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Hi rrNH: THE - GAZETTE-TIMES Kvppnat. ? t?3 Phon KM MORBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAFER T)..- H.-i-l-u- G.iellr etnbliri.-1 M.r,-h lvi The H,.,,,,,,.., Tm..- ...t;,MiHi...l V-vemtM-i 1- Cn-li- vrvi;n: ok national NKW'srm'its ass n and olk.ua rvsrrn; in iu.ishh:s ass n CHARLIE & DOROTHY HEARD. Editor ond Publisher ARNOLD RAYMOND, riHtit Foreman ANN TON FY. New Circulation S; b.'M!.':.i- K..I.-S 'dO Str.tfte C.l' .'' M.i.li-i-. i'l'n' .V cYliN M.iumutr. til 1 1 . us; St OO ''v.: U-'uv. 1 e- T;-u:.l. nt L'-u-n-i! nl tin- Ottwv ..; liomw: Oi.-i-o.i. . S-"nJ Matter Cooperation Plus Mam hands were in the pi that becanu the Heppner-.Mnrrow Count Clumber of Commerce Centennial Float. Hi Murra donated the two-wheeled trailer. Harold Becket reconstructed the trailer and built the wooden frame with lumber donated b kinzua. Ford's Tire Service donated used tires for the float. John Ceglia guve three wheels and two tires. Ladd E. Dick repacked the wheel bearings. The committee assembled the flout In the facilities provided b Clarence Rosewall. Columbia Basin pulled the float to Condon and Us volun teered to take it to Fossil. Vel Robinson reported the float stood the trip to Condon very well The plastic cover on the float needs to be replaced before its next parade. Riding on the float at Condon were Marie Van Marter, Kellie Kilkenny and Janet Gentry. Congratulations and a big hand to all of these people for their donations and to the committee that spent hours in assembling the Sweep Stakes winner. Working on the float were the Vel Robinsons, Harold Kerrs, Elaine George and Randall Peterson. The Music Man Is Here Look in the closet, upstairs and downstairs, dust off that old musical instrument that you haven't touched for years and join the fun that's comin'. Young Bob DeSpain. a music major, has volunteered to direct a summer band to play in the Centennial Paradt. He'll accept anyone who will play. He d like to have representation of all age groups from 8 to 80 any and all instruments. Dr. Schaffitz's offer to play a comb has been accepted. So don't despair if you'd like to lend support to this project and you don't have an instrument, a comb will do. A band makes a parade. The Morrow County people can rioi:t:! appreciate this offer of Bob DeSpains because bands for summer parades are hard to get because school is not :n session. If you know someone who plays, encourage them to "Jump on the Band Wagon." WUh a single stroke of a brush," said the art teacher, taking his class around the National gallery, "Joshua Rey nolds could change a smiling face to a frowning one." So can my mother," said a 'If our car gets much older,'' the long-suffering motor declared, ''they'll start issuing it upper andlower plates." REMEMBER THIS? " YEARS AGO.... 1915 Through the efforts of the Morro County Rod and Gun Club, 110,000 young Rainbow Trout will arrive in Heppner soon, in cooperation with the state hatchery at Bonneville. School District No. 12, which is principally the city of Lexington, has voted the bonds and w ill proceed at once with the building of a new and modern school house. The plans call for the uti lization of the present build ing, with an addition thereto, the new part to have base ment and two stories and built of concrete and brick. lone, which has heretofore owned and operated its own electric light plant, has now entered into a ten-year con tract with the Heppner Light and Water Co., and after Dec. 1 will receive their electric energy over transmission wi res from the plant in Heppner. George B. Whitcomb this week finished his contract of grading the Willow Creek Foad from Heppner to Kager Bridge. The same was in spected by the county court -and accepted, and Mr. Whit comb settled with in full for balance due on his contract. 37 YEARS AGO 1935 "Absolutely No Irrigation" was asked by the Irrigon city water department in hand bills distributed this morn ing, with the further order that water be conserved wherever possible. The ac tion was made necessary by the low reserve resulting from the water being turned off while the new pipe in the supply line was being connect ed. Pat Fisk, a favorite at past Heppner rodeos, placed first in the bucking contest at Ukiah's Cowboy Convention, the third and fourth of July. Excellent results from rab bit poisoning have been rea lized both at Cecil and Ir rigon according to Joe Be langer, county agent. Every one who put out the poison reported good kills. Fire of undetermined origin completely razed the Jess Deos farm home near Willow about 11:30 Friday morning. ov,t: I'.A'iirr nvrs HtrrNtK CREG DA VI WON Sews ELIZABETH MORRIS Operator small boy. REMINISCE! So sudden was the onset of fire that one son, Alva, was forced to escape from an up stairs window. 1 YEAR AGO 1971 The new history of Morrow County, "Homesteads and He ritages," will be available here in just a few days. Work on the Lake Penland Dam project resumed last week at the site of the new lake some 25 miles south of Heppner. At Monday's Chamber of Commerce meeting, Presi dent Gene Pierce told of the possible promotion for next year's Heppner Centennial. The new St. Patrick's Church is progressing at full speed. The foundation has been completed, and some of the exterior parts of the new building are now being worked on. An oriental theme is going to be used for the 1971 Side walk Bazaar to be held in Heppner this weekend. Local merchants are planning to dress in clothes to support the theme. Pioneer Ponderings BY W.S. CAVERHILL Our Search for Employment Due to the failure of tax levies, and bonding proposals nwnv employees in public .service are being laid off. It is a bit ironic that at the same time those who are be ing retained are negotiating for and getting wage increa ses. Someone suggested "that wages and charges be stabilized and more people employed with the deferred increase." I wish I could remember who said that. He must have been a ' rare biro", to fly in the face of our pre sent system. tiuh.i.v Ji.i u k ocSJUd V1 Cost of shoes may Rise NEW YOilK The rocket ing cost of hides, developing from a world-wiov shortage, threatens to raise American shoe prices b $2 to $3 a pair. Hides now sell t 'T 32 cents a pound, twice as much as a year at:o andtht highest since the start of the Korean war. Of the increa.se. 40 n r cent has come in the last month. "Men's and women's shoes now selling for HZ to $23 will have to go up S2 ant! S3 per puir,"Haroia Gres ner, chairman of the Ameri can Foittware Industries As sociation, Suid. "Children's shoes now S8 will go up $1 to $1.50 and boots costing S23 and up will rise S3 to $4." The world shortage is due partl to Argentina's bowing out as an exporter. A ear ago, to build up breeding stocks, Argentina tunned hide exports, Europeans, who usually buy nine million Ar gentine hides a year, turned to the L'nited States for su;- ChdfK ( We got a phone call the other dav from a gentleman at Los Angeles. He's look ing for a small ranch to "retire" on. Now, ranching is fine, but the retiring part kind of gets me. Memories of Uncle Charley's ranch and my folks little farm bring back -retiring at about 8 p.m. and climbing out of the sack at about five a.m. Then, one retires all day to about two hundred different chores. And, of cours?, ater sunper vou chase arounu getting a few other odds i ends fixed as best you can, perhaps post poning anything that possibly can wait 'til the next day. Yessir, there's nothing quite like retiring on a ranch, by golly. As you know President Nixon has ordered airlines to frisk passengers in order to cut down on hijacking. This means I'll have to quit rid ing planes. I'm ticklish. A grandmother was making her first plane flight. Soon after the big jet was airborne, she complained to the ste wardess that her ears were popping. The stewardess as sured her that this was per fectly natural, and gave her a couple of pieces of gum. As she was departing the plane, Grandma said, "That gum sure worked wonders, Honey but how do I get it out of my ears?'" There's a new bike rack in front of Coast To Coast Store here. Feature story in the July issue of Ruralite is on Har old Erwin telling about the Erwin family band, about Har old s being a pickup man at the Rounu-L'p, and about his enjoyment of rodeoing here in Heppner. We admire the name of his horse, Little Chief, too, and the entire story-written by Aaron Jones -will bring back fond mem ories to many people. John Myers, a sophomore at Heppner High, was win ner of a $25 award in fic tion. He had a piece " Desert Fall ' printed in the Eastern Oregon Literary Supplement which appeared this week. It tells of riding a cycle in the desert and its attend ant excitement and a wild accident, a thrilling story. jOi XUM Pi cVS vi f?rT J ; r 7 , v 3 u y y . i l- Br CRY Fl LI ETON. Barrel Racing National Intercollegtate Nmiio champion on a champion horse. Rikka Tews. Those in the know will recognue the performance of horse and nd r. plies. Another reason for the present shortage is due to price contruls during Phase 1. one major dealer said. "The government let hide prices for export go up one cent a pound, but held do mestic prices aown,' ne said. "Naturally everybody sold his hides overseas and the American tanners had to use up their own inventory. Now the prices have been evened out, and the Ameri cans are buying all the hi des they can find to build up their supplies again." In addition to shrinking sup plies the demand for leather has increased. More and more leather jackets and coats are being sold, and each one takes enough leather for several pairs of shoes. MR. L MRS. JACK SL NI NE R, Charlie, Sally, Jeff and Jaci were in Mill City for the 4th of July Celebra- tion. They flew over for the day to enjoy the breakfast put on by the Lions Club fol lowed by the Kiddies parade' and the big parade. The day was a home-town vanetywith organizations providing car nival type booths. Neighbors and friends enjoyed visiting and picnicking in the park as well as the festivities. Jack did some politicing while he was there. Sen. Jernstedt on Developement Senator Ken Jernstedt (R- Hood River), recent appointee to the Senate Task Force on Economic Development, attended the committee's or ganizational meeting in Portl and July 5th. The Task Force was creat ed by Senate President John Burns (I Portland), who ap pointed Senator George Win gard (R-Eugene) as Chairman of the Task Force. One of the main duties of the Task Force, according to Burns, is to put forth a pack age of incentives that will in duce businesses away from the heavily populated areas and into more rural communi ties. " We must fully understand the attitude of each Oregon community toward economic development before any deci sion can be made," Jern stedt said. "I do not want to force any new business into a community against the people's will." Jernstedt also called for a full inventory of the ca pacities of schools, hospitals, and other social services to determine whether these ser vices can handle new econo mic growth. MR. & MRS. DAVID BECK HAM of Corvallis were here to spend trie weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Morrison at lone. The Beckhams picnicked with the Ron Haguewoods at Penland Prairie and saw the Lake for the first time. Mrs. Beckham teaches at Mt. View School in Corvallis and Mr. Beckham attends Wil lamette Law School. MRS. RON CHRISTOPHER SON arrived Friday for a two weeks Visit with her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Miller out on Butter Creek. Ron will be stationed at Wichita Falls. Texas until this fall then he expects a transfer. Mrs. Cnristopherson is the former Bonnie Miller. While in Wichita Falls, she attended a high school with an en rollment of over 1700 stu dents. Students are known by number rather than by name. Bonnie's number was 1745. "Left-overs" Left - overs from Morrow County 4-H Camp that may be claimed at the County Ex tension Office: -a blue girl's car coat with embroidered trim on hood. -a pink towel. -a blue boy's cap. -pule blue, nylon girl's ski jacket. -pair of tie-dyed knee sox marked J.S. -a western tooled leather belt with silver buckle, size 24 waist. -a gold nylon ski jacket, -one fishing pole. BERNIECE THOMSON, who lives and works in Portland, is spending the first week of her three-weeks vacation this week at the home of tier pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thomson, Jr., Heppner. THE LARRY ANGELL fam ily went over Sunday to Gol- dendale for the Centennial ce lebration and air show. Kinzua Mr. and Mrs. David Matti- son and daughters went to Redmond on Monday of last week to bring his mother, Mrs. James Fordice of San Diego, Caltf. for a visit. She had come to Redmond with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shell of San Diego and returned with them on Friday. Mrs. Betty Shell who had been visiting around Oregon went back to San Diego with them. Mrs. Gerald Samples and family returned last Wednes day from a six weeks visit with relatives near Frank furt, Germany. MR. & MRS. PAUL MUZZY and granddaughter Cheryl re turned home Thursday from Thorne Bay, Alaska where they had spent the vacation visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Muzzy and family. Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Watts and sons Mark and Noren went to Portland Friday for Mark to have me dical care. Arriving last week to vi sit with Mr. and Mrs. Cla rence woods were Mrs. Ef fie Craig of Cassville, Mis souri and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Pugh and three sons of St. Charles, Missouri. They and the Woods went on to visit relatives in Salem, Albany, Eugene, and Toledo and then all attended a Woods family reunion at the Portland home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Woods. GUESTS LAST Thursday of Mr. and Mrs.GeraldSamples and family were Mr. and Mrs. Ike Harrington and children Joe and Kathy of Tacoma, Wa., Mrs. Pat Nelson and Outcome of Col's Case Hot Known Id pick Md the Heppmr Morrow County Clmmlfr ul I niiiiiierce iiifiiiU-rk Mommy that he had attended Cat's Cafe and l.ouiv hearing and request to serve liquor tn the drink tn Salem la hi Tliurii dav. "It doesn't look very Kud" he sud. The local inspector said "Heppner need another ratine blare but doesn't need another place to huv drinks". The Chamber had previous ly gone on record as favoring Cat's application. Ed said he felt that no consideration had been given to the con templated growth of tlusarea in addition to the Increased use of Bull prairie with 60, 000 tourist days last year and an estimated 45.000 when Penland Trairie gets going. He said that any member who wanted to should write the Ol.CC at 9201 S.E. McLaugh lin Blvd.. Portland. Bob ivSpain explained his Idea for a summer band for the Centennial parade. Mr. Pick urged every member three children of Orlando, Florida, Orpha Kopta of Mil-ton-Freewater, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Samples of Hep pner. Kathy Harrington re mained with the Samples for a longer visit. Mr. and Mrs. Al Portlier spent part of their vacation visiting Banff and Lake Lou ise in the Canadian Rockies. JOE BOWMAN of Fort Belvoir, Va. and his fiancee, Miss Robin Hesla of Port land, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs Bowman and family. Joe exjwets to be discharged from the Army in August. A new family has moved to Camp 5 from Canby. They are DouglasandJoanne Payne and their five children, Dou glas, Mike, Gary. Kay, and Kelley. Mr. Payne is a loader-operator forHardwick Logging Co. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Jones and Bobby were in Heppner July 4th for Dale to have dental care. "The founder of this busi ness was a simple man. That's how I got control!" ORDER BLANK For HEPPNER CENTENNIAL EDITION (August 24, 1972) 35c EACH BY MAIL Send order to Gazette-Times. Box 337, Heppner Oregon 97830 ORDER Pleave send copies of the Centennial Edition of the Heppm-r Gazette-Times to the names and addresses shown below. Enclosed is $ (total 1 Mail them to: (Please print): Jame Street or Box Citv State Name Street or Box City - State Name Street or Box City . State Name Street or Box City State Name Street or Box City State Name Street or Box City State. to get behind his proposal (or a band. Hob l.ie gave 42 days in tngland in !0 minutes much to the ples-mrr of his audience. He Marled Hh few startling statlslics such as the southern tip of Eng land is no farther south than Winieg, Canada. The mean temin ralure is 48 degrees and there's 41 Inches of rain fall. England Is smaller than the stale of Oregon and has five times as many ieople. He recalled their 8-day train trip around England. He explained a new system of milling coal where the land is leased from the farmer and after the coal Is removed from the land it Is filled In covered with the orginal top soil and returned to the farmer. Mining on-ratlons are either owned by the Coal Board or the Universities. He ended his 20 minutes with a hilarious account of getting out of England to the extent that they had to buy another return ticket for $900. after the charter flight he was on went into the hands of the receivers! Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Sharp and Mr. and Mrs. Don Stan ton helped Mr. and Mrs. Bob Blue move to Hermistoii Sa turday where they will make their home. MR. I MRS. MARVIN LI CAS hosted a birthday party Sunday for their dau ghter Tammy who is eleven. The youngsters enjoyed games, favors, birthday cake and ice cream. Those attend ing were Jolene Parker, Craig Warming, Elizabeth and Cynthia Overton, Susan O'Neall, Kay and Kelley Pa yne, Debby Hunt, Wanda Dun lap, and Jim Crumpler. My Neighbors l!-v---J tt - V "What brain me in why I look forward to thrw week all year long!" Heppner Gazette-Times Advertising Rates National, Open Display $1.12 in. Classified display rate $1.25 in. or $1 in. on con tract. Other classified rates shown in box at left hand column. Zip Zip Zip Zip Zip Zip III , - v y xA-r 5 v Planning session set All Morro County 4-H Horn Ec. fair superintend nls are urged lo attend a meeting Tuesday, July IB, 100 p.m., at the Aneten, Hep pner Fairgrounds. The meeting is scheduled lo be a pre-fair planning sen sum, according lo Rirdine Tullts, Extension Aide. Deb bie Barker. 4-H Home Econo mist for Morrow and Uma tilla counties will b present for the meeting. Debbie is especially Interested lo meet ing all 4-H home ec. leaders. reunion Ralph Crum of lone served as chairman of the Rhine hart family Reunion this summer. Wilma Thompson of Condon was secretary. Earl Butler of Mayville as general manager. This annual reunion was started by the Great Grand mot Iter who came west Inaco vered wagon. They first set tled In Shedd and then came to the Condon area where many of them still make their homes. They met for four days. A cook is hired and a big barbecue is held on Sunday. This reunion has been going since 1903. There were over 160 present this year. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nikander from Heppner also attended the reunion. COL'RT ADVERTISES MORROW COUNTY SHOW The girls on the Morrow County Rodeo Court all like to ride and in the Grand En try, they get to demonstrate their riding ability with a flair. Condon was a big day for them with their Sweep Stakes w in of all mounted groups in the parade, luncheon as guests oftheCondonChaniber of Commerce and then the Grand Entry at the Rodeo. Their next parade and show will be in Elgin on July 23. July 14 Rhea Creek Grange. 6:30 pot-luck supper. July 15 Two-ball foursome at Willow Creek Country Club. 4:30 Single members will be hosts. No barbecue this week. Heppner class of '47 will meet for a banquet and dance at the Wagon Wheel Cafe and Lounge. July 16 Willow Creek Country Club hosts McNary and Echo golfers. Tee-off and coffee will be at 9:00. Annual McDaniel Picnic at Anson Wright Park. Cof fee will be furnished for the pot-luck lunch. Acti vities will begin about noon. Heppner class of '47 and fam ilies will meet at Cutsfor th Park for a picnic. Jul 18 Home Ec. Fair Superinten dents meeting. Fair Annex, Fairgrounds. 2:00 p.m. Ladies' Golf Day at Willow Creek Country Club. Tee off is at 9:00 a.m. Stan Mills, OSU, will re view Business Survey in conference room of theBank of Eastern Oregon. 8:00 p.m. July 19 All-star Little League games begin in Madras. Republican Central Commit tee meeting in conference room of the First Natio nal Bank at 8:00. July 20 Flower arranging Fun Day at Roy Raley Park, Pendle ton. 7:30 p.m. Arrang ed with the Extension Ser vice. 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