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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday February 26, 1870
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon 9783S
Phone 676-8228
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1883. The Heppner
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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.
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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
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Heppner
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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.
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astern Oregon
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