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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1945)
Or Lee G. ! Miller , Feathered Mascot ils Nonchalant "' As Guns Bark V ; By LEE ,G. MILLER "r ADOAHD SA CRUISER IN THE CELEBES SEA (By Wireless) f While I was visiting a destroyer off Tarokan, J made the aequaint- ancc of the ship's mascot, "GQ." 5CiQ is a rqostcr. Filipinos gave him and another rooster to some of our men on Lcytc on D-day of the first Philippine invasion last fall. GQ is short for general quarters, the call to battle sta tions. That's because the rooster gives voice from time to time with fine barnyard cry as if rally ing to action. ; The other rooster was named "One Easy" condition one easy being the status aboard ship when the men are at battle sta tions but may nap or otherwise relax. Poor. One Easy took off on a rcconriaisance flight one day and landed in the ocean permanently". "I! ' : The ship -had a monkey once loo, but the monkey jumped over board one day, apparently for a J swim, while the ship was making i ' J 20 knots or so, and the poor monk i was last seen swimming desuer J ately in its wake. t ' Lieut. Comdr. Robert R. Gre-jn, 1 the captain of the destroyer, ; didn't learn of the incident until later. ..' .' "I'd have turned back and ;.t picked him up," he said, "but it was too late when they told . j,.? me." Capiai'i Green comes .' from Coniersville, Ind. V . ' The ship's log bears an entry 1 about the monkey's disappear ance: "Oscar abandoned ship at - 10:30 o'clock." When the .destroyer is in port A and a liberty party goes ashore, GQ' is certain to be along, and the liberty pass bears his name t along with the crewmen's. 2 , The boys bring sand from the J beach to fill u box for GQ to take . ' his rundown in aboard ship, rie sleeps perched on a handrail or , (he rigging. During shelling he paces ths deck or bridge uncon cerned now, though in his first experience with the guns he was ,;' so bewildered he kept opening and closing his beak in'astonijh ,i" ment. But. he's a veteran now, V and takes the noise nonchalantly. Tlie destroyer also has a little ,i white and brown dog named Queen, but the captain has just J issued an order,,-. "Our, comple- I nhcnl of pels has been filled." So i there'll be no new ones for a I I while. . ".' '. 1 f jj . The destroyer's crew has been i away from h;mc a long time now I. -finest of them about a year and . a hair. I ". "Of course that's a lot less than t many ground troops out here," said Lieut. A. II. Bryant of Alex andria, Va., Hie executive officer. "But still it's a long time, and j they've been living on the same j ship all this while. The first few months you , ' get bored. Then you get irri table. Then you get so you don't care 'much whether you 1 go home or 'not. "Your old life is drifting away from you. You do VI ro member how things were back home." ' ' "I asked a boy who was writ ing lo his girl what it was lie ? found lo say to her," an officer. ' remarked. "He said he wr.ito her how he fell about her. I asked him if he meant how he : i fell about her now, or how he re membered he used lo feel. Aivl f he said he guessed it was how he remembered feeling." "You got so you're satisfied jus', to go along the way you're go ing, but you know that's wroni;, and you feci you ought to goi back home and get over that way of. thinking."' On the other hand, Lieulrnanl Bryant said, the men who 'don't arrive at thai feeling of detach ment about home arc the ones , who suffer and continue to suf fer because of the enforced ob sencc from a wife or swecthea-t ; or friends or"olcl familiar plac-'s." MUST BE PICKED QUICKLY Aspara.jus; grows as much as six inches iri;;r day. It must be picked vvory', day quickly be cause it grows so fast in warm weather. Stalks a few inches above the "ground at daybreak must be picked by noon, or they become loo tough and coarse to make the best quality. Ten to 20 tpiii of water arc vv- C iiircd to produce a single Sush 1 jf corn. GOOD HEAfcTO h Yovr Grof9 Possess. RmimhMa.(Pila), Tit- urt, riitula.'JWrnlo (Rup . tttf). O-ir inWhw t t(at nt without -hecpi'al P f Tf on auccftttfutlr ud CP for U fart, Libaral credit tomt. Call for aminatica Mid la fTlrF. haaklM. . '6p fvMmpt, Wofl., Wtd., hi., 7 to 9 JO Dr. C. J. DEAN CLINIC Phytltton and SrooM ?W. t Cot. t ft jraiM d GraM TtUpHon Ej 3311 Portland II. Or t goo s 1 ' if liffl is Paul Pittam, aviation m.icliin isls mate third class, U. S. navy, and his wife have returned to Jacksonville, Fla., after visiting her parcntsi Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Winburn, and his mother, Mrs. Leah Pittam and his brother, Herb Pittam, and oilier relatives. The navy recruiting service for this district today announced Robert E. Wil-:-s of Elgin and Lar ry M. Griggs of Union have been nccepted for enlistment in the navy and have relumed to their homes pending calls to active, duty. Both are members of their senior' classes at their respective high schools. Wiles is the son of R. E. Wiles of Elgin, and Griggs the son of Mr.' and Mrs. E. R. Griggs of Union. Cpl. Jack Brown, who has been with the American air forces in the Mediterranean area has ar rived in La Grande for a furlough with his mother, Mrs. Nora Brown of 1302 Y avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McHugh of 1702 K avenue, today received a telegram from their son, Staff Sgt.. David p. McHugh, advising them he has arrived at a debark ation hospital at Hamilton Field, Calif., and expects to be trans ferred lo a hospital nearer home in the near future. He has been with the medical corps in the Pa cific area for two years, and they last heard from him two months ago, when he Was in the Philip pines. Hospital Note Grande Ronde hospital: Admitted Pctrus Van Do Wcile, La Grande, accident; Mrs. William Palmer, La Grande, med ical; Mrs. Helen Weaver, Enter priso, Garry Pierson, Starkey, surgical. Discharged John Hudspeth; Mrs. Clarence Byers. La Grande, Mrs. Roy Read, Enterprise, St. Joseph's hospital: Admitted Mrs. Magaael; Kramer, Mrs. Lawrence Hawes, La Grande, Mrs. Norman Swhk ert, Elgin, Robert Willey, La Grande medical; Saul Cole, Cove, Herbert Dolson, La Grande, Mrs. Dorothy Burritt, Wallowa, surg ery. Discharged Mis. lola Olson, Mrs. Clarence Gehrko, Mrs. Wayne Gooderhani, Mrs. Alan CourtwrighT, '''La" Grande,' Mrs. Morgan Palmer, North Powder, Miss Sharron Butler, Elgin. TOOTH TOOTH POWDE TOOTH Bl CLEANSER 4 DENTURE ADHESIVE m S DENTURE J 4. V III J V' 7V SO M.d. for 79c, 10 Mtdi for 19c. Coch Mdt in dointy individuol epplicoior. IE A hiftlt quality (ream tfh i fragrant c men fivur. OQ( (Add GLASS At LA GKANDK KYKNINtJ OIJSICKVKK I'hone 600 News and Engagements Social Wednesday, May 16, ISM 5 Society Briefs Miss Gene Tuppcr ol San Fran cisco is the house guest ol Mrs. Nora Brown of 1302 Y avenue. Lt. and Mrs. Norman West have arrived in La Grande from Quantico. Va., where he recent ly complefed officers training and was commissioned a second lieu tenant in the marine corps. On May 28, Lt. West will report to Camp Pendletton, Calif., for as signment. Mrs. West will remain in La Grande with her mother, Mrs. Charles Fross. 9 Mr. and Mis. Charles Hilde brund had as their guests ov-r Mothers Day, her sister, Mrs. Florence Blum and son, Ernest, of Bcllingham, Wash.,, and her brother and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamer, and Douglas McClay of Vancouver, B. C. Mrs. Jerry Kimmell is in La Grande for a few days, a guest of Mrs. S. D. Swires.: Mr. and Mrs. Kimmell h'lve been trans ferred from Porthnd to Spokane, and arc making t.ieir home at the Davenport hotel until an apart ment is available June 1. They will live at Vis'a Court apart ments, 627 13err: rd street. Eastern Star Group Will Have Dinner The social clu of the Order of Eastern Star will have a potluck dinner at 6:30 p. m. Friday in the Masonic hail for members and their families. Each is to take table service, a h t dish and salad or dessert. Aeronautic Session To lie Next Week The dinner n ting of the Ore gon slate aeror.i.utics board and the civil acioi: mtics authority, lo be h; Id in Baker, is sclv-duled for 6:15 p.m. Thursday, May 24. , .This meeting is for the purpose of collecting data on community needs in regard lo airports and airways. Briten Tooth Paste Squibb Tooth Paste Indent No. 2, larftc size Dr. Wesl's Yray 7c I'cpsodcnl Toot h I'astc, Iko. size :i!lc Forhan's Tooth Tasfo larc;o size .'i!)c Calox Tooth Powder, handy size I.'tc Co'gatcs Tooth I'wd., large size :!7c Dr. Lyn's Tooth I'wd., lai-R-e size .'i!)c S(tiil)l) Tooth I'owdcr, larjje size .'!7c Klcra-Klecn '27c SPECIAL! Rag. 39c KIENZO Dental Plate Brush and R.g. JOe REXAll Denture Cleanser RcxjII Demure Clcjnscr deoddn'zes denut plates as it removes film. Sncciallv nrict-d with Klenzo DciujI Plate Brush for limned time only. I flit At FfODUCT5 ecu LOW PRICES ON f MEDS- the modern internal sanitary protection, make them a big bargain in comfort, convenience, and self confidence. Lcavci the inc feeling wnonih ic iiie fctiinff unrwuh 1 and rtficihcd. 3Qt SQi 2) Federal Ttix to Cosmetic Activities . . . Weddings Events 1'atte .1 Central P-TA Has " Final Meeting of Spring Season The parent-teacher association of Central school held the final meeting of the' current school year recently and installed offi cers for the coming year. Mrs. Stewart French is the new president; Mrs. Hersha.l Talbott, the first vice-president; Mrs. Mc Phetridge, second vice-president; Mrs. Virgil Choato, treasurer, and Mrs. Gordon Capps,. secre tary. ' 1 The musical program included vocal solos by Larry Brunette and selections by the Rancheros and Moderncttes. Athletic awards were present ed by Waldo Gerards to the Cen tral school boys. Seventh grade mothers were hostesses. ' ' Social Calendar v WEDNESDAY 8 p. m. Wives and Mothers Service club, USO. THURSDAY 1 p. m. Presbyterian Mission ary society luncheon, Mrs. J. K. Wright, 1202 Penn avenue. 2 p. m. Sewing group, VFW auxiliary, Mrs. Earl Courtney, May Park. 2 p. m. Loyal Star social club, Mrs. Claude Pucketl liomc. 7:30 p. m. Auxiliary to BUT, Neighborhood club house. FRIDAY 1 p. m. Chapter 1. PEO, lunch eon, Mrs. Harley Richardson. 2 p. m. BLF and E auxiliary, Neighborhood club liousj. 6:30 p. m. Eastern Star social club potluck dinner, Masonic hall. SATURDAY 8 p. in. Aoxiliaiv to Veterans of Foreign Vv" is. K .' I' hall. REAL FOREST FIRE LOSS The greatest loss occurring in forest fires is T7M the destruction of mature trees, but the ruination of young growth, and chairing of the forest floor, since much of the older timber still can be util ized. wi,Fh Alkaliiin9 25c Economy Size 49c ;i!)c 'J'ri'l Liquid Denti frice, :)-oz. ,'!!)c IVi'iiiii-(i'ri) Adhesive Denial Plate To 3:ic Klutclt 2."ic I'olitlfiil Dr. Wcnief's I'owdcr C-ie-Ka I'owdcr 2!)c f 2'Jc isleetli I'owdcr Tck Tooth Hriisli Dr West Tooth Jirush 1 Dr. SCHOLL'S nrt ,c' ZiNO-PADS FOR REMOVING CORNS CHLtOUJES aj A SOFT CORNS J I OnitHj RcHmi . 1 I pit UNIONS uli "..A A hich nuiUtv cream wult I A high quality crciin will, fragrince mtn ttvtyt. EQe Prices) G DRUGS Advancements Arc Awarded Cubs Store thnii hvl Cuts of Paek i H .ind their parents gathered' at (he First Presbyteriim . church last night for a potluck supper. Ciih nmster A. B. Olson presided. '. The following changes in per sjnncl were 'announced: Mrs. 'L. F. Carroll to be den mother of Den IV Mrs. idon Capps tq be den mother of Den 3 assisted by Mrs. It. Williams. j' . . ''Advancement awards were presented as' follows: Norman Laird, Jnhn Steinbaek, l;bl cat and Wolf; Dick Craig and Dale I'roffitt, bob cat; Lcland Hardy and .Pat Bond, wolf, and Lonny Carroll, wolf and lion; Jack Mai lory, arrow, lion and webelos; Jack Bond and Ray Marquis, lion' and webelos; John Combs, webelos; Clifford Snell, Bobby Marquis and Lawrence DcKnlb, bear; Eddie Johnson, Donald Roc !and Larry Charlton, silver arrow. Mickey Mouse and sport review motion pictures Were shown. Gen. Patton Had . Close Call From Nazi1, Flyer's Guns . l'6nDON, May. 10 ' (UP) A German fighter plane ulmost killed Gen. George S.. Patton; fiery, commander of the Ameri can .third army, at the height. of his. military triumphs. ' In late April, Patton was aloft in the Nurnberg area in a small liaison plane observing territory which his army was about to lake over from the seventh army. ' Sudd-only a German Mcsser-' schimtt' 109 spotted the tiny plane and dived on it with all machine-guns blazing. Patton's pilot dropped close to earth and the German flier, un able to pull out of his divei crash ed in flames close by. ; Patton was unruffled when he stepped from the plane a few' minutes later. , EXPENSIVE TARTS John Hay, Karl of Carlisle in the time of James I, served $50 tarts at. his dinners. The little tarts, costing about ten English pounds each, were made of "inn bergreasc, magisterial : of .poufl and musk." xBWmsS iX w railroad's roadbed has a lot to do with travel comfort. A well-built roadbed does away with annoying, sleep-disturbing bumps . . .like a boat breasting a choppy sea. It gives you "smooth sailing." The kind of gravel used for roadbed ballast is an important factor. Union Pacific uses a special, sturdy type of crushed granite which stands up particularly well under wartime's heavily loaded 'freight and passenger trains. Then, too, it acts as a "cushion," resulting in more comfortable riding and less wear on locomotives and cars. 0 Britain Soon to End Mail Censorship LONDON,'. Mayifi :(UP)-Min-" ifter of Information' B r q n d a n Ilracken' eaid todiiy ' Hint t n.inr ship of mail between the United Kingdom 'aiid' tlie United States and Canada will' end in 30 days. Bracken added' that' censorship of overseas communications will continue until the ' end of the Japanese war because of the dnn tlcr of Interception by the Jap anese. ..... ' : ; . .. . Bces caniuit fly against strong winds. . '..-',' . 7 Our purchases of War Bonds backed our Armed Forces in. the defeat of Germany. We will back our Armed Forces in the defeat of Japan b y-; p u rchasing MORE ; War Bonds. Lltion lo "YOUR AMERICA" m-lio pingum on Mutual nAtionwida nelwork very Sunday Afternoon. Conaull your local newspaper (or the lime and iiation. UHIOK PACIFIC RAILROAD o o Postof fiee Pay Boost Approved WASHINGTON, May 10 (UP) The ' house yesterday passed and sent lo tlie senate legislation granting permanent pay increases to postoffice employes. The vole was 300 to 1. ; . If approved hy the senate the 'niensuiv would piovide the first adjustment in basic pay rates of postal employes since 11)25. It would give each regular em ploye a 20 per cent pay increase, l?ut not to be less than $300 or more than $-100. , The measure would replace a WAR LOAN INTERNATIONAL IIUSINKSS MACHINES CORPORATION Thus, even the ballast used on tho railroad's roadbed plays its part in the efficient, 'round-the-clock transportation of troops and essential battle-line freight over Union Pacific's Strate gic Middle Route, uniting the East with the Pacific Coast. Future "smooth sailing" ovot life's highway can bo assured by holding tight to the war bonds we now have . . . and, as an extra measure of economic protection, buying aa many more as wo can possibly afford. Soffit W I uiim temporary "act expiring July 1 which gave each employe an an nual $300 bonus. I Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly If von mart trpm rhminwtlc.- nrtlir1IN or 1 iirnrllln tinln. try till Nlniil Ineipmlvo humm rnln (Imt tliniiaitfiijii urv ualox. lrt a inrk nun vt Hii-I'l r.miiK'Untl. a two-wrrk aucply. tiHlny. 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