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j HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. GAZETTE-ilMUS) Heppner. Oijtm 97836 prion oo-3 . MORROW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER 11)12. WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN ARNOLD RAYMOND Slui Foreman Printer GAIL rt'IKL'NBlNE Society Circulation cuivsrrtntlon Rates: $5.00 Yea Copies 15 Cents in Advance.; Kvcrv Thursday and Kntered as Second na;s wauu. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. until noon Saturday. VaIiociatiom Those Were Wes's Awards KlM,Mu re in today's Gazet.e-Times, there appears a story on five ..wards that the paper received 1 as t w Z convention of .he Oregon Newspaper Publishers As-.kw tion. . . Tho'e are WYs Sherman s awards. We at the Gazette-Times cannot put on paper g th-.t i.ubli.ly. in his column. Chaff and Chatter. S "ho man. though, never to,.ted his own horn. s w,,rk in ,h ni.yBw done 7iri'1p: 1 m.t reward He served as president of the '"'PP"1""" oun V Chamber of Commerce, and still stayed up unt.l one and wo ?dook in the morning to Rct his newspaper work ''""His involvement in the community was not with business men alono. eSr. Many younB people can be thankful to Wes Sherman for his letters of recommendation for scholar ships and college applications. This too, he did In his spare time. And yet. as we all realized his unselfishness, we raroI, if ever, took time to compliment him. ,.,-, iht Before he left on his vacation, which was his first In eight vear here he told us of the awards that the Gazette-Times had.TS""Sb1yfC5ust third place." he .old us. None of them was. In fact, two were firsts, and th3 other three see- 0,1(1 Tho'sewards are truly a tribute to his ability as a news paperman. We will remember him as a newspaperman, but we will remember him as more than that. Some of us at the Gazette-Times will remember him as the man who save us our first job in the business. Some of us will remember him as a friend and helper. We can always say with pride we or.ee worked with him'Ve had a lot of things planned for this summer after he returned. Now, those things may never be realized. But the awards are good enough for us. ka GUEST EDITORIALS Wes Sherman .... '30' By LAWRENCE SPRAKER. retired Publisher of The Stayton Mail Perhaps the most outstanding news coverage ever by Wes Sherman, in over 25 years as a newspaper man, appeared in these columns only a fortnight prior to his passing from US' This story exemplified the high quality of the Shermans' dedication to their craft. But Wes, we learned closeup, when he was our associate editor-publisher of The Stayton Mail in 1958-61, did everything in an all-out way; no half meas- "llis news and editorial page columns reflected a keen in terest in people. His writing was like a friendly letter where in he climbed i.ito the envelope and sealed the flap. And, incidentally, he was the speediest man on a news typewriter we've seen. "Writing's my meat," he said once when this abilitv was observed by a fellow craftsman. In a letter, received only last week, -WVs wrote that the planned three-week trip to Boston would be his longest free dom from a country newspaper deadline in 26 years. Then, only eight days later, he faced his own "30" in Washington, D C A shock that struck so suddenly on his family and friends throughout the state, including particularly in Stay ton and Dallas where he had served so well in newspaper news and managerial capacities before going to Ileppner. To his widow and children we, as others, extend our pro found sympathy. Wes was ever ready to help along a cause that meant betterment of his community or county, and with intensity of vigor that was much above average for his craft. Ilepp ner, we venture, must have benefitted materially by his eight years at the mast of The Gazette-Times ... a leadership that established him, in our opinion after 43 years as a reader of the G-T, as one of its most illustrious editors. As a family man, he also was outstanding, as most of you who know the Shermans personally cannot but have ob served. When in Stayton, he unreservedly allotted one week day evening to his church. Mrs. Sherman now Is faced with a heavy burden but doubtless, the community and the loyal employees will lend her every assistance in carrying on. She has been a wonder ful helpmate and knows all the front and back-shop ins-and-outs of the arduous task of publishing a weekly newspaper, particularly in an expansive open-space area such as is Mor row county. Our Closest Neighbor 7t Tttr rriNnON CLOBE-TIMES The staff of the Condon Globe-Times was stunned by the news Monday morning of the untimely death of our closest neighbor in the publishing business, Wes Sherman. We were particularly stunned because Wes was more than lust a friend, he was our helpmate in time of need. Although he was a publisher of a small town newspaper, the same as we, and had the same deadlines to meet, he was always willing to come to our aid when we had problems. Many Is the time that we would call at the last minute for a picture or a news event and Wes would always come to our aid. For the past several years, he had made our plastic cuts for pictu-es, and evt though he had his own pictures to do, he always made sure that we received ours on time. Many Is the time that we worked together printing bal lots for elections or some ot' r job for which we did not have the necessary equipmerr. Not only did he let us use his equipment, but also, sometimes, his employees, and for this we are deeply indebted. In our estimation he was one of the greatest publishers and editors that we have ever had the privilege of knowing. His passing is made a little easier by the contribution ne has made to the small town newspaper industry. Our condolences and sympathy are offered to his wife, Helen, his children and to the residents of Heppner and Mor row county, in their loss of a husband, father and a great publisher. TteurtdaT. Jut" agjjgS iieppneii MEMBER At A 1L Pi Afoclatlon Founded 1685 71DN1 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ZZZZ..... ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator DALE COOPER Tressmnn KIT ANDERSON News Editor Advertising Manager r. Sineio wpy " "f-."""A.,,, T,",h Minimum Hining at the Post Office at Ileppner. OreRon. Monday throuKh Friday; 9 a.m. . . Chaff and Wes Sherman BOSTON, MASS. When they build these turnpikes and h ttu Kast. thev t-hould provide an additional li'iio. perhaps iuikco iwoiihk.--in. us )v underground Lke a subwav. This would be especial ly for tourMs so that they could meander at will. Mop to read road maps, and spend a few moments In meditation at each important intersection, trying to f.rure whether to go left or go riuht. For Fiirilv there is r.o a low a nee. as it now stands, for a bewildered traveller to consider whether he is lo t or not. fre quent signs admonish him not o stop on the shoulders. Othel signs forbid him from making U turns and turning back. This is to prevent anv cowardly tour i;t. however panicky he may he, from crossing on one of the Ire uuent connecting links between cast and west lanes and head ing for home. These strips are reserved for emergency vehicles o'dv. , . . Once vou pass through a toll gate and are handed your tick et, there is only one course straight ahead. On the turnpike or thruway it is sort of like being in pris on. You can't stop, you can't leave without paying, and you have no choice of restaurants, gas stations, rest rooms or gift shops. You use the ones provid ed for vou tv the state turnpike authority at the "service areas" provided perhaps 40 miles apart. If you need gas, and the par ticular service area has Conoco, ou buy Conoco. If you get hungry, you enter the eatery provided at that particular serv ice center and stand in line with vour tray, making your choices from the often meager selection provided. On this trip no service station i., nt at anv of the non- Utll llUUlli 1 .. competitive service areas has offered to wasli our winusnie.u. whir hnnld thev? There is no station across the street com peting for the business. ACROSS ANY ONE of the states, one may get fed up and leave on one of the exits provided. Across the whole of New York's ihnm.gu am nprhans 60 exits. But the only way you can make time is to use the tnruway. We have found New York to be the greatest nuisance on tolls. It cost $5.40 to cross the state on its vaunted thruway. Amnnri tht Niaeara Falls area you can hit three or four toll stations on short sections 01 me highway in a distance of per hum ii milps. Some of them require you to toss the correct change in a curiously shaped gadget, scientifically designed nn rintiht. as vou uass through a lane at the' toll station. The first one of these we nit was just below Chicago. We mra in a ttrpam nf traffic that was crowding hard and we tried phnHv who knew all about it. We tossed the re quired 15c into the "namper and started to move away, but we noticed the red light still signalled "Stop". However, feel ing we had done our civic duty in meeting the cost 01 construc tion of this remarkable concrete installation we continued on. Then a loud buzzer started to sound behind us. This son or makps nnp's sraln Drickle. as if ho hart -Inst ahnut stenned on a rattlesnake which was throw ing one into panic by nuzzing its rattles Rut th rWri had been done. and we scooted away, expect ing sirens to diow ana searcn- liohtc Ktartinw in nlav on our car. But no officer of the law followed us that we know of. They may have "Wanted" post ers out tnrougnoui new iorn io. Oregon license DCU 557, for all we know. THESE EASTERN states have . . . Especially When You Save at our High Rate OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY ACCOUNTS NOW INSURED TO SI 5.000 SAVINGS 4 LOAN ASSOCIATION BOX 843 Chatter the most efficiently designed speed limits ever to be wholly ignored. On the turnpikes and freeways, they range from oJ to 75 miles per hour, depending up on the state. We were rolling through New York, going 73 on the Diitton, and a huge semi-truck, pulling a trailer rolled around us as if we were standing still. All the tiueks that use these thruways pre high-powered rigs, and they really roll. Signs in some places warn that the thruways are patrolled by aircraft, but it is doubtful if many arrests are made for speeding. Most of them post a minimum speed of 43 miles per hour and warn trucks doing less than 40 on steep hills to keep their emergency blinkers going to prevent rear-end pile ups. BUT DESPITE their shortcom ings, the thruways are a bless ing to travellers. With the amount of traffic in the East, the places where the road nar rows to two-way traffic is sheer torture. Thev say that one may go from Council Bluffs. Iowa, to Boston without hitting a stop lk'ht thruway all the way. This is true, except for the toll stations, and they will stop you, ill riffht' In getting to Boston and going via Niagara Falls, a short dis tance out of the way, we have paid probably $15 to $20 in tolls. The natives, however, feel that Nw Jersey is the worst state for tolls. A person Is always supposed to have correct change, and the best way is to get a handful of coins, together with some dol lar bills, and put them in the ash tray or some other handy container. We haven't had the nerve to find out what might happen to us if we handed one of the toll collectors a $20 bill or a Trav eler's Check. SOME OF THESE thruways are made of concrete with wide expansion joints, and a heavily loaded car will go thump, thump, thump for hundreds of miles as it hits those expansion joints like beating a drum. But others are smooth and very well constructed. Around Boston, the traffic is the worst we have seen. Actu ally, in the open country in any of the eastern states, there is no more traffic on the thruways than there is on the Banfield Expressway close to Portland. But if you travel at the speed limit, you are the last one in line. The speed Is much faster, on the average, than we are ac customed to. You may look In the mirror, see no one behind, and before you know it some other vehicle, perhaps even a truck, has slip ped up on you. But this traffic in Boston is something else! , On the highways, drivers here have never heard of the word, "Courtesy." They will bar ,i r-rrv.t thmiioh a "Yield" sien and sideswipe you if you don't get out of the way. In down town Boston, mere are no u.v.u ! unoe r,n mnt nf the streets jim-o v.. ...w.- and cars roam all over. They will be parked bumper to bump er on streets ciear.y iuwu . c-iMntr" whprp the park ing is all gone, they will doub le park ana leave men unat tended vehicles sitting in the street. - WHAT DO YOU KNOW! We went to downtown Boston to day, via the suburb of Maiden, actually a part of Boston. You know what was going on.' A sidewalk sale! Yes, sir, lust like Heppner. There is a strict law against jaywalking, but people meandered all over the streets. Their sale was going over big, Money Makes Money and the Money Money Makes Makes More Money T FEDERAL PENDLETON too. We didn't buy anything but .. a li. u rmt f limkiiiL' around. They had some good bargains, but we don t know wiiere we would ever load anything more into our car. ... WE'LL HAVE to say that Nag- ara Falls is the biggest dis appointment of the trip so far. Maybe it was because we took a wrong turn in getting there and wound up trying to find our way out of a maze of steel mills belching smoke and smog and out of a ghetto district that brought home to us the real plight of the cities. Heavy smog covered the en tire area. The falls themselves are a remarkable natural at traction, not to be minimized, but man has virtually ruined the setting, except for the Ni agara Falls park area, which is set aside around the falls. The town of Niagara Falls is a rather dirty place and plays up to the tourists like an amuse ment park, featuring beer joints, rouvenir shops, and cheap eat ing places. Worst of all. the Niagara riv er is polluted and stinks like an ordinary sewage system. We took a walk around in the eve ning, and the odiferous aroma and smog made a person's eyes burn hardly a romantic situa tion for a honeymoon! The American Falls Is com pletely dry for the time being. Army engineers have shut it off with a cofferdam to survey the rock structure on the theory that faults are developing that mav damage their scenic beau ty. But this makes the Horse shoe falls on the canaaian siae oen greater. The "drought" will continue until December 1. IN DRIVING across this vast na tion, one feels its greatness. There is much more open coun try in the populated east than we had visualized. There are op m farmlands even near the big cities. Suburbs of the Boston area are well seciuaea wun trees and shrubbery, and there are many beautiful estates and homes surrounded by large ex panses of well-kept green lawns. To really get the feel of the mnntrv nnp nPPfls tO eXDlore off the thruways. In the small villages, you often run across something very interesting or historic. So it was when we slip ped into West Grange, Iowa, and found the birthplace of Herbert Hoover. A fine museum and li brary is now located here to gether with the tiny house in which he was born and his fath er's blacksmith shop, the lat ter filled with the tools, horse shoes and equipment he used. This was a lovely place ser ene and tranquil. Wo ntillprt nff the hiehwav. too, at Montpelier, Ohio, and found this was the birthplace of Dr. Paul Siple. We recalled how, many years ago, Siple, as a Boy Scout, went on the original ex pedition of Admiral Richard Byrd to the Antarctic. It seems that every commu nity has some claim to fame, and it is most enjoyable to vis it them. Iowa, with its rolling green fields, is one of our favorite states now. The corn isn't yet "as high as an elephant's eye" but more like six or eight inch es at this time of year, and there is no sign of irrigation. WE ARE GETTING the feeling that America's strength is basically in its rural areas. The big social problems are devel oping in the crowded congested cities to threaten our way of life. o f mum n trays Lott's Electric Has Five Different Models of Whirlpool Refrigerators With AUTOMATIC ICE MAKERS LOTT'S HEPPNER TO THE EDITOR... Reevaluate Dam To the Editor: In reading the Gazette-Times , or.w.Lr inil notiiiL' articleH on the front paRe headed A Ullman Appeals lor jtojcci m "Judge Jones Tells of Good He ceptlon on Trip to D. C." Do you think a flood control dam Is being sought for the right area? Why is everybody push ing for a Willow Creek project, especially after a flood of Mon day night, that did not come from WUlow Creek at all? If the Willow Dam had been In. Heppner would still look like it does today. Yes Willow and Hinton creeks ran, but all damage was done from a dry canyon area, so to speak. Wouldn't it be more sensible to construct more smaller dams in some of the side canyons, to help take care of run off, rather than all that money in one dam which wouldn't have helped Heppner - June 9, any way?? Another part In one of those articles that I can't see the MEETING CALENDAR Monday. June 30 Chamber of Commerce, Wagon Wheel Dining Room, 12 Noon Tuesday. July 1 AF & AM No. b'J. 8:uu p.m. Wranglers Riding Club, Fair Dormitory Wednesday, July 2 Willow Lodge, IOOF Hall, 8:00 p.m. County Court, 10:00 a.m. Morrow County Jaycees, 8:00 p.m. Thursday. July 3 Holly Rebekah Lodge, Lexing ton. 8:00 p.m. Soroptimist club, Business Meet ing, Wagon Wheel Dining Room, 12 Noon PROPERTY FAX TAX If you have a question con cerning real or personal prop erty please state all the facts as briefly as possible and mail it to Joyce Ritch, Morrow coun ty special assessor, under the name "PROPERTY TAX FAX." Please ask only one question per sheet. QUESTION: I am purchasing some prop erty on contract and have duly recorded the contract. Can 1 re quire that the tax statement be sent to me each year? ANSWER: The answer is no, unless the seller makes you his agent to receive the statement. The Law Section of the State Tax Com mission reviewed various court decisions (OF 1026-V; 3-12-69) and concluded that the signa ture on the authorization giv en to the tax collector for the purpose of receiving the tax statements, must be that of the record owner and not of the contract purchaser, lessee or mortgages. The record owner can designate the contract pur chaser as recipient. m yoo re That Will Keep You in Ice All Day Long Also on Hand, There Are 11 Different Models Of Freezers In Upright or Chest Type If Your Old Refrigerator or Freezer Has Had It, See Us ELECTRIC .if is that Morrow county offlclaU may urge that Heppner be neciHrea i-.-i i '...nniiro lllP luSKt'D Ol damages to persons In Ileppner and those losses, oi turn. nn, i..- ...i.i ,.iir lumt damages. to landowners and the lnd loss will bo by far greater, in there Is no mention of urging ...... .iw.i-.k lMitiiu.'npm with M vcre land damages be declared a disaster. i. .1...... un..m uiil that the very pator that tells of Monday nlk'iu s iiooa oui in ohwuc , ; m had iwrt vcrv del- mite articles of pleas (one be fore and one aner im? noou for a flood control project on Willow Creek. Do they want flood control or recreation? Per haps the project on flood con trol shuld be re-evaluated. Sincerely. Grace McKinney lone, Oregon COMMUNITY BILLBOARD MORROW COUNTY GEM and MINERAL SOCIETY Saturday, June 28 McMurtry Building, 7:30 p.m. WRANGLERS RIDING CLUB OVERNIGHT TRAIL RIDE Saturday, Sunday, June 28-29 To W. .. Hugnes camn on Johnson Creek LOCUST CHAPTER OES INSTALLATION Locust Chapter No. 119, OES Open Installation Sunday. June 29, 7:00 p.m. lone Masonic Hall RUTH CHAPTER NO. 32 OPEN INSTALLATION Ruth Chapter No. 32 Open Installation Meeting Monday, June 30, 8 p.m. Heppner Masonic Hall SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-962S If no answer call Ray Boyce, 676-5384 Heppner PH. 67S-5811 1
