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HEPPNER CAZETTE-TTMES, Ttiay, CMot 91, M THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Orgon 783 Phooe 676 922 MORROW COUNTT'S NEWSPAPER The Ut-ppner Gau etblthed Mrch 30. l.vj. The Heppner Time established .November 13. JSV7. Consolidated February 13, 1W12. Chaff -d Chatter Wes Sherman sS3 WHEN MK. AND MRS. Jerry j lo fix it. He dumped the .fe LWIcy of C'orvalli came lo'olf to lighten lie vehicle. When visit the Jerry Aditmson over'he went b.k t.. pick it up. thi- PUILIIHIII ASSOCIATION the week end, the men planned lo k-i away f"r n enjoyable af ternoon of hunting Saturday. Lefley U aU' and men rtnndis- aft wa pom j.ine bv that time SherilJ Bauman had it tot ed to the ruunty shops. ho there was no burglary, but mo WESLEY A. SHERMAN ,. HELEN E. SHERMAN ARNOLD RAYMOND i-hop Foreman Printer HAIL BURKENBINE S-'tv Circulation . . . Subscription Rales: $1 50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Office Hour: 8 a m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. THOUGHTS ON THE ELECTION NATIONAL NIWSPAPIl i i f-y u-iiey l ! ana men nnuuis. i o mere was no burglary, fiul flf I lAKSDCtaTlxM mif manager of the J. C. Penney ' probablv had tyen some time f n I -J l J II l.i,.r in l..r a,, I A, I, in. t, .. u Tl.iv ik ... . . rA IM.'JitMI g'TfTTTl Wn formerly in the Albany j Hie afe with Die hole in the More. uiarK found vvay to the junK- With their huband expecting 'yard in IVndletun. to test their skill nimrods, the . women uei iiea mat in. y wouio ; D,,-K CARPENTER, Hep p n e r Hlj,'h MbooJ principal, calls at- EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Otx-rator KELLY GREEN Apprentice THET CARED ENOUGH TO VISIT HERE un Climax of one of the most usual campaign years in history will come Tuesday at tne gen era! election. In the final davs, workers have teen intensifying their efforts on behalf of favor ite candidates and pro or con on the measures. Regardless of party affiliation, the zeal seems equally honest and sincere. Candidates have put extraor dinary vii'or in their races this vear. In the electronic age. we have been told that they would concentrate on TV. On the con trary, however, it mu.st be not ed that most of those on the ballot who have contests have either made appearances in Heppner and Morrow county or have sent emissaries. We appreciate the fact that they took the time and cared enough to visit our area of rel utively light population. WE'RE FOR NIXON It should be no surprise to readers that a Republican edi tor is for Richard Nixon for pres ident. However, this editor has never strictly followed the par ty line. OUR VOTE GOES TO MTERS In the primary election, we decided to vote for Monte Mont gomerv over Clay Myers for Re publican nomination for Secre tary of State. We thought he was a stronger man. and this position is often a stone for governorship, But in this election, we plan to vote for Myers. George Van Hoomisscn is undoubtedly a competent district attorney, but despite his continuous attacks on Mvers, we believe mat tne Secretary of Slate is doing a creditable and competent job. He has held his poise against the persistent attacks by Van Hoom issen. The latter has built his whole campaign on these charg es against Myers. Even in his speech before the Chamber of Commerce which invites candi dates theoretically on a nonpar tisan basis, he devoted his time to attacking Myers. We believe Mvers has manifested an exem plary attitude by holding his peace. One of the reasons we could not support Van Hoomissen un der any consideration is his atti tude towards the Boeing Com pany. He has worked against the Boeing lease and recently com mitted himself again to do some go out by themselves to see the scenic attractions or Morrow county. They Jett in one car be fore the men left the Penney store here. Let ley observing the Cray Day proecedincs. Well, sir, when the men got home, they found one of the two cars gone, which they expected, but the wives also had both sets of keys to the other car. The only hunting the men did was that In seeking the car Keys. This wasn't malicious inten tion on the part of the wives Just one of those inadvertent things that happen. The two Jerrys, being undersanding fel lows, made the best of it. and the wives were duly remorseful, we understand. BY NOW, probably most every one knows the sequel to last stepping week's safe mystery. You'll re call that ar. empty sale, weigh ing nearly 300 pounds, was found at the turnaround out the Hinton Creek highway. It had a hole blown in the back and Sheriff Bauman had a bit of a mystery on his hands. It was odd when he reported it to state police and other agencies with no one turning up a lead. When Nate McBride read about it, the mystery was quick ly solved. He was the culprit and he gave himself up, but he didn't go to jail for it. He had gone to Pendleton with his wrecker and needed some ballast to put on it for the trip back. A friend volunteered the safe from his wrecking yard. W hen Nate neared Heppner. he noticed that a tire was going down on his rig, so he stopped t.-ntion to the need for shelter for student waiting downtown for the school bus on cold morn ings, and wonders if anyone has any ideas to hi lp. Columbia Basin Electric w,l' furnish heat for the shelter If ways and means can be found of getting one constructed. Carp enter's suggestion is that it might be placed in the city park. Anyone for a public service project? Volunteers please call Mr. Carpenter at the h I g h school. thinn nhrtnt (f finnnrnntlv hino We believe Hubert Humphrey misl,.rt into thinkino that many to be a good man and one of peope in Morrow county think that the lease should be bro ken. We don't think it should, and we don t believe tne majority of people in Morrow county think it should. We can envis ion a great complex of compat ible agriculture and industry in Vnrth Morrow countv. If a ther- These Promises are great andlmal nuclear nnwpr nlant comes. idyllic 50"e increase in social and jts effluent waters are used to irrigate the some 180,000 acres of land available, developing that end of the complex, some thing must be done with the power the plant generates. With the industrial site intact, the needed industries could locate high idealism, but he carries this idealism too far, so that it is something to be feared. Generally a voter disdainfully looks at a candidate and says that he will not keep his prom ises. Our fear is that if Humph- rey becomes president, he will keep his promises. Security. a United Nations peacemaking fund with the U. S. contributing the first $20 mil lion, vastly Increasing the Nat ional Parks, supporting the es tablishment of the Willamette River Greenway, continuing and accelerating poverty programs and social legislation, and many nuclear plant feasible. Greatest others. deterrent to location of such a These are ereat obiectives. plant here now is the cost of hut if Ihev were all nut into transmission of the power it publican, running for reelection. surely is a man of the highest integrity. He is scrupulously honest, and during the many years he has been in office, he has conducted the sheriff's of fice competently and with dig nity. He has a sense of humil ity that keeps him from "blow ing nls own horn. In fairness to him. we want to point out that he declares that rumors going around that he would resign before the end of his term are not true. He is on the record that he will serve the full term. The sheriff is opposed by two highly qualified younger men in John Mollahan, Democrat, and Jim Barnett, lone. These are men of vigor and with sincere practice in the next four years, we believe that they would vir tually destroy the middle class the small businessman, and, generates to other distant sites. Lets bring the industry here, The Boeing site offers part of the possibility, and Morrow yes. the farmer because they county should do all in its pow- are already overburdened and hard-pressed to make a living. The Johnson administration and we believe the Humphrey administration would be like it in this regard has paid too lit tie heed to the throes of the middle class in its well-intentioned zeal to aid the down trodden. We admire the effort to help those in poverty; it is to be ap plauded. But we do not like the method the Democrats have ta ken to assist them. Administrat ive costs have been far too great for the amount of relief that has come about. We are inclined to believe, too, that the "crash" program for social justice has created other farflung social injustices. The administration has push ed too hard, and we believe that Humphrey, idealist that he is, would accelerate this disturbed situation. Riots in the cities, increased crime, demonstrations, less re gard for law and order have sprung up on the heels of these administration programs. We thoroughly believe in the ideals of America racial equal ity, freedom, justice for all. But after generations of inequality it seems to us that change must come in a slower but surer fash ion. We like the Republican ap proach of creating a climate where people can do for them .selves. We believe Nixon will more nearly take that approach We think he will strive to stop inflation, which is the real problem of the farmers, as well as business and the citizenry in general. Farm subsidies cannot be the answer for our farmers. They are getting them and are suf fering more than ever before Inflation is killing them. While the national income has doub led in the past 17 years, the farmers' income has held at the same level (Data from presi dent's annual economic report, February, 19CS). We believe lhat Nixon is as conscientious about national problems as Humphrey but that his approach is less emotional and sounder. We would hope that he will cure some of the ills that have beset us. ideals towards the conduct of there. This would help make the J the sheriff's office. All three candidates served their country in the armed services; all three have been in public service in civilian life Mollahan as a city police officer and Barnett as councilman and mayor of the City of lone. We admire Sheriff Bauman for what he is. We also see great virtue in the younger can didates and recognize their ear nestness in seeking to do a good job in the position. All three are very well known in the county. The decision is in the hands of those who know them. er to support the lease, If Van Hoomissen gets on the State Board of Control with Treasurer Robert Straub, an avowed opponent of the Boeing lease, they will have Governor Tom McCall outnumbered. GOVERNOR'S WRONG ON BEACH BILL Governor Tom McCall has ex plained why he has reversed himself on Measure 6 (the Beach Bill), but we think he is wrong in doing so. He states that if the measure is defeated the legislature will consider this a mandate from the people that they do not want the beaches in public ownership. No such thing! They would not have a right to draw such an inference. Again, it puts the voters in the position of the fellow who was asked, "Have you stopped beating your wife?" We abhor this tactic that is becoming evident often. It came up at the last legislative ses sion, it is to be recalled. The legislature was going to put to the people a sales tax, stating that if it was turned clown, it meant that the people did not want property tax relief. Again, no such thing! They didn't give us all the choices. The same is true with the beach bill. They are not giv ing us all the choices and have absolutely no right to put the squeeze by saying its defeat would be a mandate against public ownership. The bill is inequitable, dis criminatory, carries a "sleeper" clause on the prohibition of lo cating highways on sandspits, and threatens to open the door to using gasoline taxes for pur poses other than roads and highways. OTHER CONTESTS THE SHERIFF'S RACE In an area like ours whore everyone knows almost every one else, likes them, and ap preciates the good things about them, it is almost impossible to make public recommenda tions on a race such as that for sheriff. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, Re- The race for U. S. Senator may be one of the closest ones on the ballot. We happen to be one of those who does believe that Sen. Morse's seniority has and does mean something for Ore gon. His opponent, Robert Pack wood, has a great deal of vital ity and promise. Can he be as effective in the senate? Our in clination is to uneauivocallv support Sen. Morse, but this is hard to do when he, in turn, is so strongly backing Humphrey for president. Indications remain that Cong. Ullman will be reelected but Marv Root, young as he is, has put forth a remarkable cam paign and should provide the closest race that Rep. Ullman has had. We are among those Republicans who believe that Ullman has been doing a fine lob for his district, but it is hard for a Republican to recon cile this feeling with the posit ions taken bv our representa tive on the national level, which he must do as a sincere Demo crat. We advocate Dale Parnell for superintendent of public in struction. We have met and vis ited both with Parnell and Wal ter Blake, his oODonent. The latter is earnest and appears to nave a good platform, but we believe that Parnell has the ability to keep his 'feet on the ground" on fundamentals while, at the same time, making prog ress in education in tune with the times. We believe that Lee Johnson would do a better job as at- J tornev general than Robert Y. ' Thornton. While Robert Straub undoubtedly will be reelected treasurer, since his opponent has not put on a strenuous cam paign, we disagree with Straub's position on too many things to vote for him The Boeing lease, the Beach Bill, the sand spit controversy and others. WE TOOK a tour of the grade . .. V. 1 .....1.1 . I . . I rM.uu,i ouuufiiKs .'ie omi-r j dav with Prinrin.il Al Martin and saw all the improvements that had been made during the summer on a minimum amount of money. The old gym, which at one time seemed destined for abandonment with the plaster falling all over the place, is back in service again, looking better than it has for years with an acoustical tile ceiling and other repairs made. The girls' shower room has been re modeled, another exit door in stalled to add a safety factor, a ventilating system installed, and other work done. Boys' rest oom In the junior high building has been com pletely redone to bring it up to standard, new outside metal frame doors have been install ed to rcplf.ee old wooden doors on the building. These have panic bars that will permit easy opening from the inside, even though locked on the out side. Before they were installed, one side of the double set of doors wouldn't even open. Kit chen has been enlarged and more storage provided for foods. in the building for the lower grades, the former library has been made into a remedial reading room, and the library has larger, new quarters. Here a film strip library is being de veloped and other audio-visua! aids are available. The school even has new mats inside the doors that catch most of the dirt off the kids' shoes as they come in. The mats were very inexpensive and save a great deal on cleaning and wax ing bills, the principal states. rn; g'gr? itittl jmwn is - - . . J . jmi I ' I - --- - - - - . ' f . v V . .' , I mmm 4 T ' !" f ..iXV".'' I - wwMt T mihm mmm Ma&wo ta '. ' ' iiiT tJj i C V 'V . . 1 ' , -. 1 wu f mm 1 mii.ni. .1 11 1 r- " 11. TIPS IS the Ren Currln family in Hiring room of their borne en Little Butter Creek. Ron and Judy, th: parjnti ore surrounded tot their four tons, from left Tony, Mike. Ron and Steve. (G-T Photo). lit ::i : lit V? h 1 I . " t I 5 I t Vi ' f ill ; l t V " r-v4 vs,-' . A ll ' !1 V 4 ' X: r-ST I GEORGE F. and Helen Currin enjoy the comfort of the living room in men rancn nome. ine rancn is going into the fourth gen eration in the family, having been purchased by George J. Cur rin in the early 1900's. He was grandfather of George F who with sons, Tom and Ron, has been chosen Livestockmen of tne Year in Morrow County. (G-T Photo) Heppner Man Passes Bar Exam in D. C. James Domlnick Monahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mon ahan of Heppner, has success fully passed his bar examina tion at Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D. C, according to information received by his parents. The examination was taken in June but results have ust been announced. Monahan, a graduate of the University of Portland, was among 3S1 who passed the examination out of 732 who took it. He is a law clerk with a sen ior district judge, Charles Mc Laughlin, in Washington, D. C. and expects to eventually take a position with an internation al law firm. Monahan has been attending Georgetown Law Cen ter four years. He previously served as a first lieutenant in the Air Force. ) COMMUNITY I BILLBOARD k V 1 Nf" i i i4m IT'S HARD to believe that high school football season Is about over. We're just about ready for it to start: Heppners Mustangs have had a lot of bad breaks this year, principally a bad rash of injuries which have cut their ranks. Their win-loss record isn't so good, but really that doesn't matter a great deal. The last game we saw the one with Wahtonka was a dandy, and our Mustangs really put forth tneir all- we were really proud or them in that game, even though they lost. ihey come against a tough opponent in Grant Union here rnday at Homecoming, and who knows, they may have surprises in store, mere are some real good ball players on the team, and they showed us in the last naif 01 the Wahtonka game mat tney nave the stuti. even witn a shortage of man power. How about EVERYBODY turn ing out to back the Mustangs in this last home game, their Homecoming, and showing them mat tne community is behind them and proud of their good worK. The matter of winning isn't only that which shows on the scoreboard; it also includes the spirit, the attitude, the courage that the players show and other such qualities. Our boys have these. School Bells By DICK CARPENTER Principal, Heppner High School The following is an article re printed from the Oregon Traffic Speaker, published by the Ore gon Traffic Safety Commission which reports on a study con cerning students and driving. It is pertinent as it may relate to the matter of students driving here. The more a student uses a car during the week, the poorer the students grades will be, accord ing to a recently concluded study by the Allstate Insurance Company. The study entitled "A Teen age Pattern" surveyed 20,000 high school students. Its major finding: grades go down as driving priveleges are extended. The study also revealed that young drivers are becoming in volved in more auto accidents than ever before and cited late accident figures from the Nat ional Safety Council which show that drivers in the 15-24 age group have an accident and death rate nearly double that of older drivers. Young drivers un der 20 have accidents at an annual rate of 40 per 100 driv ers while drivers aged 20-24 have 38 accidents per 100 driv ers. According to the study, many TO THE EDITOR To the editor, This being the final stages of election year, many of us find important decisions facing us There are those perhaps, that will find it very difficult mak ing a proper decision. I refer specifically to the measures that are facing the people at the polls. I would like to pass on to the public, a letter from the legis lative director of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teach ers. It reads as follows: TO ALL LOCAL UNITS FROM MRS. ROBERT WYNKOOP, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR YOUR INFORMATION: Legislative Platform Para graph No. 3 reads as follows: "We believe the Oregon Leg islature is the responsible body for study and evaluation of all possible tax resources. We also recognize the need for education oriented organi zations to take a leadership role in the initiation of pro posals relating to educational programs. As a responsible leadership group interested in education, we believe a stab- of these accidents could have been prevented if the drivers had been properly trained. Ex perience shows that trained young drivers have 50 per cent fewer accidents than untrained drivers of the same age. The Allstate study indicated that even if the young driver is well trained, school work must come before driving. The sur vey proved that too much use of a car affects the grades of tne good students as well as poor students. Grades start to suffer when the car is used more than two days out of five during the school week. Students who do not drive or who use the car only on week-ends have the best grades, while those who drive two to four school davs a wppU have significantly poorer grades. ine stuoy stressed that it is up to parents to keeD cars and school work in their Drorier ner. spective and to provide guidance and example in use of the fam ily car. ilized tax program must be de veloped that will fit the econ omy of the state and provide such services in the fields of education, social and economic well being as are recognized and required by the people of Oregon. Action Program Item No. 1 under legislation which the Oregon Congress will oppose, reads as follows: "We oppose legislation which will require for school elec tions, the participation of a specified percentage of the le gal voters, or in determining the results of school district elections, requiring more than a majority vote." The first Object of the PTA is to promote the welfare of child ren and youth in the home. school, church and communi ty. Ballot Measure No. 7 is in op position to the Legislative Plat form and Action Program es tablished by the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers at its 1968 State Convention, as well as the Objects of the PTA. The Oregon Congress of Par ents and Teachers is opposed to the l1"1- Tax Limitation Measure. Respectfully, Arnold Raymond, President Heppner Elementary PTA Michael Monahan. son of Mr. and Mrs. James Monahan of Heppner, came from Portland over the week-end to visit and go hunting with a friend, Ron ald Hoffman, of Pendleton. The ivionanans daughter, Teresa student at Blue Mountain, also was home for a visit. Coming Events HEPPNER HIGH FOOTBALL Grant Union at Heppner, Nov 1, 8 p.m. Homecoming Game and Dance Madras at Madras, Friday .Nov. o, 2 p.m. Support the Mustangs! BAZAAR & FOOD SALE Friday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m Bazaar items and baked foods Sponsored by LDS Relief So clety Peterson building, next to Gardners OES SOCIAL CLUB Saturday, Nov. 2, 1:45 p.m. Heppner Masonic Temple GOLDEN AGE CLUB Meeting postponed until Tuesday, Nov. 12 Potluck dinner, 7:00 p.m., en tertainment following Episcopal Parish Hall DEGREE OF HONOR DINNER Annual Thanksgiving Dinner, Nov. 23, 6:30 p.m. Episcopal Parish Hall Members, families and invit ed guests E.C.W. MEETING Episcopal Parish Church Women s regular meeting Wed., Nov. 6, parish hall Work session for church ba zaar, Dec. 7 SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppner TsTew, brilliant ' COL OR J EVERY u ROOM At the new SALEM 745-785 Commercial S L Phone; (503) 363-2451 RESTAURANT WITH 24-HOUR COFFEE SHOP 1J
