FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday February 1, 1979
with JustiiH' Weuthei ford S )
Maybe you, too, have been trying to think of good things
about our prolonged deepfreeze. It is getting plenty tiresome
having meetings postponed, having walking about town stay
so difficult, hearing about friends who have had unfortunate
weather-related accidents.
The few good things I try to appreciate are that staying
home more than usual has helped me find time to finally
almost catch up with my letter writing, to enjoy some extra
TV, to do a more thorough job of reading, mostly periodicals
this last week, and to have time to work at learning a little
about the German language.
Now that February has arrived we hope it will be
warmer, and we know it will be a shorter month and will be
brightened by Valentines.
Although I have been plenty slow, I have now replied to
almost all the excellent letters that came around
Christmastime. Ellis Thomson in New York City will now
know that I really appreciated his great, jam-packed,
16-page chronicle of his thirteenth trip to Europe. Ellis
missed his calling he should have become an author. He has
relatives and many friends in Heppner who remember him
as a youth and as a periodical visitor.
Traveling vicariously with him on Sir Freddie Laker's,
crowded, but cheap trans-Atlantic flight, then visiting so
many interesting places in the British Isles and about the
continent has taken me out of Heppner twice now when I
first opened his letter and when I re-read it before sending off
my answer.
What adventures Ellis had as he moved about from
London to Turkey, then to Greece and on to Portugal and
back around central Europe while constantly envying "the
droves of traveling Germans with their lovely marks and the
many traveling Japanese with their lovely yen." He visited
in about 14 countries and many fascinating cities and towns.
Besides the places I mentioned above, he spent time in Italy
and on Sicily and Capri, in Yugoslavia, Romania, Spain,
Morocco, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Denmark
and Holland.
Of course after twelve previous European trips, Ellis
knows his way about very well. He is so friendly and such
interesting company that he has a great accumulation of
European friends he sees on each trip. I particularly enjoyed
his diary-like, daily weather reports and the descriptions of
the people he met, many of whom were just by-chance fellow
travelers. His blunt appraisals of the many hotels in which he
stayed are amusing. He even spent one night in a jail in
Lindau when he could not find a room to rent.
One interesting tidbit I gleaned from Channel 2's AM
Northwest last week having to do with Oregon writer Ralph
Friedman, whose "Oregon for the Curious" and other books
are so popular, is that the dearest possesion of his childhood
was a public library card. Friedman told that there were only
a few books in Yiddish in the Chicago home of his emigrant
parents. Someway he learned that he was welcome to have a
card and to use the nearest public library. This brought such
joy and such learning into his life. His writing now brings joy
to others.
Although I do not often watch TV series, I think that I
want to try to view the CBS British-made "Edward the King"
which runs on Wednesday evenings. Last week I saw that
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert surely expected so much
from their first son. The strict discipline and strenuous
educational program he was forced to endure seem shocking.
TIME'S, Jan. 22, review especially praises Annette Crosbie
for her portrayal of Victoria who changes from a willful girl
to an arrogant and old woman.
In the same magazine the story of how West Germany is
uprooting thousands of its citizens in a 1,000 square mile area
to exploit its reserves of brown coal is enlightening. "The
nation now relies on brown coal for 30 per cent of its electrical
power and 25 per cent of its home heating needs."
This made me wonder again about our county's coal and
the old mines on Coal Mine Hill. I recall that that coal is low
grade and was not especially wanted by the early railroad
when it first came to Heppner. Is our coal brown coal? Could
it possibly be used at the Carty coal-fired plant instead of
having to haul coal from so far away?
However, after reading of West Germany's moving so
many people and stripping away their family lands, I would
hate to think of strip mining here. The Germans are
constantly replanting and landscaping the great tracts and
resettling people where they have mined with their
four-story -high excavators.
The Jan. 29, TIME has a dandy opening editorial about
Grammarian Richard Mitchell of Glassboro's New Jersey
State College, where he has been an English professor for
more than 16 years. He states "The real purpose of language
is to talk about the world you can't see: the past, the future,
the world of the mind. If we fail to master the tool, then
difficult, important ideas go out of public discourse. We live
meager, pinched lives, all of us, because we speak and write
such meager, pinched language."
He continues with several statements about education.
"Everywhere there's a discontent, a feeling that something
Cont. on page 12
Creative arts meet is rescheduled
We hope the third try is
lucky! The 4-II home ec and
creative arts leaders meeting'
has been rescheduled for Feb.y
7, and we are more creativeih
our plans for this meeting. All
leaders involved in the two
project areas are invited to a
luncheon at the Evans home in
Irrigon at 11 a.m. Main dish
will be furnished, but leaders
are urged to bring salad or
dessert. Notices are in the
mail, with a reply requested.
If transportation is a problem,
south Morrow leaders may
ride with Birdine.
Program will include a
spring update by McCall's
showing colors, fashions, and
fabric ideas for the coming
season, as well as discussion
and planning of events and
activities for spring and
summer.
"A WILL OF YOUR OWN"
Who needs a will? What are
the legal requirements for a
will? What if I change my
,mind after I make a will?
These, and other questions
will be answered for study
group menibers who attend
the February jjieetings.
Extension Events...
With Birdine Tullis
Meetings are1-open to all
interested in attending any
one of the four groups that
meet in Morrow County.
Information shared will be by
leader teachers who received
training from Debra Slater,
OSU Extension specialist. Ms.
Slater is a lawyer, as well as a
home economist. Her inform
ation is current, and easily
understood. Those attending
the training session had many
questions relating to wills,
estate planning and taxes. Ms.
Slater will be presenting other
meetings on estate planning
and taxes later in the spring in
Morrow County.
CLOTHING JUDGES
WORKSHOP PLANNED
Those interested in be
coming clothing judges wil
have an opportunity to receive
training at a Clothing Judges
Workshop, April 25-26, Oregon
State University, Corvallis.
Resource persons for the
training will include Ardis
Koester, Extension Textiles
and Clothing Specialist and
Barb Sawer, Extension Spec
ialist, 4-H and Youth.
Applicants who were not
accepted last year because of
lack of space will have first
priority this year if they
submit a registration form by
February 15th. New ap
plicants should register by
April 4. Cost to attend is $6.
(does not include meals or
lodging.)
For more information on the
workshop, or any information
concerning clothing judges or
judging, call Birdine 676-9642.
FOR THE BIRDS
Our little feathered friends
are having a bad winter with
the ground covered with snow,
and their normal drinking
water frozen. Many local
residents are enjoying the
opportunity to feed the birds,
and observe the different
varieties that come to eat.
Birds will eat suet during the
winter for warmth and
energy, and they also need
grains or seeds. Share some
food and water to keep them
flying! '
Leslye Jones is
listed in college
'Who's Who'
Leslye Jones of Lexington is
one of 33 Blue Mountain
Community College students
who were selected for inclus
ion in the 1978-79 edition of
Who's Who Among Students in
American Junior Colleges.
Campus nominating com
mittees and editors of the
annual directory have in
cluded Jones' name, based on
academic achievement, ser
vice to the community, leader
ship in extracurricular activi
ties and future potential.
AAUW to discuss ERA at
Tuesday night meeting
Mary Bates, librarian at
BMCC and an active AAUW
member with various leader
ship assignments throughout
Oregon, will talk to the
Heppner Branch of AAUW
next Tuesday evening at the
home of Ann Spicer.
The meeting will begin at
7:30 with a Koffee-Klatch.
Bates will provide more
extensive information about
the ERA which basically
states: (1) That equality of
rights under the law shall not
be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any state
on account of sex; (2) The
Congress shall have the power
to enforce, by appropriate
legislation, the provisions of
this article; (3) This amend
ment shall take effect two
years after the ratification.
Each AAUW member is
urged to bring along a friend
or two who might be interest
ed in their organization or in
learning more about the ERA.
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