HEPPNEB GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. April 15. 19711
THE
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon 17838
Phone 678-8228
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! SUSAN BERGSTROM
Apprentice
A good looking 4-wbeel drive
word BISON on the license
plate. Yep you Guessed It
Wright' Country Store.
Don Heliker and Cliff Aldricb.
doing wme remodeling work on
the old Kelly place up Willow
Creek, now owned by Kenny
Cutsforth, brought us In some
real old newspapers.
The Pacific ChrLs! inn Advocate
weekly of Portland dated Mar.
Subscription Kates: $5.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Mailed Single T 18 WIHameHe i'.vv
Copies 15 Cents In AdVance.; Minimum Billing 50 cents. Publish J ' j , 1 UnJv!f"iS
as Second Class Matter.
students. There were 400 gradu
LETTERS TO EDITOR
raws m y m m m m m mm ' 1 muh " 1 W 'mlFevy ."T
Office Hours: 8 a m. to 6 p.m.. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. a,es.a?d had 30 ,eacncM- DaV
intil noon Saturday,
Air Force at Bomb Range
THE U. S. AIR FORCE and the V. S. Nary cooperated Monday of-
riaoon a special exercises 01 we U5AF. Big Air Force C141
board for young men was $150
per week. Ladies' board in Wom
en's college hall was $2.50 un
furnished mom, $3.50 with nice
ly furnished room.
Market report showed bacon
let earaa and troon carrier. r- f " -"1 ul " lu "i " cniCKens 4.W 10
ornia Nation, to m'ak. are ttmi?SZ !" wa?
nedv of the Port Commioim. irt- - .,.7i " . ... i. C. P". na Darreis.
exercise. Present to witness this at th Nov itnmKi I Tne Farm, Field and Stock-
near Boardmaa were Judge Paul Jones. Doc Shearer, Clarence men paper ot ScPx- 15 1888 at
Rosewall and Walter HnH. Tha hi I $1.50 a year advertised five
in. one at a time, over a specified course. A big bay in thelbrands of wlndm'". a great
aft part of the planes opened Its maw wide. Out nopoed a fair, i many klnds and 'VP08 o( fced
ly small parachute. This was followed bv a canister contain
ing a big chute that billowed out, carried a heavy pallet to
uiv jrauna. i am Dig. somewnat unwieldy appearing chutes
were about 120 feet in diameter. In the light breeze it took some
doing to control them, we thought From a distance the chutes
n the ground looked like circus tents. Apparently a small
charge shucks off the shroud lines, letting the chute crumple
on the ground. The chutes were then gathered up by A. F.
personnel and taken back to their bases. Those witneuina thl
gathered that it was a contest between nlanea and mruiia!
from different bases. The big planes are capable of baulina
wuo au uiuien ana au xneir equipment, we understood there
wouia oe otner exercises this week to involve some parachut
ists, too.
It's Great To
Yes It's great to have the Boy Scouts back in operation
again. The Scout committeemen chalrmaned by Marion Green,
Scoutmaster Dan McBride and assistant Scoutmaster Tom Wll-
. son hve devoted a lot of time to organization of the new troop
to assure Its Initial success.
Parents and friends are looking forward to their first In
. vestlture Ceremony.
Already they have responded to community needs when
called upon. A call to Scoutmaster McBride resulted in three
Scouts helping to dig the holes to plant the shrubs for the
Bird Sanctuary being developed at the Nursing Home.
Last Sunday, the boys were the only group to remember
. and do something about "Earth Day". They scoured roadsides
on either side of town gathering litter.
Heppner Is sure to hear more from this live wire group
and it will be Good!
Dogs and Spring
Spring Is fast approaching .and. along with the spring
weather comes the annual problem with dogs running at
large.
' Chief of Police calls attention to Ordinance No. 310 which
says in part: "It shall be unlawful for any dog to run at
large within the corporate limits of the City of Heppner and
is subject to impoundment." Ordinance No. 206 says, "It's
ur"lS'.Hl f?r an unlicensed dog V? run at large."
The sale of dog licenses has been dragging. County
Clerk Sadie Parrlsh notes that the penalty for late purchase
of licenses will go Into effect on May 1. After May 1 the li
cense for a female dog will be $4.00 and for the male dogs
$2.00.
" Persons may sign complaints at the City Hall for action
or if the name of the dog owner Is known the police will re
quest that the dog be kept under control.
The ordinance spells out the provisions for convictions
for violation of both ordinances: "Punished by a fine of not
less than $5.00 nor more than $50, or by imprisonment in
the city Jail for a period of not less than 2 days nor more
than 25 days or by both, such fine and Imprisonment In the
discretion of the court. ' . ... ...
i,,,. Heppner dogs all seem to have homes. The town is not
plagued with the problem of many towns where dogs are
dropped off from neighboring towns, and there are many dogs
without a home. Dog pounds are expensive to construct and
even more expensive to maintain. Destruction and disposal
of dogs poses a big problenj.
, So this is just a gentle reminder to keep an eye on our
dogs.' The flower beds are especially vulnerable right now.
God --Send Us Rattlesnakes!!
By DON W. JOHNSON
and roller mills, grinders, grist
mills, churns. Also advertised
were 2 strand barb wire fences,
eighty rods for $8.00; well drill
ing outfits, two kinds of saw
mills, baling and hay presses,
all kinds of wagons and bug
gies, many kinds of pianos and
organs. Some beautiful draft
horses were pictured in four ads
offering for sale Cleveland
Bays, Clydesdales, Engl i s h
Shires, Suffolks, Hackneys and
rrencn Coachers.
The Weekly Oregonian of
Jan. 18, 1889, offered double
breech loaders for $6.75, other
rifles at 2.25 and pistols for 75c.
Mustang liniments and other
remedies were featured.
Our thanks to Don and Cliff
for these old papers. They will
be given to the Morrow County
Museum,
The Dick Schlichting family
on upper Khea Creek has had a
real "goat explosion" up at
their place. Nine kids, only two
of them nannies.
k t in MM im .-.111
To the Editor:
Laurine Jones Hill, daughter
of Newt Jones. Pioneer family
of Heppner received most of her
education at Woodburn. After
her marriage to Clair Hill he
went Into service In World War
II. She worked In Salem at the
Capitol and also sold tickets at
a theater nights. When Clair re
turned from service he was very
111 and had to be hospitalized
for a long period of time. They
had one son, Gary, at this time.
wnen Clairs health returned
they decided he should go back
to school. Laurine worked to
help so he could finish at Har
ard.
They live at Oakland where
he is with the Safeway Stores,
being transportation buyer for
all of Safeway. Another son,
James, was born. After both
boys were In school Laurine de
cided it was time for her to get
her college education. She grad
uated from a Catholic college
that was nearby and later
taught In the grade schools in
Oakland, preferring the lower
grades so she could work with
the underprivileged children
. ... i' i mr J4
nor
We were sorry to hear that
good friend Phil Hiezins had
fallen and was painfully hurt.
He had been helping with the
work of cleaning up over at the
church. Phil has been in Pio
neer Memorial Hospital
Here's hoping he Is feeling
Detter. You can t keep a good
man down and he's really one
of the very best. (And everyone
here already knows that).
Every time we turn around
something new happens. As
Jackie Gleason would put it:
how sweet it is,"
We understand that on sever
al acreages In the north end
of Morrow will be sugar beets.
Is this a first time for this crop
here?
On on inside page this issue
is an ad by the Port of Morrow
explaining nuclear power plants.
The facts have been carefully
gathered for the County s Nu
clear Siting Committee. We
strongly urge everyone to please
read the ad.
Someone once snld that living
the Christian life was rather
like swimming upstream . . .
you have to keep at it or you
just drift right back down
stream. This seems to tell, the
Immediately they sent for the
preacher of "their" church and
asked him to pray for John. This
was his prayer. "O Wise and
righteous Father, we thank Thee
that in Thy wisdom Thou hast
Stcry of a great number of peg- sent thi? rattlesnake to bite
ji f J. I i . . , ti .
CIS In America today. TilGV
haven't really "quit the church ,
they haven't ceased to believe
In God and His great and won
derful love, nor have they re
jected Jesus Christ as their Sav
ior and Lord, but they have
seemed to have rather drifted
away downstream from that
close relationship they once had
with Him. They haven't willed
it to occur ... it just seems to
have happened.
God wants you restored to
that proper relationship with
Him for your own good. God
doesn't need you nearly so much
as you need Him. Sometimes
this restoration takes some
strange forms . . . such as the
following:
There was once a family of
wayward church members a
father and three sons (once ac
tive but now Indifferent). They
had been visited by the min
ister and others In the church;
everything within reason had
been done to restore them, but
all In vain. One day while they
were working, a large -rattlesnake
bit John. A doctor was
summoned and pronounced his
condition grave.
John In order to bring him to
his senses. He has not been in
side the church house in many
years, and it is doubtful that he
has in all time felt a real need
of prayer. Now we trust this will
be a valuable lesson to him and
that it will lead him to a gen
uine repentance. And now, O
WelL I have to help Dorothy
with her gardening. She assures
me its all very healthful. Boy,
my back sure feels healthy!
Ernie Winchester is cleaning
and painting Main Street store
fronts. The handsome facade of
the grocery store of Thomsons
Grocery Is being painted, This
building was erected by Henry
Heppner in 1892.
Dear Editor:
I hadn't seen Denny Jones
since he was 5 years old when
he called mo the other day from
the Imperial hotel and then
came up with his wife, Mildred,
whom I had never met.
Denny was born near lone in
1910, son of Gene and Ruth An
drews Jones. His grandparents
were Mr. and Mrs. James Jones,
pioneers of the Heppner district,
owning a ranch 2 miles up Wil
low creek,
Following the death of the
mother Gene, Denny, nd the
two other children, an older
brother and a wee sister, came
to our house. I remember my
mother, Rose Richardson, (Mrs.
W. A.) wanted to fix beds for
them but the kids all bawled
so and wanted to sleep with
Gene so that was the way it
was.
From Heppner they went to
Spray and Denny at the age of
9 started working in hay fields,
attending grade school during
the winters. I
He always loved horses as did
all of the Jones men so left
home at the age of 15 and rode
race horses, riding on tracks
from Vancouver, B. C. to Ti
Juana, Mexico.
He came to Malheur county
in 1928, working on the ranch
he now owns. He was married
to Mildred Altnow in 1930. They
have two children, Eugene.
lives on the ranch and is a
partner in the business operated
as D. E. Jones and Son, Inc.
This particular ranch has been
in the Jones family for five gen
erations. A daughter, Karen
Dinsmore, and her husband,
Dwight, operate two nursing
homes in Bend. She is a regis
tered nurse and is in director
of nursing.
Denny bought the ranch In
1949 after being in partners
with Jiim Jones who was the
son of Billie Jones.
There are about 400 acres in
cultivation, raising alfalfa, wild
meadow hay and corn for en
silage; 6500 acres in range and
ups and wheelbarrows. They
cannot drive trucks for wheat,
barley or peas.
In our farming operation we
have hired teenage boys and
girls to drive truck during har
vest. We have found them to
be well qualified and willing
to work.
In all fairness to our young
people, we adults must consid
er how we can best help them
mature properly. If eighteen
year olds are mature enough to
fight our wars and to vote, sure
ly they are ready to drive our
trucks. As parents and respon
sible members of the communi
ty, we are attempting to help
our young people learn that
work" Is required in this world
to acquire those things that we
desire. If there Is not work lor
them to do, how will they learn
this? We surely do not want
our teenagers to wain ine
streets and stay idle until they
are 21 years old. As adults may
be the vote of our youth Is
what we need to clean up the
rotten politics and get rid of
the bureaucrats.
A hearing will be held with
a special committee represent
ing nine major farm groups on
April 20 to discuss changes in
present and proposed rules coV'
erlng interstate operations of
farm trucks. Parents, chamber
of commerces, local farm organ
izations and other interested
people should write to their con
gressmen and to the Secretary
of Transportation, John Volpe, in
Washington, D. C. this week and
air their views.
Let each one of us demon
strate our good citizenship by
writing a letter expressing our
opposition to the regulations re
striding driving of trucks haul
ing farm products to market or
hauling farm supplies to those
21 years or older.
Sincerely,
Norman Nelson
PROPERTY TAX
FAX
If you have a question con
cerninu real or personal prop
erty please state all the facts
as briefly as possible and mail
Food for Thought
Remember when IHpi"
meant big in the hips. And a
"Trip" Involved travel fti un,
planes, or ships?
When "Pot" wa a vrmel fur
Joyce Ritch, under the nam "w " h ' "
"PROPERTY TAX FAX". Pleaae m?haV!.. ?nT
...i. i.. n..nctinn twr shwt.l wnen - J-ix- was a verb that
Then watch this column for the r,a"' " fi,JLAnd
where?
QUESTION When "Neat" meant will.
Last year the Department of organized, tidy and clean, Afld
Revenue finished installing new -Grass" was crmund
mope and a new tax lot system mally green? '
in our county. The county had When "Groovy" meant fur
previously carried Some of my rowed with channel). nnH hi
non-contiguous parcels fprop. lows, And "Birds" were winged
erty under the same account creatUres like robins and swal
number, but the Department set lows? "
ud new numbers for each par when "Fun" u a .nK,i..J
ceL Do they have the authority rPal nuff ljke llnt .
to do this? "Bread" came from bakeries
Yes. ORS 308.210 requires the " meant nun, ana
assessor each year to assess the KOCK WB8 a slone. And
oil tnvhi nmrwrtv Hang up" was something you
within the county and to record dldn th Pone? . . .
this assessment in the assess-1 When 'Chicken meant poul-
ment roll according to ORS "u . neon, a bock.
308.215. (Paragraph b) section Ana junK was trasn cast-outs
(1) of that section provides that a"? ld P-a-b..rac?
the real property be described When Swinger" was someone
with its code area and account who swings in a swing, And a
nnmhor Thpsp methods would Fad was a sort of cushlonv
indicate that each individual M"'"??
parcel should be described sep- wnen Tough described
arately. One other statutory re- meat too unyielding to chew,
miirpmpnt is that the descrin- And making a scene" was a
tion shall be such that it Is cap- rU(?e thing to do?s ,
able of being made certain. If Ana woras, once so sensible,
thP sam tax lot number was sober, and serious, Were not
assigned to two non-contiguous making "Freak Scene" like
pieces of property, the descrip- "psycho-delirious"?
... . Cunt Kit T
Josephine Mahoney Baker
tion of the two pieces of prop
erty then becomes blurred and
Dear Editor:
I would like to use your 'Let
ter to the Editor' column to in
form the people of the Heppner
and Lexington community of a
small group of girls (now 16
members) called the "Happy
Helping Hands".
These are all of the Lexing
ton area, seven of which were
Campfire girls last year, with
me as their guardian. In Sept.,
1970, they met and decided to
start a brand new club with the
sole purpose of doing nice
things for people the whole
year round', such as hospital
of
uncertain and problems could
arise if the property were to go
to foreclosure. Based on the
above reasons it would seem
that the law does not contem
plate assigning the same tax lot
number to several non-contlgu
ous pieces of property which
have the same owner.
2545 S. W. Terwllllger
Apt. 5125
Portland, Oregon 97201
April Neighbor Night
Theme Is 'Light'
Pioneer
Ponderings
patients, Senior Citizens
Heppner and Lexington, shut
Ins and all people less fortun
ate than they.
Their purpose to show "We
Do Care" is reflected in their
song. Their emblems are, Hap
py little Elves (red and green)
pn brown vests with a toast
brown hand on the back.
You no doubt, met them at
your door selling candy recently
io raise money to do these
things for people.
what have they done? A
round Thanksgiving they made
fruit plates and took them to
the Senior Citizens of Lexing
ton and visited where they
couia to snow we Care.' At
Bob Lowe, reminiscing about
the old building, said his uncle.
Will Hynd, bought him his first
pair of bib overalls there in
1913. Bob has worn this kind
of Overalls ever since. He said
it was also fun to go into Thorn
son Bros, store because of the
wonderful aroma. He added that
your nostrils were greeted by
fresh roasted and ground coffee
in a mill with big wheels. There
was the odor of new leather
Father, wilt Thou send another' and harness, all kinds of soices
snake to bite Sam, and one to candies, baked goods, smoked
bite Jim and another to bite the meats, fabrics and many other
old man? We have been doing thinpo.
" o
e have been doing
everything we know for years to
get them right before Thee, but
to no avail. It seems, therefore,
that what all our efforts could
not do , this rattlesnake has
done. We thus believe that the
only thing that will do this fam
ily any good is rattlesnakes, so
Lord send this family bigger and
better rattlesnakes. In Jesus'
Name, Amen.'
Jesus often said "Think on
these things." Why don't you
think about your relationship to
Him . . . and, oh yes, while
you are be sure to watch' out
for rattlesnakes!
Don W. Johnson, Pastor
First Christian Church,.
Heppner
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
(April 15-21)
Thurs., April 15 CAP meeting,
Senior Citizens' Craft and So
cial afternoon (2:00 p.m.-4:00
p.m.)
Tues., April 20 GED Class (1:00
p.m.-4:00 p.m.). Tops Club
(8.00 p.m.)
Wed., April 21 Nutrition class
es (10:00 a.m.)
Christmas time they went to
21,000 acres in BLM under pri- j Pioneer Memorial Hospital and
vate allotment. sang and put on a skit for the
The whole Jones family are 'Senior Citizens, again this was
members of the Bell A Coop at to snow -we care.' Then on
Burns, running cattle there on ' Good Friday, they purchased an
pasture, and some kept over for taster Lily and took it to Plo
winter feed. They market about neer Memorial Hospital to the
125 head each month. Senior Citizens and visited and
All of the land is In Malheur sang songs to show We Care'
county on which is run 550 so much and want them to
brood cows, 1400 steers. know we do.
Denny is a member of the1 Harry and I are very proud
Vale Masonic lodge; B. P. O. of these girls and their sincer
Elks, Ontario; is president of lty in their work. They truly
ine lUttiiieui vouiuy vaiwv s- wain io uu inese nice mines
soeiation; Membership chairman for others. All they need is
for the State Cattle association
president of the State associa
tion and is on the Public land
council for the National. Be
sides this has served on the
School board, county budget
board and county Board of
Equalization.
He Is a cousin of the late
Venice Jones Stiles and my half
brother, Ralph Jones.
On one of his trips to Hepp
ner he had Frank Anderson and
Harlan McCurdv take to his
birthplace near lone.
Sincerely,
Josephine Mahoney Baker
Terwilliger Plaza
Portland 97201
Good Protection
To protect yourself and your
family, the American Cancer
Society urges annual checkup
and a check for the Cancer Cru-
Church of Christ, Lexington sade.
To the Editor:
Farmers in eastern Oregon are
coing to be in trouble this sum
mer when hiring teenage truck
drivers if new federal regula
tions are not changed. The Bur
eau of Motor Carrier Safety of
the U. S. Department of Trans
porta tion revised the driver
qualifications so that as of Jan.
1, 1971 all truck drivers must be
21 years old. At the urging of
representatives of the major
farm groups a six month deferr
ment was declared. However,
this still only means that teen
agers can operate until July 1.
1971 vehicles weighing 10,000
pounds gross or less which puts
them In the category of pick-
someone to help them carry it
out. That's my part and I'm
mighty proud of them.
Thank you,
Mrs. Harry Green
(Fae)
Mr. and Mrs. Don Peck and
Sharon were over on Easter for
a visit with relatives and
friends. The Pecks recently
made a trip to Hawaii. Don who
is in the insurance business had
won the trip by being one of
the top salesmen.
On April 7. C. C Jones cele
brated his 89th birthday with
his family, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Marcel
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Jones
and Judge and Mrs. Paul Jones.
By W. S. CAVERHILL
Get Involved
If you are working under
set of New Year's resolutions,
you might add another, "Get
Involved". If you want to join
in the current frenzy to protect
and improve your environment,
begin at home. If there is a
broken board in the fence, fix
it. If a gate Is hanging on one
hinge, repair it. If weeds are
growing in the wrong place, cut
'em out. You can be an ardent
ecologist by beginning at home.
April 9, 1971
Dear Editor:
A READERTORIAL
In Memoriam to
WILLIAM CLAUDE COX:
"LONE PINE TRAIL"
Well I remember my homestead!
cabin,
Which I built near Long Canyon
'07.
Only a few miles from
Lonerock,
But secluded and peaceful
To me it was my home spot.
Today the cabin is gone.
But the lone pine still carries on.
The livestock trail still shows
use
It's hard to say where flew the
years
And over all watches the eternal
Hills.
By The Eldest Son
CLAIR H. COX
Corvallis, Oregon
A special invitation is extend
ed to all friends and neighbors,
of the community to attend thl? ,
April Neighbor Night at the
Heppner Church of the Nazar
ene. Commencing at 7:30 Djn.
on April 15, there will be both ;
vocal and Instrumental num
bers. Pastor Everhart will nre.
sent a devotional slide aeries
entitled "Christ the Lteht nf
the World". He says the word
"Light" has a tenfold meanino
in the Bible with three of the" :
most needed aspects concerning
(1) Jesus Christ who is thjv'
fountain and author of all
knowledge, both natural and
spiritual; (2) The Word of God '
which conducts and guides
Christians in this world and '
points out the wav to eternal
happiness; and (3) True Christ
ians who are enlightened h
the Spirit of God and thus .
brought to the savins' - knnwi...
edge of God and Chrlrt s...
freshments afterward.
Super Stitchers met at lb. '.,
Montgomery's April 12. We had .
cupcakes and punch. We dis. .
cussed the Mothers Tea we plan
to have May 8. Our club mieht ,
go to a style show at the Rhea...
Creek Grange. ,, -.
Donna Palmer, reporter ,
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COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
Put your dollars to work at
nome trade in Morrow county
School Lunch Menus
Presented
Through Courtesy of
Heppner Branch
FIRST
NATIONAL
BANK OT OREGON
JnahfewMi
dirty equipment?
L. E. DICK
YOUR STANDARD MAN
Can solve your problem
He's in Heppner, 676 9633
SfeSSISR
Heppner Elementary and
High Schools
SCHOOL HOT LUNCH
MENU
Monday, April 19 Pork and
gravy, mashed potatoes, toma
toes, rolls, butter, cake & fruit,
miiK.
Tuesday, April 20 Mor casser
ole, Jell-O salad, French bread,
butter, pudding, milk.
Wednesday, April 21 Tacos.
mixed vegetables, frosted cake,
iruit, mint.
Thursday, April 22 Turkev
and noodles, buttered peas, car
rot and celery stix. apple ctLsd.
rolls, butter, milk.
Friday. AprU 23 Vegetable
beef soup, peanut butter sand
wiches, cheese stix, fruit salad,
frosted grahams, milk. j
APRIL 16
Annual Spring PE Program
sponsored by GAA at Hepp
ner High School Gym, 7:30
p.m.
Adults $1.00, Students $.50,
rre-scnooiers free.
APRIL 17
Greenfield Grange meets.
APRIL 17
Movie "The Perils of Paul
ine"
lone Cafetorium. 7:30
Adults, $1.00, Grade 7-12, 75c,
Grades 1-6, 50c; Pre-school
ers, tree.
Sponsored by lone PTA.
APRIL 18
Willows Grance meet at
lone, starts with Potluck at
12:30.
APRIL 18
Wranglers Play Day
APRIL 22
Elks Annual Anglers Stag
Night.
Lots of prizes. Deep fat fried
prawns at 6:30 pjn. j
APRIL 23
CowBelle's Annual Spring
Luncheon, 1:00 pjn. at
Episcopal Parish Hall $150
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C A. RUGGLES
Insuronce Agency
P. a Box 147 PH. 676-9623
If no answer call Ray Boyce,
676-5384