Thursday, Feb. 8, 1940
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
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Herman Neilson spent a few
liours in Heppner Tuesday, coming
from his ranch home in the Hard
man vicinity. Mr. Neilson states
there is no snow in his vicinity
and that as far as he can see into
the timber there is very little snow.
He is well pleased with weather
conditions up to this time and states
there is plenty of moisture out his
-way.
Roads having dried sufficiently to
permit travel, Ivar Nelson drove to
Heppner, Wednesday from his ranch
in the Gooseberry section. He feels
the farmers can well put up with
a little travel inconvenience to get
their fields soaked up the way they
are at present. Grain is beginning
to sprout in his vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton left
Heppner Wednesday morning for
Oakland, Calif., on an extended visit.
Mr. Hamilton was located here a
short time with Camp Heppner. He
was transferred to Baker and later
to Pendleton. .He is no longer con
nected with the service.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo was called to
Portland again this week to testify
in the John Smith-Union Pacific
trial. The trip was in vain as far as
Dr. McMurdo was concerned as the
parties reached an out-of-court set
tlement juot before he was called to
the witness stand.
The Union Missionary society will
meet at the Episcopal church Friday
afternon at 2:30 o'clock. World Day
of Prayer will be the program fol
lowed by the group which is made
up of the missionary societies of
the Christian, Episcopal and Meth
odist churches.
Mrs. Henry Happold, Mrs. D. M.
Ward and Mrs. W. E. Pruyn are
reported on the sick list this week.
Mrs. Happold has recovered and re
turned to her work in the postoffice.
Mrs. R. B. Rice of Sand Hollow is
a patient at Heppner hospital.
Mrs. Terrell Benge and baby son,
Ralph Lee, came home from Pen
dleton the first of the week. The
young man honored his paternal
grandfather, R. L. Benge, by arriv
ing on January 25, Mr. Benge's
birthday.
The Lexington Three Link club
will give a card party in the din
ing room of the Leach hall, Friday,
Feb. 16. Tables for "500" and pino
chle. Thirty cents per couple or
15 cents for one person. Refresh
ments will be served.
Mr. an Mrs. William Bucknum
and E. L. Bucknum spent Sunday
at John Day as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Farley. Returning via
Long Creek and Ukiah the Heppner
party found springlike conditions.
Dan Gilliam, recently of Walla
Waua, nas joined tne sum oi i,use-wall-Gentry
Motor company as body
mechanic. Mr. Gilliam and wife and
child arrived in Heppner the first
of the week.
A dance is scheduled at Willows
grange hall in lone, Saturday, Feb.
10. Merrill's orchestra of Heppner
will furnish the music. An invita
tion has been extended to the pub
lic to attend.
Charles Bartholomew was in
Heppner Saturday from his lower
Butter creek ranch. Speaking of
the weather, he said he had noth
ing to complain of but the low
hanging fog.
George Schlagel, who has been
seriously ill at Camp Heppner for
several weeks, was suiiicientry re
covered to be removed by ambu
lance to Vancouver the first of the
week.
Verner Troedson was transacting
business in Heppner Wednesday.
The snow has disappeared in the
Ella, district north of lone.
D. A. Wilson spent a few days in
Portland on business. He went to
the city Saturday night and return
ed home Wednesday.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist church will
meet Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the home
of Mrs. Alex Green.
Page Seven
A baby girl weighing 8 3-4 pounds
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Graham at Heppner hospital Wed
nesday, Feb. 7.
Week end visitors in Heppner
from Salem were Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Miller and Mrs. Andrew Baldwin.
Hubert Mackey, lower Willow
creek rancher, was transacting bus
iness in Heppner Friday.
Fred Hoskins was a Heppner bus
iness visitor Monday from his ranch
on Rhea creek.
Dean Ekleberry was in Heppner
Friday from his ranch in the Mor
gan vicinity.
Educational Forum
Contributed articles from county
school leaders telling the pur
poses of education.
READING READINESS
By Mary E. Culp and Eva Casteel,
Irrigon.
Reading readiness is the period in
a child's life when traits of readi
ness to read are developed and, in
the case of many of these traits,
stimulation for their development is
provided.
Many children who come to the
first grade are not ready for instruc
tion in formal reading. This may
be due to such factors as: (1) Phy-
-sical conditions; (2) mental abili
ties; (3) personal qualities and ex
perience background. Just as chil
dren are ready to learn to walk
and talk at different ages so are
they ready to learn to read at dif
ferent times. .
All the questions relating to the
physical conditions can not be an
alyzed accurately. We know that
the factors of malnutrition, presence
of certain toxins, glandular disturb
ance, absence of necessary vitamins,
vision, hearing and speech have
much to do with a child's future
achievement. Pre-school clinics
sometimes take care of these, and
also county doctors and nurses offer
their assistance; however, the great
est burden is on the parents. They
should keep a continuous check-up
on their child's condition if they
desire the greatest amount of learn
ing to take place.
It isn't advisable to start any child
to school before he reaches the age
of six. A child, before he reaches
this age, many times isn't able to
do abstract thinking, hasn't the ne
cessary memory span, and can't dis
tinguish likeness and differences in
word forms. Experience has shown
that mental tests for young children
are of distinct value in determining
which children are ready for read
mg. Kesults or these tests indicate
that a mental age of &xk years is
desirable if a child is to learn to
read easily.
Readiness for beginning reading
does not solely depend upon intel
ligence, but also to a great extent
upon a child's previous experience.
The child should have a rich store
of well-defined ideas relating to
his' home, his family, his pets and
the outdoor world.
He should be able to associate
what he reads with what he already
knows.
If a child can use good sentences
when speaking he will be better
able to follow the thought of a print
ed sentence. A child who has a
wide speaking vocabulary and is
physically fit when he starts to
school will have little difficulty in
associating oral words with printed
words.
Here again, responsibility rests
with the parent. A child learns
many words from well-chosen pic
ture books. Children who have the
Diivilege to travel have formed
many word concepts.
Parents who will take the time
and patience to answer a child's
questions are doing a lot toward
helping to make him a successful
reader.
Grades Should Help
in Buying Eggs
Many consumers purchase eggs
blindly because they do not under
stand the terms used to designate
grades and sizes.
And what is more important to
the producer, many poultrymen do
not take advantage of the highest
possible price because they fail to
take the eggs to town while they
are strictly fresh, says Director J.
D. Mickle of the state department
of agriculture, which enforces the
state egg law.
Briefly, state grades which confront
the purchaser of eggs mean: Grade
AA, strictly fresh with very little
of the secondary or water white;
grade A, slightly older than the top
grade and with weaker body of both
white and yolk. (Good quality stor
age eggs fall into the Grade A
class.) Grade B, an egg which when
broken out in the pan finds the
yolk flat on the pan surface and
both bodies of white blended and
soft.
Besides quality terms, each con
tainer of eggs must show the size.
The top or oversize eggs weigh 27
ounces or over per dozen. Other
sizes graduate down to 15 ounces
per dozen in this order: Large, me
dium, small and undersize.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to all who assisted and pat
ronized the benefit dance given for
Erma Scott.
Girls' League of Lexington
High School,
Lexington I. O. O. F.
MUST RECORD BRANDS
Chapter 140 Oregon laws 1939 re
quires all livestock brands used in
Oregon to be recorde each year. This
requirement has to do with all
brands whether they are new brands
or brands which have been recorded
before. Applications for recording
marks and brands have recently been
sent out by W. H. Lytle, chief of
the department of animal industries.
If there are livestock operators who
failed to receive these application
blanks, they may be secured at
the county agent's office.
MARRIED AT LEWISTON
The marriage of Miss Belva Bun
dy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monte
Bundy of Heppner, and Ronald Cob
lantz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Coblantz of Pendleton, was an event
of Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Lewiston,
Idaho. The young couple will make
their home in the Shannon apart
ments. Mr. Coblantz is employed
at the Heppner Steam laundry.
HEADS DANCE COMMITTEE
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Febry. 7. Francis Nickerson, Jr.,
Heppner, has been appointed in
charge of dates for the University
of Oregon law school winter term
dance, February 17. Nickerson is a
graduate of Heppner high school
and is a senior majoring in law at
the university. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Nickerson, Sr.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to the Girls League, the
Oddfellows and the Lexington grange
and to our many friends and neigh
bors for their expression of friend
ship and kindness during Erma's
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scott
and family.
When a child is first learning to
talk parents can do much to for
ward the development of good hab-i
its of enunciation and articulation.
A pupil who speaks indistinctly and
mumbles his words or talks baby
talk will find his work more diffi
cult. A keen interest in learning to read
should be developed. This can be
done by reading interesting stories
to the child, providing interesting
picture and coloring books, and by
arousing the curiosity of the child as
to the meaning of the printed mat
erial.
The emotions of a child should be
regarded seriously, because they
affect his work habits and attitudes
toward learning. Nervousness, im
pulsiveness, self-consciousness and
timidity have long been known to
be causes of disability.
In conclusion, let us again stress
the important part parents play in
the reading readiness program.
Let G. T. Want Ads help you dis
pose of surplus stock.
For Your
Valentine
Party a
SWEETHEART
CAKE
Heart Shape
60c
Hot Cross Buns
Doz. 25c
Fresh Bread and
Pastry
Heppner Bakery
A. J. SHARP
BRADEN - BELL
has a
Special Offer
on two 6-C type 4-bottom and one
5-bottom
JOHN DEERE PLOWS
Now is the time to repair your tractor
lighting syste mand put your machin
ery in condition for spring work.
SEE US ABOUT REPAIRS and PRICES
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The STAR REPORTER
Friday-Saturday
THE BIG GUY
Victor McLaglcn teams with Jackie Cooper in his meatiest role since
"The Informer." Also in the cast are Edward Brophy who always
gives a good performance in, a semi-comic role, and Ona Munson,
well-known for her portrayal of Belle Watling in "Gone With the
Wind."-plus
THE GIRL FROM MEXICO
with Lupe Velez, Donald Woods, Leon Errol
Lupe, the firecracker, sings and dances and proves a constant head
ache to the rest of the cast in this uproarious comedy.
Cartoon
Sunday-Monday
SWAN EE RIVER
(in technicolor)
with Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson
The story of "Swanee River" is written in the melodies of Stephen
C. Foster "Old Black Joe," "Swanee River," "My Old Kentucky
Home," "Oh Susanna" and many others that have always been a
part of American music.
The First Robin Fashions Newsrccl Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday
PAL NIGHT: 2 adults 35c; 2 children 10c
DANCING CO-ED
with Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Artie Shaw, Ann Rutherford,
Lee Bowman, Leon Errol
A madcap of dance, melody and fun with the king of swing leading
the band!
Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 14-15
AT THE CIRCUS
with The Marx Brothers, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden,
Margaret Dumond, Nat Pendleton
The Marx Brothers gang up on a. circus to bring you a three-ring
jamboree of lunacy and laughter. You've never really been to a
circus til you've gone with the mad Marx Brothers!
plus
" THE MARCH OF TIME: Republic of Finland, 1919-1910
Here is the pictorial story of the brave and unyielding people of
Finland, today desperately fighting for their lives.
STAR THEATER
Heppner, Oregon