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HEPPNER GAZETTE mir tV GAZETTE-TIMES Heppnar. Oregon 97838 Phon 678-9228 -nirrv- MrwtPSPFN The Heppner Caiette established March 30. ltfiU. The Heppner iJ'Xhiished November 18. 1KT7. Consolidated February 15. 1912. WES LET A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman rrinlor GAIL BURKENBINE Society Circulation Subscription Rales: $4.50 Year. verThw""day -nd Enured at the as Second Class Manor. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., until noon Saturday. rtrffcl n.wipaph i V-A$OCIATION Conflict- Explained ..,,., a unMAM DAnHininn ntihllrltv chairman for wuiiain i. ijhiiii - the Shrine Ail-Star East-West A-2 and B football game, has explained reasons for the conflict of dates this year with the Morrow county rodeo. He docs this in a letter to the Cham ber of Commerce, replying to one pointing out the conflict. Because of the general Interest in the matter, his letter is reprinted below: 'The fact that the Heppner Rodeo will conflict with our Shrine Football Game on August 24 this year is most disturbing and I appreciate the concern of the fine members of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce who are loyal to both functions. Unfortunately, we are like the painter who painted himself into a corner we have no place to go. Each year our game date is controlled by the following factors: "1. It must follow the Portland Shrine Game in Aug- "2. It must be played at least one week before September 1st in order to permit the team coaches to start football practice at their respective high schools, whicli they are permitted to do under present OSAA rules. "From past experience, it appears that the third Saturday in August usually ends up as the selected date. Looking at the calendar for next year, it appears that August 23 will probably be our game date; how ever, since there can be no conflict with the Portland game, we must await selection of their date, which is not announced until early in February. Their date is dependent on pro football preseason game contracts in volving the Multnomah Athletic Stadium. All in all, it is quite a complicated process. "Although there is nothing we can do about chang ing the game date this year, at least the parade time should not interfere with each other. Our parade as sembles at 2:30 p.m. and kicks off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The pre-game pageantry begins at the Round-Up Grounds at 7:00 p.m. and the game itself at 8:00 p.m. "Thank you again for your concern and for your offer of continued cooperation. Perhaps if you avoid .-t.he August 23rd date next year, there will be no con flict and both events will profit all the more." TO THE EDITOR . . . On Behalf of Becky July 11, 1968 To the Editor: Just a note to express our thanks to all the fine people of Morrow county. As you know the community of Hermiston has a 7-year-old girl in need of a heart trans plant. This is scheduled to be performed as soon as a donor is available. This will all take place at Stanford University. The expense of something like this is tremendous. The people of Hermiston formed the "Becky Howland Heart Transplant Fund". The next step was ta ken by the Hermiston Kiwanis. They set up an auction for June 29, with ull proceeds to the "Becky Howland Fund". As a member of the Hermis ton Jaycecs, I wondered what we could do to help relieve the financial burden from the How land family. Our best idea was to have a beef raffle A local farmer donated a 1100 pound steer. We had some tickets and posters printed and we were in business. This is where the Jaycees of Morrow county came in. Thev. as well as many mer chants, were selling tickets for our pro.lect. Witn the nelp or many people in many local able to raise nearly $4500 in towns just like yours we were just two weeks. Many other groups had and are having fund raising projects to help build this fund. To make this long letter short, no one from Morrow county won a quarter of the steer, but if you sold or bought a raffle ticket, you have shared in helping a little girl named Becky. Again we say thank you. Sincerely, Hermiston Jaycees Al Frost and Rick Rebmen, Co-chairmen Appreciates Support To the Editor: Since it is impossible to con tact everyone to thank them personally, I would like to use this means to thank those will ing to help by writing in me as a candidate for Senator for the eighteenth district. While this was a late and un expected move on my part, I ap preciate the discretion of your deferring your final choice un til the November election. I also respect the rights of those who made their choices at the primary. -TIMES. Thunday. July . 96 - wr HI NATIONAL NIWJPAMI EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RPCr.IE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STILLMAN Apprentice Pressman cir,io rnnv m Cents. Published Pott 0ice at Heppner. Oregon. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. Good Job July 15, 1968 To the Editor: I would like to commend the County Court and Road Depart ment for the wonderful road .. : i : j . i. . i ti l: Ti I think it is tax money well spent. Ray Boyce lone, Oregon From Vietnam Dear Mr. Sherman: I have received the Gazette. Tlmiic few a fow m rm t Vi c nnw after being here in Vietnam and T pninu rfnriincr it Tt kfpns me up on what is going on back nome. My wue ana i are plan ning nn making our home in Heppner when I get out of the service, so by getting the pa per I can sorta keep up on things. I won't be too far be hind when I get back. I have a few friends from Pendleton and Baker that en joy reading it also. Well, we are not getting hit too bad over here right now. a few small N.V.A. patrols we run into now and then. We have moved out of Kha Lahn Base, getting ready to blow it up, and we are on the hills around it keeping enemy troops from en tering it while we destroy bunk ers and other articles around the base. We plan to move to Deng Ha River, where at last reported are N.V.A. troops and booby traps around, other than that things are fairly quiet. I plan on going back to the company in about a day or two, after being in Phy Bai medical care where I was being treated for a gun shot wound. Thanks again. Sincerely yours, LCPL Simon B. Winters (Dated July 7, 1968) Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hudson and family have returned from a vacation trip spent visiting at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Martin and family in Redmond. Traveling on to Port land, the family spent a few days shopping and visited Jant 7en Beach with their children. On Thursday they traveled to Pend Oreille Lake, where they joined her brother and sister-in- ATr QttA ira Tm.'Lt Pl,-,,h:ir and family and her parents, Mr. and Mis. Elmer Moe at the Moe's summer cabin at Hope, Idaho. The group spent the re- mainder of the week fishing 1 1 . ' . Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman WF1J.. SIR. football season can't be too far off. We note with some interest a rather In dignant letter to the editor in the Fast Oregonlnn from Jim Barratt. athletic director at OSU. relative to an editorial. "Bad rv... i. "..m-liu" n.fi-rrlna to I.. lrurn.. xmii-l Inst t'rlii sea- son prior to the OSUl'SC foot ball game. The editoriul apparently said that there was "no evidence that anybody is doing anything about it." Thl is what our Jim sets nlwx.it in vrrwl lie KflVI that his office has had six meetings with the Highway Department, and that a highway news re lease has been Issued on the sit uation. Jim says that one possibility t, (virrortincr Another traffic 1am was to make the highway in rnmlla fmm the freewav one way going Into Corvallis for two hours prior to tne Dig games nrtA nnA.UIBV Ofil n C7 e&St f OT All hour after the games. He says a poll taKcn among residents along the route found them heartily in accord. iin,n,. ihn Irion annnrentlv tn kA nhnniionert because someone, not knowing that the highway was temporarily one way, might turn on to it in the face of oncoming traffic and bad accident might ensue. Vnmvina Mr Rarratt. we'll wager that the traffic snarl sit uation will be handled in some mnnnAP Ki.fnrA the censor, starts. As he points out, part of the trouble experienced on that Black Day in Benton County was due to the fact that Al bany was having a big celebra tion, and many avoided taking the alternate route through Al bany thinking that they would get into a snarl in that city. TUat'a wYiat hnnnenerl to us. Our oldest son was driving and started to turn through Albany, but we interceded on account of the doings there. This put us plunk in the middle of the traffic jam While it was a disconcerting experience, it does give us something to look back on and oKnnt ctill with a tin?G of amazement that it is possi ble to literany diock a ueewny in such a manner. Cm mlrrhf think that the gang in Beaverland is being a bit optimistic to tninn tnai mere is even the possibility of such inma this vear on the grounds that OSU may not draw such crowds. With their showing last year and their possibilities this year with a large number of the Giant Killers back it would seem that the team will draw big crowds. OSU should be ranked among the top teams at the start of the season, and whether they show by their performance that they merit this continued rating will have to be seen. Maybe they should do like the weather forecasters do now. Instead of saying, "50 chance of rain tomorrow," the Beavers might say, "50 chance of a national championship," or "75 chance of a Rose Bowl bid." As for us on that tratiic snan 11 we eet to eo to any oi the big ones (and we surely V.nnn ,a ri r um'll lav nff that freeway like the plague. We'll take tne DacK country routes even if we have to go in a Ananias Spring I may have called attention to his spring in an earlier ar ticle, but a second warning will do no narm. it was namea al ter the famous biblical liar by r,f tv onrlv cttlpr he- cause there was' a substantial evidence that any person arinK ing its cooling water had dif fi,u i tnllincr thn truth about anything thereafter. It is locat ed in a beautiful grove of trees on the Tom eolvin rancn near Ritter. The last time that I talked to Tom he was think ing about fencing and posting the water to protect inquisitive visitors against themselves. My illrr lc trt ctav n' 7 frnm it. CIV, V H i. 1- . V ' " ' - - - The temptations might be too great. I took a annK irom n sixty years ago, and have not completely recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Omer Huston and two bovs have returned from a week's vacation trip which they spent with relatives n tne fortiana area ana aiong he beach at Lincoln City, where they enjoyed perfect weather. in Clackamas tne iamny spent time visitine at the home of hie hrnthnr.in-law nnd sister. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cross and family, before going on to visit another brother-in-law and sis ter Mr anil Mrs. Dirk ADDle- pate and family in Portland. In Pioneer Ponderings By W. S. CAVERHILL Milwaukie they visited another cf her sisters, Mrs. Stan Nel- son and familv, and her grand- ..1- .... I. IMIillan prairie schooner. We'll head through Airlle, Suver, Pedee and King Valley. And for Jim's sake, we hoim that every game at Corvallis brings 40,000 fans. KIPLING SAID. "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet . . "In the field of music today, per haps adults are east and teen aeers are west for they surely don't seem to appreciate the musical tastes of the other. This comes to llcht again with the criticism heard from some youngsters about the west ern music at one or two of the rodeo dances, we nasten to in- frm thn bl,la thnt most of the upcoming music is of the raz- mataz variety (tor want oi a better name!) that mey wui enjoy. Adults can't dance to this; and the kids can't dance to western or ballroom music. So it doesn't seem that the 'twain" will meet at the danc es any more. Rut then le A rase for the adults anrl there Is somethins to be said for the "old fashion ed" music. Lions clubbers are going to bring back some of the nltflma nnutnldn at thnlr R(1V Social at lone Saturday night when ballroom ana square aan clng will follow. RiimAmhor thnce tirtv socials where the gals so gaily decor ated tne luncn coxes r iney wpra nn, the real MeCov for a first rate time on a Saturday night. Mavbe kids today think that square dancing is strictly for squares. But when their joints get stiff so that they no longer can shimmy and shake, maybe they will get back to it. Or maybe some day. they will "discover" square dancing and ball room dancing old style. Then that will be the rage again. But we aren't holding our breath. Probably running boards will be back on cars before that happens. MORROW FAIR and SATURDAY JULY 20 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. MUSIC BY Tommy B. and The Chain Reactions HOOD RIVER ADMISSION $1.50 j iTu aJ U Projects Discussed As New SoroDtimist Officers Take Duties Newly InMiill.'d officers of the EoroptiniiHl club of Hvpnner su mmed duties last Thursday noon at the first business meet ing of the current year, under the direction of Mrs. Maine George, president. Following the reading of the annual treasurer's report by Mrs. Glenn Smith, outgoing treasurer, correspondence was read from Mrs. Dorothy Berry, district director. Portland; Mrs. Leta Thomas of Willamette View Manor, Portland, and from the Morrow County 4 H Coun cil. Mrs. George outlined some of the summer prolects for which plans are now being made. In cludeda re a bulletin board for the municipal swimming pooi, preparation of a country store booth at the county fair, and preparing and entering a foat In the annual rodeo parade. Future projects Include sup plying favors for a breakfast at the district meeting in Hood River in September; promoting a foreign exchange student pro gram, and aLso sponsoring a "Keep Heppner Clean" commun ity program. Miss Terry Llncecum, float chairman, opened discussion on work days for this year's float, with Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings, during the two weeks prior to the parade, approved as work nights. Plans for entertaining the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court are being made for Thurs day noon. August 8, with the girls, their mothers and court chaperone. Mrs. Dimple Munk ers. as honor guests. New constitution and by laws books, with general stand ing rules of the club included, were distributed bv the commit tee leaders, Mrs. Charles Starks and Mrs. Conley Lanham. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Cox and family traveled to Dayton, Wn., to spend the July 4 holiday vis iting at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mellor and family. The two Cox girls, Debbie and Di ane, remained for a three weeks visit at the home of their uncle and aunt. COUNTY RODEO Per Person MORROW 1 PAV1L HEPPNER Kilkennv Honored With Birthday Party Bob Kilkenny of Lexington was honored with a url'rl birthdiiv party Saturday night when some 20 friends and rel atives came for the evening. The event was arranged by his sister, Mrs. lU-m Wymun, and Cindy Lemon of Klkn, Mrs. Wvman baked a blrlluia cake that was served to guests, together with other refresh ments. Preceding the party. Mr. and Mrs. Dwoyne Alderman of Milton- Freewater were dinner Others coming to exienu pim it day greetings were Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup, Mr. and Mrs. Butch Laughlin. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Cutsforth. Mr. and Mr. Pat Cutsforth. Mr. and Mrs. Jlmmv Prock. Mr. and Mrs. Wynne Prock of Pendleton, Mr, and Mrs. Ken Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dougherty. Mr. and , t.,,.1, pinvhur. HuKsell ana John Kilkenny and Pat Swee ney. Sowards are Visited By Week-end Guests Overnight guests Saturday of Rev. and Mrs. Earl Soward were her brother-in-law and sis ter. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Ferebee of Prineville. During the July k cin,m in Prineville the Fere- bees had their carport damag ed and moved on to the r neighbors property by a small cyclone storm, one of three small twisters which damaged property in the Prineville area. On Monday, Rev. and Mrs. Soward were visited by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson of Aus tin. Texas, who were returning from the Calgary Stampede in Canada. The Johnsons are par ents of their daughter-in-law. Mrs. Marvin Soward, also of Austin. They enjoy rodeo ac tion and plan to return here In September to take in the Pendleton Round-up. He Is a field representative for the Ben dix Company, with headquart ers in Austin. When you patronize Gazette Times advertisers, you help make a better paper. Tell them you saw It in the Gazette-Times. ( f Honoring Princess SUE ELLEN GREENUP COUNTY COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Coming Events YOUTH RFCRFATION PROGRAM High School Gymnasium Mondays and Wednesdays. 7 9 p.m. Planned recreation POMONA GRANGE Greenfield Grange Hall, Boardman Saturday, July 27, dinner at 6 pm. Guest siMMiker, Mrs. Margaret Rice. Slate Lecturer HARVEST BOX SOCIAL Saturday, July 20, 9 p.m. lone Legion Hall Modern and Square dancing Everyone invited Sponsored by lone Lions Club MORROW COUNTY TICNIC Laurelhurst Park, Portland Sunday, August 4, picnic din ner, noon All present and former Coun ty residents and families in ed FAIR 4 RODEO DANCE Dance honoring Princess Sue Ellen Greenup of Lena Community Saturday, July 20, 9:30-1:00 Heppner Fair Pavilion Music bv Tommy B. & Chain Reactions, Hood River Dance Honoring Princess Kathy Hinton, Boardman Saturday, July 27 Musis by The Henchmen, Heppner combo SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 347 PH. 676-9625 Heppner Sincerely, W. W. Weatherford and boating