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MORROW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER
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WESLEY A. SHERMAN
HELEN E. SHERMAN
ARNOLD RAYMOND
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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.
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Minimum Hining
at the Post Office at Ileppner. OreRon.
Monday throuKh Friday; 9 a.m.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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OES INSTALLATION
Locust Chapter No. 119, OES
Open Installation
Sunday. June 29, 7:00 p.m.
lone Masonic Hall
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OPEN INSTALLATION
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Open Installation Meeting
Monday, June 30, 8 p.m.
Heppner Masonic Hall
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