FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday March 1, 1979
with Justin Weatherford J
If you've driven out of town you know how sad the roads
are everywhere. My only look around was a quick trip to
Pendleton and back on Saturday morning with Inez Erwin
who is home again after visiting in the winter-cooled,
southwestern, sunbelt states.
We were told that the Sand Hollow route was best, but we
came back over a better Pilot Rock-Franklin Hill Road. Now
I hear that trucks are being routed over that road which
should help it break up more.
We only spotted one warning flare between Heppner and
Pendleton. Pretty soon some Heppner streets will need
warning flares as they are breaking up, too.
The great eclipse of last Monday made February 1979
very special. I hope that it taught us a little more about our
universe.
Today we have begun March, the month which brings in
spring and ends winter. Of course March 21 is the day of the
vernal equinox, when the sun will rise directly in the east and
set directly in the west so that the length of the day is exactly
equal to the length of the night.
It seems there are many old superstitions about March.
We often hear that "March comes in like a lion and goes out
like a lamb," meaning that the first day of March is often
stormy and the last day is mild and warm.
Another saying is "April borrowed from March three
days, and they were ill." This refers to the first three days of
April, which are often rough and blustery like March.
A third saying calls the first three days of March "blind
days" which are considered unlucky. If rain falls on these
days, farmers supposedly will have poor harvests. Some
farmers were so superstitious about the three unlucky days
that they would not plant seed until March 4.
William Cullen Bryant, the American poet wrote:
The stormy March has come at last,
With wind, and cloud, and changing skies;
I hear the rushing of the blast
That through the snowy valley flies.
When I wrote to Ellis Thomson I sent along several
clippings from this paper. His reactions are interesting. "I'll
be darned if I know what a flood plain is. I keep telling myself
that they aren't going to bury Heppner under water as they
did Arlington."
When he was writing "New York City is hovering around
eight degrees, which is about as cold as it ever gets here. It
must be 15 years since it went below zero. I remember
Heppner can get very cold, although I recall I was unable to
find enough ice on Willow Creek to hold me so I could try out
the ice skates I got in the 8th grade."
Ellis continued his latest letter with assorted remarks,
"That trouble there with juveniles is something new andsad.
In the old days most kids didn't get into very serious trouble.
Heppner lived through an invasion of CCC boys living in their
tent city on the rodeo grounds, so it should survive the influx
of dam workers. I am so sorry to hear that the hospital is
having problems. It is such a nice-looking place."
Another friend enclosed a little City of Newport news
bulletin in her recent letter. It deals with the Newport
Library which I have enjoyed visiting several times, and
which "has the highest volume of circulation of any library of
its size in the state (83,57,0 books were checked out during the
year ending June 30, 1978.) That is not a record. Circulation
started on a downward trend a couple of years ago when a $1
per month fee for out-of-city residents began. At that time
circulation was topping 100,000 books annually."
Newport's year-round population is about three times
Heppner's and the current city budget for the library is
$42,555, which is approximately $7 per year for every
resident. "In addition to that the city has budgeted $8,500 in
state revenue-sharing funds for the purchase of books."
The Newport Library is open every afternoon and
evening, Monday through Saturday, as well as Sunday
afternoons. Many volunteers regularly supplement the small
paid staff. Library policy is determined by a five-member
advisory board appointed by the city council, just as it is
here. "
Have you been watching the slow changes taking place in
the world's population? Next to a nuclear holocaust, none of
the horrors forecast by contemporary doomsdayers have
seemed more threatening than the population bomb. As this
bomb ticked away and the world's population mushroomed,
so the prediction went, an explosion would be inevitable.
Resources would be depleted, agricultural lands overtaxed,
fuel reserves exhausted, and soon some Cassandras said by
as early as the mid-21st century global calamity would
occur.
The U.S. Census Bureau's latest report shows that now
this gloomy prospect seems less likely. In what is apparently
the first such reversal since the Industrial Revolution, there
has been a slight yet important decline in the rate of the
world's population growth. Said Samuel Baum, the chief
demographic statistician, "This is really a major turning
point in world history.
"The bureau estimates that the overall rate by which
world population has been increasing annually declined by
about 5 per cent in the past decade, from an average hike of
1 .98 per cent in the 1965-70 period to 1 .88 per cent in the 1975-77
interval. Significantly, there were slowdowns not only in the
Western countries, where birth rates have long been
declining, but also in such third world countries as Sri Lanka,
the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea and apparently
China. Even India seems to have achieved a slight slowdown.
By contrast, Kenya, Algeria, Tanzania and Nigeria had
increased growth rates.
"Even if the trend continues, zero population growth
cannot be achieved for decades. World population is still
increasing by about 80 million people a year, and the Census
Bureau estimates that the family of man, some 4.25 billion
strong in 1977, will double again in only 30 years."
So, maybe the oil and gasoline isn't the greatest of
problems. With so many people, so little food and water, who
will be able to drive cars anyway?
Notice To Taxpayers
Residents ere reminded that
personcl property tax returns
must be filed by March 15, 1979.
Everett Hershman
Assessor
Equal Bights Amendment is
topic of AAUW meeting
BMCC Librarian Mary
Bates was unable to reach
Heppner in early February
because of travel problems.
She .s now re.-scheduled to talk
with AAUW branch members
on the Equal Rights Amend
ment at their Tuesday, March
6 meeting which will be held at
Mirium Munck's residence.
OSU Professor of Agron
omy, Dr. Warren E. Kron
stadt, who had been set to
come here in March will now
Christian Women set
house plants program
"Flyin' Hi" will be the
theme for the March meeting
of the Heppner Christian
Women's Club.
The meeting gets underway
at 6:45 p.m. on March 5 at the
West of Willow. Speaker will
be Marian Bush of Hood
River, with music provided by
Phil Marquardt of Lexington.
A special feature will be a
talk nn house plant carp hv
Barbara James, owner and
operator of Barb's Plant
Seller in Heppner.
All women in the area are
invited to attend. Reser
vations may be made by
calling Charlotte Botts at
676-5089. Baby sitting is avail
able by calling Joyce Hughes
at 989-8412 or Mary Nikander
at 676-5571.
Edna Mill kins of
Irrigon married
Edna Mulkins of Irrigon was
married to William F. Ludwig
of Walla Walla at the C.R.C.
Hall in Hermiston on Feb. 18.
The bride's son, Elmer
Mulkins, gave the bride away.
The Rev. William Hueer of
Yakima solemnized the cere
mony. The bride wore a blue dress
of soft polyester, with full
sleeves and gathered in front
and held by a large crystal
pin. She wore pearls and
carried a bouquet of pink
rosebuds and daisies.
The matron of honor was a
long time friend of the bride,
Lela Blankenship of College
Place. The bride's daughter,
LorettaTown, of Tacoma, was
her maid of honor. The
groom's best man was his son,
Kirt Ludwig. Serving as
ushers were Richard Scarlett
and a father and son team,
Jim and Jess Likes, who are
the bride's grandson and
great-grandson.
Mrs. Sharpe, pianist and
Andrew Stewart, violinist,
accompanied Bob Murphy as
he sang "I Love You Truly."
At the reception, Mrs. Clara
Likes served the wedding
cake, Opal Creamer served
coffee, Marge Shade served at
the punch bowl. The bride's
grandaughter, Jill Likes, was
in charge of the guest book
and the gifts.
The bride and groom will
live in Irrigon. They plan a
trip to Denver in March and
later in the spring they plan to
attend the wedding of a
grandchild in Redmond,
Wash.
come on Tuesday, April 3.
Branch President Liz Curtis
announces that he will speak
at an open meeting in the
Heppner High Cafetorium that
evening on "World Hunger."
The Morrow County Extension
Office will assist AAUW with
the plans for Dr. Kronstadt's
appearance here.
Hospital
Notes
Patients admitted to Pio
neer Memorial Hospital the
past week and still receiving
treatment are Robert Powers,
Fossil; Nora Peterson, Con
don, and Edna Bailey, Hep
pner. Patients admitted and later
discharged were Christopher
Vose, Bend, and Tony Burt,
Heppner.
Esther Peterson, lone, was
transferred to a Portland
hospital and Raymond Banka,
also of lone was transferred to
Good Shepherd Hospital, Hermiston.
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Bert Cason, Theresa Lindsay and Sophie Struthers proucjly display Mork, Mindy and
Hector three chicks hatched by Andy Clark's fourth grade class at Heppner Elementary. Bert
brought the eggs to school in sub-zero weather and the class members took turns watching the
incubator temperature and turning the eggs.
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