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Page Two Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, Nov. 24, 1938 National, State And County Heads Tell of Wool Work Importance of In dustry Stressed by Ladies Before Lions Men freely accuse women of tak ing their jobs away from them, but often it works the other way, said Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, president of National Wool Growers auxiliary, before the Monday Lions luncheon. Mrs. Mahoney appeared before the service club meeting with Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson, president of Oregon Wool Growers auxiliay, and Mrs. H. A. Cohn, Morrow county unit head, in sponsoring a "wool" program. Mrs. Mahoney cited the wool in dustry as an example of men tak ing jobs away from women. Origin ally all woolen articles were knitted or woven by women in the home, but men seeing the commercial pos sibilities started making them with machines. Still the hand-made ar ticles are best, though the machine made woolens are superior to other textiles in warmth and durability, the speaker said. Ladies of seven states are now organized in the national associa tion whose purpose is to promote the ladies' interest in the wool industry. Mrs. Mahoney assisted in the orig inal organization at San Angelo, Texas, several years ago. Mr. Ma honey was then president of the Oregon Wool Growers association, and it was the wives of the several state presidents that perfected the auxiliary set-up. The idea came from O. M. Plummer of Pacific Interna tional Livestock exposition fame, she said. Yakima county, Washing ton, took the lead in promoting the ' idea. Mrs. Mahoney was looking for ward to her first return visit to San Angelo when the national convention will be held there in January. As one of the leading industries in the county, it was pointed out that welfare of business life of the coun ty generally depends upon the well being of the wool industry. Mrs. Thompson cited that Oregon ranked fifth among states in wool produc tion, and that Morrow was sixth among Oregon counties, according to the last report of the state wool growers publication. B. C. Pinckney, manager local branch First Nation al Bank of Portland, gave supple mentary information from a report just received which showed that Idaho exceeded Oregon in produc tion of wool by only 300,000 pounds in 1938. Both Oregon and Idaho ex ceeded 17 million pounds. Oregon's sheep population slightly exceeded that of Idaho, but the average fleece weight of the Idaho clip was larger than that in Oregon. Mrs. Thompson further enumerat ed activities of the year to date, telling of the lamb and wool booths conducted at the state fair in Salem and livestock exposition in Port land where woolen neckties were sold to help defray expenses of the advertising projects. She also told of official visits made to county units. Mrs. Thompson made an ex hibit of several leading commercial brands of woolen ties. In her turn, Mrs. Cohn told of activities of the county unit which has included contributions to com munity projects such as $25 to the swimming pool, $5 to the library, as well as sponsoring style shows, dinners, and other activities intend ed to promote public interest in lamb and wool. The unit had realized $165 from various activities, part of which aside from contributions to various worthy causes, would be used to send a delegate to the state conven tion at Pendleton. F. W. Turner, Lions president, added a personal note to advertis ing the industry, by relating that at one time he held the world's record for having sheared the most sheep of any man his own age. He started shearing at 16 years of age and at 30 had shorn upwards of 100,000 head. Dick Bogoger, high school student, favored with a vocal solo. IONE NEWS lone People Attend National Grange By MARGARET BLAKE The national grange convention has attracted several local grangers to Portland during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Heliker, Mrs. P C. Peterson, Mrs. Ralph Ledbetter and Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Smouse were among them. The Women's Tope club held its November social meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Mor gan, Jr., last Saturday evening. High scores were made by Mrs. Clel Rea and M. E. Cotter, second high by Mrs. C. W. Swanson and Omav Rietmann. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mason, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Denny, Mrs. Agnes Wlcox, Mrs. M. E. Cotter, Mrs. Omar Rietmann, C. W. Swanson, Clel Rea and Homer Williams. Delicious refreshments A RUST out l!lll!ll!i ism m m& - . ir aw - order your COAL now o There's no need kidding ourselves. Plenty of cold weather has already warned us that still colder weather is ahead. o See that your COAL and WOOL sup ply is adequate. Just Phone 912 Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. were served. Hostesses were Mes dames Hugh Smith, Milton Morgan, Jr., Henry Gorger and Victor Riet mann. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wood and son Billy of Portland returned to their home last Thursday after coming up to attend funeral services for Fran cis Bryson, nephew of Mr. Wood. They were also accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. Valdys McKen zie of Eugene. Other relatives here for the ser vices were Earl Padberg, Mrs. Opal Cason and daughter and son, Guyla and Bobby, of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kruse and daughter Karen of Oswego. Betty Jean Mankin has returned home from Thornton, Wash., where she has been at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Misner, the past few weeks.. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Blake returned to their home at Kinzua Sunday. They had been visiting relatives here for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howk and children visited relatives here Sun day. Joe, who was local depot agent for a number of years, holds the same position at Condon and reports that station a busy one. Fred Nichoson and Walter Rob erts were visitors in The Dalles last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Beckner left the latter part of the week for a visit with their nephews and niece, Harry, Eugene and Minnie Normoyle, in San Francisco where they are at tending school. They were accom panied by Mrs. Nora Brown of Heppner. The high school student body en joyed a party at the gym Friday night o Students are working on a comedy, "A Crazy Mix-up" which will be presented in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferris have moved into the Griffith house on Second street. Mrs. Ida Moore is having her house papered. Mrs. Wallace Matthews returned to her home at Roseburg the last of the week. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. H. O. Ely, who will visit in the valley for a few weeks. 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