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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. August 22. IOCS THE IIEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Hppnr. Oregon t783( Phone 678-9228 MORROW COUJTTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30. lhKJ, The Heppner Time established November 1& 18V7. Consolidated February 15, VJ12. NIWSPAMR PUIlltHllf AMOCIATION WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN .. NATIONAL NIWSPAPII rxf.jMii:.ir.nii .. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Oerator RANDY STILLMAN Apprentice Pressman ARNOLD RAYMOND .simp Foreman I'rinter GAIL EURKENBINE Society Circulation Subscription Kates: $1.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the post Office at Heppner, Oregon, an Second Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. 'We Learned A Lot Today' When Senator Wayne Morse left the Morrow county courthouse Mondav afternoon following a conference with local officials and leaders on economic problems and poten tial developments, he turned to young Mike Nagus, his East ern Oregon field coordinator, and said, "We learned a lot today, Mike." The senator had been given a good briefing In a short time on how local people feel about projects In view here, the need for bolstering the economy In the county, the plignt of agrltulture In another year of drought, how the southern part of the county looks to recreational development to bring some added revenue, the potential for Industrial development In the northern part of the county, and an orientation on the location and details of the proposed Willow Creek project. But any of the some ten persons who met with Senator Morse also might well have turned to another and said the same thing: "We learned a lot today!" They learned that the senator Is solidly behind the ef forts of the county to better its economic situation; they learned that the Oregon delegation works together as a non partisan group on matters of concern to the county as it does for other areas throughout the state; they heard the sena tor's pledge that he would go to whatever government officials necessary to get the answers on some of the local questions. Throughout the conference, the Morrow county people were impressed with the senator's Interest ;-Uuy were surprised that he knew as many details about local projects as he did; they learned that he had carefully read every letter and proj ect file sent to him. The Morrow countians received valuable Information on how requests from the home front are processed in Washing ton, D. C, and procedure that the federal government follows i in considering public works projects. Senator Morse was a gracious, eloquent, Interested guest. Ho expressed delight at the reception he received here, said that information he had been given was valuable in inter preting local needs In Washington, D. C, and added that he expects to come back again to Morrow county. He couldn't give too much hope on the farm bill, saying that "What's left of it should pass," referring to it being amended through the various Influences in Congress, but he left considerable hope and optimism for other projects dis cussed the Willow Creek project, the Kelly Prairie impound ment, eventual possibility of a thermal nuclear plant in the north end of the county to be coupled with irrigation and others. The senior senator recognizing the budget reductions and demands of the Vietnam war on the nation's economy, made no direct promises that any of these projects would be culminated soon, but he did pledpe to do all he can to get aclioh on them. Morale of Morrow county's "official family" and business community took a strong upturn as a result of the senator's visit. It was encouraging for the future. With elections coming in November, the senator might have profited personally more vote-wise by greater expos ure to the local public, such as spending the 3'i hours shaking hands. However, with the limited time available, he seemed to cencur that It was more important to consider problems facing the area. This concern, and the results It may bring In the future, should win more votes than shaking hands. 'Fastest Show' Back Again For the past several years the Morrow county Rodeo Com mittee, headed by Tad Miller, has endeavored to make the rodeo here "The Fastest Show in the West," and they have been doing a good job of achieving that ideal. This year's field of cowboys Is probably one of the best that has ever entered here. Included is a former world cham pion bull rider, Bob Wegner, who won the title in 1964 while in the RCA ranks. He is now an NRA cowboy. Glbb Gregg, first place saddle bronc rider for the NRA, Is expected to be in the field, and there are many others like him. Of interest to the gals, it is expected that Penny Lyons, Miss NRA, will be among those competing in the barrel race3. This year there Is a brand new grandstand to make it more comfortable for spectators. A good rain has helped the grounds immeasurably. Some new events, such as novice bronc riding, have been added. Randall Peterson, parade chairman, is a little surprised at the number of entries for this year's parade, in view of the conflict with the Shrine game in Pendleton. He expects it to be every bit as good as last year. Any way you look at it, this year's rodeo week-end, com ing on the heels of an excellent fair and another top horse show, should be thoroughly enjoyable for home folks and visitors alike. It's the time to call friends from other places and have them join you. Take them to the dances, to the Episcopal church barbe cue, and to the Wranglers cowboy breakfast while they are here, as well, of course, as to the rodeo performances and the Big Parade. -nr - i ii ii -Y d-' 1 m MAYOR W. C ROSEWALL. who U also chairman of the Morrow county planning commission, was among the group oi local leader who conferred with Senator Wayne Morse on Morrow county plans and problems here Monday afternoon. The picture was taken after the Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting. (G-T Photo). TO THE EDITOR. . . Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman SENATOR MORSE played hook ey from a meeting of the plat form committee of the Demo cratic National Convention to be in Heppner Monday. He had scheduled the local engagement subject to cancellation if such a meeting were called. The meeting was called, but he said at the C of C meeting here Mon day. "It is more important that I be here with you people than at tne piatiorm committee meet ing. But he was scheduled to take oil by jet from Portland at 12:30 (Halt after midnight) for Wash- n-gton, V. C. The senator was going to talk at tne Chamber meeting for a half hour, then open it to ques tions lor another half hour. But he ran over on his talk, going to i:ja, then ran over o:i his answers to questions. He had scheduled his stop nero until 3:31), the "must" de parture time.- But when he got involved answering questions ne said, "ill just stay a little after 3:30." This made his youthful field coordinator, Mike Negus, per spire. Mike, son of the sheriff of Grant county, had driven over the route through Heppner, Condon and back to Portland a few days ago to time the trav eling to the "nth" degree. Mike had a big pad that he used, sitting across from the senator. When it came to be 1 o'clock, Mike wrote on the pad in big letters, "1:00 O'CLOCK." But the senator was explaining nis position on Vietnam and that is quite a subject. At 1:15 Mike wrote on the pad for the senior senator to see, "QUES uuins. Meaning, ot course. that it was time for the qucs tion period. But the senator continued with the explanation that he would extend the time allowed for the courthouse meeting here that was to loiiow the C of meeting. This really made Mike squirm for he knew that Condon folks would be waiting at 4:30. The senator really loves to visit with people, and that makes it hard to meet a tight schedule. But it all worked out fine, Senator Morse, in his talk at the Chamber, answered so many questions on proposed projects that local leaders had in mind that it wasn t necessary to ex tend the meeting at the court house beyond the time limit. He left at 3:30, coming by the u-t to get a stack or 1903 ilood edition reprints to take to Con gross and was off for Condon. Munkers Assigned To Serve in Guam Donald W. Munkers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Munkers, is home on two weeks leave of absence after completing 12 weeks of Dental Technicians Class "A" schooling at the USNTC, San Diego, Calif. Out of a class of 63 students, Munkers graduated with honors, placing 11th with a GPA of 90.78. Following his leave he will report to Travis AFB, Fair field, Calif., from where he will be transported to Igana, Guam, where he will serve as a dental- man. He will be stationed there Birth Announced Mr. and Mrs. Don Eubanks, Portland, announce the birth of a daughter, Melissa Ann, born Saturday, August 10, at Port land Osteopathic hospital in Portland. She weighed 7 lb., 12 oz., and joins an older sister, Mclinda Dawn, 2. Maternal giandparents of the baby are Mrs. Alice MeCabe, Heppner, and Mrs. Joe Mahon, Sr. Pater nal grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. John Eubanks, lone, Mrs. Vela Eubanks, Madras, and Earl Morgan, lone. The Eubanks' daughter, Mel inda, has been staving in HepD- ner at the home of her grand mother, Mrs. MeCabe, since the fcr a tour of 18 months to two middle of July and expects to years. I return home next week. WE ASKED THE senator if he knew how many times he had crossed the continent, maintain ing contact with his home state. He couldn't even venture a guess, but said that his to tal travel is about 150,000 miles per year. Much of this is for trips abroad in connection with his senate committee assign ment on foreign relations. Morse, who will be 68 on Oc tober 20, has been in the U. S. Senate for 24 years. Those of us who are younger may well hope that we have the aooar ently boundless energy that ho possesses when we are of that age. Hit. SiJNATOK'S VISIT was very much appreciated. He re ceived three standing ovations at the Chamber meeting, and County Judge Paul Jones said Tuesday that many comments have been made to him since the visit, "All of them good." It is too bad that there wasn't room for more people in the banquet room of the Waeon Wheel. Actually, a few more could have been seated, but many undoubtedly stayed away thinking that there would not be room. Fred and Cecile Ott and their staff did an excellent job of accommodating the crowd, doing a lot of extra work for th-. occasion. It has been a long time since the senator's last visit, but when he left, he indicated that it won't be so long before he is back again. TURNING to other things: Take notice of the guessing contest on the State Fair, which opens Saturday in Salem. The details of the contest are printed in a little box in connection with the Fair story on page 3 of section 2, this paper. The idea is for the reader to guess what opening day attend ance win be at the Fair Satur day. Write it on a slip with rame and address and turn it in to the G-T. The Fair has supplied us with six tickets to give the winner. All go to the one who submits the closest guess, you ll have to act prompt ly because they must be receiv ed before noon Saturday (and wo will be closed during the iooco parade Saturday morn ing). To give vou some helD. three ciues on previous opening day s attendance are buried on the classified ad page of this paper. Announcement on the correct answer will reach us Tuesday. August 27, leaving the winner the rest of the week and through Labor Dav to so to the fair. SOMBER LOOKS marked the faces of Morrow county school directors Monday night when Supt. Ron Daniels explained that the $46,000 deficit with which the district started the current fiscal year is really a Ji'Jb.uuu deticit because the dis trict had to borrow $50,000 to keep operating. This had been authorized, of course, and the deficit was well publicized dur ing the time that the budget was being voted on. The concerned silence of the For Better Schools August 19. IOCS To the Editor: A good deal of time and ef fort has been expended by four groups of people which make tp a ht-hool to determine the val ues In all areas Pertinent to our schools. This effort was put forth be cause for one reason or another the PTA has not been able to transfer the wishes of the poo. pie to the school administration unil school personnel. I erhaps the most valuable knowledge gained from this ef lort. the meetings among school administrators, teachers, par- ints, and students, was obtain ed from the answers to the pre viously published questionnaire answered by interested students and parents. 1 heir answers have pointed out quite clearly tluit both stu dents and parents would like tht schools to have a hlcher academic and departmental standard to tocome places of training respected by students, school personnel and all resi dents of our county. It will be quite Interest ns to watch to see if these precepts can oc carried out. They can not be without earnest efforts being put forth by our entire community and the school per scnnel. Let's cooperate and succeed! W. W. Weatherford Poet Liksc G-T (Editor's Note: The following letter is from Harry W. Fletch er, the "Rhyming Philosopher" of Watsonville, Calif., whose poems are a regular feature on this editorial page. 'Sine the ptH-ms were slutted, many ffiul era have expressed enjoyment of them). Aunu-t 12. liv, Mv Dear Wes Sherman: Vou may be Interested te know thai I have been a de voted tvudcr of the Gazette- T'mes (.luce It first Marled mm iuc in January, and this U for several reasons. First, you were the first by one day among out of state papers to accent our feature. In the second place I like very much your column. Chaff and Chatter, which Is not only folksy and Interesting, but U bv a coincidence almost Iden tical with the kind of column I wrote weekly many years ana Then, last but bv no means least, you have achieved typo graphical excellence of which your entire staff and vour read ers may well be proud. It com pares very favorably with the best that come to our attention. Vou mav be further Interested to learn that flute our Initial mailing In January of this year, "The Rhyming Philosopher" now appears n'gularly in about 50 papers spread through Califor nia, Oregon, Idaho, Montana Texas. British Columbia, Alber ta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with others joining in as fresh mailings go out. So again thanking vou. and with best wishes tor health and success to you and your co publisher. Vours very cordially, Harry W. Fletcher 54 Varni Road Watsonville, Calif. 95076 Pioneer Ponderings 3? W. 8. CAVERH1LL Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cunningham anu family of Goldendale, Wash., visited Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mis. William Cunningham. Oth er recent guests of the Cunning hams were Mr. and Mrs. Wes ley Rule of Stockton. Calif. Mrs. Rule will be remembered here as the former Mrs. Dick Kon- onen. Tlmfcer for the Coqer Bvarsrs Some eager beavers are gnaw Itig at the Electoral Colleue. They say It Is out of date. Per haps It Is. But so, also, are par ty conventions. Why have them when the delegates are depend ing largely on the professional pollster to direct their selection of a winner? I suppose some of the boys would miss the confusion, bab ble and TV exposure of a party convention, but really such hububs are ns out of date as the Electoral College. Let Gal lup, or Harris, or some other bonded pollster select the can didates, or maybe a highly In telligent computer could do thj job. If we are going to- modern ize, let's go all the way. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Emert of Seymour, Tenn.. have been visiting relatives in the area uhile staving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Emert and Mis. Mary Emert In lone, and also at the Phill Emert home in Echo. The couple made the trip west to attend a family reun ion, held Sunday, August 11, at the home of Mrs. Mary Emert. Thirty-nine family members at tended the reunion and potluck dinner. The couple formerly made their home in lone, where she was a teacher for several years. P ..... V-f f; i "-v 'i ' , -ll V. 1 ' ' - f Wvv i - i K I" i . J I. r , I r-7t ; I 7Tnt I : , l-:" Ml HEPPNER'S HENCHMEN will make one of their last appearances here when they play at the noaeo aance rriaay nignt irom 3:3U p.m. until 1 a.m. In tne group are (from left) Tim Smith, Jim Sherman, Kathy Melby and Roger Leonnig. (G-T Photo). Cles. But Bill sure did it! He got his master s degree this sum mer and now is attached to the psychology department at Ore gon College. He is accomplish ing what he set out to do. V IT WAS eood to see Mike White smith last week when he was here on a visit. Mike has climb ed the ladder pretty fast in the J. C. Penney Co. after leaving here lust a few years ago. He was manager of the Heppner store, then managed the Hood River store before being ad vanced to the San Francisco of fice of the company. The White smiths now live at Concord, Calif., but he works out of the F. office. He has 110 small stores of the west in most of the west ern states under his jurisdic tion as merchandiser. He deter mines the types of stocks that each store should carry, consid ers new lines and so on. Mike finds it very interesting as well as challenging. It involves a lot of traveling since he has to go lsit the stores. "But not all in one year," says Mike. Others, who attended the Uni versity of Oregon throughout the summer months, were Alan Martin and Mrs. Martin. Mrs. Dick and her daughter, Erin, at tended classes at Oregon State University, and Patti Collins and Bob Kelly attended Portland State. . I 1,1 m T ! T, u reflected, "it begins to sound Kesidents Return From Summer Studv ijrc a micai laim. I That brought a round of Several Heppner residents hearty laughter, though it might have returned home after spend have been tears for both school ing part of the summer attend directors and farmers in this h;g summer school classes at lather lean year of drought. various colleges throughout the state. WELL, SIR, we'll have to nom- Mrs. Jim (Madge) Thomson inate Wlllard (Bill) Blake OI arrived home Sundav from Monmouth to the ranks of men Portland where she spent nine we admire. Bill sold his ap- weeks attending Portland State parei Dusiness nere a iew years college, where she completed re- ago in oraer to go duck iu ouirements for a Jihrarv cert f. school, finish his education, and ;cate while staying at the home go into teaching, u was Kina 0f their daughter, Bernice. of hard to think that he would prior to attending Portland ever see it through after being state, Mrs. Thomson and three out of the academic world for other Heppner High school prooabiv auite a lew years, ine teachers. Mrs. va n ek Mrs old world moves around, and it Conley Lanham and Mrs. Bill is ratner nara lor a ieiiow to Rawlins, attended a one week Pick up tne continuity aiier small schools workshop at Lin- eing our or me senmasue cu - t ;eid college In McMinnville. Dan McQucrrrie traveled by plane to San Diego, Calii. where he spent several days visiting while staying at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Verno Huson. He attended graduation ceremonies at the USNTC in San Diego for Donnie Munkers. The two made the trip home by plane, arriving Friday morning, August 16. Enjoying a short vacation at the coast last week were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bartlett and dau ghter Kathleen. Thev stayed at Lincoln City from Thursday through Saturday and enjoyed some fishing in the surf. Bart lett is employed on the D. U. Nelson ranch. The Rhyming Philosopher CONCERN THE WORLD IS FILLED UP WITH SO MANY NEW THINGS WE HAVEN'T MUCH TIME FOR THE OLD, 'TIL A LETTER ARRIVES OR THE TELEPHONE RINGS, THEN WE SHIVER AS THOUGH FROM THE COLD. COMPARED TO THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND, THERE'S ONLY A FEW THAT ARE FRIENDS, AND REGARDLESS HOW SELFISH OR TRITE IT MAY SOUND I SUFFER WHEN SUCH FRIENDSHIP ENDS. SO DO ME A FAVOR, GOOD NEIGHBORS, TAKE CARE, DEAR FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES, TOO: DRIVE CAREFULLY, SINCE THERE ARE NONE I CAN SPARE, AND WHO'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU? TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, WATCH OVER YOUR HEALTH, AND KEEP ME FROM SORROW AND TEARS; WHILE I'LL DO THE SAME, SINCE MORE PRECIOUS THAN WEALTH ARE FRIENDSHIPS THAT LAST THROUGH THE YEARS. HARRY W. FLETCHER 1 community! billboard & Coming Events FOOD SALE . By Ladies of the Christian Church Friday, Aug. 23, 10 a.m. Next door to Gardner's Men's Wear FAREWELL DINNER For Rev. and Mrs. Al Boschee and familv Monday, Aug. 26. 6:30 b.m, Heppner Christian Church Public welcome CHARITY BRIDGE PARTY Tuesday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m. Elks Club rooms, sponsored Dy ,iks uupucate Club Public welcome. Benefit for kiks Eye Clinic BAKE SALE. CAR WASH Sponsored by Heppner High Kanv ciuo Bake Sale, Fri., Aug. 23, 10 b p.m., Central Market Car Wash, Wed., Aug. 28, 10 o p.m., cars Kichtield Sta tion FAIR AND RODEO DANCES Rodeo Dances, Friday and Saturday nights, Aug. 23-24 Music by The Henchmen. and the Shamrock Trio, The Dalles COWBOY BREAKFAST Sunday, Aug. 25. 7 to 11 a.m. By Wranglers Riding Club at wrangler Building, Fairgrounds Everyone welcome! SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY A. KUUULti Insurance Agency O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppner