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9 am. until rovn Saturday
THE WAY TO GO
On thtr for sure th recent tearing and discussions
have brought to light ho th public feel great concern
for the forests and mountains.
There is no argument on anybody' part but that logg tng
practices must change. Clen Ward said hen talking about
the to areas of Morrow County. Kel! Prairie and Texas
Butte. "They can be lodged if lotted right".
The Forest Service is seeking hich direction to Uke and
is providing an evening to hear these opinions and Ideas
concerning land nianagement policies. Everyone is a stock
holder in forests. The objective of the meeting is to " in
volve th public in forest policy and program formulation".
The public ants to be involved. Meeting is tonight at 7.30
at Blue Mtn. College.
Better Welfare Management
Providing elfare aid to the aged, the blind, the dis
abled , the needy tdos with young children is most com
mendable. Help for those whose situation Is deserving
serves as a bridge to self-respect and nukes sense.
On the other band. her, elfare becomes a permanent
crutch for able-bodied people, it should be questioned be
cause it places a drain on hard-pressed taxpayers, siphons
off funds for ortluer needs and tends to put a premium
on idleness.
Welfare has become a divisive factor in national unity,
setting orkers and producers against a self-proclaimed
" elfare class."
After complete investigation, those ho qualify for .el
fare should have it. Hoever, the distribution of funds to
borderline receivers not on! ads a tremendous burden
on all taxpayers but also limits the amount of aid that
communities can provide to more worthy cases.
Whether or not Congress passes one of the man elare
"reform" bills hich have been proposed, improved ad
ministration of present eligibility requirements is needed.
DARLINGTON, WISC, LAFAYETTE COUNTY NEWS:
"Everywhere I go lately 1 detect new and positive signs
pointing to a revival of decency in American thinking and
action. For one thing, good people are now much more con
cerned than I can ever remember them being. Apathy and
indifference are at an end. And typically, the great Header's
Digest. ...lambasted the outrageous nudity and nastiness that
has befouled the New York stage for the past few years,
and that journal has kept a sharp finger on the pulse of
American thinking. I have always contended that we Americans
are people of immense common sense. Our biggest fault is
that we tend to be too tolerant of nonsense."
SAYBROOK, ILL., GAZETTE: "Drivers are safer hen
the road is drv-but the roads are safer when the driver is
dry."
BEL TON, TEXAS, JOURNAL: "Some people say 'poli
tics is' and other say "politics are': nobody seems sure
nether the noun is singular or plural. To settle the argu
ment, lef s say that plural is correct. Any ay... this year,
politics are about as plural as you can get."
May
5. 1972
Mr. I Mrs. Charles Heard
The Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon
Dear Dorothy and Charlie:
In behalf of all of us at
the Inland Empire Bank, I
ant to thank you for the
'Extended Coverage" you
gave our new bank building
in Boardman.
We certainly appreciate the
space devoted to the building
and the opening, and e are
especially pleased you took
the time to come up and be
ith us. We see too little
of you.
With best regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Doris S. Bounds
Dear Mr. Heard:
I want to express to you
my sincere thanks for your
strong support for Ballot
Measure 5 on May 23.
Obviously, you agree ith
me that it ould be tragic
if this measure ere defeat
ed. I believe that e have
a once in a generation op
portunity to lift ourselves
ith our own boot straps on
this measure.
The most implacable op
position to it comes from con
servative farmers, already
established, ho don'tappear
to ant any younger, less af
fluent Oregoniaos competing
with them. It ould be a
supreme irony if the agri
cultural community, which
stand to gain so much by
the passage of the measure,
contributed to its defeat be
cause of this.
Your strong support of the
act is certainly a respon
sible, constructive position
for you to take.
Sincerely yours,
Irvin Mann, Jr.
Director
ORF OaZITTT: TIMES
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Monday through Friday;
DEAF EDITOR:
After last year's flood, long
hours of planning for a bet
ter warningsystemwaswork
ed out. Participating in the
pianning ere Civil Defense
men of Salem, City and
County Officials and just plain
citizens. The warnings re
ceived this past Sat. from the
Oregon Division of Emer
gency services were the
same tvpe ignored May 25,
1971.
It was very disheartening
to hear the comments oppos
ing such warnings Sat. If
you ill bear with us a lit
tle longer, a blast from the
ne sirens will arn you
of the impending possibility
of flash flooding and the de
cision to leave or stay will
be your own.
May I suggest the next time
such a warning comes, all who
oppose it go to the Court
House and see bow much is
being done to assure our saf
ety. Better yet volunteer
to spend a few hours or all
night in a dark canyon as
many did.
We could dispense itb the
hole warning system and
perhaps have another 19C3
flood, but the ones who ould
complain because nothing was
done would probably be the
same ones who complain be
cause e have a warning sys
tem Change seems to be a mor
tal sin to some, but I say
thanks to the City and Countv
police, firemen and volunte
ers for a fine fob and to the
Water Control District for the
ork on Sbobe Canyon.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Paul Heinricbs
BOY SKIDS CAP
NEAR SANDY
Rick Pettyjohn and his
friend Roger Howard, Sandy,
skidded off a road and land
ed upside down in soft mud
near Sandy in last weekend's
rain. Neither young man as
hurt. Pick's parents, the El
lis Pettyjohns towed the car
home on Sunday.
ThurUv Ma JX 1972
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REMEMBER THIS?
.... reminisce?
57 Yr Ajo 1915
SHIPMENT OF HORSES
MADE. Buyr lor Foreign
Countries Tk Ninety-St
head M irrc Com') Hor
to be ld for Cavalry Pur
poses. Horses nuking a
total of four car loads full
er purchased by Pi) Turn-
ner. of Caldelt. Idaho, who.
vth hi father. C H Turn-
er. bu on i contract from
th English, French and Uni
ted State governments. Th
average price paid for these
horse a better than $75
per head. Mr Turner .as
assisted in buying In thi lo
cality by Guy P.ner, who Is
ell acquainted ith local
horseman.
lUn M'Devitt KClS 91
W orth of Coyotes. This young
farmer who resides et of
Hemer about four mile, re
turned Sat. from the loer
Sand Country .here he had
spent 15 da vs. hunting for
coyotes. He brought back the
pelts of 97 animals, and In
return be received a county
arrant from Clerk Water
in tt amount of $291. Most
of the slain ere young co
yote pups, there being only
to old ones in the entire
lot County Clerk Waters
estimates that the county ill
have paid out $3,000 in co
yote bounties for the mon
th of April
John Wightmar., of the Al
fa'.fa Dairy Panch savs that
all of their old alfalfa is
dead, and they have son the
fields to barley and oats.
Mr. Wightman attributes Its
death to the grasshoppers and
the extreme cold weather
hich as experienced the
past winter. He states that
the young alfalfa as not
injured.
The Heppner Milling Com
pany received a carload of
sand last eek hicb it will
use in the construction of ad
ditional concrete flume for
the mill race. The com
pany spent several thousand
dollars on this ditch a couple
of years ago and at that time
constructed a concrete flume
a mile in length. Another
piece ill be lain here the
ne Willow Creek Road
crosses the ditch near the
John Byland farm.
37 Years ago 1935
Teat the Heppner district
of the Umatilla National for
est ill have a CCC camp
this year, was reported by
F.F. Wehmeyer, local super
visor. Probabilities are that
the camp wv ill be established
on either Skookum or Alder
Creeks near Tupper Ranger
Station, and the ork out
lined is mostly fire reduc
tion, such as roadside clean
up, fire breaks, and insect
and rodent control.
F.F. Wehmeyer, ranger In
charge of the Heppner dist
rict, announces the coming
season as follows: Ellis
station, Henry Fries of Sum-
All kinds ot activities are
being planned for Heppner' s
Centennial year. Most of the
Observances will be during
the summer.
The annual Sidewalk Bazaar
dated July 22nd m have
some old time contests such
as a dandy greased pole
climb. The pole will be placed
in a hole in the street in
front of the Hotel. The
Jaycees are planning a bar
beque during the Sidewalk
Bazaar. The lone Grand
Squares will be in a big
square dance here and this
ill be followed by a Prin
cess Dance at the Fair
grounds. The week before the Fair
i Rodeo the Jaycees plan
a big horseshoe pitching con
test. During the Fair I Rodeo
the Jaycees expect to sponsor
a carnival.
Heppner Elks will have a
dinner Aug. 9tb honoring the
Centennial. (Aug. 9th is be
lieved actual date of founding
of the Ton of Heppner).
A panhandler approached a
businessman on the street
and asked him for a quarter
for a cripple for bus fare.
"Ho are you crippled", ask
ed the businessman?
"Financially", wasthe reply.
Mrs. L.F. Rebfeld of Eu
gene writes: I ve been a sub
scriber for many years. I
like the new journalism style.
I read ALL items. I was
born and raised in Heppner.
I am Terrel Benge' s sister.
(Thanks for the kind words,
Mrs. Rehfeld.)
well, e had" thought
mmillt. adrcuustrativa as
sistant, and Charle Wilcox,
fireman, A r buckle, Roy Qua'
ckenbush. lookout, Ditch
Creek Pert Biakman. fire
man; Tupper. Kenneth Bleak
rr.n. fireman. Matton. Lo
yal Parker, protective !
tant, Pull Prairie. Marlon
Saline, fireman, Tamirack.
George cwis. looaom. w
eler Point. Victor Johnson,
lookout. Ant Hill. Fed HUl
and Potamus station ill be
manned only lor emergencies
by trained men taken from or
ganized ere.
Henry C. Cay. 68, pioneer
stockman and legislator ho
introduced the bill for Incor
poration of the city of Hep
pner, died at his home here
Tues. afternoon. ...He and his
brother bought land on Rhea
Creek, and had hardly got
settled when they made atrip
at far as The Dalles help
ing to subdue Indians on the
arpath. Though Rhea Creek
was then becoming ell set
tled, the hills intervening the
WUlo Creek Valley ere
as yet untouched by the plow
share.
1 Year Ago 1971
Allen Tom, well known
Eastern Oregon rancher who
until recently has been known
as a wheat raiser, talked
Mon. at the Heppner-Morro
County Chamber luncheon.
His huge new chicken rais
ing venture proves him not
"chicken".
Mr. Tom as once presi
dent of the National Associa
tion of Wheat Growers. This
Dalles rancher, ho has grain
holdings In Morro County
along with Sherman and Gil
liam , said he is still a
wheat farmer, not a poultry
man. He says he s going off
on tangents after realizing
that e cannot forever rely
on a public la to help get
rid of our grain surplus.
People all through Eastern
Oregon are concerned about
Harold Erin's recent hospi
talization. Jack and Ruth Van Winkle
will have a grand opening for
their ne Sears authorized
catalog sales merchant store
here in Heppner this Fri.
and Sat.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stea
gall honored at 23th Wedding
Anniversary Open House.
State officers made their
official visit to Heppner' s.
Degree of Honor last Tues. .
evening at the Christian
Church social room. They
were presented with corsages
grown by Degree of Honor
member Mrs. Earl Soward.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mo
nagle, long-time residents
along Hinton Creek, have
moved to Pendleton. Char
lie recently underwent foot
surgery there. Don Greenup
has leased their farmland.
Gonty's as the only export
er around these parts. It
turns out that Gardner's ex
ports clothing to Canada and
Opal Cook exported a doll
to New Zealand, We'll not
be too surprised to learn that
someone in the area ships
coal to Newcastle or dia
monds to South Africa.
Denver Grigsby of the
Boeing Company at Board
man says an interesting de
velopment has come out of
their experiment with garb
age on the Boeing tract. De
composing garbage on the ex
perimental tract as plowed
into the soil and it is pro
longing the growing season.
Mr. Grigsby told the Rotary
Club in Hermiston recently
breakdown of the waste
material in the winter created
a heat which allowed crops
planted on the test plots to
grow during the winter. He
said the rate was rapid so
half the decomposing was
done in the past six months.
He estimated toe ground
would absorb warmth for 18
months from the decomposi
tion. Gail McCarty says
everything is on schedule up
there.
A former resident of Hep
pner li Lexington is store
owner Don Hatfield. He is
now mayor of Madras and
owns a chain of stores in
Central Oregon. An article
in a recent Oregonian lauded
the city crews who have over
the years been erecting city
buildings and doing the job
for about half the usual cost.
Sen. Hatfield said at a Sat
urday visit at Boardman that
he would enlist the aid of
Sen. Magnuson and Sen.
Jackson to obtain the re
moval of the Boardman bomb
ing range since "It is a
regional problem".
He believes the move should
cost no more than $6.5 mil
lion and require no more
than two years. The Navy
believes the cost will be $10
millions and require nearly
three years.
Conservation
The Heppner Soil Conser
vation District switched to a
Poster Contest In the 5th
grade at Hewner and lone
a opposed to their
usual speech contest on the
high -ho.il levl. The pos
ter ert nude following the
annual Conservation Tour.
The Conservation Tour Ith
Bryce Keene. tour chairman,
at held early In May.
The group sa a ide
variety of conservation prac
tice. The impressions li ft
on the students sho up in
their posters. They viewed
the Improvements on Shot
Canvon and Irrigation de
velopments of grass and al
falfa on Fhea Creek. They
ca diversion ditches, grass
waterways, stuible mulch
farming, game habitat plant
ings, bird guzzlers, ir
rigation developments and
ind erosion problems.
Fifth grade teachers ac
companying the tour ere
Miss Marguerite Glavey and
Mrs. Cliff Williams from
Heppner, JimAnderson from
lone and Don Cole, Heppner
Elementary School principal.
Dale Boner, District Con
servationist of Soil Conser
Kerr, County Agent
explained the conservation
practices seen on the tour.
The posters have been pos
ted in Gonty's Shoe Store in
Heppner, andBristow'sGroc
ery in lone.
Church School
Regi
listrotion Set
Registration time is draw
ing near for the Hoe Luth
eran, Methodist Church Vaca
tion Bible School. The dates
are May 2b and June 4 dur
ing the worship service hour
at the two churches. Those
who can not register thenare
asked to call 676-9434 or
676-5803 before June 4.
Dates for thisaction packed
week are June 19 thru 23 at
the Methodist Church. All
children, regardless of reli
gious affiliation, ages three
years through eighth grade
are inviteu. In fact they
really shouldn't miss this
eek of learning more about
Christ through stories, pro
jects, Bible study, gamesand
songs.
Registration costs are
$1.00 per child or $2.00 per
family.
Rock Club Has
Busy Schedule
Members of the Morrow
County Gem and Mineral
Society and two former mem
bers, it. and Mrs. George
Miller of Quartzsite, Ari
zona met Saturday evening to
discuss the Sidewalk Bazaar
in July, the Fair Booth in
August, the potluck supper
June 24 and the field trip
to Ashwood on June 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller dis
played some silver mounted
stones that George had done.
Later this fall, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Miller will join the
George Millers and have a
rock shop business.
Ed Gonty showed narrated
slides on the trip up the
Little Nelchina River in
Alaska for fossils. The group
that was on the trip hunted
caribou, also.
Refresnments were served
by Mrs. Cliff Wood.
HOOF k HORN
The Hoof 1 Horn 4-H Lives
tock meeting was called to
order by Kyle Robinson, May
11th.
Peggy Schlichting and Kryn
Robinson will order a trophy
for Grand Champion 4-H lamb
for the fair.
A session was held on iden
tification of feeds and suppli
ments. Each Junior leader is to
organize and conduct a lives
tock tour in their project
area for the members of the
club. The beef tour conduct
ed by Kyle Robinson will be
held May 25 at bis home.
Reporter,
Rhonda Sargent
Supervisor Rudolph of the
Umatilla National Forest has
extended an invitation to the
general public to get involv
ed in management of the Na
tional Forest. Everyone is in
vited to a public forum to be
held May 25 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Main Theatre, Blue Moun
tain College in Pendleton.
Public interest in this will
determine wbther there will
be any other meetings
scheduled.
Help given the College
rodeo by the Morrow County
Rodeo board and other local
folks is very much appre
ciated, Pendletonians told us
Saturday night.
Tour Produces Great Posters
HEPPNEK
HEPPNER
On April 18, 4-H SAND
HOLLO SEWERS met and
the second year sewers work
ed on their vests. Krynn Ro
binson finished her nut and
brought material for Iter tote
bag. We discussed what we
could make for fair. Dana
Steagall was absent and cook
ies were served and the meet
ing was adjurned. Our next
meeting will be May 9 at
the home ol Cindy Doughert
Reporter,
Cindy Dougherty
MRS. ELSIE ALLYN COW
iJNS FOX of Wenatchee has
been visiting many friends in
the county this week. She has
come from visiting her bro
ther Carl Allyn in the Kaiser
Hospital, Portland, where he
has had surgery. Carl's
home in Scappoose, but he
hopes to go to Woodland HEls,
Ca. to his daughter Maxine's
(Mrs. Jerry Gower) to re
cover. Elsie's daughter Ruth
McNeil, Pendleton, chauffer
ed her mother to Portland.
DEAR CHARLIE:
d
The senior class had breakfast at our house following
the prom last Saturday, and I would like to reply to their
thanks with the following poem:
To the greatest of all 1972 senior Classes,
From Heppner whom so very quickly passes.
We're happy you enjoyed your breakfast here,
But lef s not make it become the "last-'ess"!
Travel on life's journey; set the world ajar.
You are all destined to greater things by far.
May the older generation who often does frown,
Appreciate your accomplishments, away above par.
Best Wishes from the Robinsons and the Aldermans.
Thank you,
NELLIE PERKINS
Funeral services were held
in The Dalles on Mon. for
Nellie Bishop Perkins. She
is survived by her husband
Gayle Perkins, Dufur; a dau
ghter Mrs. Hubert Wilson,
Heppner; four other children
and 24 grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Mrs.
Perkins was a patient in the
Mid - Columbia Hospital for
about a week before her
death. A group of Heppner
friends attended the services.
j42J2 vu:, Val:
MR. ANDFcON'S 5th grade: Tanya Johns
1st, April Miller 2nd and Danny McFlllgott
3rd.
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MISS CLAEYS 5th grade: Connie Burken
bine 1st, Wendy Myers 2nd and Eugene Cate
3rd.
MRS. WILLIAMS' 5th grade: Traci Boner
1st, Joycelyn Thorpe 2nd and Marilyn Jes
smer 3rd.
Lutheran Church
Memorial Plans
On Sunday May 28, the twe
Lutheran churches will have
a special Memorial Day Ser
vices. Pastor Rudolph Men
sch will give a message
"Peace" at each service.
At Valby Church at 9,00
the service will begin inside
the church and then proceed
to the cemetery. Flag Bear
ers will be Sandra Palmer
and Bill Tews. The Ameri
can and Christian flags will
be saluted. Taps will be
played by Joel Peterson.
At Hope Church the ser
vices will be in the church
at 11:00. The flag bearers
will be Aaron Klinger and Da
vid McLachlan. The program
will be much the same as it
Planned at Valby.
MRS, CLINT McQL'ARRIE
is now recuperating at home
after recent surgery at St.
Anthony's Hospital.
Merlyn Robinson
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IONE UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST announces tliat on
tins Sunday, May 28, the hour
of worship will change to
10:00 o'clock. Sunday school
classes will be discontinued
through Labor Day weekend.
May 23
Band families and friends
supper, BandAwardsNight,
St. Patrick's Parish Hall,
7:00 p.m.
Dog Obedience
Class Grad-
uation, Main
Street Park,
26
Graduation,
7:00 p.m.
May
Kindergarten
Fairgrounds Annex Bldg.,
11:30 a.m.
Commencement, Riverside
High School, 8:00 p.m.
May 27
Commencement, lone High
School, 8:00 p.m.
; May 28
Baccalaureate and Com
mencement, Heppner High
School, 7:30 p.m.
May 29
MEMORIAL DAY Pioneer
Picnic, Registration at
Fairgrounds, 10:30
IONE AMERICAN LEGION
Memorial service, lone
Memorial Field, 11 a.m.
May 30
Elementary Band Program,
Multi-purpose room, 2:30
p.m.
June 1
Jr. High Awards Assembly,
Grade School Auditorium,
1:00 p.m.
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