Page 2, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday, Nov. ,
By ERNIE CEXE&A
Mayor Jerry Sweeney and I recently attended a meeting at
the county courthouse. There were approximately IS others
present at the meeting and although the meeting was
interesting, when Mayor Sweeney and I left, we were both a
little vague as to just what had transpired during the
meeting.
The entire meeting was carried out to Roberts Rules but all
members present seemed to talk rather strangely. There
were very few spoken words, only abbreviations to the
related subjects. The meeting went something like this:
Do you think the OEC should support the ONO and if they
do what about the MIC. If the ECOAC approves what about
HUD. AFSCME. IAM, ONE, ILWU. ABY. ACW. CLC. LCDC,
OLCC and the CIA? What effect will the ONA have on the
EOCCMHC, EDH&TC, if the EDOCC. MRADD, BOR. HHS.
TWO. IHS, MCGG. FORE. RHS. MCSD, NFO, and OWG. SIX
M ED disagree? If thev will go along with the money to be
appropriated will the EPA, DEQ. ONPA. ELK. CIA. AOI.
EDOCC, OWG. TWO. withdraw?
After two hours the debate of the entire issue was tabled, to
the satisfaction of all present until the following month.
Probably to find new letters in the alphabet to combine or
allow those present to find out what they were TALKING
about!
Heppner City Police and the Sheriff's department reported
a mild Halloween. Friday night with little or no disturbances.
City police reported some youngsters using shaving soap to
decorate the merchants windows.
On the brighter side of Hallow-en. youngsters in the
kindergarten classes were taken to Pioneer Memorial
nursing home to entertain the patients.
The youngsters, mostly 5 years of age treated the patients
to a few songs and were rewarded with small treats. With
their gaily decorated costumes ranging from cowboy attire
to ghosts', and some dressed as strange creatures from
another planet, they brightened the day for the patients.
While in the hospital the youngsters were quiet, orderly
and courteous. Special thanks to Don Cole, Mr. Anderson and
Mrs. Epping for helping brighten a day for the nursing home
patients. Perhaps the youngsters will pay another visit to the
nursing home and be rewarded with smiles of gratitude from
the patients.
The mail pouch
EDITOR:
Mv wife and I were visiting my sister. Alice Dungan.
Condon, from our home in Lakewood. CA. We just saw the
picture of the old Star Theatre in your Oct. 23 issue.
I remember going there for a nickel as a small boy. about
mis while mv father was having work done at the blacksmith
shop next door. I don't remember the name of the street but it
mav help others pinpoint the location
have visited my cousins Jim and John Logan. Cecil,
where we have enjoved trips photographing the old
bonioiead near Willow Creek, trying to lrale old sheep
tamps in our search lor bottles
Perhaps Tcddv Palmateer. Lee and Paul Pettyjohn. Lloyd
Morgan and others will remember my wife as the former
Evelyn Mangold who taught at the Morgan School ItS-:v
with Mrs. Youngmayr
NC 'NEIL' NASH
Lakewood. CA
EDITOR:
We at Southern Oregon State College are planning a series
of reunions in observance of Ashland s Centennial, our
Nation's Bicentennial Celebration and SOSC's Golden
Jubilee.
For this. we need the names, home addresses, and class
year of anvone who has ever attended SOSC in Ashland,
tireeon from 1926 up to the present. One need not be a
graduate to be an Alumni Association Member, as many of
.our students had to transfer to other colleges in our formative
scar to obtain degrees
" Replies should be sent to the Alumni Office. Southern
Oregon State College. Ashland. OR 97520.
Thanks so much for your attention in this matter and for
past services to our college
Hl'GHG SIMPSON
Alumni Director
EDITOR
I am som it is necessary to trouble you so often, with
protestations about distortions of the policies and actions of
the United Church of Christ, but we are scrupulous about the
accuracy of our own statements and like to be treated
accordingly.
I am referring, again, to inaccurate statements about the
United Church of Christ in a column by Lester Kinsolving
copv attached i.
We do not have a Rev. Harold Schultz who ti a top
executive" of the I'nited Church. We do have Rev Larold
Schulz who is executive director of the ICC Center for Social
Action. .
Mr Kinsolving attended and reported on the Oenerai
Sv'nod of Ihe I'nited Church last June. He is surely aware of
the fad that the salaries of ihe officers of the Church and of
the heads of established agencies-including that of Mr.
Schulz-were made public at the Synod and are a part of the
Svnod Minutc-a public siatement.
May we have a correction
EVERETT C PARKER.
New York.
tin Ihe Oct 2 issue. Ihe Gazette-Times refers to Larold
St hulr not Harold St hull. Editor.!
EDITOR :
No doubt vou are already aware of the fact that the Star
Theater was locaied on the corner now occupied by the
Heppner Hotel The Heppner Hotel w as constructed in 1923 or
'24
JOHN F. KILKENNY
Portland
THE CAZETTE'TIMES
HKHW ( IK TV NEWSPAPER
Box tI7. Heppner. Ore H
Sub notion rale: tt per year in
Oregon. 17 elsewhere
Krnesl V. Joiner. Publisher
puhlisfced even Thursday and entered a
mndi-la matter at the post office at
Heppner . Oregon, unorr the ad of Man J. 1171.
Srrond-clau postage paid at rteppner. urr,
1975
(il'EST EDITORIAL
President Ford feels the U.S. grain deal with the U S S R,
will please American farmers.
I disagree with him for several reasons. In the first place
substantial American wheat sales were lost during the
soalled grain sale moratoriam because the Russians
scoured the face of the globe to buy for cash from other grain
exporting nations when the U.S. denied them that privilege
Subslantial grower income was lost as well because the
market softened when a ready outlet for our largest crop in
history was not allowed. The market is still down after the
agreement was finally made due to the fact that the volume
of sales to Russia under the five year pact represents only
about 6 per cent of current U.S. production.
A second point which concerns growers deeply is the inter
ference of government in the market place. They were urged
to produce at full throttle with the assurance that
government would let the free enterprise system function
normally, then they find themselves with huge stocks with
the government limiting their sales.
A third consideration is the unduly long duration of the
sales ban beyond the announced purpose of fully evaluating
Russian needs and U.S. supplies.
I feel frankly, that the ban was extended to influence
Russia tobuv elsewhere (which they did) so that when it was
lifted, it wovlld not raise U.S. prices of wheat. I feel certain
the whole Russian grain agreement was designed for the
protection of the American consumer.
A fourth reason for grower dissatisfaction and loss of
confidence in their government is the unprecendented
dominance of the Dept. of State and the maritime labor
unions in establishing U.S. grain policies. They see no
credibilitv in these bodies influencing marketing divisions
when the Dept. of Agriculture is in existence for that purpose
and has been urging free trade policies to strengthen the U S
balance of payments and the American dollar.
Another point of concern is the possible short comings of a
bi lateral long term agreement as it relates to a free market
policv. when market shaving and pricing provisions seem to
be included in the agreement provisions.
Finally the producer looks upon the initiative of this
bi lateral grain agreement as a fore runner of additional
export sales agreements dominated by government policy
and action which can substantially limit the volume of U S
wheat exports. Under a full production schedule the grower
views this as a dangerous price deterent should reserve
slocks build to previous levels. He is certain a strong U S
economy is heavily dependent upon a strong US
Agricultural economy.
WILLIAM Hl'LSE.
Chairman. Oregon Wheat Commission
THE RISSIXN ;kin agreement
M EST EDITOR! l.
Consumers could be among the casualties caused by the
recentlv concluded grain deals with Russia, says WaKlron
Johnson, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation.
Johnson, w ho leads more than 8,000 Oregon farm and ranch
families in the stale's largest volunteer farm organization, is
not impressed by trade statements that the government's
negotiations to exchange gram for oil will stabilize the
foreign market for U S. wheal.
"Any time you have governments controlling markets, you
enter the realm of political uncertainty. This can cause
producers to distrust government guarantees of unfettered
markets, such as those made to grain producers by President
Ford
Producers become nervous and tend to cut Nick
production, ralher than maintain it at high leels. This causes
a disruption of market projections and could have an effect
on Ihe cost of food to the U.S. consumer." Johnson insists.
He expresses particular concern about the government's
dealings with mainland China and its possible effects on a
traditional U S. market, such as Japan.
"Now that the government has taken the marketing
prerogative away from producers in the case of Russia, w hat
will stop it from doing the same thing in China?" he asks
"The president has demonstrated that he is vulnerable to
political pressure from an interest group In the case of
Russia, it was the AFLCIO maritime unions in the east . The
unions have their pound of flesh and still we have no
guarantee that Russia will agree to sell us oil.
"Instead of the Department of Auricullure making the
agreement with Russia, it was the Slate Department. The
matter has been taken out of the hands of the producers, w no
make grain surpluses possible."
Johnson fears a similar combination of events could in cur
with regard lo Pacific Northwest gram He says Japan is well
aware of this and is probably hedging on its purchase
commitments right now. just as Russia did during the recent
moratorium
"Instead of market stability, the price of w heal plummeted
die limit on futures buying." he concludes
"This tells me and other wheal growers thai despite claims
of sweetness and light, we have been forced into a boom or
bust situation totally dependent upon the whims of the
government."
WALDRON JOHNSON.
President. Oregon Farm Bureau Federation.
h'WSt1 Us ' .VW ' '
20 Years ago
Richard I.. Kononen and
James II Haves at Oregon
Stale College, have been
lectcd for membership m
the Order of Silver Wings. Air
Force drill team society
Mrs Mary Van Stevens,
mayor of Heppner. was in
Portland lo attend Ihe annual
meeting of the League of
Oregon cities.
Miss Barbara Prock. and
IJertwrl Peterson were mar
ried at a f.mdlelighl ceremony
at the Vain Lutheran Church.
rv ille Smith, former owner
nt the Heppner Lumlier Com
pany has purchased the
Mel-on !" Machine ("om
ul Seattle
Juvenile charged
with burglaries
PRETTY GOOD MUSIC
Dennis D Doherty. Morrow
County District Attorney, has
filed petitions in Juvenile
Cmirl against a 17 year old
juvenile who is charged wilh 4
burglaries and 6 major thefts
The 10 offense involve a
total rejxirted lovs of IS4H0 and
occurred over a 6 months
period in the Boardman.
Irrtgon and Umatilla areas
The investigation of these
crimes was conducted princi
pals bv the Morrow County
Sheriffs office, with some
assistance from Peace Offi
cer in Umatilla County
What message are you really giving
By Terry I). Ilirni. SW
This is the third in a series of articles on Family Therapy
The first defined family therapy, while the second discussed
one of the most common problems found in families -denial
of feeling This article will discuss another common family
problem
A perwn can express himself in two different ways ii
verbally, communicating something by word of mouth, and
1 2 nonverbally. communications which may be transmitted
bv facial expression, arm movement, body movement,
andor some other type of action. In Ihe verbal comment,
three things are important in the message: Hi Ihe words
used. 2 the information related, and (3) the tone of what is
said An example of a verbal comment would be Bob's telling
his wife. "I'm going to go bowling tonight " This phrase in
itself can be very matter -of fact; but if the lone conveys
anger or digust. Ihe message is drastically changed If one
or two swear words are added along with an angry or
disgusted lone of voice, the message u even more different
Nonverbal communications may be usd along with or in
place of verbal comments. In the example above, as Bob was
saying. I'm going lo go bowling tonight." he stormed out
and slammed the door. The storming out and slamming the
door is Ihe nonverbal message.
A situation which frequently appears in families is the
parents' telling the children how much they love them. But
then the nonverbal communications appears when Ihe
parents don't even listen lo whal their children are saying, or
even spend any lime with them. A lot of limes the person
giving Ihe nonverbal message is no! aware that he is giving
that particular message.
In the interaction between family members in family
therapy, the therapist helpi each member identify both Ihe
verbal and nonverbal communications of Ihe sender.
The nonverbal communication of not spending lime with
the children may exist for several reasons, such as: H
feeling mai-uate lo relate to children. 2 being angry at
them heme withdrawing attention or love, andor 3 ' just
not having Ihe energy lo spend the time with them In
example 1 1 and 3. the parent is not responding to the
child because of ihe parent s feelings, not because of the
action of the child Usually children Interpret everything
very personally a being Iheir fault and cannot see the
personal problem or hangups that their parents may have
Because of Ihis. then, in a negative siluat in the child Ms he
ha done something wrong and that is why the parent is not
responding lo him In Ihe siluation where the parent doesn'l
spend time with the child, the child may feel rejected and
unloved even though Ihe actual reason the parent diesnt
spend time with the child is simply because he's loo lired
w hen he comes home from work
If Ihe child feel rejected. In self defense he may give
verbal and nonverbal messages that he doesn't like his
parent or parent A g d example of this is Ihe child never
doing anything his parents want him to do. The rjiildi
thinking is. "Why should I do anything they want me to do if
they don'l like me They're jut using me as a slave lo do
work for them.'
Another example of verbal and nonverbal communications
frequently lakes place around the area of trust. A parent may
tell Ihe child how responsible he is (verbal but then no! ever
let the child go anyplace or do anything (nonverbal!, The
verbal statement shows trust, while the nonverbal statement
communicates lack of trust
In the family therapy sessions, as each member becomes
more aw are of his verbal and nonverbal communications, he
ran have a greater control over what he actually
communicates This control Involves giving messages which
are consistent on bolh Ihe verbal and nonverbal levels Thai
i. Ihe verbal and nonverbal slatemenla communicate Ihe
same message
Mayor of Hardman
DEAR MISTFR EDITOR:
The discussion at the country store Saturday night got
started on President Ford's safety and sort of took off ever
which way II was Clem Webster that allowed we have seen
some changes in this country when the President Is safer in
the same room with the empererof Japan and Ihe chanceller
of Germany than he is walking or riding on Ihe streets of
A(1em said it's awful when our own people try lo shool Ihe
President but w hen we can't ev en git the poor man across a
intersection that's dumb The Secret Seme has gone from
400 men to I .200 in Ihe past eight year, declared Clem, and all
t mi of em weren't a big of good to him w hen his limosine run
a red lighl the other week and got smacked by a young feller
lint bad the right of wav. (lent said it looks to him like Mr.
Ford had ought lo slick clout lo home, instead of making all
over the counlrv to help hisself and all Ihem other
non politicians that are trying to slay in office.
Hem said he can't see why Ihe President can I do in
Washington what he's been running around all over the
counlrv doing , . . ... .
I ike usual Kd Dooliltle was disagreed wilh Clem. Hrst
oft ' Ed said. Americans don'l want a President we got to keep
Imked up ler his own protection. We want him lo be a free
man beading up a free country, and that means we want him
to be able to go when and where he pleases. Another thing
went on r,o. is inui nav ing a rreiidenl visit you makes you
iniivortanl, Towns in this country spend a year gitting ready
(er a two hour slop bv a President. Ed went on. cause we feel
Ihe office belongs to us. not stuck behind some desk with
guards on the doors.
Zeke C.rubb broke in to remark on what Clem had lo sayj
about the President's supiar guests. Zeke was of a mind In;
politics ain't the onlv thing that makes strange bedfellers.
war do lo We re gitting thing turned around. Zeke said,
when our biggest World War enemies now is our best friends
and our biggest cilv is fixing lo go broke without federal aid
while we use federal money lo give war equipment to bolh
sides m Ihe Middle East and keep up ever foreign country,
friend and foe. thai will let us , ,
While New York Cilv keeps spending like a drunk Irv ing to
dunk hisself soU-r. the President leaves the country
altogether fer Ihe safetv of Red China People reading our
history Km years from now will think they picked up Ihe
tunnv papers b mistake, was Zeke words
Mister Editor'. Ihe fellers let Ed and Oem wind down. But
Bug llookum did git the floor like enough to say that it looks
to him like Ihe hardest lesson this counlrv is hav ing lo learn
is thai thev ani l no such Ihing a a free lunch Somewhere
down I be pike. Bug declared, somebody ha got lo pay Ihe
laic ler all of them that ha been riding this old bun through
the land of milk and honey.
Yours truly.
M AYOR HOY
HIMOl'XI. COMMON SEN
l SENSE OF III MOK
Hv I ESTER MSOl.lt;
As the nation's sixth largest denomination, the 1
million member Episcopal Church may possibly avoid a
in,ior split on Ihe issue of female ordinahon-if Us clergy
ami laiiv i an emulate Ihe common sense of one of its bishops
and the sense ol humor of another
The denomination's ranking prelate. Presiding Bishop
John Allin. held a press conference following the Portland.
Maine meeting of the House of bishop, which censured
three ol its memtx-rs Two retired and one resigned, the three
were censured for conducting an ecclesiastically illegal
senile for ordination for II women, which the House of
llishops quite accurately resolved was "damaging divisive
and disuiptive" in H effect on Ihe life of the church 'This
was ahoui the strongest action Ihe House of Bishops could
lake given what has been widely and rightfully denounced as
the cop out" of ihe equivalent of a grand jury which
'investigated' these bishop televised disobedience o.'
church law and violation of their ordination vows i
Bishop Allin was asked whal loval church people can do if
there are more of these bogus ordinations conducted in
Kpiscopal churches, i along with communion services
conducted by Ihese ladies who in Ihe absence of either
vahdiiv. or even- official name, for their statu, are
sometimes identified as "priestesses" i
They quil hilling acts when thev slop drawing crowds."
replied Allin
There is. ol course. Ihe possibility that this eminently
M-nsihle ailv ice lo ignore these feminist sideshow may incite
these ladies lo new and greater spectaculars Under the
guidance id their press agent Belly Medsgar "formerly wilh
Ihe Philadelphia Bulletin and The Washington Post i. It is not
l,evwid Ihe realm of possibility that Ihese priestesses might
elect one ol their number bishop at large, and bring Ihe
censured bishops la k on slage to consecrate her
The annual meeting of Ihe House of Bishop discussed such
ty picallv Fpiscopakcompromise strategies a local option on
lemale ordination, with the decision up lo each individual
diocese Tbi might be reavmable if only the pneslesses
were reasonable enough lo desist from invading the diocese
ol any bishop who resisted their goal But they are not
Another silly solution discussed by the bishops is
"londihonal ordination" a necessary procedure w hen there
is real doubt a to whether a person has already been
baptized, but a sham when applied to any of these women
who were what they claim a v alidity I ordained on TV.
The very vehemence of their claim to be validly ordained
mav solve a major problem should the Episcopal General
Convention next year vole in favor of ordination of women to
Ihe priesthood For a good many Episcopalians favor this In
principle, while al Ihe same time abhonng these
undisciplined priestesses
The Rev. Alison Check, a deacon of the Diocese of Virginia
who claims to lie a priest, announced vehemently that under
no circumstances will she submil to any lorm of
reordinalion. or condition ordination "I would just as soon
remarry my husband "
ll may be that this is a statement which she (and several
others who scoffed al such reordinalion I lakes no more
seriously than her ordination vow of obedience lo her bishop.
It i quite dulnoux. however, thai the Episcopal Church could
retain any integrity al all were Mrs Cheek lo reverse herself
on this e pressed conviction and be allowed valid ordination,
when and if Ihu Is allowed for women.
If Ihese ladies continue their sacerdotal show biz,
Lexington, Kentucky's retired Bishop William R. Moody savs
he will seek permission from Ihe owners to obtain
See retariat. winner of horseracing'a Triple Crown.
"I have been asked lo blest foxhounds," noted Moody.
-Whv should I deny ordination lo this noble ileed who Is now
obeying the Scriptural admonition lo 'Be fruitful and
multiply'?
Bishop Moody also noted thai nowhere In the New
Testament do the Twelve Apostles condemn one of the
Roman Emperors they lived under iCaliguIa, 17 41 ADl who
made his horse a Consul of Rome.
"The Bible Is full of references to friendly beasti," hr
observed, "and the Episcopal Church had 111 full quota of
part of horse. Why nol Ihe whole thing?"