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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday February 26, 1870 tup ..C-4 HEPFNEH GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 9783S Phone 676-8228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1883. The Heppner rimes estaniisnea novemoer jo, iom. wuiwiiuoi 1!)12. MFMBERS OF NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSN. AND OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSN. CHARLIE & DOROTHY HEARD. Editor & PubUhen ARNOLD RAYMOND, REGGIE PASCAL Plant f oreman Linotype Operator ALICE VANCE DALE COOPER News Pressman Subscription Rates: $5.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Mailed Single lopies 15 CYrts in Advance.; Minimum Billing 50 cents. PubllsheJ r.vcrv Thur'.ay ana tnierea ai me i osi umce ai ikiwi u"s"i as second iiass Aiauer. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Monday through Friday 9 am. null noon Saturday. Mystery Solved Countless millions of U. S. citizens can recall when, as children, their first act of the school day was to pledge alleg iance to the American flag and to the nation for which it stands. Apparently, even this simple patriotic gesture, re quiring a minimum sacrifice of comfort or time on the part of the youthful Individual, is to bo gradually eliminated as part of the educational process. A press item from New York reports that as a result of two 12-year-old girls challenging the requirement of pledging allegiance to the flag, court action has led to a recommenda tion to principals of New York's 63 high schools that they suspend the practice. If the principals follow the recommen dation, It will mean that about 240,000 New York High School students will no longer be asked or required to stand up and commit themselves to the responsibility of supporting the flag of their nation. Instances like this should clear up the mys tery of why lawlessness and lack of respect for persons or property is swamping court dockets and overwhelming police and law enforcement agencies. Guess We're Old Fashioned Mr. W. Donham Crawford, vice president and managing director of the Edison Electric Institute, spoke recently on the topic "Environment for Electric Growth." In the talk, Mr. Crawford made two rather startling statements concern ing nuclear power plants: 1. "A person getting all his drink ing water for an indefinite period from the discharge canal of a nuclear power plant would be getting less than l1000th of the natural radiation present everywhere, whether there are nuclear plants around or not. 2. An individual would be exposed to more radiation by moving to Denver, or any other mile-high city, than by moving next door to a nuclear power plant." Looks like we have much more important things to worry about, doesn't it? Future of the Vo-Ag Program The Vocational Ag program started in 1917 with the Smith-Hughes Act provided federal funds specifically for vo cational agriculture programs In high schools. These varied programs go from public speaking and par liamentary procedure to every facet of agriculture used about the farm. There's farm accounting procedures, every kind of livestock growing, crops, water uses, to designing and con structlon of farm equipment and mechanical repairs. Their contests are numberless. In a Parliamentary Pro cedure contest, the amendments to the amendment come so thick and fast the audience is bewildered but the members of the team are not. Public Speaking with Its accompanying skills of develop ing vocabulary, an awareness of the processes of thinking, organization of thoughts added to the development of poise, is something the boys will use all the rest of their lives no matter what the field of endeavor will be. He learns to meet people. There's the Shop Skill contest. In 19C8, the Heppner team won first in rafter cutting, second in advanced arc welding and third In tractor driving. There's livestock and soil judging. More, not less Vocational Education is needed. Parents and teachers need to be educated to the fact that college isn't for everyone and we need more comprehensive programs of vocational and technical education. A broader outlook in oc cupational education will not diminish the role of the Vo cational Ag courses. ... The 1968 amendments to the Vocational Educational Act of 1963 which went into effect this year directs the states to write their own vocational programs to match payroll oppor tunities. Vo-Ag has set the pace with its long and success ful experience at training boys for woik in the practical world. Where will the Jobs be in the next five years in Morrow County? , - , . . What vocational training programs can be developed that will keep young people here? Will the burst of agricultural activity in the north end provide enough types of occupations that would warrant broad er occupational training In our high schools? Food processing plants? Nuclear power plants? When the leaders have the answers to these questions, they'll know where to put the money. According to a recent article in the Farm Journal, "Each state board of vocational education will earmark the share for agriculture". "Federal officials will review state plans and insist that the money goes where the jobs are. Right now. only a fourth of the nation's vo-ag students go into farming, half into agri Bill Barratt Heads Bank William F, Barratt is elected president of the Federal Inter mediate Credit Bank of Spokane, effective March 1. Following five years of serv ice on the Spokane District Farm Credit Board, Mr. Barratt came to the bank as assistant to the president In December, 1964. He is a native of Heppner, and a graduate of Oregon State Uni versity with a degree in Agri cultural Economics. Following military service Barratt return ed to eastern Oregon and en tered the sheep and cattle busi ness, Including feed-lot opera tions and other business enter prises. He was elected Sr. Vice President of the FCIB In 1967. In 1969, the Federal Intermed iate Credit Bank supplied over $500 million of wholesale mon ey to 30 production credit asso ciations located in Idaho, Mon tana, Oregon and Washington. The PC As make short and in termediate term loans to farm ers and ranchers. Fiesta Bowl Team Fiesta Bowl Heppner Lbr. Co. Brlstow's Market Heppner Nor-Gas Parrlsh Garage Masons City League Won Last 1 2 3 4 7 7 Hieh lnd. Game Doug Du buque. 230; High lnd. Series Doug Dubuque, 577; High Team Game Heppner Lbr. Co., iuof, High Team Series Heppner Lbr Co.. 3022. Koffe Kup Kegler Team Won Lost Team 6 12 4 Team 2 10 6 Team 5 9 7 Team 3 64 94 Team 4 54 104 Team 1 5 11 High lnd. Game Suzanne Jepsen. 195; High lnd. Series Phyllis Cole. 4iS; High Team Game Team 6, 579; High Team Series Team 6, 1615. Ponderings By W. S. CAVERHILL Lawmen B Carefull Be careful of the rights of per sons you wit.ii to arrest, we hav cencrated so mic-h tyn- pathy for wrong doe s nnd wrap ued so much red tape around our policemen that any tinh:rn autMW who has had a lew hours practice with a toy pistol can beat one to 'The draw" nnd get away with It. ir a policeman calls, "Stop Thief," in making an arrest, the court will likely release him 'for being accu e! without a trial.' If a man Is een leavinc a store at midnight with an armful of groceries, an investigation should be made before apprehending him. It may he the fellow was shop ping lato In an emerpenev to feed his starving children and as left a list of supplies and Is credit card on the ciuner inside. Should 18-yr. Olds Be Given The Right to Vote? From an emotional viewpoint, yes. From a practical stand point, it is questionable. In the first place, not many at that age are concerned about it, nor are they willing to assume the financial responsibilities that should go with it. Since regular elections in Oregon come in May and November, the time to vote would find them enrolled in col lege as freshmen. Most of them far from their home precincts and smothered and confused by their upper classmates. If the recent disturbances on some campuses Is to be the pattern of the future, the 18-year olds should be spared the ordeal of becoming a responsible voter in that atmosphere. 4, i' - ' 4 SSgt PAT H. WONSER. Heppner. a tank commander with Com pany "M". 3d Squadron. 163d Armored Cavalry, Oregon Army National Guard, of Bend and Redmond, is inspected by the Squadron Commander, during a recent command inspection of the unit. Last year the company was awarded the Eisenhowei Trophy as the outstanding National Guard unit in the slate in 1969. Sgt Wonser commutes to drills at Redmond one week end a month. (National Guard Photo). The Rhea Creek 4-H Livestock club held its fourth meeting Feb. 15 at the Rhea Creek Grange hall. The meeting was called to order by vice president Peggy Schlichting. MarK bennen ting led us in the pledges. We talked about feed records and when you should have your animals on feed. Lambs, June 1, 100 lb.; Steers, May 1, 1000 lb. Mark Schlichtinc and Kevin Haguewood will give reports the next meeting, March 15. Sheryl Massey, reporter LETTERS rofflE EDITOR Feb. 16, 1970 1 Dear Editors Mercy W m lone Livestock Club met Feb. 22 at the home of John Eks trom. The meeting began at 2:30. We gave a dollar to our leader for some paint for some signs. Our leader told about demonstrations at Heppner. Skye Krebs, Bill Tews and Glen Griffith told about the meeting at Gooseberry. The meeting ad journed at 2:45, then John Eks trom gave a demonstration on judging animals. We played some games and sang songs and had refreshments. Richard Keene, reporter lone, of Mr. Charles E. Heard, Editor The Gazette-Times P. O. Box 337 Heppner, Oregon 97836 Dear Charlie: Thank vou for your recent let ter requesting the status of the of the area would benefit great ly from the flood control, irri gation and recreation provided by the project, and I have strongly supported its construction. In 1965. almost immediately following completion of a feas ibility study by the corps oi tn eineers. the Willow Creek proj ect was authorized by Congress. As I am sure you know, Con gressional aPDroiiriations for such projects are based primar ily upon the budget requests of the President. It is unusual for Congress to appropriate funds for a new Droiect in the absence of such an executive department request because oi the workload capacity of the various Corps of Engineers district offices and other factors. Following the au thorization of the Willow Creek Droiect. I conesistentlv urged the Corps of Engineers and the Bur eau of the Budget to include appropriations in their annual budgets. This has not been done. In spite of this handicap, I have, at every opportunity, encouraged members of the IloUstf Appropri ations Committee to allocate .h.S necessary funds. Unfortun ately, the heavy backlog of au thorized and unfunded projects and the fiscal pressures of the oast several years have made the Committee reluctant to fund new projects not included In the budget. I am fully satisfied that the Willow Creek project will be built, and I personally believe that if it were not for the budgetary problems created by the Vietnam war, it would be well on Its way to completion. President Nixon's budget pend ing before Congress does not contain a reouest for advance planning and design for Willow Creek, and I intend to testily again before the Appropriations Committee In support of the needed funds. I hope the present budget crisis will have eased sufficiently bv that time so that the committee will approve new starts on tnis ana a numDer oi other vitally needed water re source projects. You may be sure of my con tinued active support for the Willow Creek project. Best personal regards to you and your wife. Sincerely, Al Ullman, M. C. The Griffins, formerly of live at Beaverton. Frances is the daughter Percy Cox. Norman was a prisoner of I tiro, aftar fho fall rf CrtrrncriAnr more people take the , , k t the p I Office They are parents of four children and 5 grandchildren. Gazette-Times! I got another telephone call, this one from Neva Bleakman Schlief. Her father was Bert Bleakman, a wheatgrower in the Hardman area. Coming to Hennner. Neva worked at moved to Hermiston and from there to Portland where she has lived since 1961. For a time she worked in grocery stores, among them the large Safeway in Lloyd Center. She attended Mt. Hood Com munity college nights for two years and now has a responsi ble position as bookkeeper. She nurchased a Mobile Home and has it located near Gresh am where there are 120 others. This is a deluxe mobile home site with post office and also has a nice swimming pool. It is on Division street and 130th. Slip nrofesses being very hap py in Portland and enjoys much better health than east of the mountains. She sometimes sees Mr. We- meyer, one time iorester living in Heppner with his family, bhe says he seems in very gooa health. Sincerely, Josephine Mahoney Baker Tel. 226-4911 Portland 97201 P. S. I've had a busy day at me office. This evening Mrs. Nor man Griffin (Frances Cox) can ed for Leta Thomas' address. School Lunch Menus Presented Through Courtesy of Heppner Branch FIRST NATIONAL B ANIC Or 0REG0K Heppner Elementary and High Schools Monday, March 2 Spaghetti, vegetable salad. French bread, fruit crisp, milk. Tuesriav. March 3 White beans and ham, celery and car rot sticks, corn bread, ouiier, honey, berry cobbler, milk. Wprfruvsrtav. March 4 Sloppy Joe, homemade bun, corn, Jell- O vegetable salad, fresn iruu. milk. Thursday, March 5 Rice, meat gravy, green beans. Hot rolls, butter, chocolate cake ap ricots, milk. Friday, March 6 Vegetaoie soup, peanut butter sana lin es, fruit salad, cheese sticks, frosted graham cracker, milk. Dear Sirs: Please send me 3 copies of No. 52 Feb. 19 issues of your paper. Interesting article on the Jim West sheep operation. Thank you, (Mrs.) A. A. West (Jim's mother) Arlington, Ore. P.S. And a good paper! CHUCK WAGON We like a man who comes right out and says what he thinks when he agrees with us! Granpa was really upset He thought the ferment on campus he had been reading about meant the students were mak ing homebrew. Our family was sitting down to dinner when a young lady turned to hoi father and asked: "Why can't we say grace once a week? Why do you have to ask for daily bread every day?" Looking up- at her in disgust, her younger brother said: "Do you think we want stale bread?" We enjoyed getting ourselves invited to a potluck picnic up at the Earl Blake development snnHav The dav was gorgeous and kind of amazing for Feb- ninrv The scent of nine ana other evergreens was most pleas ant. Howard Keithlev and his dau ghter, Jeri, were up to their for some firewood. Their pickup got stuck in the mud in a ift nlaee in the roaa wnere plwtrie cable had been buried. wpII sir. Mr. Blake went up there to extricate him and his pickup, too, got mired down. You never saw anything sink as fast tin luce it's a dollar bill.) Okav. so Judge Carmichael brings up the reserves In the form of his pickkup. Yep, you're right another hole was filled. Before, after and during this time there was good natured hanrer. some small bets and inhhini? Eroine on. Gene Fergu son was helping with various phases of the work. Mostly, it involved a lot of placing jacks in the right spot, and pumping . .. i : a. for all you re wortn, placing iu tie logs under the wheels, ever green boughs and sticks in the path you hope to follow. Eventually, all the pickups were brought back to camp ex cept for Howard's and it was ex pected to be moved Monday morning. We enjoyed seeing the folks work together as neigh bors in this fine county. We enjoyed that potluck, too. Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Ferguson, Vir ginia Meek (visiting the Fergu sons), Mrs. Carmichael and Dor othy prepared a wonderful pic nic. Too, we enjoyed seeing this nice development out there in the woods. Some of the folks use their places year 'round. And we sure don't blame 'em. Student Receives Navy Honors Conservation student John F. Cole, MM1 U. S. Navy, La Grande, Is one of our many students in the Armed Forces. He has earned numerous service awards. His list includes a Viet nam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Nat ional Defense Medal, Unit Cita tion USS Enterprise CVAN-65, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and Good Conduct Medal. He has completed a course with the North American School of Con servation with a CPA of 3.897 and graduation with honors. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Cole of La Grande, and is a graduate of Heppner High School. Gazette-Times want ads pay. ' Phone 676-9228 for G-T want aa service. Matt Rasmussen, age 4. asked his dad "Why do hippies have long hair?" Mr. Rasmussen said "I don't really know." Matt answered "To scratch their backs." COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Does anyone in Morrow Coun ty know where the American Red Cross charter is? The char ter has been missing for some time and the local chapter has thought it would be nice to place it in the museum when it is located. DISTRICT MEETING Ruth Chapter and Locust Chapter OES March 9 Masonic Hall COLUMBIA BASIN BRITTANY DOG CLUB Field Trials March 1 Bombing Range Road 9:00 a.m. HEPPNER HIGH BASKETBALL Feb. 28, Sherman Co. at Moro MORROW CO. GEM and MINERAL SOCIETY Feb. 28, 7:30 McMurtry Building HHS SENIOR CLASS PLAY "You Can't Take It With You" Feb. 26-27 PIE SALE Jaycee Wives Traveling Pie Sale Friday, Feb. 27 For Orders Call 676-9258 or 676-5813 SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 If no answer call Ray Boyce. 676-5384 Heppner Me Wffij Plan to Attend The Heppner High School Play "You Curt Yei" Thurs. and Friday, February 26 and 27 HIGH SCHOOL CAFETORIUM Curtain Time - 8:00 P. M. ADMISSION: $ 5Q PER PERSON THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED BY TOUR HOME-OWNED BANK AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE ANK OF astern Oregon wrPPNEB ICNE ARLINGTON MEMBER. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION il
