Page 2, THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner, OR, Thursday, Sept. IS, 1975
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By ERNIE CERES A
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Dr. Tibbies has announced his resignation as practitioner
in Heppner after 43 years of service. His accomplishments
during the years are too numerous to mention. He has served
the community above and beyond the call of duty these many
years, yet he refuses to accept the recognition he so rightfully
deserves. He has often mentioned that the only way he could
retire from practice in Heppner would be to move from the
community. I hope he never does, for whenever I see Doc
Tibbies on the street I will always say, "thanks," for no man
gives 43 years of service to any community without gaining
the appreciation of its citizens.
For the benefit of many of the new people in the community
as well as some of the older citizens, the Gazette-Times has
been publishing some older pictures of buildings in Heppner.
We would like to continue this policy, however, we ask for
your cooperation. Do you have any old pictures or
newspapers that could be run in the paper? If so bring them
into the office and once photographed they will be returned to
the rightful owner.
Last week Herman Green brought a copy of the Hehisch to
the Gazette-Times. The book is dated 1915 and is the first
Hehisch printed. There is a picture of the new high school
building built in 1912-13 at a cost of $40,000.
At that time there were four teachers and 52 students in
high school. The teachers listed are Hamilton H. Hoffman,
Lucy T. Wedding, Addie M. Schwittay and Marion A. Long.
The graduating class had nine seniors, Harley Adkins,
Anna Howard, Grace Van Vactor, Helen Aiken, Lera
Griffiths, Edith Thorley, Ina Johnson and J. Spencer
Crawford.
Juniors listed are David Wilson, Loren Mikesell, Pearl
Thompson, Ruth Howard. Thomas Hughes. Althea Devin,
Elra Hayes. W. Pearl LeTrace, S. Delbert Wright, Clarence
Scrivner, Mrs. Ester Turner and Samuel Stephens.
Sophomores were Edward Clark, Stephen Irwin, Emmett
Hughes, Mary Blahm, Amelia Blahm, Cornelia Johnson and
Margaret Crawford.
In the freshmen class were Waldon Straight, Garnett
Barrett, Norton Winnard, Lester Parker, Edgar Copenhaver,
Neva Hayes, Loa Briggs. Kenneth Binns, Vawter Crawford,
Florence Ralston, Earl Gordon and Isa belle Wilson.
Also listed in the Hehisch are 12 members of the
Commercial Class. They include the following students:
Lamont Slocum. Charles Barlow, Delbert Wright, Henry
Peterson. Hannah Wilson, Lena Hughes, Oma Bennett,
Norma Friedrich, Daisy Barlow, Paul Gemmell, Bertha
Cason and Minnie Winters.
If the names bring back memories perhaps some of the
students activities will also bring a smile as they are taken
directly from Hehisch.
Freshman Class Social. On Dec. 12, 1914 about 7:30 p.m..
one might have seen the Freshman Class gaily wending their
way along the street to the school house, where a merry time
was in store. '
The room we entered was gaily decorated with many
colored pennants, but the H.H.S. "18", loomed out grandly
above them all. The cozy corner with its brightly covered
robes and cushions gave it an attractive appearance. The
scene soon became one of gay festivity and the evening was
spent in playing Millionaire. Old Maid and Peter Coddle
which provided amusement for all. At intermission music
was furnished by Miss Long, Oma Bennett, and Loa Briggs
while we joined in singing many of our school songs.
Refreshments, consisting of apples, sandwiches, cake,
cookies and cider were served by the social vice-president,
Florence Ralston, who was assisted by Norma Fredrick and
Hanna Wilson.
The amusement was continual until 11:30 when interest
began to wane and we left for our various homes.
On the night of Dec. 23. 1914 the first party of the season
was given by the entire high school, a Clam Feed. Professor
Hoffman was declared to have eaten the largest number of
clams, but the prevailing opinion was that Clarence Scrivner
ate the most. Prof. Hoffman being a close second. Games
were played after the feed and everyone had a very
enjoyable time. The party broke up at 10 p.m., and strange to
say. none seemed to suffer any evil effects from over eating.
Also included in the book is a story of two fueding families,
who had waged war on each other until only one member of
each family remained. John Doone and Walter MacArthur.
One afternoon John Doone noticed his mare lying dead shot
by a culprit. Suddenly out of the bushes steps waiter
MacArthur. A fight ensues as the two men engage in a Fight to
the finish.
The last paragraph reads as follows: nearer and nearer
they came to the edge, and it seemed every minute they must
drop over the edge into eternity. Doone 's shoulder next hung
over the precipice, and still he held his antagonist with an
almost superhuman grip. Their muscles grew tense, and
once more they struggled fiercely and (to be continued in
next year's annual.)
Winn Crist, former manager of the Heppner Elks Lodge,
retired Monday night after more than five years of faithful
sen ice 111 health was the reason Winn retired. Many thanks
to Winn for the fine job he did for the club and for the many
hours he spent there Winn's successor is AJ Huit. We wish
him well in his new venture.
A first grader recently proved how practical school
children can be. He slipped in the hall of his school and
skinned his knee. A teacher remarked. "Big boys don't cry
son " The younger replied. "I'm not gonna cry, I'm gonna
sue
"h'l hard to compete with a guy like Phtf MacAdanuP
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EDITOR:
Thirty years ago I subscribed to the Gazette-Times. Now I
have cancelled that subscription because you, or no one else
is going to infer, as you did in your column, that the people of
Morrow County are ignorant and accuse them of being lazy
without hearing from me. Yes, I will purchase the paper now
and then from the news! and
I am concerned about the cost of school needs due to
population increase and inflation, but I am more concerned
about the 34 million in interest than I am about the original
ti l million. I hope that other methods of financing could be
found. The penny-ante repair bill you mention is really prett v
cheap classroom rental when amortised and may allow
sufficient time to balance income with costs
Your more than 'i column tear-jerker concerning the Post
Office can be quickly reduced to postal service, i.e. mail
delivery and five o'clock mailing and pick up in a manner
acceptable to the people. Remember Heppner is a flood zone.
Considering your past comments, that story on page 3 by
fifteen-year-old Cathy: Palmer must have been quite a
shocker to you. Especially in relation to the format used by
you in the same edition, and you in the business.
W W. WEATHERFORD
Heppner.
(Ed. Note I have never inferred the people of this or any
other community to be ignorant. I will openly admit that I
have referred to them as being lazy, not physical laziness
only when it comes to exercising their right to vote. Whether
they vote for or against an issue is besides the point, when
they refuse to use their right to vote, then and only then do I
consider them lazy.
EDITOR:
During its 200 years of existence the United States of
America has produced numerous courageous citizens who
have sacrificed to build a strong nation, one that has
historically always been willing to stand for the principle of
right.
One such person who stood firm in what he considered right
at whatever cost was Abraham Lincoln. His entire private
and public life was devoted to proving all men, regardless of
race, color and creed, are created equal and should have the
opportunity to think and act accordingly. Lincoln's works
endure.
As the I6th President of this nation, he stressed: "That
portion of the earth's surface which is owned and inhabited
by the people of the United States is well to be the home of one
national family. Nowhere in the world is presented a
government of so much liberty and quality. This country with
its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. We are
bound together in patriotism and our attachment to our
country. While some of us may differ in political opinions,
still we are united. Our reliance is in the love of liberty.
Our country has flourished because of the guaranteed
freedom of individual independence of thought and action. As
interested citizens in this great land, our duty is to keep
informed on issues confronting our town, state, nation and
world. We must constantly strive to make our own decisions
no matter how those around may react. Lincoln said, "Let us
have faith (hat right makes right, and in that faith let us dare
to do our duty as we understand it. Let none falter who thinks
he is right."
Now (hat Bicentennial celebrations have begun, Ameri
cans can recall with gratitude lessons provided by Abraham
Lincoln and others in establishing the freedom of individual
independence for each citizen as a practical example of
democracy demonstrated!
MAXE.SHIVELEY,
Murfreesboro, TN.
EDITOR:
I believe the Morrow County Courthouse was constructed
in I903. From the appearance of the parked Model T's, I
would guest the date of the picture at 1 9 1 3 or 1914.
The old Courthouse is truly a historical landmark and we
must see to It that It it never torn down or destroyed. That
almost happened to the Pioneer Courthouse here in Portland.
JOHN F. KILKENNY
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INSIDE RELIGION
By LESTER KINSOLVING
The weekly Independent National Catholic Reporter
i NCR i w as launched in the early sixties with the blessing of
the local Catholic Bishop. Charles Helmsing.
But not long after it became independent of the Diocese of
Kansas City St. Joseph, NCR was publicly excoriated by
Bishop Helmsing. who asked that the word "Catholic" be
dropped from the weekly newspaper's title.
The Bishop's anathema w as generally attributed by liberal
and middle-of-the-road Catholics as being due to NCR's
strong, frequent and often hilarious critiques of the
hierarchy. NCR's peak, in circulation as well as notoriety,
came after it was selected as one of two periodicals in the
entire world to leak the top secret majority report of the Papl
birth control commission which report strongly disagreed
with the final outcome in the anti-contraceptive encyclical
Humani Yitae.
This very nearly boosted NCR's circulation to the 100.000
level. But in a matter of relatively few months, circulation,
began dropping -not so much because of the Bishop's blast,
but because the essence of NCR's supporters, reformist
Roman Catholics, began regarding Humani Vitae as a
betrayal of the collegiality promised by the Second Vatican
Council They stopped hoping for the reform which was
NCR 's stock in trade
NCR's board of directors responded to this alarming trend
in much the same way Notre Dame responded lo losing
football coach Terry Brennan: they fired editor Robert Hoyt.
whose wit and editorial fervor have never been duplicated,
'even if lloyl seemed categorically unable to write about the
Kerrigan brothers without quivering).
St ill NCR's circulation kept dropping, so much so thai NCR
played it safe by virtually ignormng just the type of
ecclesiastical scandal which it had made its reputation by
exposing
Notre Dame's President. Father Theodore Hesburgh,
overruled his Dean of Men. who expelled six of the best
football players, after an episode in one of the dormitories
involving one teenager which is categorized in (he records
of the South Bend Sheriff's office as "rape."
Five of the six who were suspended will be playing football
for (he Irish this fall. But it was not NCR that exposed this
atrocious scandal, bul rather Notre Dame alumnus Robert
Sam Anson, in Manhattan's New Times magazine.
When NCR publisher Donald Thorman was asked if hii
failure lo cover this story was in any way due to Father
Hesburgh s written promotion of subscriptions for NCR,
Thorman refused (o comment.
Instead of embarrassing nearby Notre Dame, NCR was
busy exposing far away Rhodesia. In a page one story
headlined "Church Documents Terror" NCR reported a
23 page report of (he Rhodesian Catholic Commission on
Justice and Peace, which alleged atrocities by Rhodesian
police and troops fighting terrorists at that nation 'a border.
Unmentioned in the NCR story is this report's key
admission thai "these quotations are the personal opinions of
one informant and the allegations have not been proved . . .
The accuracy of these reports has not been fully established ,
. . Fictitious dates, names and placet are used In the
enclosed reports."
One of these reports, for example, diet a school teacher
near (he Rhodesian (own of Bindura. The teacher wat
reportedly asleep In his bedroom, when Rhodesian Security
Forces came Into the area, fired shots, and threw a hmi
grenade into his bedroom.
The results of th grenade being thrown Inlo (hit bedroom:
"His feet were badly damaged."
(The report does not disclose just how big are the bedrooms
of Bindura -or how small are the hand grenades used by the
Rhodesian Security Forces )
The report wat prepared under the direction of Catholic
Bishop Don a I Lamont of Umtalt In Eastern Rhodesia, whose
signature appears along with several other church leaders,
both Catholic and Protestant. One of these it the Anglican
(Episcopal) Bishop of Mashonaland, Paul Burrough, who
said during an interview:
"I wrote Donal that you can 'I justifiably entitle (hit report
'Man in the Middle' when you say nothing at all about the
other side, the terrorists. I take no responsibility for any part
of that rr port except the one page 1 signed askin for an
independent enquiry of what anyone who hat ever been in
any army knowt ran happen In a combat tone."
Mayor of Hardman
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Fall't In the air out here in the country. Mister Editor, and
if all ain't right with the world, at least It's looking a lot
better. August got over with, jest like we figgered. and right
there it an improvement in the usual run of perdictions. I'm
with the feller that laid we ought to do away with August
altogether and ha ve two Septembers, or maybe two Aprils. In
the tag end of summer, the fish won't bite, the snakes can t
see and (hey will bite, ever dog it in a bad mood and things
general Is In a turmoil.
The fellers was in good spirits al the country store
Saturday night. Clem Webster even was able to find a kind
word lo say abou( President Veto Ford. Clem said he took
note that (he President and the Congress final hit on somepun
(hey can agree on. When Congress raised its own wages last
month, the President was quick to give his blessing. While
the (wo branches of Guvernment are on (his honeymoon,
Clem went on, maybe they can come up with a way to figger
how w can keep from taking turns keeping warm this
winter, Neither one has wasted any energy trying to save our
energy, was Clem't words.
It used lo be. Zeke Grubb said, that September was foolbull
lime, bul (hal don't go by the calendar now. We been having
reruns of last fall s reruns all summer, and now we re
coming around to live instant replays. Zeke had read where
in the New Orleans Superdome they gol way t to show people
in the stadium replays of what (hey are seeing. Zeke said he
figgers it could cloud up and rain in thai place, and they
would do a rerun of it.
Practical speaking, allowed Ed Doolittle. there is a way lo
do. undo, and redo everything. Ed had saw where telephone
companies are planning to charge fer the operator to give out
numbers, and he saw where (his feller was thinking ahead.
He has ordered telephone books from thousands of towns, so
now all he's got to do is find the right book, and find room In
his house fer the telephone. Ed also reported where chickens
are used lo direct traffic In Napa. California. Drivers that
wouldn't slow down fer a policeman w ill stop fer a chicken In
the street, so the parks in Napa have chickens running all
over lo keep ihe streets safe.
Turning lo other matters, Clem wondered if there are any
other Democrats who ain'l running fer President, He said it
looks like it's going lo be easier lo count them that ain'l than
are. listening lo all the remedies lo all Ihe country's
ailments being offered by all the canidatcs. Clem said, you
wonder if Ihe Federal Trade Commission hadn't oughl to step
in and call fer truth in advertising If Mickey Mantle has gut
to drink the Deer he plugs there ought to be a w ay lo make a
. politician back up his product, was Hem's words
The FTC probable classes politics as "fanciful." which
means we am i supposed lo believe II.
YOURS TRULY.
MAYOR ROY.
Bicentennial Forum
What indeed is an Ameri
can? Our roots are as tangled
as an ancient tree, our blood a
mix thai can be found in no
other country. Our national
motto is E pi ur i bus unum out
of many. one. Yet II is not easy
lo see how Ihe very different
groups that settled America
were able to establish one
nation. Indeed. Mark Twain
once wrote thai the only
feature of "the American
character" that he had ever
discovered was a fondness for
ice water. What is Ihe "Amer
ican character"? What values
and symbols do we share? For
all our talk of integration,
assimilation, "the melting
pot," we often insist, by and
large, on going our separate
ways. Theodore Roosevelt
once said. "There is no room
in this country for hyphenated
Americanism." Bul more and
more people want lo be known
as Italian-Americans. Mexi
can Americans, Afro-Americans
tor reasons of pride and
identity. Should we emphasize
the differences that set us
apart, or Ihe similarities that
bind us together? Is il belter lo
remember or lo forget that
"I am Polish, or Irish, or
Italian, or Black, or English,
or Jewish . . ."?
Pioneer Profiles
Jackson Lee Morrow was
born in Kentucky, Oct. It.
1827 When Jackson Lee was
still a youngster, the family
left Kentucky and traveled to
Illinois.
Jackson Lee married Nancy
McQueen. Iowa, in 1852. and
the following y ear they set out
for Ihe Washington territory,
where he waslo embark in the
mercantile business
During the Indian War of
IH3SM. he served as a LI
Colonel on the Governor's
staff
Known as "Untie Jack ",
Jackson Lee Morrow was
a natural politician He was
elected to Ihe Oregon Legis
lature in 187S. representing
Umatilla County,
Umatilla County was separ
ated from Wasco County in
1862 In 1885, the western area,
especially Heppner began to
plea for another county
Umatilla representative. L B
Cox, a IVndlelon lawyer,
introduced Ihe bill Morrow
County HIM
Members of Ihe legislature
held Jackson Morrow in such
esteem, they gave Ihe bill
11114. his name. The bill was
passed without a struggle,
creating Gilliam County and
the birth of Morrow County, on
Feb 16, I8HJ
The Morrow't had six child
ren, one James W, Morrow,
who lived a full life Jackson
L. Morrow , his wife and his six
children are buried at the
Heppner Cemetery.
Adult General Education
classes to begin
Registration for Ihe Adult
General Education classes,
offered through BMCC al
Heppner. will be held Thurs
day evening. Sepl. 25. at Ihe
Neighborhood Center, Hepp
ner. Four lypes of program! will
be offered for adultt through
Ihese classes One program is
adult basic education, which It
for those needing help in
beginning levels of reading,
math. English and other
areas.
The (wo main progrtmt are
the ones designed lo help
adultt obtain a high school
diploma, or Ihe equivalent.
The Adult High Sc hool Diplo
ma program, if chosen, allows
a student lo gain a high school
diploma tnd there are several
ways of meeting requirements
for (hit diploma.
An individualized course of
ttudy it set up with each
student.
The second main program it
the General Education Deve
lopment program, which It
designed to prepare adultt lo
past the GEO lest. These
teslt, if passed by a certain
percentage, can often substi
tute for a high school diploma.
.Subjects studied are English,
math, reading compre
hension, science, social stu
dies, literature and spelling
A new program lo be offered
this year will be English as a
second language This pro
gram is designed for adults to
whom English is a new
language. Registration for
this course will not be held
until a later date
Madeline Buckendorf and
Anne Dohcrty will be co
instructors for Ihe courses for
Ihe first month. Mrt. Bucken
dorf will be replacing Mrs.
Dohcrty as Instructor after
lhal lime.
Registration for students
previously in Ihe Adult Gene
ral Education classes will be
at 7:30 pm. al the Neighbor
hood Center on 120 S Main,
Sepl, 23. Those adultt who
have not been In Ihe program
before may register at I p m.
Ihe same nighl. Those not able
lo attend registration Thurt
day, may begin Ihe classes ai
any later date.
For further Information,
contact Anne Dohcrty. 678
W77. or Madeline Buckendorf,
7 9917. English at a second
language students should con
tact only Anne IMierty.