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Thursday, August 18, 1938 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Emmet Hughes was transacting business in the city yesterday from his home at McMinnville. He was accompanied to Heppner by Bob Boyd who goes to Linfield college as a professor this fall. Boyd, a Mc Minnville 'youth, was prominent at O. S. C. last year as a representa tive of the speech department on a nation-wide tour. Hughes, membei of the '17 class of Heppner high school and one of Oregon State's all-time outstanding baseball pitch ers, now is a leading druggist at the Yamhill county seat. He greeted many old-time friends while in the city. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Fefguson, Kay and Mary Lou and Mrs. Cora Craw ford motored to Prineville Sunday morning where Mrs. Crawford and Mary Lou remained for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schwarz. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and Kay returned home that eve ning. Jim Archer returned home Mon day evening from a week's vacation spent at the home of a brother at Longview. Wash. Mr. Archer's brother and wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary while he was there. The Longview country was reported as exceedingly dry. Mrs. Cecil Espy departed Saturday to join her husband at Bremerton, Wash., after" visiting for several weeks here with her mother, Mrs. Harriet Mahoney, and other relatives and friends. She accompanied Mrs. Agnes Curran who went to White Salmon, Wash., to visit relatives. Mark Merrill and Norton Lundell motored to Lehman springs Monday evening, taking Jack Merrill, Philip Cohn, Dick O'Shea and Dick Bogo ger to spend a week's outing. Tues day morning Alva Jones took his son Don and Don Turner to join the other boys. Local "40 et 8'ers" attending a meeting at Pendleton last night in preparation for the big wreck there as a part of the state American Le gion convention, Sept. 1-2-3, were C. J. D. Bauman, Loyal R. Parker, Alva Jones and Spencer Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. George Allyn of Lex ington visited yesterday at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Jas. Cowins. Mr. Allyn is engaged in remodeling the farm residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth north of Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kinne returned home Tuesday from a vacation trip to Portland. Their son, Dickie, has been visiting at Yakima for some time and they expected to go to bring him home shortly. Burton H. Peck was in the city Tuesday while taking a few days lay-off from harvest to recuperate his health. He reported his boys in charge of operations at the Clarks canyon farm. Frank Gentry who has been work ing at the Foster Odom farm in the Morgan district received treatment at a local physician's office Tues day for an injury received while at work. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamrick vis ited last week at the parental home in this city while on the way to Red mind to make their home. They had been at Avalon, Cal., for two years. Ed Rietmann, north lone wheat raiser, is suffering from an infected 1 finger for which he has been re ceiving treatment at a local doctor's office for more than a week. Thomas E. Brown fell while work ing with the R. A. Thompson sheep and was brought to a local physi cian's office Monday for treatment to a knee injured in the fall. Ralph Reade was a Heppner call er yesterday from the farm near Monument. He reported rain there yesterday morning had caused a lay-off from harvest Mrs. Frank Cunningham, nee Mar jorie Cox, of Portland is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Homer Hayes, for two weeks. Rev. and Mrs. Glenn P. White and son David expected to return today to their home at Echo following a several day visit with friends. Mr. White has been at Echo since July 1 as Methodist minister, having been located here several years ago. Their daughter, Mary Lavelle, who has been attending summer school at Bellingham, Wash., will teach the coming school year at Forest Grove. . Mrs. Ada Cason visited Heppner relatives and friends the first of the week, coming over from Pendleton where she has been with her daugh ter, Mrs. Milton Spurlock, for some time. Billy Barratt who is assisting Har old Cohn as car driver and assistant in the latter's sheep buying opera tions is at Caldwell, Idaho, for three days looking after the loading out of lambs.' Mrs. Josie Jones returned home the end of the week following a two weeks' vacation which she spent at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Har old Stiles, in Portland. John Skuzeski motored to Port land Sunday and returned home on Monday with his family who had been visiting relatives in the city for several weeks. V. R. Runnion returned home the first of the week from a business trip to Walla Walla and The Dalles. At the latter place he cried a large sale on Monday. Victor Rietmann transacted busi ness in the city for a few hours Monday. Harvest was reported go ing into final stage in his section north of lone. Mrs. P. A. Mollahan underwent an appendectomy at Heppner hos pital Tuesday morning, and is re ported to have undergone the ordeal nicely. Gerald Slocum spent the week end here with his mother, Mrs. Clara Slocum, coming over from the ranch near Ritter with a shipment of lambs. Martin B. Thomas, from the Port land office of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company has been a bus iness visitor here for the last two days. Charles Bartholomew transacted business and visited old-time friends in this city Monday, coming in from the ranch in the Pine City district. Mrs. Lena White has arrived from Portland and is spending some time here looking after property in terests and visiting with friends. Mrs. Lorena Isom is confined at a Pendleton hospital suffering the ef fects of a slight stroke recently. Her hearing only was affected. Eddie Thorpe is suffering from an infected arm as the result of an injury received while at work at Interior warehouse. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McCarty and daughter, Miss Frances, departed the first of the week for a ten-days va cation at the coast. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jepson and children were business visitors in the city Tuesday from the Rhea creek farm. Jason Biddle took time off from work at the Rhea creek farm to transact business in the city Tues day. Lost One rail to folding camp springs, on or near Rhea creek. $1 reward. Leave at Gazette Times of fice. Jess Hall who has been working at the D. Cox ranch on Hinton creek is suffering from an infected knee. New fall stock of hats, coats, suits and dresses just arrived at Curran Ready-to-Wear. Otto Rutil and family were visitors in the city yesterday from the north Lexington farm. Mrs. Neil Knighten of Hardman entered Heppner hospital the first of the week. Cha nge in lone Phone System Set Installation of new telephone cen tral office equipment at lone will be started in the near future, according to announcement by J. R. Farring ton, manager for the Pacific Tele phone anl Telegraph company. With the new equipment technic ally known as an R. C. X. (remote control exchange), lone customers will be given new telephone instru ments. Ringing will be automatic without the use of a crank as is now the case with the present magneto service. Farmer line telephones served from the lone office will continue on the present magneto ringing ba sis. Work of changing the telephone instruments on the premises of lone customers will be started about Sep tember 1, and the cut-over to the new type of operation tentatively is scheduled for about the middle of September. Most of the lone 'telephone num bers will be changed, and a new di- THE - STAR Reporter FRIDAY- SATURDAY BORDER G-MAN with GEORGE O'BRIEN Exciting gun play, fist fights and fast riding as G-Man O'Brien cleans up a gang of smugglers plus Wives Under Suspicion with Warren William - Gail Patrick An interesting version of domestic entanglements Our Gang Comedy Beautiful Budapest SUNDAY-MONDAY THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD In technicolor One of the truly great pictures of the year with Errol Flynn as Robin Hood Ian Hunter as King Richard Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian Claude Rains as Prince John Alan Hale as Little John x Eugene Pallctte as Friar Tuck "Wynkcn, Blynkcn and Nod" by Disney . Movietone News TUESDAY Sally Eilcrs and Paul Kelly in The Nurse From Brooklyn Mystery drama based on the Lib erty Magazine story "If You Break My Heart" plus Go Chase Yourself Built for laughs from start to finish with Joe Pcnncr - Lucille Ball Musical short subject WED.-THU., AUGUST 24-25 YELLOW JACK with Robert Montgomery - Virginia Bruce Lewis Stone - Andy Devine - Henry Hull - Charles Coburn - Buddy Eb sen - Henry O'Neill Romance and drama of one of the greatest experiments in history the story of the fight waged by American doctors and soldiers after thte Spanish-American war to wipe out the dread yellow fever disease that was raging in Cuba. Also: "The Face Behind the Mask," one of the most intriguing un solved mysteries of all time; "Penny Party," adventure into the realm of kitchen economics by Pete Smith; News of the Day Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison (Echo) are invited to present this coupon for complimentary, admissions. To be used before August 25th. StarTheater EEPFNZ2B, OBE. rectory will be issued at the time of the cut-over. Mrs. Delia Corson, agency mana ger for the company, it is under stood, officially will retire on pen sion when the cut-over is made. However, she will continue to rep resent the telephone company in one as collection agent HEALTH NURSE RETURNS Miss Althea Stoneman arrived in city the first of the week to spend another six weeks in the county as special county health nurse. Earlier in the year she spent a like period in the county assisting with work among children of pre-school age in particular. The work at this time is expected to include health work preparatory to opening of schools. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED License to wed was issued at the clerk's office Saturday to Miss Ruth Cherry of Benton county and Gene Lear, assistant secretary to the Mor row County ' Agricultural Compli ance committee. 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Eight seniors, five juniors pass life-saving tests. Seniors, Orrin Bis bee, Patricia Mahoney, Ellis Thom son, Roderick Thomson, Robert Tur ner, Marjorie Clark, Shirley Prophet and Rev. B. Stanley Moore; juniors, Tom Hottman, . Beatrice Thomson, Theodore Thomson, Viola Brown and Lucille Hall. Phelps Funeral Home Ambulance Service Trained Lady Assistant Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. YOUR LOCAL GROCER HAS A STOCK OF LIGHT NEW CROP HONEY Be sure the honey you eat has been prepared in a mod ern, sanitary plant. A. E. Wattenburger & Son Producers and Wholesalers of Choice Honey SHIP BY TRUCK The Dalles Freight Line, Inc. Daily Service Between PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER and Way Points Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Spickerman, Agent "PREVENT FOREST FIRES FT PAYS" Morrow County Grain Growers G. J. RYAN, Manager DAILY MARKET SERVICE AVAILABLE REPRESENTING North Pacific Grain Growers Kerr-Gifford & Co. Continental Grain Co. SEE US BEFORE YOU SELL