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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932. PAGE FIVE i ---........... ............... ..... ..... ...................4 With the closing of the school year, the majority of the teachers in the local schools whose homes are outside the city departed short ly for their respective homes. Of the high school staff W. R. Poul son, superintendent, went to Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mene gat to Portland, Miss Jessie Pal miter to Portland, Neil Shuirman to Minnesota, Miss Madge Coppock to Corvallis, Miss Charlotte Woods to Sheridan and Miss Dorothy Straughan to Pendleton, while Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lumley will remain at Heppner for the summer. Of the grade school teachers, Harold Buh man went to Canby, Mliss Blanche Hanson to Enterprise, Miss Miriam McDonald to Spokane, Miss Helen Olsen to North Powder and Mrs. Adelyn O'Shea to Ellensburg, Wn. Harold Buhman, grade school principal, left yesterday for his home at Canby. Should the Ameri can Legion decide to operate its swimming pool again this summer, Mr. Buhman has been tentatively engaged to supervise it and In that event will return to Heppner about the first of July. Otherwise he will not return until fall when he will again take up his duties as princi pal and band instructor. W. P. Mahoney, E. E. Rugg, Geo. N. Peck and Laxton McMurray were Morrow county representa tives who attended the meeting of the State Tax Conservation league in Salem during the past week and "listened in" on the discussion of tax problems as they were present ed by various state officials, as well as other speakers from the state at large. The ladies of the Christian church will hold a cooked food sale on Sat urday forenoon at the store of Humphreys Drug company, and your patronage of same will be much appreciated. Charles Bartholomew, pioneer resident of Pine City, was transact ing business In the city Tuesday. LINDBERGH BABY'S FOUND CLOSE By CALEB The baby son of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was found dead on Thursday, May 12. The child had been murdered. The body, lying face down in a depression and partly covered with dead leaves was discovered by a Negro truck driver in a patch of woods in the Sourland Mountains less than five miles from the Lind bergh home near Hopewell, N. J. The discovery was made by acci dent when the driver, walking into the woods from the road, found what he thought was a child's foot sticking out of the ground and no tified the police. The identifica tion followed quickly. The news Instantly aroused the sympathy and the indignation of the whole world. President Hoover announced that all of the forces of the United States government would be directed toward the dis covery and arrest of the murderers. He said: "I have directed the law enforce ment agencies and the several se cret services of the Federal Gov ernment to make the kidnaping and murder of the Lindbergh baby a live and never-to-be-forgotten case, never to be relaxed until these criminals are Implacably brought to justice." The New Jersey State police and the numerous detective agencies which had been engaged In the search for the missing baby boy had been forced to move cautiously because of the fear that the kidnap ers would kill the infant If they found themselves hard pressed. But as soon as It was certain that the worst had happened, there was an instant tightening of the lines and the most determined man-hunt In American history was begun. It was soon apparent that the child had been killed soon after he was stolen from his crib in the nur sery on the night of March 1. Whe ther he had been killed with calcu lating purpose by criminals who found it advantageous to them to get rid of the child, or whether he had been thrown there by kidnap ers fleeing In panic, was not de termined. The body showed the marks of two fractures of the skull, one on the left side and the other on the right. The latter was a hole a half- inch In diameter. "Unquestionably It was a brutal murder," said Dr. Charles H. Mit chell, County Physician of Mercer County, after he had completed an autopsy. The condition of the body indi cated that the child had been dead at least two months, and there was a strong possibility that he had been killed on the very night of the kidnaping. Positive Identification of the baby's body was furnished by Betty Gow, the nursemaid, about whom so much Interest In the case cen tered Immediately after the baby's dlsapearancc. The garments found on the body were taken to the Lind bergh home and examined by Miss Gow there. She positively identi fied the shirt and the waistband as those of the baby whom she had taken care of and to Whom she was devoted. The sleeping suit which the baby wore when he was stolen was missing. Dr. Van Nlgen of New York, the child's physician, found the meas urements of the body, the forma tion and size of the skull, -the num bcr and formation of the teeth and the peculiarly twisted toes Identical with those of the Lindborgn cnua Though the search had extended up and down the Atlantic coast, had stretched from one border of the United States to the other, and J. C. Ball, one of the few remain ing Civil war veterans of Morrow county, returned to his home in Heppner last week after spending the winter in Portland. He said he was pretty well fed up on the Wil lamette valley rain and welcomed an opportunity to get out and walk in the warm Eastern Oregon sun shine. He will spend the summer at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Crawford spent Friday and Saturday at Waitsburg, Wash., where they went to attend the funeral of an old friend of the family, Mrs. Mary Hubbard. They also visited with relatives and friends there before returning home Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Latourell and daughter Alice and Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo departed this fore noon for Corvallis. The gentlemen are going to the college city to take part in the Oregonian telegraphic shoot Sunday, representing Hepp ner-Pilot Rock in the finals. Commissioner Geo. N. Peck was a visitor in town Tuesday from his farm west of Lexington. Mr. Peck reports crop conditions out his way as being quite satisfactory, and should a good rain visit the county right soon an abundant yield will be assured. John Farley, son of Mr. and Mrs, James Farley of this city who runs a gents furnishing store at John Day, visited Heppner relatives and friends over the week end. He was accompanied by two gentlemen friends, Bob Stocker and Bill Stearns. Mrs. Frank S. Parker left Wed nesday for Joseph where she goes for a short visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dorris Mitchell and to make the acquaintance of her re cently arrived granddaughter. Mrs. Bonnie Cochran returned from a short visit at Portland on Wednesday evening. DEAD BODY TO PARENT'S HOME JOHNSON, even had Included many cities in Europe, the child had been lying all those weeks near the home from which he had been stolen, and only a little more than a mile from Hopewell, N. J., the center of much of the activity surrounding the case. The place where the body was found Is on the downward slope of a hill directly across the valley from the Lindbergh home. Before Colonel Llndbergh'3 new home was built, he and Mrs. Lindbergh lived for a time within a mile of the place where their child was to meet his death. Col. Lindbergh was away from home when the body of his son was found. He had been for several days on a yacht, searching for an other yacht on which, he had been informed, the little boy was neia prisoner. Mrs. Lindbergh and her mother, Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, were at home. Mrs. Lindbergh will be a mother again in August, it was stated by her family. The kidnaping of Charles Augus tus Lindbergh Jr., 20-month-old son of Colonel Lindbergh and the for mer Anne Morrow, from the iso lated Lindbergh home on Sourland Mountain, near Hopewell, N. J., oc curred between 8:30 and 10 o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, March 1. In the days and hours which elapsed before the solution of the mystery virtually the entire civil ized world followed every develop ment with unparalleled concern. While the search was spreading throughout North America and then to Europe and South America, with ships being searched on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the child's body was lying within five miles of his crib. The discovery that the baby was missing was made by Miss Betty Gow, 26-year-old Scottish nurse, who had nut the child to sleep in his crib at 8 o'clock. The youngster was sleeping soundly when she looked In at 8:30 o'clock, but the crib was empty when she returned at 10. Muddy footprints were vis ihl nn the floor between the crib and a window, the shutter of which could not be fastened because it was warped. In the nursery on a cedar chest, just beneath the window, the kid napers left a note, tne exact con tents of which had Dcen Kepi care fully secret. It had been reported and no denied, however, that the missive promised the child would be cared for and demanded a ran som of $50,000. While the entire nation, from President Hoover down, was shock ed by the crime and assurances of coordinated vigilance came from every branoh of the Federal, State and local law-enforcing agencies, the first few days of the anguished hunt brought forth nothing but a flood of wild rumors, false leads and crank letters. On April 2 Colonel Lindbergh Daid $50,000 in small notes in a lonely spot In the Bronx to a man who had convinced him he was In touch with the kidnapers. Dr. J. F. Condon, Fordham lecturer, was the intermediary; but this series of negotiations proved fruitless. Meanwhile, John Hughes Curtis, a Norfolk boatbulldcr, convinced that he had made contact with the kidnapers, told his story to Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, retired, and the Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock of Norfolk. For weeks Mr. Curtis made mysterious trips to sea and overland by plane In a fruitless effort to completo his negotiations, and then admitted, after discovery of the body, that his story was hoax, having no foundation. Miss Leta Humphreys arrived home Saturday from Long Beach, Calif., and is now located with Humphreys Drug company as phar macist Miss Humphreys was ac companied to Heppner by Miss Le na Newton of Long Beach, who will visit here for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. French Burroughs were visitors in Heppner on Tues day afternoon from the farm near Jordan Siding. Vegetation is grow ing fast out that way now and the general crop outlook is excellent. Miss Virginia Dix, who spent the fall and winter studying nursing at the Mayo Brothers hospital in Rochester, Minn., has returned to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Dix, in Heppner. Joel R. Benton and family moved this week from the Jeff Jones prop erty, where they have resided for the past several months, to the property of Mrs. Lester Doolittle on South Court street Neil Shuirman, whose tenure with the local schools as athletic instructor expired with the closing of the school year, left the end of the week for his home in Minne sota. DR. J. P. STEWART, EYE SIGHT SPECIALIST of Pendle ton, will be at the Hotel Heppner on Wednesday, May 25th. Hours from 10:00 a. m., to 5:00 p. m. Threshing outfit for sale Ford- son, separator, header and boxes. Alex Green, Heppner. 10-11 IN OREGON HOMES Clatskanie An adequate and ap petizing luncheon costing only six and one-half cents per person was prepared recently by a group of Clatskanie homemakers. The meal consisted of rice casserole, a green salad, prune bread pudding and bread and butter. These women are cooperating in the home econ omics extension service which is su pervised by Mrs. Sarah V. Case, home demonstration agent in Co lumbia county. Enterprise How she introduced modern, energy saving ideas into her kitchen is reported by a home maker of Enterprise, as follows: "My kitchen is not modern so it is hard for me to make changes. How ever, I moved my work table near er to the stove and put a shelf over it. Now I have within easy reach a pair of scissors which are new to my kitchen equipment, newspaper squares, cooking spoons, spices and a ruler." Another Baker county homemak- er finds a garbage can with a foot lift a desirable investment. The Gazette Times' Printing Ser vice is complete. Try it Poultry Club Meets. The Eight Mile Poultry club met for their fourth meeting May 11 at the home of Mrs. Floyd Worden, their leader. Those present were Jean Adkins, Gordon Akers, Myrtle Green, Wilbur Worden, Kathleen Furlong and Nola Keithley. Joe Stephens was absent. Hazel Ad kins, Doris and Dorothy Worden were visitors. Meeting was called to order by President Jean Adkins. For old business the questions at our last meeting were answered. Scaly Leg" was discussed and ef fective cures named. Under new business the secretary distributed pamphlets, "Farm Poultry," and the members filled out their first cards. Meeting adjourned and the members enjoyed a lively game of baseball. Gordon Akers, Nola Keithley and Wilbur Worden made home runs. After the game they hiked to the willow grove below the house. One of the many things of interest in the grove was a hawk's nest. Everyone enjoyed the meet ing In spite of the hot weather. The next meeting will be June 1st at the home of Mrs. Floyd Worden. No la Keithley, club reporter. Thrifty Stitchers Meet. The Thrifty Stitchers met at the home of Mrs. George McDuffee at 2:30 Saturday, May 14. The meet ing was called to order by the pres ident, Lucille Beymer. Mary Thorn son substituted for Vallis Jones as secretary. Mrs. McDuffee has kind ly consented to be the leader of the Thrifty Stitchers as Mrs. C. C. Pat terson is unable to continue with the work. Those present at the meeting were Lucile Beymer, Mary McDuffee and Mary Thomson. The new leader discussed the club work in gneral and several new phases were explained to the group. Lu cile Beymer worked on her reno vated dress, Mary McDuffee contin ued to work on her print school dress and Mary Thomson did some embroidery work. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30. The next meeting will be held May 20th, it being the regular two-weeks meet ing. Hereafter the meetings will be held at the home of Mrs. George McDuffee. Vallis Jones, news re porter. Eighth Meeting of Woe Six Cooks. At the beginning of the meeting, held at the Alpine school near Lex Ington, a new song was sung call ed "Club Work," written to the tune of "Jingle Bells." The words are as follows, "Club work girls, club work boys, club work every day, and, oh, what fun to play. Head and heart, hand and health, thit Is what we say, stands for club work everywhere, in our good old U. S A." Also copies of the "chjef yell" were provided by Rhuey Ann Sen ter. The words are, "Hobble, gob ble Kazzle, dazzle! Zip, boom, bah Wee Sis Cooks club, rah! rah! rah!" The pledge was given. Of the six members, Rhuey Ann Senter and Reitha Howard have completed their groups In the cooking project and are now working on extra dishes. There are ten groups in all with Peggy Kilkenny having com pleted seven, Doris Klinger and Dorothy Doherty, eight, and Gene Senter nine. The minutes were approved as read. Then the president announc ed for every one to go Into the cooking room where a demonstra tion was given by Peggy Kilkenny and Drothy Doherty. They showed how to prepare delicious sand wiches which was group eight. They served hot cocoa, sandwiches and a very good cake which was generously given by Reitha How ard, one of the club members. Dor othy Doherty made a delicious sal ad dressing to go on the lettuce and peanut butter combination sandwiches. The girls had not yet eaten their dinner and the cocoa with sandwiches and cake just "hit the spot" The visitors were Mrs. Clary, the high school teacher, two seniors from the high school, Mar garet Howard and Alex Lindsay, and a sophomore, Camilla Kilken ny. Alex Lindsay in his talk with the class called them "Wee Sick Cooks." Evidently the sample of food caused him to make this mis take. Peggy Kilkenny said, "I have finished my group one, which is French toast. The first time I made it I put something in it that I should not have. The second time I burnt it, but the third seem ed to be all right" In the demon stration Friday Reitha brought a midget cake to school to be tested by the club leader. While the lead er and the girls were sampling it, they all pronounced it very good, but Rhuey Ann said, "Don't let them fool you, Reitha." Happy Hearts Hold Meeting. The Happy Hearts 4-H club met May 18th at the home of Florence Green, those present being Betty Snider, Patsy Smith, Margaret Doo little and Betty Marie Adkins. There were two visitors, Alberta Adkins and Elizabeth Healy. The work for the next week or two will Don't overlook GILLIAM &BISBEE for your needs in gar den seeds, grass and flower seeds. Plow Repairs, etc. Sherwin Williams' sheep marking paint. Lamy Black and Oil. Everything for "Clean Up Week' in Paints, Varinshes, etc. Don't forget that prices have declined. GILLIAM & BISBEE We have it, will get it or it is not made. Again ff new low prices! as low as jj plus a new 4-year service plan! 167 AT THE FACTORY tV delivers a General Electric to your home and 10c a meal pays for it PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY "Always at Your Service!" be crocheting. The first lesson was taken today. The next meeting will be May 25th. Betty Marie Ad kins, reporter. Hardman Foresters Meet The Hardman Foresters held their last meeting this spring Fri day afternoon. Nellie Bleakman, the president, called the meeting to order. The secretary, Lois Ash baugh, read the minutes of the last meeting. The members answered to roll call by naming a kind of tree. Two songs were sung; "The More We Get Together" and "The Trouble Chaser Song." The follow ing games were played: "Uncle Josh's Death," "Touch what I say and say what I touch," and "My Grandmother Doesn t Like Tea. ' After the games the foresters hoed around their trees and placed cans in the soil near each tree. Three teams were chosen to look after the watering and hoing of the trees during the summer. For June Dolly Farrens is captain. Her as sistants are Lois Aahbaugh, Claud Hastings, Pearl Leathers and Ro land Farrens. For July Doris Stev ens is captain with Nellie Bleak man, Charles Johnson, Lois Adams and Nona Inskeep for helpers. For August Charlotte Adams Is captain. Her assistants are Annie Johnson, Francis Inskeep, Loye and Lily Johnson. The forestry project has not been completed at this time. It will be necessary for the members to make an over-nght trip to the woods to gather specimens of bark, cones and seeds. This can best be done in the fall so arrangements will be made for a trip In early September. Public Invited to Attend Picnic. Last Friday, May 13, Mrs. C. Stephens, Anice Lieuallen, Joan A happy man is one who has no idea what his blood-pressure should be. The fellow with financial worries is as unhappy as the man with the serious blood pressure. Old Doc Thrift will regulate your money pressure quick ly and PAINLESSLY! How much can you save TODAY? Farmers and Stockgrowers National Bank There is No Substitute for Safety 5700 at the factory Wright Dorris Allstott, Maxine Howard, Almon Lieuallen and Don Allstott, taken by Mrs. Stephens, and Miss Velma Huston, Ben How ard, Clayton Wright, Howard Grif fin and Richard Griffin, in Miss Huston's car, all went up to the Spray road camp. Edna, Joe and Lura Stephens were up there wait ing for the rest of the children. All the children brought baskets. In the morning the children explored. Then they came back and played hide and go seek, which did not last very long. Then they all went in search of a place to play base ball. They couldn't find any good places except in a wide place in the road so they played there. When they would see a car coming they would pick up their bases and get out of the way. This game didn't last very long for it got too warm and then all the children were get ting hungry. The boys moved a table out of the cabin so we all could eat under the trees. Then Miss Huston dismissed the boys and the girls set the table. Before dinner Mrs. Ray Wright and Beth came. They were late because Beth had to go to Heppner. There was a real dinner and every one of the mem bers enjoyed it. After dinner some of the boys and girls went up and played in the sand pile and when they got tired they came back and went in wading. Howard Griffin and Don Allstott both fell in the creek. A lot of the others were awful wet. Then Dorris Allstott called them in for the regular 4-H club meeting. All the members sang Lexington Farmers Warehouse Company Dealers in Flour, Poultry and Dairy Feeds Sperry's "SHURE LIVE" and Scratch Food for Baby Chlx. AXSO ALL STOCK FEEDS. General Warehouse Storage and Custom Grinding. LEXINGTON, OREGON THEY MUST BE GOOD When you consider that MONARCH CANNED FOODS j have been favorites of the American public s for more than 60 years you can come to but one conclusion "THEY MUST BE GOOD" QUALITY FOODS ALWAYS AT Hustons Extra New! Man I ... for Wear a new, YtS'$irttf! They've a fine qual ity appearance at this economy price! Light, airy . . and designed and finished so smartly that they'll win complete approval instantly! the opening song. They all an swered the roll call by being pres ent Joe Stephens, the secretary for both clubs, read the minutes of the last meetings for both the Gold en West Cookery club and the Busy Bee Sewing club. There wasn't any new or old business so the children of the Busy Bee club gave their 4-H club yell which was led by Ed na Stephens. After that the Gold en West club gave their yell which was led by Don Allstott. After the meeting adjourned Clayton Wright and Almon Lieuallen chose sides for run, sheep run. The children played for a long time, then they departed for home. Beth Wright took the children that Mrs. Steph ens brought, back to the school house. All of the children reported having a very good time. It is planned that on May 28 there will be a 4-H club picnic at the home of R. E. Allstott on Rhea creek. All 4-H club leaders will be asked to have some number ready to give in the afternoon for the program. The Busy Bee Sewing club and the Golden West Cookery club are go ing to have some of their work on display; if the other clubs want to they may bring some of their things to exhibit. All 4-H club members and their parents and the public are cordially invited to attend. All bring well filled baskets as a dinner will be served. Posters will be sent to lone, Hardman, Heppner and Cecil. We are hoping to have a large crowd. Games will be played in the morning. Don't forget the date, place, and everybody come. Grocery Savings! Smart! SI comfort's sake c-o-o-1 SOLAR!
