
Feb. 17
Sherman at Sherman, Satur
rinv. Feb. 24
District Tournament, March
1-2
All league games
Support the Mustangs!
FFA BANQUET
Thursday. Feb. 22, 7 p.m.
Hlnh Snhnol Cafeteria
In observance of National
FFA Week
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ELKS' ANNUAL
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Registration from 11 a.m.
Ladies social hour and card
party, 1-4 p.m., St. rairicKS
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Banquet, 6-8 p.m., Heppner
High school
Dance, 9:30 p.m.-l:30 a.m.,
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