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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. mil j wr m, nnn;rn THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heipner, Oregon 9733S Phone 676-S223 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER Vl v, vi.HS OF NATIONAL NEWSPAPER AS.V AND ;.'t',-(;.- NKWSPAI'ER I'UEU.SHERS AS-N CHARLIE 4 DOROTHY HEARD. Editor! & Publishcri I!) PVAYOND KEGGIE PASCAL aj:n i ANN tu..j:v , .. 1,,-rj. n I ales: .) ug ear. sm.kiv wi . . ., , t, &"Vo.Vm AVuUnce.: M.n.mum Billing 30 c, nts Mj. h wry 'It-.m-ami Entered at the Post OH.ce at II.H-r.fr. U.iu (t as Sen.; d Class Matter. to 6 pm.. Offie Hours: a rn. until noon Saturday. Why Not? .i.t 1 ;.. f..i .-it uhh-h i t.f i 1 i . i:nal. Newcomers . ...-. ... r-,.. .r ti Ard .t. ms l.ke a good idea that a the Fire .Signal is oun ,.,1 ,-M-ty M-.nday nvn that the Flood Signal tould he .sound- 1 (1 t ww I i ursoay noon. n.e Monday iignal M-rves .1... i.... .1 . :A kntiw that it is f o.rnrr.en e meeting. The Tlausday signal could nrve the same duo purj.oe to Foioptimist members . . . time for their meeting. Seems like another good idea to have the Hood Ah-rt Mrial ound when the Weather Bureau first announces the Lr-ihilitv of a flood. Thin people in the low lands would make their own decision ns to their individual preventative measures. Children would he forewarned to stay away from the cieeks. . Then a signal .should be arranged that would be sounded when the alert had been ended. Or in the event there was signal would be sounded. Effective Immediately When is a Diversion ditch effective? Dale Boner of the Roil Conservation Service says Immediately after it has been rorr.pleti'd. Diversion ditches ate a most effective method of divert ing the flow of water. The direction it takes depends on an outlet. Diversion ditches are channeled so they won't empty into a county road or above a house. They are en gineered so they won't dump into a canyon at the same time. Their flow is staggered by implementing ditches of dif ferent lengths. The Soil Conservation Service has already started the design of Conservation practices for the head of Shobe Can yon and the entire water shed. Diversion ditches, waterways, small debris basins for holding sediment, filter strips and grassed waterways are the practices they will Implement to save the soil and prevent future floods. We have great faith In these practices and hope they will become a reality.. Rules for Making Friends One of the nice things about a newspaper office is the variety of nice people who drop In, say hello, leave a news item, place nn ad, or Just pass the time of day. "Ole Drylund". a young 82 years old, frequently drops by with a little Joke, a story, or some humorous little Item which cheers up the whole crew. He gave us his Rules for Making and Keeping Friends, and we pass them on to you. They are pretty good rules, and it Ls evident that Ole lives by them. They read as follows: Speak to people. There Ls nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting. Smile at folks. It takes 72 muscles to frown, only 14' to smile. Call people by name. The sweetest music to anyone's ear is the sound of his own name. Be friendly and helpful. If you would have friends, be friendly. Be cordial. Speak and act as if everything you do was a genuine pleasure. Be genuinely interested in people. You can like every one if you try. Be generous with praise cautious with criticism. Be thoughtful of the opinions of others. There are three sides to a controversy yours, the other fellow's and the right one. Be alert to give service. What counts most in life Ls what you do for others. Author unknown PROPERTY TAX FAX if you have a question con cerning real or personal prop- erty nlease state all the tacts hrieflv as possible and mail it to your COUNTY ASSESSOR Joyce Hitch, under the name "I'ROPKKTY TAX FAX". Please ask only one question per sheet Then watch this column for the answer. QUESTION: We have Just formed a new rural fire protection district in our county. ORS 478.410 state that a rural fire protection dis trict has a levy limitation of 410 of lc (0.004) of the true cash value of its district Dee this mean we can levy a tax not exceeding 0.04 percent of the true cash value of all tax able property within our district without an election to establish a tax base? ANSWER: No. The only way a new tax ing district may establish a tax base is to comply with the pro visions of Article XI, Paragraph 11 b), Oregon Constitution. Un til then, the only way it can levy taxes is by approval of the xoters of the district. FLEE AND WAIT Merlin Cantin outdrove the flood to lone by three hours. The flood waters traveled about 3 miles an hour and arrived at lone about 9:15. Merle drove down to prevent possible dam ages to the telephone office down there. 1971 MAT I Ai.r.t, Apr -rent ice Pressman r.r,i. Ki fi.ru Mailt d Monday through Friday; is the Put signal and uh.ch who have arrived simt the Flood Signal. the a duo-purjioM?. Many hearing time for wccklv .narnoti high water, the evacuation Young Riders Recover Bruce Bergstrom is expected home this week from St. An thony Hospital. He had a severe concussion when he was thrown from a bucking bronc at Sun day's rodeo. He was taken up to Pioneer Memorial Hospital and transferred that evening to St. Anthony. X-rays showed no fractures. He is the son of Mar lone Bergstroin and Bob Bergs trom. His mother arrived home fiom a visit to Alabama early this week. Bubble Acock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Acock of Ir rigon. also received a severe lonctissioii at Sunday's rodeo when thrown from a cow. She also received some laeeraUms and a badly cut lip. She was taken Tuesday to St. Anthony but is reported as much im proved. "SHINING LIGHTS" AT HEPPNER CHURCH Once a month the Heppner Church of the Nazarene invites its neighbors and friends to "Visitor's Night". To be held June 20 (Sunday evening) at 7:30 P.M. with the theme "Shining Lights". There will be spiritual songs and a special rtading by the "Strahm family" from The Dalles. Tastor Ever hart will present a film. "The Edge of Night". He says the fal lowing couplets will illustrate this film's meaning I.e. "The two invitations; the two recep tions; the two fellowships; and the two rewards". ThmdaynoJ Single it 9 am. I - If . r f::'' - it , on i F - i I . I BaMMaMatMamH GENE PIERCE. Bob Hales, president of the Pendleton Round-Up. Harold Erwin. Grand Marshal of the Westward Ho Parade and Jack Howard, vice president of the Round-Up get together ct the Erwins when Harold was presented with his Horseshoe tro phy, as a donor to the Hall of Fame. N.1 LETTERS10 n..-"--;-r'W-r nfrr'v t win" Dear Charlie and Dot: Thought you might like to hear some war stories. Accord ing to last week's TIME maga zine, SO1"", of the Px goods com ing into Newport near Saigon are diverted, i.e. stolen, either bv Vietnamese dock workers, U. S. military dock personnel, or a cooperative combination of both. rw-ntown Saieon is clutted with Px goods stolen from stor at.j rienots or bartered from GI's on the black market. If you can't find it in the Px you can choose which color downtown. A few months ago Admiral Moorer and Secretary Laird re turned from Vietnam . . . "mor ale is high and we are win ning" . . . They neglected to mention that one out of twen ty U. S. troops in Vietnam are addicted to heroin. Christmas, New Years. Thanks giving. Tet, Bhudda's birthday, Memorial Day and Easter were all paid holidays for Vietnam ese Nationals employed by the U. S. Army. I had a choice of Christmas or New Year for my one authorized holiday of my 1970-71 tour here. Recently at Phu Loi, twenty miles from Saigon, sappers were crawling and cutting their way through the outer perimeter. The perimeter guard spotted them and radioed for authoriza tion to fire. Twenty minutes la ter as the sappers were cutting thA last defenses, authorization was granted and they were kill ed. No one wants to De cauey. 'The Army takes care of its own", is no longer an "in" cli che. The war is winding down; purpose and honor and service are elusive meanings . . . free dom of speech, privacy and ex pression are repressed; respect is demanded and given, but on ly as a token gesture. Confus ion, vexation and frustrated ideals and goals are standard. Ironically, our career soldiers employed to fight for freedom were only too ready to sell their own freedoms for early retire ment and security benefits. Thf volunteer Armv is bad humor. Few will be tempted by environmental and intellectual sterility. Easy work and salary inequity will attract a few but never enough. Probably the biggest lesson the U. S. should learn from Vietnam Ls that even apple pie spoils with age. Sincerely, Sp 4 Thomas W. Green 513-52-3-105 HHC 31th Gen. Supt. Gp (AM & S) APO San Francisco, Ca. W309 To Whom It May Concern: We are writing this letter to point out to t lie people of Mor row County the need for the am bulance at rodeo activities. We have just passed a new tax levy and find out that there L still not enough money avail able for the ambulance to make urns to the Morrow County Fair grounds when the hospital is called. It seems that the number of people in attendance at the re lently held Morrow County Jun ior Rodeo would warrant the need for the ambulance to at Uasl be available when called. We realize that there will to some runs made by the ambu lance to the rodeo grounds that aren't really necessary hut there are those that are serious and necessary. THIS IS A COUNTY OWNED AMBULANCE ISN'T IT??? Gail and DuAnn McCarty Dear Editor: I received a complaint as to the ambulance service for our recent Junior Rodeo. Our Ambulance is for all resi dents of the County and not for! I - , - '.-1 ! " I I' -vW ! i i EDITOR, mm?r ;rr' y - one particular group or event. Therefore the ambulance's home base is Pioneer Memorial Hos pital. On Friday, June 11, 1971 when I had not been contacted by those in charge of the Jun ior Rodeo, I telephoned the sec retary, DuAnn McCarty and was unable to make contact. I then contacted Don Evans and ex plained our situation and why our ambulance could not be left at the rodeo grounds, be cause it might be needed else where. I suggested that we loan a stretcher and that they secure a station wagon and a person holding a Red Cross first aid card as an attendant to bring any person that might need medical attention to the hospi tal. If the attendtnt felt the in juries were serious they were then to call the hospital for the ambulance and this met with his approval. Friday evening Darrel Dooney and Hal Bergstrom came to the hospital to pick up the stretch er and they were briefed on the plan and stated they had an R.N. as an attendant. We felt we had done our part, but due to a breakdown in com munications there seemed to be many misunderstandings. It is not the intention of Pio neer Memorial Hospital to de prive ambulance service to any person, but because of exper iences in the past, we have found that it is necessary to not only have the ambulance, but another emergency vehicle during any rodeo time. The emergency vehicle located on the grounds can have the pa tient in the hospital in less than half the time that it would take our ambulance to make the pickup. Sincerely yours, Ilene Kilkenny Wyman Administrator Pioneer Memorial Hospital Dear Editor: I remember many moons ago there was a beautiful 2 story gold colored house with beau tiful windows standing where the- Leta Humpkreys Thomas house was built. It was always called 'The Williams House . Well, last nicht I got a call from Lulu Williams. Too long ago so at first I was lost but fi nally I remembered the house and" then a glimmer. She said Ola Straight and I, (Josephine Richardson) came to their house in 1911 to call it seems. My! Well, anyway she married and had 3 children. Now she has one daughter and one son living in Tort Angeles, Wash. She has a mobile home in the back yard of her son's home and sounded happy. She was visiting in Portland. But fancy this. She has tak en the Gazette-Times all of these years so followed old ac quaintances and me and my wanderings and various -names all through the years. Sincerely, Josephine Mahoney Baker Terwilliger Tlaza Apt. 525 Portland 97201 Ph. 226-4911 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER (June 17-241 Thurs.. June 17 Unemployment Compensation (1012 a.m. 1:00-2:00 p.m.) Senior Citizens Craft and Social afternoon 2:00 4:00 p.m.) Tues.. June 22 Tops Club (7:30 p.rr.. Wed., June 23 Eunice Ford. Thurs.. June 24 Senior Citizens craft and social afternoon (2:00 4:00 p.m.) Meditation for Summer By REV. WILLIAM ARTHUR School's out, our swimming j.uol is p.n. Little League sea-v0- is over half finished and we are beginning the season tailed summer vacation. Ir manv of us thus Is the tl-re when we leave our com-i-.ur.ities on a trip or take many sh.-rt trips or find some other wav of relaxing and enjoying the change of pace which sum mi r begins. I'm concerned this week be-cau-c many of us will find this a time when it is convenient to take a vacation from God al so. I'm concerned because in re ality this can be a time for a rich spiritual experience with God if we are willing to ack nowledge his presence and look for His revelations to us. Let me illustrate what I mean by citing an experience from the life of one of the teenagers in my former church. John was a fine young man who was active in our fellow ship but hadn't realized the presence of God in life in a per sonal way until he went on a camping trip into the Wallowa mountains a couple of years ago. As a church leader, as well as Scout leader, one of his du ties that week was to lead the troop in an evening devotional period. Prior to going on the trip he had decided to use the 121t Psalm as the basis of his meditation. When John came tack from the trip he was rad iant and he explained why. The words of the Psalms be gin as follows: I lift up my eyes to the hills, From whence does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. John shared with me that as he went aside from there to think about his service he look ed at the beauty of the Wal lowa Mountains and he thought of the words of the Psalm and then he realized God was a liv ing person concerned about him and willing to reveal himself to us if we are willing to acknowl edge his presence and love in our lives. My friends, that day John had a real experience that changed his life and I trust and pray this summer we might have the same type of experience as we experience God s presence in our world and lives in a very real and personal way. Services Held for Doherty Infant Patrick Charles Doherty, in fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Den nis Doherty of Pendleton pass ed away at St. Anthony Hospi tal Friday, June 11. Graveside services were held June 14 at 10:00 a.m. at Hepp ner Masonic Cemetery with Fa ther Van Bevran of St. Mary's Catholic Church Pendleton, of ficiating. Ellis Balls Here Tech. Sgt. and Michael, Ronnie here visiting her Mrs. Ellis Ball, and Laurie are sister and fam Ned Clark and Mr. and Mrs. been stationed , Ca. From here ily, Mr. and Mrs. with his folks, Lewis Ball. Sgt. Ball has at Hamilton AFB, he will report Springs on June at Colorado 30. By MARIE McQUARRIE If you would like to be amidst a crowd of women golfers, go to McNary Golf Club when their gals entertain women from many golf clubs. Members from Pendleton, Condon, Walla Walla, Richland, Kennewick, Echo, Pasco and Heppner par ticipated in their huge and very well run golf day on Tuesday, June 15. Approximately 160 la dies were there to try their skill on their course which is much longer than ours. Fifty-seven played the front 9 holes and the' remainder played the whole IS. The McNarv eals certainly picked a beautiful day for their big affair weatherwise. ineir f-m.rso was in beautiful shape and the whole day showed a lot of busy gals planning tor 11. Five played in each group, starting out with every tee-off being used. When this plan is used, it is usually a "shot-gun" tep.nff. We were near the poor man that was to shoot the gun and he had quite a time mail ing it fire but finally made it go off. We from Heppner are very proud of our player, Vi Lanham. She led the group of 57 nine hole players and received low gross for the field. Good golf ing. Vi, we are all so glad you did so well and are a member from Willow Creek Country Club. Beverly Gundc-rson had low , . ;. .' w n- . ION HEDMAN holds his Grand Champion FFA trophy won last week at The Dalles Junior Show. Jon Hedman is Tops At The Dalles Show A Heppner FFA boy took top honors at The Dalles annual Wheat League Junior Show. Jon Hedman had the Grand Cham pion FFA steer that came from Greenups herd. He sold his steer at the Stock Sale for 42'4c. It weighed 1025 pounds. This is his second year in FFA and he will be a senior next year at Heppner High School. He also received a trophy as the out standing Angus exhibitor (best Angus in FFA) and 4th in Showmanship in a class of 10. Assembly Church Bids You to School Program A personal invitation to you is given by Pastor Don Burwell to attend the Vacation School program at the Assembly of God Church Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. This Sunday is Father's Day. Every' father attending church will be given a present. There will be a church picnic at An son Wright Memorial Park af ter church. Evening service will be held at the Park so there will be none at the church. Mrs. Rerv Nelson of Portland is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. A. G. Pieper. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have purchased the Newport Flower Shop and will take possession July 1. Thpv will live at their home in Waldport where Mr. Nelson is an instructor at Camp Angell Job Corps Center. Over The Tee Cup cross for the Heppner girls and Helen Schaffitz and Marie Mc- Quarrie tied for low net. The girls going over from HenDner were. Vi Lanham, Cor liss Boner, Carol Kerr, Hazel Mahoney, Helen Schaffitz, Bev erlv Gunderson and Marie Me- Quarrie and Dee Gribble. A delicious luncheon was served of ham and many sal ads and rolls. As I said last j week when McNary entertains,. they do it beautifully and in a; big way. . j Next week Heppner gal golf-1 ers are invited to Echo on Wed -1 nesday. June 23. Coffee and doughnuts will be served at 8:30 and tee-off time at 9:00. We hope that even more than, q will be in Echo. Trv to save Wednesday for a day of golf( with the Echo gals. j Trouble with blacktop erosion? L. E. DICK YOUR STANDARD MAN Can solve your problem He's in Heppner, 676-9633 StaWari 63 Caar fc"J t Caitrtraia Steve Wacenblast was the last Heppner boy who had the Grand Champion steer and that was in 1967. Other bovs showing were Greg Greenup, two steers, Angus and an Angus-Hereford cross; jviarK Hopkins, Angus steer; Kick Drake showed 2 Hereiora steers to take 3rd place Hereford FFA teer and Bill Jepsen snowed a Hereford steer. The five bovs won 2nd in the FFA state meat Judging contest. Rick Drake was 7th place indi vidual of 150 in the contest The bovs took 2nd place m the Beef FFA Chapter Herd. Chapters with more than five animals were competing. Trouble with shabby, shingles? L. E. DICK YOUR STANDARD MAN Can solve vour problem He's in Heppner, 676-9633 Chevron Standard Oil Company of California COMMUNITY BILLBOARD nfiiiliiriT'lf ' JUNE 19 CowBelles Barbecue Supper honoring Father of the Year, Henry Peterson, 6:30 p.m. at Fairgrounds. Public invited, bring the fam ily. . JUNE 20 Elks Picnic. Bring your fam ily to Cutsforth Park for a day of fun. Pop, hot dogs and ice cream furnished. JUNE 20 4-H Camp Set-up at Cutsforth Park, all day. JUNE 21 Heppner City Council Budget Hearing, City Hall, 5:00 p.m. LITTLE LEAGUE June 21 Indians vs. Dodgers (at lone) June 22 Braves vs. Giants June 23 Indians vs. Giants (at lone) June 24 Braves vs. Dodgers SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. a Box 247 PH. 676-9623 If no answer call Ray Boyce, 676-53S4 Be
