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1 Thurs- January 15. 1969 GAZETTE-TIMES T Heppner, wnsou ' Phon 676-9228 mrrnmow COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner C,te established Times csUDiisnea ixuvcniwi MEMBERS OF NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSN. AND OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSN. CHARLIE & DOROTHT HEARD. Editors & Publishers ARNOLD RAYMOND, riant Foreman ALICE VANCE News firrnl.-lMnn Subscription Rates: $5.00 Year Single Copy 10 Cents Mailed Stole Copies 15 Cents In Advance,; M mmum (B, Slezon, Fvery Thursday ana tmerea ai urc ric Matter. Office Hours: 8 am. to 6 p.m.. intil noon Saturaay. Congratulations to Men of Kinxua Corp. Congratulations to men of Kinzua Corporation who have achieved" an excellent safety record this past yea; - The total of all operations, which includes the Heppner and Kinzua Plants and the Eastern Oregon Logging Co. showed a reduc tion of 5714 percent In the number of lost time accidents over thC UoynesEaSrn Oregon Logging Co. had a 71 per cent reduction. Heppner 50 percent and Kinzua 50 percent Each plant Is encouraged to surpass these excellent im provements and make 1970 even safer! Morrow Can Stay First About a year ago Wes Sherman commended Morrow Coun ty for leading the state in percentage of registered voters casting ballots in the general election. He pointed out that it Is , possible that our residents take their voting franchise Just a little more seriously than do those In some other areas f 'record here is nearly 90 voting and Wes urged everyone to resolve to "up our voting percentage. If every one took the clue and made a sincere effort the county could come close to 100. That would not only give the state something to talk about, but would give Morrow County some national recognition." Perhaps the thing to do would be to urge your friends to be sure and register, if they're not registered. Then, when it s time, to be sure to vote. If we want to enough, we can make Wes' wish come true. LETTERS muni .- mintir Vv,'faJlifcfaa ' """ Dear Editors: Miss Frieda Mason is with a group of about 40 from the Lu theran College In Tacoma, who left by plane Friday for a trip to Italy. They are on a 23-day tour. Frieda, a former student Jn the Lutheran school Is now attending Lewis and Clark Col lege in Portland. She is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ma son, Jr., of Oakgrove and grand daughter of Mrs. A. H. Nelson of Terwilliger Plaza In Portland and of Mrs. Ruth Mason of Wil lamette View Manor, Portland. They are all former lone resi dents. Very truly yours, Josephine Mahoney Baker 2545 S. W. Terwilliger, Apt. 525 Portland 97201 January 8, 1970 Charles & Dorothy Heard, Publishers The Heppner Gazette-Times Heppner, Oregon Dear Charles k Dorothy: Although I have not had the pleasure of meeting you in per son, my weekly reading of the Gazette-Times over the past two month period, with its folksy news and comments makes me feel that I have known you always. Your wide and varied coverage of events and subjects in the news with in Heppner and Morrow County appeals to me greatly. As a native son and resident of the county for over 61 years 1 am still most lnteresiea in its wonderful people and their daily endeavors. We are also still fairly large property own ers and taxpayers within the county and are naturally inter ested in the progress of Mor row County and the state. We are enclosing our check for another year's subscription to the Gazette-Times and trust that your faith in the future of Morrow County will prove re warding. Sincerely. Garnet Barratt Dear Editors: Creston (Cres) Maddock was to see me today and in our vis iting he told me that his sister, r.ussie Wilkins. had died In December, 1969 In San Francis co, at the age of 87 years. She is survived by a son, Lawrence of Los Gatos, Calif. He is re tired from the telephone com pany. Her daughter, Frances Wilkins. Is working for the State of California in San Fran cisco. There are also two grand children and three great grand children. Her husband. Joe Wilkins. died several years ago and was buried In Eureka, Calif. The Wilkins owned the old Palace Hotel which stood on the corn er f Main and May streets nf.'BPMTm March .1S83 REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator DALE COOPER Pressman v... Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. editor IHJIII M IIMII I II II I nmrflw w where the Rosewall Garage now stnnds. This was a pretentious three story brick building. It was destroyed by fire in laie. Cres is a retired Insurance man. Very truly yours, V Josephine Mahoney Baker 2545 S. W. Terwilliger Apt. 525 Portland 97201 From the Kinzua Log Department of Forestry John Day. Oregon Dec. 23, 1969 Mr. Allen Nistad Kinzua Corporation Kinzua, Oregon Dear Allen: We had a successful 1969 fire season. The contributions of the Kinzua Corporation towards this effort was outstanding. Your in terest in furthering the protec tion efforts in the East Central Oregon District have contribut ed towards our goal of prevent ing the large fires as we had in 1968. Please convey my personal gratitude to your employees for all their help. Sincerely, Harry G. Pearson District Forester Kinzua Corporation Kinzua. Oregon 97849 Gentlemen: Reference is made to your lumber shloment of Dec. 8, or iginatlng In Kinzua and stop Dins' over In HeDpner lor com pletion. order No. 3092 shipped in car GTW 515079. The car arrived last Friday, Doc. 19. and I'd like to report hat vonr lumber was well re ceived. Our customer was favor ably Impressed with the texture and quality of your 1 x 4 No. 3 Common Ponderosa Pine. We'd like to pass these com ments on to you. Also, the Christmas trees in the car arrived just in time for our customer and his partner to use for their home decora tion. They are very appreciative of your thoughtfulness and we, too, want to express our sin cerest thanks. Best wishes for a prosperous New Year. Kind regards, SEQUOIA FOREST INDUSTRIES Two Mojeskes Home Donald Majeske who teaches 8th ?rade at St. Helens and his sister Ginger Majeske, who has been working in Pendleton were both home for the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Majeske and grandpar ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Males- ke, at Lexington. Ginger plans to enroll at BMCC ror ine win ter term. The Good Old Days . . . i ri ys 'r I : l ; f 1 1 I . IN 1913. the 7th and 8th grades teacher numbered 46 sxuaenxs. m picnus was taken on the back steps of the grade schooL All but one of the students hare been Identified by Loa Briggs Taylor, a member of the class. From left front row: Garnet Barratt Vawter Crawford. Jr.. whose parents owned the Gazette-Times. Kenneth Blnnx. Dale Watklns. Jasper Crawford. Alton Hayes, Robert Notson who is now editor of the Ore gonian. Emory Gentry. Earl Evans. Ralph Mar lott 2nd row: Lola Hayes (Robinette). (un Identified), Loye DeVore. Lorraine Groshens, Gladys Wattenburger. Cecil DeVore. Ruth Van Vactor, Nellie Thompson, Alma Akers (Gil liam). 3rd row: (goes sig-iag) Ed Notson. REMEMBER THIS? REMINISCE: FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO January 15. 1925 FprPiison Bros, have removed thir service station to the lot on Main St., formerly owned by the K of P lodge of this city, and more recently used as the place for pitching tne Dig rhnntaiimia tent. The little building was placed on the cor ner of the lot on Tuesday, ana the boys are getting it nicely shaped up for business. Gene and Raymond Ferguson recent ly purchased this corner from Marion Evans and when they get fixed up they will have one Pioneer Ponderings By W. S. CAVERHILL Want To Cool Inflation If von are serious about cool ing inflation you might consider the suggestions made Dy , a member of our coffee club. They are simple, "First, let the unem ployment figure run to five per rpnt and bevond and Uncle Sam extend unemployment ben efits until he runs out or mon ey. Second, let striks run unin terrupted ntil their strike funds are exhausted." I believe that would "cool it," but It would "chill" a lot of the rest of us if they did. War. of courses, is premediated What Is Murder? mass murder; that incidentally . includes noncombatants as well as armed men. on many occas ions. I am surprised by the furor m ii o. i mil ou. j. j sign, rising over the incident in South i Ronald Boyd, violation basic Vietnam where a couple of ser- ruje 525 fjne. Ronald Gray, fail eents and their men are accused iiro trk Hicnlav wpipht. 15 fine of wiping out an entire village of VC and others. It looKs JiKe porting livestock without brand they are being made the "sc- inspection, $35 fine suspended, rapegoats" for something that Le0n Diffenbaugh, hunting the military has been doing . without license. Ronny Diffen since we intervened over there, baugh, hunting without license, it is oeing aone 10 puruy me A t tnr at r V A rA tVlA !f!imiAW I . 1(1 J VAT 1 WI VI. JHVU1VMIIVII Droeram? If we recall the news reports over the past years, there were daily incidents of much larger slaughter of innocent by bombing raids and artillery at tacks. What about the d is t ruct ion of the Citidal in Hue and the Delta City of ten thousand that was completely destroyed in ord er to "Save It"."? True the inno cent victims were not "lined up but they were Just as dead as if they were. The case in question smells like propaganda. The Real Consenratioiiists The land the Indians left to us willingly or otherwise was unspoiled. The streams were not obstructed and full of fish. The forests were prime and had no echo of a chain saw. There were no pock marks of prospecting searching for minerals. The mother lodes lay untouched. Pollution of air and streams was minimal. Their trails didnt gash the countryside. Sod re mained unturned. There was no erosion. The land they left us was in pristine condition. They were real conservationists. We owe them for that. taught by one of the best locations in the city for a service station. Dillard Franch was in the city Tuesday from the Gurdane farm. He was interested as a stockholder and director in the annual meetine of the Farm- prs and Stockerowers National Bank. Mr. French seems to be wintering quite well. The Lexineton Odd Fellows and Rebekahs entertained the brother and sister lodges of Morrow County at their hall in Lexington on last Thursday evening, and no less than 200 people, members of the orders, were in attendance. Following the program lunch eon was served by the Rebekah lodge of Lexington, and the re mainder of the evening was spent in playing games and a general good social time. Miss Violet Hynd, teacher near lone, spent ; the week-end with her parents at Butterby Flats. CHUCK WAGON We enjoyed meeting Phil Hig gins here Friday. It turns out that Phil went to school in Ire land with our old friend, Pat Cassidy of Pilot Rock. These gentlemen both have a certain pleasing brogue that is music to my ears. Notice to sheep producers: Jan. 31st is the deadline for filing 1969 applications for lamb and wool incentive qayments. Justice Court ' WEEK OF JAN. 2-9 Dee Ann Pettyjohn, defective 'equipment, $iu line suspenueu. . p.,tw fniinm tn Hrive on rignt of highway, $15.00 fine. $7.50 susDended. John Charles Jackson, disobey stop sign, $7.50 fine. suspended. Robert Riddle trans- $30 fine. S5.00 suspended. 1 1. School Lunch Menus Presented Through Courtesy of Heppner Branch FIRST 1 NATIONAL Li BANK or oaiftM' Heppner Elementary and High Schools Monday. Jan. 19 Spanish Rice, celery and cheese sticks, peas, French bread, ice cream, milk. Tuesday. Jan. 20 Hamburger, potato salad, soup, pickles, po tato chips, fresh fruit, milk. Wednesday, Jan. 21 Beans and ham, wheat rolls, spinach, fruit Jell-O, cobbler, milk. Thursday, Jan. 23 Beef stew with vegetables, rolls, vegetable salad, pudding with topping, milk. Friday. Jan. 23 Toasted cheese sandwiches, tomato soup. Waldorf salad, berry cobbler, milk. missionary in Formosa. Willis Winnard, Nor ton Winnard. Anderson Hayes, who lives at Hotel Heppner. Max Rogers. Henry Aiken, Har ry Groshen, Merle Perry. Charlie Wattenburg er, Loa Briggs (Taylor). Emile Groshens. Min nie Winters. Earl Gordon, Elverda Winnard. Isabelle Wilson who later married Vawter Crawford, Blanche Akers (Barlow). WiUetta Barratt Dessa Devin. Back row: the teacher. Miss Hazel Faucett, Mildred Zehrung. Mabel Wilcox (Roundy). Blanche Minor. Neva Hayes. Hanna Wilson (Jones). Norma Frederick (Lee). Florence Ralston. (Two boys standing on the right of the picture have been Identified by Ed LaTrace as La Monte Slocum and Ed La-Trace). Mrs. Driscoll Gives Violet Care Mrs. James Driscoll gave pointers on care of African vio lets at the meeting of the Hepp ner Garden Club Tuesday eve ning. The group met at the Neighborhood House. She recommended Blossom Booster for any houseplant as soon as buds appear. She ad vises adding fertilizer to the vio lets at least once a month. New violets are propagated from leaf rootings. It takes about 8 months from leaf to bloom. The leaf should be cut with a sharp knife and then left on the counter 2 or 3 hours to hard en before being placed in wa ter to start rooting, preieraoiy in colored glass containers. The Dottine mixture sne uses is made up of sand, peat moss, Black Magic and sterilized oin. A tin on sterilizing dirt tnai she passed on to the group is to heat the dirt for degrees for 1 hour. Set it aside for 2 weeks hefore usiner it. Stir it every day and add boiled wa ter if it gets dry. In Dottine she prefers foam cups. If she uses a tea cup or other container without drain age, she recommends using charcoal in the bottom. Violets thrive on winter sun shine but no sun from April to November because they sun burn easily. Bill Rawlins, president an nounced the next meeting would be the 2nd Monday of Febru ary. Members and those inter ested are to watch ,the paper for the program. Ed Hunt of Lexington had surgery Friday at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. This is his third operation for hernia. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD HEPPNER HIGH BASKETBALL Jan. 16, Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock Jan. 17, DeSales at Walla Walla Jan. 20. BMCC JVs at Hepp ner IONE GARDEN CLUB Feb. 11, 10:00 a.m. Potluck 12:00 Pruning demonstration by Tom Zinn of Condon, 1:00 Public invited. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. a Box 247 FH. S7S-962S If no answer call Ray Boyce. 676 5384 DOT'S JOTS Clara Klncald says she likes her grandson's whiskers. Lind say Kincaid is sporting a full beard as the result of some weird statement about a certain football team winning a cer tain game! Anyway his whiskers remind his grandmother of an Incident that occurred on the old Mason homestead on Rhea Creek. This gentleman who had a full beard had stopped at the ranch and was staying for supper. Clara was Just a little girl and her mother had asked her to put the chairs up to the ta ble. It was about the time the gentleman got up from his chair to get a live coal from the fire place to light his pipe that Clara took his chair to the ta ble. He sat down ... on the floor. She Just chuckled as she told it! What a lovely library. Made my first visit Monday evening. Time was when that would have been the first place we'd go. If Charlie has a hobby, it's reading. Don and Judy must have inherited his love for read in?. One time I remember when they were both home for spring vacation, I was busy getting breakfast and Don was reading In his favorite chair. Judy got up and said, "I thought I'd get up early and talk to Don but how do you talk to a book?" Then she turned to me "Mother you should know you've been married to one for 22 years"! Now I've been married to the same "book" for 32 years and I still don't know! Engagement Announced A Christmas Day family din ner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Bardenhagen was the occasion for announcement of the betrothal of their daugh ter, Vicki, to Steve Wagenblast, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wag enblast of Lexington. The bride-elect, a 1969 grad uate of Sherman High School, attended Oregon State Univer sity and is currently enrolled at Blue Mountain Community Col lege. Mr. Wagenblast also at tended OSU and BMCC. No wed ding date has been set. Senator Jemstedt will make a report on legislative matters next Monday at the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Wagon Wheel. ; OTDCE Personal property taxpayers are re quired to file a return of taxable prop erty as of January 1 1970 with the Assessor on or before March 3, 1970. A penalty is provided for late filing. Inventory owners (including all livestock) will again be eligible for some reduction of property tax this year if the return is filed on time. The law does not permit the Assessor to allow the reduction in inventory value for tax relief under certain circumstan ces when the personal property report is not accurately reported or is filed after March 3. IMPORTANT NOTICE FTJTURE PENALTY PROVISIONS The 1969 Legislat ure amended ORS 308.295 (Late Filing Penalty Law), to provide: The Penalty for late filing (After March 3) of Personal Property Returns shall be SI for each $1X100 (or Fraction) of True Cash Value but not less than S10 or more than $250. Any person who has not had an op portunity to report by mail or personal contact may obtain the forms at the office of the assessor. Time is getting short. ORS 308.290 makes it the responsibility of the tax payer to file these reports on time or incur the penalty provided by law. JOYCE RITCH Special Assessor Morrow County Bridge Club Holds Up-Side Down Party The Lexington Bridge . Club met on Thursday evening f " i,.iullni nartv and for highs and lows to be entertaiTT ed by the middle scores as pay off. Mrs. Bob Davidson, Mrs. Mervin Leonard, Mrs. Elden Padberg and Mrs. Dean Hunt were hostesses. Thn nrmin met at the homo of Mrs. Davidson where refresh ments were served at the ne plnninff of the evening. Tally cards and table numbers were drawn and the ladies were in formed then where they would be playing. Table one met at the Pad berg home, table two at the Leonard home and table 3 at the Davidson home, with the la dies having to walk from table to table. All report a very good time, but play stopped after five progressions due to weather conditions. Attending besides the host esses were Mrs. Lester Cox, Mrs. C. C. Carmichael, Mrs. Gene Cutsforth, Mrs. John Ledbetter, Mrs. Inez Huffman, Mrs. Bob Jepsen, Mrs. Sadie Parrish and Mrs. Art Watkins. Prizes were given to Mrs. Cox, winning high but receiving low, Mrs. Huffman, winning low and re ceiving high and Mrs. Jepsen, second high and receiving a low. Square Dance Group Adopts Name Kinzua square dancing group was formed the first of Decem ber with 8 couples having now completed 4 lessons of instruc tion. At last Saturday night's get-to-gether the name "Kinzua Mountaineers" was chosen and Marvin Saddler was elected as President, Earl Norris Vice President and Lavina Conner, Secretary-Treasurer. Anyone in terested in Joining this group contact one of its members. The clubs purpose is to have fun. The Snappy Snippers met at the Tews home on Dec. 15. We made Christmas cards and tree ornaments to be given to the nursing home and hospital pa tients. On Dec. 17 we were join ed by Mrs. McCabe's club; to gether we visited the hospital and nursing home patients and sang carols to them. We met on Jan. 6 at the Tews home. We continued working and practiced sewing on but tons. Carol McElligott, reporter