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Inez Erivin reviews book By Juitlinr Wmthrrford Although Jupan loot World War II, one of the real heroes of that struggle was a re markable Japanese officer Lt. Oiiixla. Inez Krwin UHed (he Heppner Public Library's copy of Ihe 1974 book "No Surrender, My Thirty-Year War" for her review before the Hookworms at their meet ing, Oct. 28, in the James Thomson home. In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hirro'onoda of the Japanese Army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a 30 year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine Army and police, hostile Islanders and successive Japanese search iwrties. Onoda hud skillfully out maneuvered all his pursu ers. Year after year he continued his efforts to evade capture and to stay alive, convinced World War II was still being fought and waiting for the day when his fellow soldiers would return victor ious. His first-person account of those years is skillfully trans lated by Charles S. Terry for Kodari.sha International Ltd, publishers of Tokyo and for release in Ihe U.S. by Harper and how. This historic biogra phy is filled with all the drama, tension and excite ment of epics of danger and the will for survival through out Ihe ages. In it Onoda relates his early life, his training as an intelligence officer and his final assign ment to Lubang Island in the Philippines There, after Am erican forces take over the island, he retreats into the mountains and his life be comes a constant daily battle against ihe enemy and against the elements Onoda S selfless dedication to his cause allows a rare glimpse of the invincible spirit of the almost super human being, and his ingenuity in adapting to his primitive surroundings is a tribute to man's resourcefulness. Even tier Ihe Japanese, forces surrender or are killed, cour age and conviction allow him and his few comrades to fight LEATHER COATS Cleaned QUALITY CLEANERS 421S.Main Pendleton 276-2142 Place your order early for your table Thanksgiving arrangements . 7. From $6 - 1- at t - 1 - - if IS TV J I i ; "l- -4 JfsMS 11,1 J on until, after 30 years, he alone returns to civilization, a great hero to hii people, a soldier who fought and surviv ed the war's longest, loneliest battle. This 17.95 hard-cover book contains many, interesting pictures or Lt. Onoda and other persons Involved In hla experiences. The library's copy was a gift from Bob Jones. DEADLINE SCHOOL FOR GROUND The deadline for pre-regis-tratlon for Private Pilot Grou nd School is Monday, Nov. 24. Students passing this BMCC course should have sufficient knowledge to pass the FAA written examination for the Private Pilot Certificate. Registration is also under way for advanced beginners tole painting; class size Is limited to 20 students. While there is no deadline, the class is rapidly filling. Anyone interested should contact An- . ne Doherty, 676-5277, Im mediately. To pre-reglster for either class, checks payable to BMCC should be sent to Anne Doherty. P.O. Box 582. Hepp ner. OH, 978.16. LAST OK DEER RANGE BOUGHT At a public auction on the front steps of the Morrow County Court House, Nov. 14, John Page and Donald ' Ro bertson. Lake Oswego, offered $20,000 for 640 acres of rugged Fish and Wildlife Dept. land, located about 23 miles south east of Heppner. The 640 acres had been part of a 90,000 acre project begun in I95J to provide deer with winter feeding pasture along the north fork of the John Day River. The Fish and Wildlife Com mission spent more than :o.ooo to fence and seed the acreage that ran from Camus Creek across Potamus Ridge to Potamus Creek. The Com mission found out that It didn't pay to seed the area, as deer do not dig below the snow for food 515.00 676 9426 Nim ytmi un nukr Mirntaniul MMiipiniuiriit ilr wkTjnt Jinihk'iuUI tir.inJt.itltrrckxks. Atnr f.itmry Irtilmm to live Iti in i,vmT.itiiin touTrralHirt in otif l.inuly Anmii.hi m.kk' tiJxiLr hrll nuM-nmit II lullnwrk 1 In Julo (I w U iw Suti ry i.ihil Mill ruikHinidied. livvry ami m tip in sif rum. Nucrni Juivr $900.00 'fA J. Bicentennial Equal protection under the law "No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensa tion." Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal." Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, 1848. Laws, exceptions, compro mises! What makes them all work is a basic guarantee that we have as Americans; equal protection under the law for every citizen. Many of our legal and political traditions have been occupied with giving concrete, practical meaning to the ideal of equality. Yet laws are made by fallible legislators and enforced by fallible police. Judges and juries. Women, blacks, migrants, immi grants, religious dissidents many groups have sometimes suffered second-class treat ment from the courts, or equal protection and justice? "We are under a Constitution." wrote Charles Evans Hughes, onetime Chief Justice of the United Slates, "but the Const itution is what the Judges say it is." What if the judges don't measure up? If the idea! standard of equality before Ihe law is compromised, isn't everything else in jeopardy? What recourse does the wron ged citizen have but the law? Are we in practice equal before the law? Or are some "more equal" than others? Is there one rule for Ihe rich and another for the poor; one for Ihe influential and another for the obscure? How, over 200 years, has America preserved ihe rights of those who wrong society? Progress in the concept of equality: John Winthrop's A Modell of Christian Charity 1 16301 declares all persons unequal. Jefferson's Declara tion of Independence (1776) declares men are equal. The Seneca Falls Declaration 1 16481 proclaims all men and women equal. Constitutional amendments extend Ihe vole to blacks i Fifteenth I: women i nineteenth i and persons aged 18 to 21 (Twenty-sixth). MKDU l. TECHNIC! V ( Ol USE OFFERED A basic 81 hour Emergency Medical Technician ( EMT-A Course will be offered in Heppner starting Monday. Dec. I. l97S.7pm. at the City Hall l-ibiary Annex. All who are interested are asked to contact either; Forresl Burk enliine. 676 9fi. Sue Greenup. 676 9701 or Boh Ewell. Tri County Health Service. 676 31.11. ' w fashion flash... Complete line of Queen sizes i u .., in 1 yip w Sizes Lebush The shoppe that keeps prices where people will shop at home. 676-3561 Forum Pioneer Profiles ByJasUneWestherfori The important creek that flows from east of Ruggs westward and northward into Willow Creek at Jordan Ele vator was originally named Jordan. However, in 1864 the Rhea family settled along its banks about 12 miles above Jordan. Columbus A. "Lum" Rhea, the best known Rhea, was born in Missouri in 1845 and was seven years old when he was brought by his parents to the Eugene, Oregon area, traveling westward by the aid of slow-moving ox team. At 16 he came to Morrow County and began working with livestock under the direction of his father, E.W. Rhea. Soon he began his own ranch which grew to over 7.000 acres by 1902. In 1868, C.A. Rhea married Emaline Sophronia Adkins. also a native of Missouri. She died May 12. 1900, leaving eight children; Lilllie, the wife of George Conser: Ella, wife of Wilson Brock; E. Weldon; Josie, wife of Newt Jones; Ada, wife of Charles Curtis; Lena; Curtis, and Carl. In 1885 the Heppner Gazette published a list of the big taxpayers of the county, all of whom were livestock owners of businessmen. C.A. Rhea was listed as paying taxes on $13,490. That year. Columbia A. Rhea moved into Heppner and started a bank which has since become the Heppner Branch of the First National Bank . In 1889 he was one of the group who formed the Palace Hotel Company. The "expensive" residence of Banker Rhea was one of those "swept away" in the disastrous 1903 flood. Around 1907 C.A. Rhea was a leader in Ihe formation of the Pendleton Railroad and Coal Company (which was incorporated in 1905). This corporation want ed to take coal from the Malteson Mine up Willow Creek and haul it on a railroad they would build through Heppner. Giles French writes, "a lot of money that should have been spent otherwise went into the Malteson mine w hich resulted in a total loss." Many people remember that Josie Rhea Jones and her daughter, Venice Styles died within one week in June 1970. Josie was 96 years of age. The two lived in Ihe house now occupied by Frank and Elsie Syers. C.A. Lum" Rhea died at Ihe home of a son in Stanfield in 1934. He was 89 years old. This pioneer Rhea family is still represented in the county by the Carl Rheas of Sandhol low. He is the son of C.A. Rhea's younger son. Carl. Today, nuclear power plants repment eight per cent of the total U.S. ner- 1 ating capacity - by 1980. Ihey will account for 20 per eenl. 3 pc. suit th weekender (skirt-jacket-pants) 3 pc. suit two outfits (jacket-2pr. pants) Leather-like jackets Blouses all styles Pantsuits Housedresses Shoppe Listed as patients at Pioneer Memorial Hospital this week are: Ivy Johns, Fossil ; Fannie Griffith. lone; Gerald Coch rane Gladys Jones, Henry Stotts and Shelley Cox. all of Heppner. Patients dismissed this week were: Elva Williams. Fossil: Albert Severeide, Por tland; Ruby Billingsley. Con don: Larry Devine. Carolina; Wallace Matthews. lone; Co leman Miracle. Frank Ayers. Kenneth Sorweide. Lora Stotts. Brian Vollz. Willard Steelman. Denise Sands. Lin da Gifford and Brent Sheir bon. all of Heppner. III I Free. Wednesday 61 32 Thursday 65 37 Friday ' 62 46 .05 Saturday 65 38 .06 Sunday 48 28 Monday 41 27 Tuesday 34 19 We're In Morrow County every Monday Starrett's Decor Center whtrt Call KIT MARTIN Collect for Appointment 567 - Cranberries K$2 3-1 paks $1.00 Schilling Poultry Seasoning 390 Oregon Chief Bulk pure pork sausage $139. Charm in Bathroom tissue 4ph 750 Nabisco Cheese Nips 1 790 WsL 4 990 Page OPA Outage extended The BPA outage of Nov. 16 extended to 5' hours for areas out of the BPA Board man substation. Ben Middleton of BPA reported that the tests and energization of the new trans former installations at the two transformation installa tions took longer than expect ed. The change will benefit Umatilla Electric Coop with increased capacity for large growth that Coop is the largest in Kwh use in the northwest. Columbia Basin manager. Dave Harrison, said only a few calls were received al the Coop office concerning the BPA outage. The patience of the members is greatly appreciated he said. floor covering paints draperies wi art Jfy) 5324 1000 N. First HERM1STON jc i ,v' m AC Turkeys Celts Hens 10-14 14-16 11 '.Toms 16-26 v aiw ww Is Crisco 3 $1.79 Crescent Nuts Pecan Halves Phones: (Groc.) 676-9614, (Meat) 676-9288 Prices effective Friday through Wednesday 5. THE GAZETTE TIMES. Heppner. OR. Thursday. Nov. 20. 1HTT3 Time to order trees Order forms are available for trees from the State Forestry Department at the County Extension office. Hep pner. reports Harold Kerr. County Extension Agent. These trees are available for w indbreaks and conserva tion plantings in rural areas. Orders should be placed immediately as Ihe supply always disappears rapidly. Trees available this year are: Douglas fir. Ponderosa Pine. Incense Cedar. Noble Fir. Grand Fir and Hybrid Poplar. Man The only animal that blushes or needs to. First Federal Pay si CERTIFICATE ACCOUNTS Limited offer, 4 yeon, $1,000 minimum, annual yield Vz 6 m 5' CERTIFICATE ACCOUNTS 2'j -years $ 1,000 minimum annual yield CERTIFICATE ACCOUNTS 1 year $1,000 minimum, annual yield 90-DAY CERTIFICATE ACCOUNTS $1,000 minimum, annual yield PASSBOOK ACCOUNTS 4 No minimum, Federal regulations require a tutwtontiol iniereM penalty for early with drawal ol certif Kates of deposit. Abo schedule also available for . . . MA ana1 First Federal Savifie cT- PfHDUTON If IN. Cent PM4II M -. 650 670. L,rJ 630 S Cool Whip 13Y2u 790 'i ft w L 650 Golden. Red delicious Apples 2 250 Sweet potatoes & Yams 290 t Pacific Shrimp 690- J t Seapakt Oysters 590- MARKET Doug Cheney receives scholarship Douglas A. Cheney. Cecil, is one of 73 freshmen attending Oregon State University this year on National and Marine Corps scholarships. Thirty seven are from Oregon: Ihe rest from 12 other stales across the nation. Selections are made on a national basis and scholarship recipients may attend any of the 58 U.S. colleges and universities that have Naval Reserve Training Corps pro grams. The OSU unit is one of the largest in Ihe country and offers a Marine Corps option. In Central America, gold is believed to have a soul. ft 7.79 6M 6.72' 5.92' 5.39' annual yield Kf OGH Accounts ANO LOAN ASSOCIATION KEIMBTON IN H.L M St. M7-MU MHTOtMtnWATtS It L Inaraar ft. Western Family Cranberry Sauce 3 $1.00 Princella Yams 29 c- 490 Libby Pumpkin 29 c 2 " 890 & Red Rome $4.50 P" Celery 3 s,f $1.00 1 1 SO. 11)1 Srche4 Ml !' food Mil Clock Co. 676-9200 Nov. 21 to Nov. 26 W hi vV ' sfl " v u 1
