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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. June 18. 1970 THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Oreqon 97836 Phone 676-9228 MOHROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPEH i-r Gazette cstablis-hed March 30. 1S83. The Heppner 1 -hi-d November 18. lf-97. Consolidated February 15. I i I', ft I 1. a:.i vj.ms of national newspaper assn. and V'.r.i N NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSN. CHARLIE & DOROTHY HEARD, Editors & Publishers ,J KAVMOND. REGGIE PASCAL :.i 1 1 .- man Linotype Operator va.w k tin ulatlon Subscription Rates: S5 00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Mailed SinEl Copies 15 Cents In Advance.; Minimum Billing 50 cents. Publlsnej Every Tliur-day and Entered at the Post Office at Hcppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. mill noon Saturday. LETTERS10 EDITOR June 7, 1970 Dear Editors: "A timely value on The Epl sikh- ol llll ll-pIUT fiuuil Ol June 11. J!i3 U the two docu mcnts available In your office for 25c. The 1st one encompass es pictorial review of damage and casualty lists and 2nd copy tells the Mory a a resident and witness fhw and felt It a un ique and remarkable disclosure." Vuirs truly. Cl.ilr H. Cox. Realtor 127 Nlth. Corvullis Flag Day vs. Cctv.munism Flag Day was a good liay to stop and read the Commu nist Rules for revolutiuii as found in May of 1919 at Dusscl dorf, Germany. As you reaJ, stop after each item and think about the present day situation. Nearly 50 years later the Reds are still following the rules: 1. Corrupt the your.j, net them interested in sex. Make them supt ificlal; destroy their ruggedness. 2. Get control of all means of publicity, thereby get peo ple's mind off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books and plays and other trivialities. 3. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance. 4. Destroy the people's faith In their natural leaders by holding them up to contempt and ridicule. 5. Always preach true democracy but seize power as fast and as ruthless as possible. 6. By encouraging government extravagance, destroy its credit produce fear of inflation with rising prices and general discontent. 7. Promote unnecessary strikes in vital industries, encour age civil disorders and foster a lenient and soft attitude on the part of the government toward such disorders. 8. By specious argument cause breakdown of the moral virtues, honesty, sobriety, continence, faith in the pledged word. 9. Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext, with a view to confiscating them and leaving the population helpless. How many of these rules are being carried out in this nation today? Better Luck Next Time A new School tax base has been bandied about for a good many years and like a lot of things was just talk until this spring when the School Board members decided to go to the people. None of them were very hopeful that the measure would pass. The present tax base is the same base that the Heppner district was operating on at the time of consolidation into the County Unit so it is plain to see that the present base is far from being realistic. Not having to pay for an election every year would be a considerable saving to the district in itself. Not being able to increase the budget by more than 6 without a vote of the people is a safeguard built into the State Constitution. There is much satisfaction in seeing the heavy yes vote in Boardman 79 to 47 and the very near even vote at Irrigon 70 to 74. Other precincts vote: lone 78 yes and 150 No. Heppner 298 yes and 344 No. Lexington 46 yes and 94 No. Hardman 4 yes and 18 no. Numerous rumors have gone the rounds as to why it didn't pass: It is said that one individual in Heppner was saying that the base was too high by using this year's base because there was a big item in the budget for improvements at the Hepp ner Elementary School. These improvements at the Elementary School are long over due and some part of a long-range plan to update the building Is being done each year. This will of necessity be In the budget each year for a number of years. Others hearkened to the past when former administrators weren"t careful in budget preparation. The public is more than welcome to attend all school budget meetings. Questions will be fully and sincerely ans wered under the present administration. Undoubtedly the new tax base question will come up again. TO THE EDITORS Anent "The Consumer's Lament" Just in case there are quite a few Gazette-Times readers who were born several years after World War I and the ear ly days of Prohibition. I take the liberty of adding some com ments on The Consumer's La ment, cs published in the most recent issue of your excellent newspaper. The "Farewell was composed by the late Arthur "The Baron" Currier, who for a number of service as a real estate broker and we doubt If there is anoth cr In the state of such service You are correct In that your service has been honorable as our files contain no derogatory Information during your forty years or licensing. very truly yours, JOHN E. BLACK Real Estate Commissioner Fred H. Layman, Assistant Mrs. D. McDaniel Heppner, Oregon Dear Mrs. McDaniel: Thank you for your card in quiring about collet-ting Betty Crocker coupons so that we may- obtain an artificial kidney ma chine for one of our patients. We are trying to appoint chairmen in each Oregon coun ty to collect them. We do not have a chairman for Morrow county yet Lntil that time, please send years was an ardent admirer of .?,, T . , T lu John Barleycorn, and was also "' V!1 5!i"Jychf.V: it," r,t tha fill- I nt-er, iJ3 O. v. llll, Jaycees Donate Slide at Park ... MORROW COUNTY JAYCEES gathered recently for a work day and chuck steak barbecue at CuUforth Parte. The lads aonatea and erected a stainless steel slide that Is 12 ft long and 8 ft high. or.lener though unofneiaii ndlcton Oregon 97801 . designated. ank ou ver' mucn toT The "Comet Hotel Press" was ntip' . , your REMEMBER THIS? REMINISCE! i FIFTY YEARS AGO June 17. 1920 Announcement of the mar riage of Walter Emmctt Moore, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Heppner, to Miss Georgia Marie, daughter of George Loughney of Tacoma, has been received by friends In this city. Nothing finer anywhere will be found than the glass mar ble floor which is now being laid in the lobby of Heppner's new $100,000 hotel. Dr. R. J. Vaughan of Heppner and his brother, S. C. Vaughan of Baker have purchased 960 ac res of fine wheat land consisting of the Tilman Hogue and Akers estate ranch situated on upper Gooseberry. family are moving into the Claude Coats residence at the corner of Willow and Gale streets this week. The property was recently purchased from Mr. Coats by Mrs. Ellen Buse-ick. Sincerely, George Wann Public Relations Director Kidney Association of Oregon Pioneer Ponderings entirely fictional as such, al though there was a "Comet Ho tel" and its sole occupant was Baron Currier. The "hotel" was an old wooden building which stood where the business office of the Gazette-Times is today and was next door to the old Em and Em saloon and its ad joining rooming house of Molly Reed. Mr. Currier even engaged a sign painter to emblazon "The Comet", a name derived, he said, because of its adjacent surroundings. Baron Currier composed many poems during his years in Hepp ner and if he thought them good enough he would have the G-T print them on slips of pa per and sold them for as much as fifty cents per copy. In his last vears Mr. Currier was a teetotaler largely because of his I The Time for Decisions doctor's advice. Death camel This Is the time of the year quietly in his little cottage! where decisions are due on which was on premises of the! plans for weekend trips and va present-day Morrow County cations. Eastern Oregon offers Creamery Co. He had been fore- plenty of opportunities within ed to move from 'The Comet"! easy driving range, on roads when the structure was torn that are being constantly im down to make way for the new I proved. They should be placed office of the Telephone Compa-jon your agenda. Remember that By W. S. CAVERHILL CHUCK WAGON Heppner's 7th annual Side walk Bazaar will be an event of July 17 & 18 here. There will be free parking both days. Clubs wishing to have spots for their entries are asked to please con tact Guiy Albert at Penney's or Marge or LeRoy Gardner at Gardner's here. The annual Sidewalk Bazaar is one of Heppner's busiest week ends each year. Everyone is cor dially invited to come and have fun, meet your friends and en Joy life. Eskimo Lover "What would you say if I told you I had come a hundred miles through Ice and snow with my dog team, Just to tell you I love you?" Eskimo Sweetie "I'd say that was a lot of mush." lone Lions Club claim they clobbered the Morrow County Jaycees Sunday in a softball game 6-4. We understand the Jaycees are quite upset by the injustice of it all and have de manded a rematch sometime In the future. (Something good comes out of every tragedy, it has been said. So the proceeds go to Meadowood Speech Camp.) Since school's out Greg Green says things are really picking up. ny. Art Crawford 4852 Kingston Way San Jose, Calif. 95130 every dollar you spend In East em Oregon stimulates the reg ional economy. This article is prompted by a remark of a lo cal citizen who was being urged to join a tour to Honolulu. "Hell, I haven t seen all of Oregon yet." Folks who attended the annu al Rose Festival Parade on Sat urday tell us the Morrow Coun ty Fair and Rodeo royal court made a big hit there. BMCC Library About Frank Frank W. Turner 183 N. Main Street Heppner, Oregon 97836 Dear Mr. Turner: Thank you for your very nice letter of May 29 in which you The Blue Mountain Communi express appreciation for the as- ty College library will remain sistance given you Dy inis uiv-iopen during the summer ision. months, according to Mrs. Mary You are to be compnmentea Bates, librarian. on your long and very active The public is welcome to util ize the library. Hours of oper ation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. week days starting June 15. The library will be closed evenings and weekends. PROPERTY n FAX 'd&L. Congratulations to the FFA members, Bill Greenup, Greg Greenup and Rick Drake who won 3rd in Meat Judging out of 20 teams at The Dalles an nual Wheat League sponsored show last week. And of course Bill Greenup took grand cham pion with his fine Angus steer; he also came home with the Western States Auxiliary Angus Award. So, now you know why Hal Whltaker smiles so broadly. More details on this in the lone news column. "One a friend of mine and I agreed that it would be help ful for each of us to tell the other all our faults." "How did it work?" "We haven't spoken for five years. We never bad the pleasure of meeting Josephine Mahoney Ba ker but have enjoyed having letters from her. In recent weeks we have missed them. Her bro ther-in-law, Phil Mahoney, tells us she had the flu and now has suffered from muscle fatigue. She is in Lovejoy Rehabilita tion Hospital, 933 N. W. 25th St., Portland, Ore. She is a na tive of Heppner and will enjoy hearing from friends. The Lake Penland dam proj ect hit a snag Monday night. Bids were opened for construe tion of the recreation dam and all bids were rejected as too high. Board of directors of the group will ask their engineers to re evaluate the specifications to see what can be done to get the project built within their budget. Fiesta Bowl CITY LEAGUE Bowl off for first place be tween Heppner Lumber Co. and Bristow's Market was won by Bristow's Market. Trophies were won by: High Average Don Ball, 157. High Series Doug Dubuque, 577. High Game Dave Hanna, 233. High Series with Handicap Ron Gray, 661. High Game with Handicap- Floyd Borman, 255. Most Improved Bowler Dave Hanna, 25. High Team scores for the sea son were: Game Heppner Lumber Co., 1085. Series Heppner Lumber Co., 3068. Wranglers Ready To Ride June 20 Plans are completed for the annual Wranclers overnlcht I ride. All that U lacking is more people to participate and enjoy tho outing. This year the riders will camp at the John Campbell place, which is perhaps better known as the Roy Robinson plttfe. This Is a good camp spot with corrals and barns in a nice meadow and is an easy drive for those who do not wish to ride. To get there turn right on the Kinzua wad, off the Hepp. ner-Spray highway, turn in at the white gate and about a roilo past the gate Ls the camp spot. Every one wno is riding is asked to meet at Anson Wright park at 11:00 a.m. Saturday and go in a group to begin the ride. Jack and wiima Mcnmpcny will be the cooks and have lots of good food ready with a big turkey dinner planned for Sun day. The only cost is for meals and tickets should be purchased in advance. Be sure to bring warm clothing and bedding and your horse. Anyone Interested Is invited and welcome. It ls not limited to Wrangler members. Primary Library Open The Primary Library at the Heppner Elementary School will be open Tuesdays and Thurs days from 9 a.m. until noon be ginning June 16 until Aug. 20. Mrs. Frieda Slocum Is In charge assisted by Peggy Taylor. ITS A BOY Mr. and Mrs. Louie Eng of Lexington announce the arrival of their first child, Louie Eng Jr. on June 1. He weighed 7 lb. 11 oz. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Papineau and great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Archie Nichols and Mrs. Betty Orwick, all of Lexington. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Alaska Bound QUESTION: Mobile Homes li censed more than 12 months. I own a mobile home and pur- Mrs. C. C. Chick and son, Charles, returned to their Hepp ner home last Thursday evening after spending three monthhs in southern California. Charles left on Tuesday for Eugene where he will attend the summer school session at the University of Oregon. ANSWER: REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS County Clerk Waters issued marriage licenses the past week to Lester Doolittle and Millie Rood and Ray M. Taylor and Loa Briggs. All are well known young people of Heppner. Permanent organization of Heppner Post No. 87 of the American Legion was effected last Saturday when about 26 ex servicemen met in the city coun oil chambers and elected officers and completed other detail work. H. E. Instone, Lena stockman, was a Tuesday visitor in this city. Mr. Instone says a heavy rain fell In the Lena section this week, which had the semblance of a young water spout. Rev. W. O. Livingstone andj Clyde R. Allstott and Jacquel ine M. AlLstott to Dolly A. All stott W 17 ft. 2" of Lot 2 Block 1 and E. 114 ft. Lot 3 Block 1 Looney's Addition to Heppner. Joseph D. Balfe and Veronica M. Balfe to Vernon Wilson and Lillv Wilson tract In Block 1 T. W. Ayers Fifth Addition to Heppner. Mathew Hughes to Joan Marie Hughes Lot 4 Block 2 Preston Looney's Addition to Heppner and other tracts in that addit ion. M. B. Gerking and Lillie D. Gerking to Betty A. Roach and Clark B. Gerking, equal shares. Tracts in Sees. 17 A 20 in Tp 4 NR 25. Mrs. Lvdia Wilson was in Heppner Friday to take care of some business and to visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Evangeline Fagerstrom of Watsonville, Calif., and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jeannette Fagerstrom, with her daughters, Merna, Laurlnda and Gail, of Denver, Colo, visited at the home chased a new license in March, of Mayor and Mrs. Chester Wilson, Saturday through Monday. 1970 that is good until March They were enroute to Juneau, Alaska to visit Mrs. E. Fagerstrom's 31. 1971. Last week an apprais- sons Kent and Ivar Fagerstrom, and their lammes. er came around from the county I Mrs. E. Fagerstrom, who is Mrs. Wilson's mother is a former assessor's office and Inlormed I Irrieon resident who first came to Irrigon with her parents, Mr. me that he would have to place and Mrs. L. A. Doble in 1908, and graduated from Milton-Freewa- mT mobile home on the assess- ter High School in 1916. She has visited Juneau a number of ment roll as required unaet l times in recent years and has learned to appreciate tne rugged ORS 30850. When will I first beauty of the land. This poem "The Land of the Mirnight Sun", have to pay taxes and will II was written by her. Ml mw4ft far 4h a lic-AnnA fo at- I ready paid? I The Land Of The Midnight Sun Some have gone for adventure and some have searched for gold; Some have basked in summer sun and some braved winter's cold. ORS 308.870 (2) provides that Some have avidly made the rounds, from scene to scene have run; In computing the value for the! But my heart knows that I shall return to the land of the mid- first vear of ad valorem assess-1 night sun. ment. the assessor shall reduce I Not for adventure or for gold, nor gatnenng priceless lore, the market value by a percent-(For to me the charm of the North is infinitely something more age equal to the number of How can you confine In words tne magic or me just begun : months in the first calendar! But my heart can say it has found it in the land of the midnight vear of assessment for which I sun. the mobile home is licensed un-1 Above and beyond the stillness of brooding peaks of white der the motor vehicle laws, div- Bright fingers of color beckon all thru tne starlit night; ided by 12. In your case the mo-1 Though men mav find no answer for the roar ot battle-gun bile home would be placed on My heart has found peace and promise in the land of the midnight the roll but the market value I sun. would be reduced to zero, inas-1 There's scarce a spot upon this earth, but wars and tumults rage; much as the home is licensed At the top of the world no conflicts sully it s clean white page. for a full 12 months in 1970, There God has left us a token or eternal Day to come; and the reduction by the statu- My heart sings a great thanksgiving for the land of the midnight torv formula is 100 percent I sun. However, no further reduction tvangeiine fagerstrom, ifoi. is permitted, although your reg istration extends into the sec ond year. ORS 308.870 (2) pro vides that the reduction is lim ited to "the first year of ad val orem assessment" 49 19 44 24 41 26 36 32 20 47 13 55 Final standings second half Team Won Lost Heppner Lbr. Co. Bristow's Fiesta Bowl Heppner Nor-Gas Parrish Garage Masons High Ind. Game Riley Munk ers, 211; High Ind. Series Riley MunKers, sua; High Team Game Fiesta Bowl, 1023; High Team Series Fiesta Bowl, 2885. Heppner Lumber Co. and Bris tow's, winner of the first half will bowl off for series winner. Earl Gilliam To Spokane Earl Gilliam went to Spo kane last week to visit his son and family, Mr. and Mrs. How ard Gilliam, Mary Jo and Paul. He attended Paul's graduation from high school. He rode up with Mr. and Mrs Earl Blake and then stayed for a 10-day visit. He returned to Heppner with his son and daughter-in-law, Bishop and Mrs. Jackson Gilliam and John of Missoula, Mont, who were go ing to Portland. KICK-OFF DANCE Morrow County Fair and Ro deo June 27, Music by Western Gentlemen IONE LIONS CLUB MOVIE July 37:30 "Brightly, the Grand Canyon" FIREWORKS DISPLAY Sponsored by lone American Legion July 3 HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1960 Ten Year reunion June 27, Wagon Wheel Cafe WILLOWS GRANGE June 20 Potluck dinner, 6:30 Meeting 8:00 FATHER OF THE YEAR Barbecue dinner June 20, 6:30 Fairgrounds SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. a Box 247 PH. 676-9623 If no answer call Ray Boyce, 676-5384 Heppotr 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 Mrs. Joyce Ritch, Morrow County Special Assessor, Box 742. Heppner, Orge. This ad paid for by Joyce Ritch, Special Assessor FLOWERS and PLANTS Permanent Arrangements For All Occasions WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS FOB TOTJ ANYWHERE Df UJSJL ELMA'S FLOWERS TEL. 676-9426 SELF-STICKING Made of Indoor-Outdoor Carpet 12" by 12" Squares Per Yd. 7 COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM Evans Lumber Yard Tel. 676-9254
