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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1973)
I IIEITVFR OUi:. Goings-on in The Merrymakers Card Club met Wednesday evening I (he lii grade room with Tat Mi'Mmn as hostess High went to Dinah Jackson with second high going to Linda Shaw. Pinochles went to Dinah Jackson and Sue Matttson. Grand high went to Linda Shaw with second grand high going to Evy Luper. Others playing (or the evening were Ruth Carey. Barbara Heim. Irene Samples. Bonie Camp bell. Barbara Williams. Dar lene Barlett and Hally Spivey. Mr and Mrs Dan Stubble field of Corbett were here (or the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs Omar Stubblefield and other relatives Mr and Mrs Joe Browning of Gresham were here over the weekend visiting friends and to do some hunting Jean McRoberts went to The Dalles Saturday on business. Visiting Mr and Mrs Fred Green this weekend were Mr. and Mrs Greg Berg and daughter of Washougal. Wn. Mr and Mrs Carroll Size more of Portland were week end guests of Mrs Wilma Mabe. Mr and Mrs Steve Benson of Albany were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs Verlin Connor. They also visited with Mr and Mrs Stan Benson. Mr and Mrs. Ray O'Neal! Sr. of Prmeville were visiting Mr and Mrs Ray O'Neal! over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Don Slinkard and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bailey went to Bend Saturday on business Mr and Mrs Mark Samples of Heppner were here Friday visiting Mr. and Mrs. O.L Adams and Mr. and Mrs Jerry Samples. The weekend of Sept. 29 Mrs Jerry Samples and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Samples of Heppner went to Medford to help Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Samples celebrate their 5nh wedding anniversary. Hugh Samples is a former em pioyee of Kinzua Corporation. Also attending the celebration was Mrs Orpha Kopta of Milion-Freewater. Mrs. Kopta is a sister of Hugh and Mark Samples Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Benson were Dr. and Mrs. George Lage and Mr. and Mrs. George Lage Jr. of Portland. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Stan Benson and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Benson during the week is Clarence Benson of Idaho. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs Bowman and family over the weekend were Joe Bowman. Sara Bowman. Vic. Bowman. Curby Ford. Manny Robinson and Lenord Haike. all of Portland: Dr. John Radema cher and son Joev of Pendle CMP CREEP - - --Nf 1-only Single Stall $165.00 Double Stall $225.00 Morrow County Lexington, Oregon IK MEMBER PACIFIC COOPERATIVES liAZITTF-.TIMKS. T1iirday. (Vlober II, II7J Itinzua ton. Dave Riney of Salem and Georgia McQuain of Olex. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Fouft of Portland. Guests of Mr. and Mrs Herb Luper and family over the weekend were Willis Wright. Ned Niekelsen, and Mr. and Mrs Art Sparks and family, all of Portland. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elvyn Bell for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bell of Portland. John Wall was home for the weekend visiting his father. Ernie Wall Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson went to Steens Mountains for the weekend. They were joined by Mr and Mrs. Larry Norris of Bums. Mr and Mrs Forrest Graham of Umatilla spent the weekend here visiting Mr. and Mrs Dick Graham and fam ily. Ariel Campbell and daugh ter Andrea went to Bend Saturday on business Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Don Stanton for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Doggett and family of Bend. Mrs Dick Reese of Joseph was here from Mondav to Thursday visiting Mr and Mrs Guy Van Arsdale and family Guests of. Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Warming for the week end were Einar Warming of Reedsport and Jim Anderson of Mulino. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mc.Minn and family over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Loren Swanson and family of Portland. Bob Woods. Rich Elzig and daughter. John Swanson and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Tipton, all of Portland. The weekend of Sept. 29 Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Murdock went to Baker to attend a Central Oregon Area Council Square Dance meeting. Guests of Mr. and Mrs Don Hardwick this weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Len Dugan and family of Hillsboro and Genine Hardwick and David Arm strong of Bend. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mike Todd and family for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Gary Winebarger and son Duffy and Clifford Todd, all of Portland. The weekend of Sept. 29 Guy Van Arsdale flew to Richland. Wn. Guy received his pilot licence that weekend. Hunting guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Heim and Errica were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Forsyth and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelly of Albany. Tom Pitts and son Mike of Craw-fordsville. circle CTAiii FEECS3 Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Herb Luper and family over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Art Sparks and family of Portland. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Heim and Ericca were Mr and Mrs. Gene Mannelein and daughter Liu of Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Harvy Spivey of Baker were here from Sunday to Tuesday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hire and Raymond and Mr. and Mrs Dave Mattison and family. Mrs Rob Hire and Mrs Don Cossitt went to The Dalles Friday on business. Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson returned Friday evening after spending a week camping in the Steens Mountains. Mr and Mrs. Larry Norns of Burns spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs John Jackson. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs Bowman and family for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bowman, Manfred Rob inson and sons and Sara Bowman, all of Portland. Dave Riney of Salem and Georgia McQuain of Olex. Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Hyatt and sons went to Portland for the weekend and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Worlein. While there they celebrated the birthdays of Travis and Theresa. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Spivey for the weekend was Mrs. Bart Wood and children of Baker. Kathy Nelson of Portland was here for the weekend visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Simms. Weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Connor were Mr. and Mrs. David Lovell and family of Albany. Floyd Tipton of Portland was here from Thursday to Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bill McMmn and family. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don Stanton over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Doggett and family of Bend. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Les Mallory and family during the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Ron Reichelt of Portland. Mrs. Dan Bell and son John and Mrs. Robert Kelso were in Bend Monday for John to have medical care. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wright returned this weekend from a two-week .schooling on Stetson-Ross planers in Seattle. -to O HUMIDITY 17 r ir wN3e it -feeJ tSirrer you cd be Cffe ab'e less Ve.it. faJ it's ldeaWr less vMtr ceW- v ConSote -type. HATCf.S (1 car be -e. twosit ecoot'll way -to fill ,mtJ rttii "tor era a,Vt- C I Lcxincton Lexington Grange met Monday evening for the first meeting of the fall and winter, presided over by the master, Joe Yocom. It was decided to continue with the third Monday nights of each month as regular meeting date. An annouce ment concerning visitation night at Willows Grange was heard. Lexington will take the program to the meeting at lone, Sat., Oct. 20. Pomona Grange will meet at Lexington Oct. 27 at 10 30 a.m. Three Links Club met at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Palmer Thursday for its regular meeting. Plans were discus sed for the fall food tale and bazaar. This will be held Sat., Nov. 17. at Case Furniture Store in Heppner starting at 10 a.m. Proceeds are used to keep up and repair the Rebekah Hall and dining room at the I OOF hall in Lexington. Present were Florence Mc Millan. Irene Padberg, Del pha Jones. Ruth Robinson, Frances Peck and the hostess. The next meeting will be at the Catie Padberg home. Colorful trip to Central Oregon By Jl STIVE WEATHERFORD The attractive new Colum bia Basin building on Condon's Main Street, a re-awakened Fossil Mercantile Co., a new bridge being built across the John Day at CTarno. an apparent population spurt at Madras were noted by three travelers to the south-of-Bend Sunriver Resort last weekend. As Elaine George, Marlene Peterson and I w ent west -by-south Saturday morning, we drove through a herd of moving Hereford near Ante lope. but did not see many hunters in the beautiful open spaces along Highways 2U6. 19. 218 and 197. We found the Sunriver resort city a large, carefully planned "escape area." Nest led amoung the long-needled pines along the picturesque Deschutes. Sunriver s .large golf course and airport lie between the great lodge and many condominium-guest buildings and the recently snow-whitened Mt. Batchelor. After participating with o ver 100 Soroptimists in the 20th annual District II meet ing we started homeward just before noon Sunday. A stop at the House of Leather between the resort and Bend was eye-opening. The four-person Bob Kroll family from Lexington's Nel son Potato Ranch were the next folks to enter this deluxe 4e, cosf of ka;r3 yojir omfi- 3w3y -fror vt -'ft i$ warm rttJ rx?r be W&tJ. Wi !tss epersw4 -to Uy a qooJ foHery will rr your CV v cdj. I FT)) f ij0Wt about the environment . . "Mr. Brodkins," he said, 'Taint my nachure ter offend a man visitin' me, so I hope ye wonl take anythin' ! say as pussonal derogarashun . . ." Brodkins thought that over moment. "I understand," he said. But he sounded doubtful. "Then, let's start at the beginnin'. What kind o'work do ye do"' "I'm a teacher. High school French and Spanish-but what dues that have to do . . .?" "Ye had sum trainin'?" "I graduated from the university in 1959, then earned a master's degree in languages, but . . ." "Takes quite a spell o' studyin' ter become a good teacher. That right?" "Four to five years, although I don't see . . ." "How did ye become a environamentalist?" "I don't follow you. What do you mean?" "Well, if'n it took ye five years ter learn ter teach, ye must o' had ter do sumthin' ter learn ter environamate." "Environmate?" "Yer an environamintalist, aint ye? How did ye an' t'other members o' the Save The Forest League git yer titles?" "We became interested, that's all. We are deeply concerned." "Ye mean thet ter become a expert on the environamint ye jest need ter be interestid? If'n yer concerned, thet makes you a expert?" "There's more to it than that . . ." "Did ye go ter forestry school? Did ye study botanee?Geologee? Hev ye ever worked in the woods?" "Of course not! I'm a teacher.". "An' thet makes ye an expert on the environamint, so ye kin give advice ter foresters an' loggers?" "The League has an executive secretary who keeps us alerted to problems like the one in the Passadumkeag forest." leather goods emporium. We three took a leisurely look around Bend, especially enjoying the drive around the famous Mirror Pond Park and observing children feeding ducks and swan. Bend seems to be booming. Elaine parted the company there, after our Sunday noon dinner, as she was off for a short visit with a friend at nearby Camp Sher man to the west. From Bend Marlene and I whizzed to Redmond and turned east on Route 26 through Pilot Butte and Prm eville As we left Prineville we really got into hunter terri tory. Soon we saw a dead and abandoned fawn along the roadside. Many campers and trailers were parked or mov ing along both sides of the road. A quick look at the usually blue waters of Ochoco Lake revealed instead a practically dry mud flat. Such positive proof of the extreme drought in central and eastern Oregon this year. All the way north-by-east through Mitchell and Spray and into Hardman. hunters were everywhere. Sunday was clear and bright, and I have never seen the sensational Painted Hills looking as color ful. We were surprised at the Iane number of newly plowed acres just above Mitchell on Route 207. Great piles of brush w-rJowS iootS rif of -U W&e eo3 are gathered for later burn ing. It seems more settlers have discovered the Service Creek -Spray stretch and have put up several new homes there. As we left Spray a pickup stopped jus! ahead of us on the highway and a young fellow jumped out of the passenger side door and immediately began shooting at an animal on the hillside. Sunday afternoon is a quiet time at Mitchell. Spray. Hard man and Heppner, too. Except for the hunting activity in the hills, every place seemed so sleepy we travelers wondered if the communities were still sleeping off a really big Saturday night. From Heppner to Sunriver took about four hours-as did the return trip via Mitchell. With the tamaracks turning golden and the maple and sumac brilliant red against the hills, this is a delightful time to make this journey to Central Oregon. The Heppner Elks will sponsor a shrimp feed and dance Oct. 27 at the Elks Lodge. Music will be provided by the Country Revue Band starting at 9:30 p.m. The shrimp feed will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for PW O fWW6t SeTiHG Sofly frorrs JlVt cV'Hltr SlitfT Off 7 I Areas (ei as &fa-t ror$7 can be- cioseJ not keaW. Poors 4p all vberej was skouU be, kff dosej. "This feller got special trainin', I presoom.- "He studies the problems . . ." "What did he do afore he become yer execoottve secretary?" 4 "He ... he was a washer repairman. He sort of works fur the League in his spare time." Clete finally let up on Brodkins. His pipe had gone out so h recharged with Old Horsehair and fired up again, slowly, deliberately. Brodkins was silent It was an awkward moment. I felt a little sorry for the teacher. Then. Oete resumed. "Like I said. Mr. Brodkins. I Bint aimin' any pussonal name-calling at ye. I cal late ye believe what he believe. K man's entitled ter thet. But they's too many self-appointed, instant experts nowadays " "You mean the guides' association won't help . . . "Wuss then that. Mr. Brodkins. Most o' the guides II be in there cuttin'. runnin' bulldozers, an' truckin'. cum next fall. After deer season, most of em goes ter loggin'. "You're actually going to help this descration? That s incredible!" "Call it thet if'n ye've a mind ter. But cuttin' is the best way ter save thet country, not makin' a state park out of it!" At this. Brodkins stared in disbelief. "I ... I don't understand." he said. "Cutting It to save It? How come?" "Trees is like people. They grows old an' dies. A lot o' thet spruce hez already got hollow butts. Should hev bin cut five years ago. It's overage. Beggin ter die. "I grant ye. them 90-foot spruces is purty ter look at. but they am'! bin 10 people in there ter look at'em this year . . ." "Just knowing they are there makes them worth saving!" Brodkins was persistent. He hung in there!. "Ye cain'tsav'em!" Oete shot back. "Ijist told ye. they is old an' they is dyin". Fust good wind storm 'II lay em low. It'll be wasted timber. An' we need this lumber." "We could recycle paper. That will save trees." "Eyeh. But recyclin' ain't bin a roarin' success so far. Besides, how kin ye recycle old boards ter build houses'" "But why cut in a state forest? That forest belongs to the people, to be enjoyed by all . . ." "Trees grow old on state land. too. jest like on private land Besides, loggin' ain't as bad as buildin' a state park in sum cases!" Brodkins was aghast. He stared at Clete. "You are saying that logging is less harmful than public use? Why. that's . . ." "... common sense!" Clete injected. "The guides' associashun helped ter open that backcountry in the Meddy bemps Nashunnal Forest. We went ter hearin's. we writ letters, we phoned our senators. "So they opened it up. It was a handsome piece o' acreage. Full o'deer, an' moose, good trout fishin'. "The gov'mind put in campgroun's. built roads, installed launchin' ramps. A recreashun area, they calls it. "Well, them campgroun's is slums now. Trucks hau' out trash by the ton. They even he ter use heeliocopters ter clean up them back trails. "Ye'd walk a month o' Sundays in there afore jumpin" a deer. The trout streams is blossomin' with beer cans an' freeze-dried envelopes!" "That is the result of overuse." Brodkins argued. "That 's why we need to build a park in the Passadumkeag forest," "I druther see the loggers. They'll tie piles o slash, an' gravel roads, an" twitch roads, an' landin's. But whin they is through cuttin', it'll grow up green again. "The underbrush'll be thicker so thet deer an' moose w ill have more food an' better cover. The slash will rot an manoofacture a new forest floor fer trees ter grow on. "But make a park out of it. an' ye ll have crowds, trash, permanint roads, litter in the brooks. I'll take the loggers!" Brodkins rose to his feet. "Apparently." he said, "you preier logging protits to recreation tor Americans." "In sum cases," Clete agreed, "thet's about the size of it. Loggers ain't as tough on the environamint as'recrw" shunists. not in the long run." "I wouldn't have believed it . . ." Brodkins muttered. "Y'e see," Clete explained further. "I agree we has ter save sum country fer campin". an' hikin". an' fishin', an' snowmobilin'. Thet 's all well an' good. But amatoor environ amintalists hez got ter stop hollerin' every time a loggin' outfit tries ter pervide the lumber an' the paper we need "We has got ter grow timber fer harvestin' as well as save sum fer recreashun." Brodkins' snowmobile roar had died in the distance. Clete and I recharged with Old Horsehair and Reindeer Moss, and leaned back to enjoy the rest of the evening. "You're a regular timber baron," I said. "Slashing and cutting our natural resources for crass profit, despoiling the environment." Clete grinned. "Trooth w ill triumph," he said, "if n it don't git run over by them instant environamintalists." o sWwIJw't be WoeieJ by furniire Or (J3pfirie5. preftfTS ftyen J.frV.buTi'O of is -a -f.re -for Hat ir cJeckeJ a prOTtSSiOnal. f rorceJ a filers stverjl - t. rj U bC-' osar Heppner Ph. 676-9146 Serving 2850 square miles of Gilliam, Morrow and HTiceler Counties. VtiZrdT anally by ybtl r9t cWge - s a yt' JjySeJ -for
