HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. January 1 1969
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The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1H&3. The Heppner
Time established November 18. 1897. Consolidated February 15,
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Wes Sherman
40 Years of Excellent Service
When C. J. D. Bauman leaves his office as Morrow county
sheriff, he shall have made a record that may never be
equalled In Oregon's history.
' Ills 40 years of continuous service In the office is an all
time mark for Oregon sheriffs to date, according to the best
Information we can gather. Since the present trend is for a
person to retire earlier, chances arc that no other sheriff will
attain such tenure.
The truly fine thing about Sheriff Bauman's accomplish
ment Is that he leaves a spotless record one for other law
enforcement officers to regard as exemplary and to admire;
one to consider as an example.
In Integrity and honesty, Sheriff Bauman is without peer
He has served without personal aggrandizement and has
shunned publicity. His emphasis in law enforcement has
been towards prevention of crimes, and he has endeavored,
with considerable success, to work with young people towards
this end.
As one person put it this week, "Often times the fact
that knowing Sheriff Bauman was around was enough to
prevent trouble."
Although one may not realize it from his quiet demean
or. Sheriff Bauman Is a strong man a boxer In his younger
days and ho has had the ability to resort to physical means
if he needed to. It is a tribute to his methods that he has
rarely had to do this for he has the ability of the quiet word
at the proper time. He can keep his temper when lesser offi
cers might lose their heads in a difficult situation.
The Chamber of Commerce and friends Monday evidenced
some of the high regard the community feels for this man
who has served so well. It was a heartfelt expression at a
testimonial meeting.
If weather had not made it impossible, there would have
been many others present from around the state, who had
planned to attend, to voice their high regard for him those
who have come to know him through association in years of
law enforcement work. The weather, however, has merely
postponed these honors that are intended for him, since they
are yet to come.
AU of Morrow county's people past and present can
well salute Sheriff Bauman as he turns the office over to
Sheriff John Moliahan next Monday. Day by day in the past
40 years he has compiled a record that has brought the
highest honor to the county, and it is the more remarkable
because there is not the slightest hint that Sheriff Bauman
ever sought to enhance himself.
A Sad Situation
Decision by circuit judges that Lee Johnson cannot serve
as state attorney-general because he broke the law in his
campaign loaves one with the feeling that this is a sad sit
uation indeed.
Many thousands of voters placed their confidence in a
man who Is supposed to know the law and to be able to
Interpret it correctly. This is the same man who now says
that if he, indeed, did break the law, he had no intention
of doing so.
It is not tot Us to decide whether he did. Of did not,
break the law in his campaign, spending more family funds
than the statutes provide. The circuit judges have ruled
that he did; perhaps the Supreme Court will reverse this de
cision. One would think that a candidate for attorney general,
of all people, would know the law, have and show complete
respect for it, and follow it implicitly.
It is not very palatable, either, to realize that the
soundly-defeated candidate, Robert Thornton, will continue
to serve provided the Supreme Court rules against Johnson.
For those of us who are truly naive in political matters,
the thought is that a person who is trounced in an election
would have no desire to serve, but Mr. Thornton has indi
cated none of this humility. Does he truly believe that the
added expenditures made by Johnson actually swung the vote
against him the incumbent who has been in office for so
long and who during that time should have proved to the
public, beyond doubt, his worth?
We don't believe so. We think Johnson was elected with
the hope that he would do a better job.
Hence comes the sad situation the choice between a
man who apparently cither did not know the law or respect
it enough to follow it and one who the voters saw fit to re
place. Morrow Stands First
Morrow county's achievement in leading the state in per
centage of registered voters casting ballots in the general
election is more than just a triumph of statistics.
It is possible that our residents take their voting fran
chise just a little more seriously than do those in some other
areas of the state. Prior to election there is more activity
here. Both parties were busy in the general election cam
paign to promote their candidates and working to get out
the votes. They showed it in their local advertising efforts,
not the least of which was in The Gazette-Times.
With this fine record to build on nearly 90 voting
our people should take up the challenge to set a tradition
to lead the state in all elections.
Elections are in the past for now, but they will be com
ing up again in 1970. Let's resolve to up our voting per
centage. If everyone took the clue and made a sincere ef
fort, the county could come close to 100. That would not
only give the state something to talk about, but would giw
Morrow county some national recognition, we'll wager.
How about pointing this direction in 1970?
We can make it a tradition. Perhaps some will say that
this will be forgotten by then.
No, it won't. The Gazette-Times will remind you in pre
election days of 1970. That's a promise.
Dinner guests at the home of
Mrs. Amanda Duvall on Thurs
day evening of last week in
cluded Rev. and Mrs. Melvin
Dixon and their daughter, Marti,
home from school in Seattle, I
and Airs. Ida Farra.
Visitors at the Joe Yocom
home in Lexington on Christ
mas included her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Stewart, from
Klamath Falls, and her sister,
Mrs. Venice Hendrickson, from
Portland.
THIS IS THE KIND of weather
which should make us deeply
appreciate the things which we
have mine to take for granted,
and especially to appreciate the
people who strive no hard to
make it possible for all to live
normally under subnormal con
ditions.
The electric power system is
dramatic example. .Many of
our people are now almost to
tally detx'tident on it: some, in
wc.ither like this, would find it
hard to survive without electric
ity.
Our dependence on it was em
phasized Mondav evening when
It was oil lor a wlnle in Hepp
nrr. It was off for longer rr
iod.s elsewhere. As we under
stand it. most of thi- trouble
was due to overloading, which
caused fusrs to blow.
But no sooner does an emer
gency come than the (Kiwer
crews get to work. It doesn't
matter that it Is 8 degrees be
low zero and that they are work
ing In mast adverse conditions
on high power lines. They get
out to do the job, and they get
it done.
OR CONSIDER the lob being
done by highway crews as
they work through bitter freez
ing nights to keep the arteries
open so that holiday visitors can
go home and others may try to
follow their normal patterns of
using tne highways.
I hey get out and sand the
highways or plow off the snow.
Whenever one travels the main
routes when conditions are bad.
ordinarily he finds that the
highway crews have been to the
trouble spots ahead of him.
We came throueh the Cohim.
bia Gorge Sunday night, return
ing from Forest Grove. Condit
ions were getting near impossi
ble with blustery winds churn-
ing driving snow, while the
temperature stood below zeio.
I he highway maintenance
men were out with their sand
ing trucks, snow plows and oth
er equipment, doing their best
to make travel safe under the
desperate conditions.
As of this Mondav nieht. we
understand Old Mother Nature
has won for the time beine.
nd the Gorge is closed to trav.
ei ior me nignt. But you can
rest assured that these men will
be out trying to open the high
way to traffic again.
I he same is true of the state
highway patrol. The officers are
pitted against nature and do
their best to protect the Dublio.
Often the type of response these
men get is a non-cooperative at
titude from motorists who think
they know better and try to clr
cumvenl the offnvrs' advice to
their own peril aim that of their
fellow men.
THEN THERE are the fellows
vou call on to thaw your fro
zen pipes, the boys In the serv
ice stations who put on your
chains or get your car started
when the battery conks out In
the cold weather. Then there are
the ones who carry the mail,
keeping this 'lifeline" open
throuch thick and thin: the ones
who keep the supplies rolling
in milk, groceries and other
needs.
And what about the telephone
crews? They make it possible
for us to keeD in touch when
other avenues of travel and
communication are stalled.
So let's be guileful to these
people and appreciate the mag
nitude of the work they're do
ing in weather like this.
Here's an especially chilling
thought for chilly weather
what if they got tired of the
public's impatience and of hear
ing complaints and all quit at
once:
If they did. auite a few of
us verv dependent neonle would
find that we are by no means
the sort of pioneers our fore
fathers were.
Illness Claims
Goldie E. Winter
Mrs. Goldie E. Winter, age 7ii,
died Saturday. December 28, at
Pioneer Memorial hospital fol
lowing an cxtendi'd Illness. She
had leen a resident of Heppner
for the past three years, mak
ing her home with her son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Winter, and in the hospitul nur
sing home.
She was born December 16,
1892. In Anderson, Indiana, the
daughter of Benjamin and Mary
t Honeywell) Fisher. Her hus
band, Herman, Sr., preceded her
in drain in 1910. They lived in
Portland where she was a mem
her of the Montavilla Seventh
day Adventist church.
Funeral erviees were held
Tuesday, December 31, at 2:00
p.m., at Mt. Hone Cemetery in
Walla Walla. Wn with Pastor
Richard D. Fearing, of College
Place, Wn., officiating. Sweeney
Mortuary directed the arrange
ments.
She is survived by two sons,
Herman, of Heppner, and Eu
gene, of College Place, Wn., and
four grandchildren.
Services Scheduled
For Katie Currin,
Pioneer Daughter
WEATHER OBSERVER Don Gil
liam lust brought in his of
ficial report showing that Hepp
ner, at 7 p.m. Monday, stood at
eight degrees below zero.
"I've been getting dirty looks
all day," said Don, with a grin,
"but it isn't mv fault. Theres
nothing I can do about it."
Poor Don. He'll be getting the
same kind of looks next sum
mer when it soars to 108. He's
another of those that we depend
on. While his information may
not be absolutely essential, it
surely helps on the psychology
of things telling us that the
situation is not as bad as we
thought, or maybe worse than
it seems to be so that we can
commiserate with ourselves all
the more.
Gentrys Plan More
To Vancouver Area
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Gentry
returned Saturday from a short
visit In Lake Oswego at the
homo of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nlchol
and family, while doing some
house hunting in the Vancouver
area, where they expect to move
ssaiuraay, January 4.
sentry has been employed as
a truck driver for the Portland
Motor Transport Co. for the past
year and will move his familv
to the area shortly. Mrs. Gent
ry has been employed in the
local J. C. Penney store for the
past five years.
Pioneer
PROPERTY TAX
FAX
Ponderings
6y W. S. CAVERHILL
Governor's Tax Package
Our coffee club has made a
review of Governor McCall's pro
posed package and opinionated
it.
"It contains several meritor
ious suggestions but the pack
age as a whole resembles the
pattern of a blast from a twelve
gauge shot gun with a worn
out bore, badly scattered. There
are too many ramifications, ex
clusions, exemptions, and polit
ical contusions. Its implementa
tion would require a hoard of
employees working over a mass
of confused taxpayers. It might
be necessary to hold tax sem
inars in every community to
smooth the wrinkles out of the
rug. The proposal is far from a
stream lined effort."
If you have a question con
cerning real or personal prop
erty please state all the facts
as briefly as passible and mail
it to Mrs. Joyce Ritch, Morrow
county special assessor, or to
P. O. Box 418, McMinnville, Ore
gon, 97128 under the name
"PROPERTY TAX FAX". Please
ask only one Question Dor sheet.
Then watch this column for the
answer.
QUESTION:
In our county, a religious or
ganization owns a farm that
consists of buildings and about
IM00 acres of land. They raise
crops on the land and the mon
ey derived from these crops is
used for the care of needy
church members. Is this proper
ty subject to taxation or can
it receive an exemption?
ANSWER:
In this instance the property
is subject to taxation. This farm
is obviously run in competition
with other farms so no exemp
tion can be allowed.
Mrs. Gilliam Follows
Husband in Surgery
Mrs. Earl Gilliam is making
satisfactory progress in St. An
thony hospital in Pendleton fol
lowing major surgery on Mon
day, which followed a series of
exploratory tests. She will re
main in the hospital for some
time, and is convalescing in
room 418.
Her husband underwent a
similar gall bladder operation
on December 19 and is now
making good gains since his re
turn home last Thursday.
Club Date Changed
January meeting for the Hepp
ner Golden Age club has been
postponed and will he helH
Tuesday, February 4, at All
Saints' Episcopal parish hall.
Members will gather for a pot
luck dinner at 7 p.m., to be fol
lowed by an evening of entertainment.
Mrs. Katie Elizabeth Currin, a
pioneer daughter of the Lena
community, died Sunday, De
cember 29. In St. Anthony hos
pital In Pendleton, where she
had resided the past three years.
She was 8fi years of age.
Recitation of the rosary was
Wednesday evening, January 1,
at 7:30 p.m., in Kolsoms' Fun
eral Chapel in Pendleton. Serv
ices were planned for Thursday,
January 2, at 11:00 a.m., with
Father James O'Connor of SI.
Mary's Catholic church, as cele
brant. Vault Interment was in
Olney cemetery in Pendleton.
Katie Elizabeth Brosnan was
born in Lena, Oregon, on March
1. 1882. the daughter of Irish
ImmiL'rants. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Brosnan. She attended school In
Lena, and the St. Joseph's
Academy in Pendleton. She
taught schools In the lone and
Vinson communities lor about
four years.
In November, 1905, she was
united in marriage to Hugh C,
Currin. They ranched in Idaho,
Heppner and Pilot Rook until
1943, returning to Heppner up
on his retirement that year. Mr.
Currin preceded her in death on
April 5, 1954, and Mrs. Currin
continued to make her home in
Heppner continuously since that
time, until the past three years
while she has resided in St. An
thony Nursing Home.
Surviving her are four sons,
Ralph, Robert and Hugh, all of
Pendleton, and George, or Hepp
ner. Also one sister, Mrs. Mary
Nelson of Portland, six grand
children and four great-grand
children.
Those who wish to do so, are
advised by the family to make
donations to the charity of their
choice in Mrs. Currin's memory.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Pieper of
Lexington enjoyed the Christ
mas holidays in Portland, while
visiting their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ray (La
Velle) Nelson. On Friday fol
lowing Christmas the Piepers
returned to their home accom
panied by the Nelsons, who re
mained throughout the week
end to visit. Also visiting the
Piepers at their home this week
have been their grandson, Gary,
who was on 16-day leave of ab
sence from duty at Ft. Meade,
Md.. another grandson, Larry
Holliday from Portland, who has
.just been released from duty
with the U. S. Marines, and
Miss Mary Swanson. The group
had planned to return to Port
land on Monday, but extended
their visit for an additional day
due to snowy road conditions.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Green and
two children traveled from Pen
dleton to share Christmas with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cor
nett Green at their home. Other
familv members present for the
Christmas holidays were their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Monty (Mary Ruth)
Carnes and two children from
La Grande, Mr. and Mrs. Mar
ion Green and two boys, and his
mother, Mrs. Mattie Green. Al
so visiting at the Green home
on Christmas day was another
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Green and fam
ily, from Arlington, who were
spending Christmas with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Palmer, at their ranch home in
the Eightmile area.
The Rhyming Philosopher
TENACITY
RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME FOR THAT HERALDED TRY
TO KEEP OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION;
BUT UNLESS YOU'RE TWICE AS DETERMINED AS I
THE TASK WILL DEFY EXECUTION.
IT ISN'T EXACTLY THE WILL TO SUCCEED
OR BRAINS THAT WILL MAKE YOU EFFECTIVE,
SO MUCH AS A BURNING DESIRE THAT YOU NEED
TO KEEP YOU RIGHT ON THE OBJECTIVE.
THERE'S MANY A FELLOW WITH BRAINS AND THE WILL
WHO MISSES THE MARK FAR TOO OFTEN;
AND EVEN THE ARTIST WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL
DROPS OUT WHEN HIS ENERGIES SOFTEN.
THE ONE WHO STICKS WITH IT BECAUSE OF DESIRE
TO GET THERE IN SPITE OF CONDITIONS.
NEEDS NO OTHER KINDLING TO LIGHT UP THE FIRE
PROPELLING HIS CROWNING AMBITIONS.
THE FAILURE IN LIFE IS THE CHAP WHO RELIED
TOO LITTLE ON WORK. SO HE BLEW IT
YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHAT YOU'LL WIN TIL YOU'VE
TRIED:
IF YOU WANT IT ENOUGH, YOU CAN DO IT!
HARRY W. FLETCHER
Palmer Has Surgery
Lee Palmer, lone, Is making
satisfactory progress In St. An
thony hospital In Pendleton
from emergency appedleltui sur
gery, performed late Friday. De
cember 27. He U expected to
remain In the hospital for a
few more days.
Christmas Day guests at th
ranch home of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Robinson and family
were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robin
son and Mrs. Let ha Archer of
Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. M. N.
Kirk and Mrs. Tena Scott of
Hermlston. and Mrs. Evelyn
Broun and Mckolas of Pendleton.
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
Coming Events
HEPPNER BASKETBALL
Friday, Jan. 3, Grant Union
here
Sat.. Jan. 4. Burns, there
Tues., Jan. 7, lone at lone
RAINBOW INSTALLATION
Installation of officers fot
Winter Term
Ruth Assembly, Rainbow
Girls
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2:00 p.m.
Heppner Masonic Hall
GOLDEN AGE CLUB
Regular meeting will not be
held In January
Next meeting will be Tue?
day evening, Feb. 4, 7:00
D.m.
Episcopal parish hall
ELEMENTARY PTA
Business meeting and pro
gram
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 8:00 p.m.
Special panel discussion of
interest to all parents and
teachers
Plan now to attend
ELKS HOLIDAY PARTY
NEW YEAR'S EVE, Crab
Feed, 6:30 p.m., Dec. 31
Dance, 9:00 p.m., music by
Gordon's Trio
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
FRIENDS!
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