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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. Morf 8. 1969
THE
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon 9783S
Phone 676-9228
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1883. The Heppner
Times establlsnea JMovemoer 18, ivv. consonaaica reoruary id,
1912.
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Office Hours: 8 a.m.
until noon Saturday.
to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m.
Put- Rubbish on the Run
Beauty is only skin deep, according to the old saying.
Sometimes clean up around the house during the year Is
only skin deep, too. Out where the family does most of its liv
ing, everything Is neat and orderly as can be.
But how about the attic or storage closet, the basement,
workroom or garage corner?
"These are apt to be forgotten spots," says Fire Chief
Forrest Burkenbine, "and they can be the trouble spots, where
destructive, dangerous fire starts."
The chief urges that residents "put rubbish on the run"
in all these areas.
Mayor W. C. (Bill) Collins has proclaimed May 12-17 us
Heppner Clean-up week, and the public is urged to Join in
the campaign in order to help make the city tidy, neat and
safe.
All are urged to clean their homes and property, and the
Jaycees will make a general pickup of trash left at curbsldes
during the evening of Friday, May 16.
The public Is urged to clean out any stacks of newspa
pers and magazines, discarded clothing, mattresses, old fur
niture, lamp shades, draperies all the clutter that collects
around any home.
Councilman Jerry Sweeney brought up another pertinent
point at the city council meeting Monday night, too. Grass
is growing profusely on vacant lots, in alleys, along fences
and In other spots. Soon this grass will become a fire haz
ard. During cleanup week is a good time to mow this grass.
Non-resident owners who get the message may hire some
one here to do the job for them on their lots.
Year after year, some local lots with absentee owners
present the same unsightly hazard. Cooperation of the own
ers would be greatly appreciated. If some owners don't
change their habits of taking care of their property, the city
will move towards an ordinance to see that they do. The
grass can be easily cut now, preventing the hazard, but it
Is a more difficult job when it is dead and dry.
"A good, thorough clean-up job now and repeated at
regular Intervals is one of the smartest things we can do
to keep our homes and families safe from fire and our city
neat and attractive," Chief Burkenbine says.
High school students will help with the city wide clean
up one day next week, and Herman Green of the Heppner
Sanitary Service is helping the Jaycees. Since these groups
are stepping forward to volunteer their time and labor for
the clean-up, the least the rest of us can do Is to take care
of our own places.
Mrs. Luke Bibby,
Lifetime Resident,
Dies Here May 2
Mrs. Reita D. Bibby, C6, who
was born in Lonerock but lived
in the Heppner area all but the
first two years of her life, died
Friday, May 2, here.
Funeral services were Mon
day, May 5, at 1 p.m. In the
Heppner Christian church with
'he Rev. O. D. Harris officiating.
Vault Interment followed at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
She was born February 22
1003. at Lonerock. daughter of
Clarence Neel and Sophrona
Brown Neel, pioneer residents.
The family moved to Heppner
when she was two years of age,
and she remained here since
that time.
Reita Neel graduated from
Heppner High school and at
tended Oregon State College. In
1929, she was queen of the Mor
row County Fair and Rodeo.
She was an outstanding horse
woman and loved the outdoors.
un June u. 19.H, sne was
married to Luke Bibby in Hepp
ner and they operated a ranch
on Balm Fork.
Mrs. Bibby was a member of
the Heppner Christian church.
Surviving are the husband,
Luke Bibby of Heppner; a sis
ter. Kathryn Webb of Walla
Walla, Wash.; a brother, Steph
en Thompson of Pendleton; and
several nieces and nephews in
this area.
A sister, Mrs. Roberta Espy,
preceded her in death.
Sweeney Mortuary was In
charge of arrangements.
Ladies of the Assembly of Cod
church traveled to Pendleton last
Friday where they attended a
Women's Missionary Council
Rally, held at the First Assem
bly of God church. Those mak
ing the trip included Mrs. Rob
ert Wolfe, Mrs. Faye Zumwalt,
Mrs. Loa Taylor and Mrs. Lola
Breeding.
Mother of Ida Farra
Dies in Sunnyside
Mrs. Ida Farra received news
last Thursday of the death of
her mother. Mrs. Eva W'lest, 75,
it Sunnyside, Wn., who died
May i, in a Sunnyside hospi
tal. Funeral services were held
there on Monday, May 5, at 2
p.m., at Ball Memorial Chapel
with burial following at Sunny
side Memorial Park. Rev. Arthur
J. Valerio, pastor of the Grace
Lutheran church of Zillah offic
iated at the service.
Mrs. Wiest was born January
13, 1894 in Wishek. N. D. In 1912
she was married to Henry H
W iest and the couple came to
Sunnyside In 1939, where they
were engaged for a few years
In farming. She is survived by
her husband. Henry; six daugh
ters, including Mrs. Farra of
Heppner; seven sons; 45 grand
children; 21 great grandchild
ren; five brothers and six sisters.
Granddaughter Born
Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Tibbies are
announcing the arrival of a new
granddaughter, born to their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Lance Tibbies, in Amherst,
N. J., on Tuesitav. ADril 29. She
has been named Jill Erinn and
weighed 6 lb., 8 oz. Little Jill
has a three-vear-old brother,
Thad. Maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sand-
quist of Salem, and great-grand
mother is Mrs. I. M. Turnage of
Maysville, Mo.
Lewis J. Padberg,
Son of Pioneers,
Taken by Death
Lewis Jonathon Padberg, 89,
youngest and last of a pioneer
familv. d ed Saturday, way j,
at Hermiston in a nursing home
where he had resided In recent
years.
He was son of Henry Pad
berg and Martha Rlggs Padberg,
Dloneer Morrow county home
steaders, and was born June 18,
1879 at Petteysville, near lone.
Funeral services were Tues
day, May 6, at 2:30 p.m. In the
Lexington Christian church with
the Rev. O. D. Harris officiating.
Interment was in the Lexing
ton cemetery. Sweeney Mortuary
was in charge of arrangements.
A lifelong resident, Padberg
was a retired wheat rancher.
He was married to Rebecca
Maude Wood and she preceded
him in death in 1939.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Ruby Miller of Cecil, and
Mrs. Emerald Roundy of Ken
newick. Wash.; a son, Earl Pad
berg of La Grande; seven grand
children; and 14 great grandchildren.
Daughter and Son
Visit Don Turners
Mrs. Douglas (Glnny Lou)
Burpee and 7-months-old son,
Donald Laurence, arrived by
plane from Beaufort, S. C, la:it
Thursday evening at the Pen
('leton airport, and were greeted
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Turner.
They will visit relatives here
during the coming month, while
Lt. Burpee is on special train
ing mission with his marine
fivinp prouD in Arizona. They
will return to Beaufort for four
months, when he will receive a
promotion and reassignment to
an overseas base.
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
Stroebers Have Girl
Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Stroe-
ber became parents of their sec
ond daughter on Thursday, May
1. in the Hermiston hospital
She weighed 8 lb., 5 oz., is
named Cynthia Ann, and joins
a 22-month-old sister, Shelley
Dawn. Paternal grandmother is
Mrs. Rose Marie Stroeber of
Heppner; maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cecil of
Spray, and great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Caldera
of Coos Bay.
YOUR
SENATOR
REPORTS . . .
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
IT WON'T BE LONG until the
6Cth anniversary of the Great
Heppner Flood rolls around
June 14 and it is surprising
how many persons, still here,
remember it. Some look too
young to have been around at
the time.
Visiting with Ralph Saylor the
oiner day, we iound that ne re
membered the flood, living at
Butter Creek where he still re
sides. They had some flooding
tnere, too, irom the same general
storm. This was the first time
we had met Saylor and he did
n't look the more than 66 years
that he would have to be to go
through the flood era.
We told him this, but he said
that he was a pretty well-
developed young lad at the
time. (We won't reveal his
btrthdate).
OSCAR PETERSON brought In
excerpts from the Congress
ional Record of recent date to
show that even though approp
riation for the Willow Creek pro
ject still hasn't materialized in
Congress, it Is very much alive
through the work of our Oregon
delegation. Senator Mark Hat
field, In a recent speech support
ing Senator Randolph of West
Virginia in opposing budget cuts
In natural resources programs,
brought the Great Heppner
Flood to the floor of the Senate
again.
". . . We have another flood
control project In Oregon that is
somewhat unique, and it has
not yet had a planning start,
Sen. Hatfield said. "Willow
Creek Reservoir In Heppner was
authorized in 19t5 after more
than a half century of on-and-
off again studies. In 190366
years ago a flood took 247 lives
in Heppner In what was then
the worst natural disaster of its
kind in the history of the United
States. Sixty-six years later, we
still plead lor a planning start
on this reservoir project."
BUT DESPITE the local urging
and the worK oi Oregon s del
egation, the hope isn't very high
for any substantial pre-planning
appropriation this year for the
Willow Creek project.
The Vietnam war is taking
too much of the available
funds.
A friend Uld us the other day
that someone has figured that
the U. S. could ship every South
Vietnamese citizen to any place
in the world that he would care
to go for a new start, give him
$5000, and the cost would still
be less than our nation's ex
pense in conducting the war for
a few days.
We haven't stopped to attempt
to figure this for ourselves, but
probably it isn't too far off.
In colonial days of our infant
country, one of our leaders said,
"Millions for defense, but not
one cent for tribute."
Now maybe our slogan should
be, "Billions for destruction, but
not one cent for construction."
CONGRATULATIONS to Dick
McElligott on his selection as
Morrow county Father of the
Year. What fine things are said
aDout him in the letters of nom
ination! We're embarrassed to say
that we don't even have a pic
ture of this man to go with the
story on the honor that he has
earned. We didn't get the infor
mation in time to get a picture
this week and don't have one of
him in the files.
But as we think of It, this
isn't unusual in the case of the
Fathers of the Year. As we think
of others in the past few years
Bill Kawlins, Dr. Ed Sehafntz,
Bob Abrams, Gene Pierce, and
others it was the same.
Perhaps the real fathers have
one thing in common. They
really don't seek the limelight
but devote their time to their
families, their homes, their
churches, and work in commun
ity and public affairs without
seeking personal aggrand I z e
ment.
Shows Improvement
Condition of Mrs. Earl (May)
Gilliam continues to show slow
improvement following her hos
pitalization two weeks ago in
St. Anthony hospital in Pendle
ton. Following a visit with her
last Friday, her husband reports
that she is In good spirits but
will remain in the hospital for
an indefinite time. Mrs, Gilliam
underwent major surgery there
in December of last year. She is
in room number 7 for those who
To some 24,000 youths in our
state, life will alwavs be a
childhood. For them life is a
process that is delayed, post
poned and In many cases stop
ped altogether. These are our
mentally retarded.
And, to another 28,000 young
Oregonians life is filled with
tension, strain and emotional
disturbances that makes them
socially unacceptable and some
times socially dangerous. For
they are the young who need
mental health assistance.
Over the years the biggest en
emy to these people has been
the lack of understanding of the
problem, the lack of knowledge
with which to combat the prob
lem and the willingness to do
anything. Up until recent years,
Oregons approach to the men
tally retarded and mentally 111
was to construct large institu
tions to house these social mis
fits, thus sweeping the unsight
ly problem away from the eyes
ot the state and its people. For
tunately we have moved away
from this, to a course of action
that placed the treatment of
these citizens out into commu
nity programs.
Committee Studies Retardation
One of the first giant steps
toward a more modern program
to help rather than house these
restricted youngsters, came
twelve years ago when the
Forty-ninth Legislative Assem
bly appointed an interim com
mittee to study mental retarda
tion and emotional disturbance.
It was from this committee that
we started such programs as:
. . . the support of the edu
cational programs at Fairview
Hospital and Training Center
which provides recreational
therapy, physical rehabilitation,
habit training, and many other
services necessary for these
youngsters to achieve the full
est development of their phys
ical and personal assets.
... A mandatory public
school program for educable
mentally retarded pupils. In
connection, ample scholarships
were provided to assist in the
recruitment and preparation of
teachers for this program.
With the state's new approach
off and running, in 1962 we be
gan participation in outpatient
clinics, treatment centers and
halfway houses that were al
ready established to help men
tally retarded and emotionally
disturbed children. This has
been considered beneficial and
has been expanded to reach
99 of our population.
Car Program Developed
Then again in 1905, the Leg
islative Assembly created a care
program through our welfare
department. Unlike the approach
taken in 1962 this program is
strictly for our young. This bi
ennium, the price tag for the
program will be $2.2 million, in
cluding $80 thousand in federal
funds. Its goals are to purcn
ase direct service from already
available child care agencies
and foster homes throughout
the state for the care and treat
ment of emotionally disturbed
children. It is expected that
nearly 300 youths a month from
throughout the state will be in
this program.
Pleased with the success or
this program funds were provid
ed in 1967 to start a pilot study
at the Edgefield Lodge, in Port
land. This program, ottered to
BY KEN JERNSTEDT.
STATE SENATOR
18th District Including
Morrow county
part of the state, is innovative
and research oriented, with its
goals being to locate, analyze,
and diagnose all dimensions of
the child's actions, under any
given situation. This has prov
ed successful in finding the
problem and getting the child
into the right program for max
imum help.
Because the program is only
six months old, this Legislature
has decided only to expand the
present program, rather than
spread its locations throughout
the state.
Training Planned
Also being considered by this
year's Legislature is a bill that
would set up a program for the
trainable retarded. Its purpose
is to train them in self care, so
cial skills and simple jobs and
vocational skills. If passed, this
would open up new opportuni
ties to the twenty mentally re
tarded youths in my senatorial
district.
Although the emphasis has
been to get away from institu
tional care, the Legislature has
not turned its back on the hund
reds who are presently residing
there. We have appropriated
$153,000 to be used to create
new specialized activities dur
ing the day for the children in
the Mental Hospitals. This ac
tivity includes schooling, thera
peutic functions, and involve
ment in social roles. This activ
ity allows doctors to treat the
young with approaches that are
geared to adolescents.
Oregon has done much to aid
its mentally ill youths, howev
er, our job is far from being
done. We realize that our efforts
will never be enough to make
these people have a normal life.
But, we can hope that our pro
grams give them an opportun
ity to have a life that is more
than just an existence.
Graveside Services
Held at Hiqhview
For Howard Nottage
IONE Graveside services
were held at Highview Ceme
tery at 4:00 p.m., Monday, May
5, for Howard J. Nottager. Serv
ices were conducted by Rev. Ru
dolph Mensch of the Lutheran
Church and vault interment was
by Sweeney Mortuary. Honorary
casket bearers were Paul Tews,
Roy W. Lindstrom, Fredrick
Martin, Harold Holtz, Charles
Doherty and Gerald Bergstrom.
He passed away in a Portland
hospital Friday, May 2.
Mr. Nottage is survived by
his wife, Linea T. (Troedson)
and his stepmother, Mrs. Ella
Nottage, both of Portland. Serv
ices were held m Portland,
Monday at 10:00 a.m. at Cald
well's Colonial Mortuary.
Mr. Nottage came to Oregon
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Nottage, when he was
six years old and finally settled
at Newberg. He was a graduate
of George Fox College, Willam
ette University, and had a year
of graduate work at the Univer
sity of Washington. He had
taught mathematics at Grant
High school since 1927 until a
few years ago when he took a
leave of absence and toured
Europe. He was a member of
Phi Delta Kappa Honorary So
ciety. During his illness the
past two years he wrote a book
"Palindrome" which received
commentator's approval.
Mr. and Mrs. Nottage have
sDent manv vacations and holi
days visiting relatives in the
lone area, and Mrs. Nottage was
raised here, being the sister of
Carl W. and Verner Troedson.
Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troedson
went to Portland to attend the
services.
Mrs. Howard Nottage and
Mrs. Kenneth Humphrey are
spending a few days at the
home of Carl W. Troedson be
fore returning to Portland.
Examiner Coming
Drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner on Tues
dav. Mav 20. at the county
courthouse between the hours of
9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
MEETING
CALENDAR
Mondav. Mav 12
Chamber of Commerce, 12 Noon,
Waeon Wheel Dining Room
Volunteer Fire Department, 7:30
D.m.
lone Lions Club, Ed's Tavern, 7
p.m.
Tuesday. Mav 13
Degree of Honor, Episcopal Par
sh Hall. 8 p.m.
LDS Relief Society, Legion Hall,
9:45 a.m.
Wednesday. May
lone Garden Club
Willow Lodge, IOOF Hall, 8
p.m.
Jaycees, 8 p.m.
Elementary PTA, Business Meet
ing Spring Program, 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 15
Jaycee Wives, Heppner Neigh
borhood Center, 8 p.m.
WAC, Rhea Creek Grange, 10:30
a.m.
Holly Rebekah Lodge, Lexing
ton, 8 p.m.
WAC of Lexington Grange, 2:00
p.m.
SoroDtimist Club, Program Meet
ing, 12 Noon, Wagon Wheel
Dining Room
Friday. May 16
Sans Souci Rebekah Lodge,
IOOF Hall, 8 p.m.
T.A.P. of Hepepner Neighbor
hood Center, Conference Room
1 p.m.
CAR WASH
Cal's Richfield Station
Friday, May 9, from 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, from 10
a.m.
Senior Class benefit for grad
uatlon expenses.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Regular Meeting of Ruth
Chapt. 32, OES
Monday. May 12. 8 p.m.
Meetings changed to 2nd
Monday of each month
ELEMENTARY PTA
Special Music Program by
Grade School Students
Wednesday, May 14, 8 p.m
Grade School Multipurpose
Room
IMPORTANT MEETING
Special Weed Control and
State Sales Tax Package
meeting sponsored by Farm
Bureau
Friday, May 23, 1:30 p.m.,
Fair Pavilion
Marion D. Thomas, State Ex
tension Specialist, guest
speaker. Public invited.
HEPPNER EXTENSION UNIT
Regular Meeting, Monday,
May 12. 10:00 a.m.
Food Sale, Fri., May 9, 9:30
a.m., Peterson Building
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-8625
Heppner
Pioneer
Ponderings
by w. s. caverhill
It May Be Just A Rumor
It is being reported that the
proponents of the sales tax nave
filled a war chest with $300,000
to promote its passage. That
sum will buy a lot of "bushwa."
If such a fund exists and for
that purpose, it would be inter
esting to have a list of the con
tributors. I doubt if it would
contain many housewives, lab
orers, small farmers, small bus
inessmen, teachers, and college
students. $300,000 will employ a
lot of expert word twisters. They
will need them to explain why
they left the door wide open for
a property tax increase in the
near future.
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Graduate
Curlee
Suits
Swank
Men's
Jewelry
The Rhyming Philosopher
PRIDE
I WONDER HOW OFTEN A MAN REALIZES FOR WHAT HE'S
ACCOMPLISHED OR PROJECTS BEGUN, THAT BETTER
THAN WINNINGS OR TRIUMPHANT PRIZES IS WHEN
MOTHER WHISPERS, "I'M PROUD OF YOU SON!"
WE STRIVE TO PLEASE BOSSES, AVOID ALL DISSENSION
FROM NEIGHBORS, OR BEAT A COMPETITOR'S GAME;
BUT TALL IS THE MAN WHO HAS HEARD MOTHER
MENTION. "I'M PROUD OF YOU SON." WORDS
SWEETER THAN FAME.
"HONOR THY MOTHER!" WE LEARNED IT IN CHILDHOOD,
NOT JUST WORDS OR A GESTURE OR TWO, BUT
HONOR BY CONDUCT IN CITY OR WILDWOOD, SO SHE
CAN SAY. "DAUGHTER, I'M REAL PROUD OF YOU!"
NO JOB OR PROFESSION CAN CLAIM TO BE HIGHER
THAN BEING A MOTHER. WITH DAUGHTER OR SON
WHOSE HONORED ACHIEVEMENTS FULFILL HER
DESIRE
FOR PRIDE IN HER CHILDREN. YES MOTHER, WELL
DONE!
SOMEDAY SHE WILL LEAVE US, WHO LOVED US SO
DEARLY,
BUT WHILE WE'RE STILL ABLE, BOTH SISTER AND
BROTHER,
ACKNOWLEDGE HER GOODNESS AND SING LOUD AND
CLEARLY: 'THANKS, AND GOD BLESS YOU, WERE
PROUD OF YOU, MOTHER!"
HARRY W. FLETCHER
Jockey
and
Allen-A
Sox
Arrow
and
Lancer
Shirts
h2I
Fashion
craft Ties
Paris,
Textan and
Nuway
Belts
Jockey
Samsonite
Luggage
P.S. We also have his needs in Swimwear,
Sleepwear, Sport Shirts, Walking Shorts,
Sport Coats and Jackets
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Men's Wear
Mar and LeRoy Gardner
Heppner
wish to correspond with her.
aU children tinder 12 from any