. Thursday, Mar. 7, 1940 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Page Three LEXINGTON NEWS Loyal Parker New Oil Co-Op Manager By MARGARET SCOTT Loyal Parker of Heppner has tak en over the management of the Lexington Oil" Co-Op, succeeding Mrs. Grace M. Turner. Mrs. Nettie Davis spent last week in Toppenish at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Loren Mikesell. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Swift of Kla math Falls are staying at the Ralph Scott home. Sam McMillan, Joe Thornburg and Cliff Daugherty motored to Carlton this week to get a load of shingles. Mrs. Moffatt Dennis was guest of honor at a shower in the Ladies' Aid room Wednesday. She was presented with a bathinette. Re freshments were served at the close of the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Ruhl and son were visitors in The Dalles last week. The junior and senior classes of the high school are presenting a three-act comedy, "Don't Darken My Door," in the high school audi torium, April 5. The P. T. A. will have their reg ular meeting Wednesday, March 13. The men of the group are going to be on kitchen duty. A program is being planned and everyone is invited to attend. A no-host skating party was held February 29 in the Leach hall. This was a "hard-time" party and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt won the prize for the best costumes. Refreshments of cake, sandwiches and coffee were served. Oris Padberg is able to be out and around on crutches. Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell and daughter of Wallowa were guests at the Jim Leach home from Thursday until Sunday noon. Mr. Campbell attended the basketball tournament at Arlington. The Study club met at the school house Monday evening and discuss ed the Finland situation. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burchell and sons of Corvallis are visiting relatives and friends here and in Heppner before going on to La Grande to work. Ivan Amend and Gerald Acklen entertained a group of friends with a chess party Monday evening. Re freshments were served. C. C. Carmichael left Monday for Chicago where he purchased a new car, then returned home in it the latter part of the week. Mrs. Maude Pointed is a guest of her daughter, Harriet, in Hepp ner. Oral Scott returned home from Portland this week. The Merry Thimblers met at the home of Eula Barnhouse Thursday. The afternoon was spent in sew ing after which refreshments were served. Mr. Stockman, WPA engineer, was in Lexington last Thursday. He is stavins in Hetmner for a few months. Betty Smethurst is ill at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Graybeal and family spent Sunday at the home of Monte Bundy. Bob Bumside and Ed Osborne are working at the Wilkinson farm above Heppner. George Peck spent last Friday in Portland. Charles Walker, president of Portland business college, visited the local school last Tuesday morn ing and talked on the subject, Op. portunities for the Younger Gener ation." A. M. Edwards and Lewis Allyn spent the week end in Beverly, Wn. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Slocum and family spent Friday at the Gus McMillan home. Ivan Amend and Charlotte Cham bers visited their respective homes in Portland over the week end. Rov. Bob and Don Campbell Harrv and Dan Dinges, Ladd Sher man, Sam McMillan, Eldon Padberg; Kenneth Jackson, Elroy Martin Duane Johnston and Eula Barn- VinncA attended the tournament in Arlington Friday evening. The special meeting called by the Morrow County Grain Growers last Saturday was well attended. Dinner was served at noon to 115 persons. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones of Day ton twnt the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted McMil lan. On Friday, March 15, the H. E. C. will hold an all-day meeting at the home of Mrs. Del Ward in Heppner. A. M. Edwards, Bert Thornburg and Thomas Bowling were business visitors in Pilot Rock Sunday. Ed McMillan is critically ill at his home, suffering from a stroke. The Jacobsen and Jensen Con struction company has arrived and is starting work on the new water system. The machinery and a car load of pipe arrived this week. Ruth Cowins of Heppner visited at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. George Allyn, Monday. Golda Leathers has gone to La Grande to visit her sister. Funeral services for Mrs. Flor ence E. Beach were held Monday morning at 11 o'clock in the Con gregational church with Rev. Mof fatt Dennis officiating. Mrs. Beach passed away suddenly at the home of her sister in Beaverton, February 29. She was a pioneer of Lexington, having lived here 37 years. She is survived by one brother, E. E. Armstrong of Chicago, and two sisters, Mabel Raymond of Beaver ton and Edith Hewitt of Glendale, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beach of Phoenix, Ariz., and Lawrence Beach of Logan, Utah, were here Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Beach. Mrs. James Leach entertained with a "500" party Saturday eve ning at her home. Refreshments of jello, cake and coffee were serv ed. Guests present were Anne John son, Eula Barnhouse, Mr. and Mrs. George Peck, Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Callie Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt, Carna Campbell, Lou Broadley, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall Mr. and Mrs. Frank Munkers, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Palmer, Bertha Dinges, Ruth Lasich, Lavelle Sherman, Merle Carmichael, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bauman. Prizes were won by Callie Duncan, Ralph Jackson, Bejrnice Bauman and Amanda Duvall. Rains Show Lesson in Soil Erosion Control Heavy February rains throughout the state have afforded an oppor tunity for the ordinary highway traveler to observe the action of erosion on adjacent farm land, and the effectiveness of practices to control excessive run-off, point out those who have been active in fur thering soil conservation measures in this country. Fields that have been summer fallowed by the rough or trashy fallow method, wherein crop resi dues are left as a protective surface mulch, show much less run-off, and consequent washing, than those where clean cultivation was used. Where cultivating implements run up and down a slope instead of crosswise, the eliect is easily seen this spring in excessive washing. FLAG QUESTIONS (Presented by Americanism Com mittee of American Legion Auxil iary especially for use of school pu pils participating in its annual Am ericanism contest.) Soil conservation men are calling attention to the fact that rough or trashy tillage has the effect of af fording millions of tiny dams to catch the rain and halt it until it sinks into the soil. Furthermore, the water has easier access to the soil because the stubble, straw, or other trash provides openings thru which the rain or snow water per colates beneath the surface. 4-H Club Leaders Leave for Union Eight local 4-H club leaders of Morrow county will accompany Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and C. D. Conrad to the annual Eastern Oregon Local Leaders conference at Union today. Leaders attending the conference are Mrs. A. F. Majeske, Burton Peck, Don Peck, Ivan Amend, all of Lexington, Mrs. Maud Kobow, Miss Ivera Olson and Roy Partlow of Boardman. Time will be devoted at the con ference to the discussion of the gen eral 4-H club program and also to problems affecting individual pro ject leaders. New Units Formed For 4-H Club Work Thirty-one boys and girls from Heppner and the surrounding com munities have been enrolled in 4-H clubs this week. The Wheatland sheep club was or ganized at a meeting in the county agent's office Monday evening with the following members: Leland Ed mondson, president; Don Peck, vice president; Alex Thompson, secre tary; Jack Edmondson, news report er, Buddy Peck, Dick Edmondson, Sidney and Bobby Van Schoiack, Claude and Kenny Way, and Mar. ian and Tad Miller. Don Peck was elected local leader of this club with Burt Peck as assistant leader. Four Home Economics clubs were organized by Mrs. Rodges, county school superintendent, and C. D Conrad, county agent, at the high school Tuesday afternoon. Two were cooking clubs and two were clothing clubs. Mrs. Norma Drake will lead the Division II and III cooking club with Wilma Hudson, Eunice Osmin, Wilma Beymer and Claudine Drake as members. Ulaudme JJralte was elected president, Wilma Beymer, vice president, and Eunice Osmin, secretary. The Division I cookery club will be led by Ellen Hughes with the fol lowing members: Eda Mae Thorpe, Jean Marie Hisler, Harriet Ball, Bev erly Yocum and Shirley Yocum. Of ficers are Beverly Yocum, president; Joan Hisler, vice president, and Shirley Yocum, secretary. Mrs. Blanche Conrad will lead the Division II, HI and IV clothing club with the following members: Peggy Tamblyn, Ellen Hughes, Neta Bleak man, Helen Knowles and Kathryn Howell. Officers of the club are Peggy Tamblyn, president; Ellen Hughes, vice president, and Neta Bleakman, secretary. The Division I clothing club will be led by Peggy Tamblyn with Barbara Slocum, Leola DuFault, Lois Vance, Clarice Moore and Shir ley Wilkinson as members. Officers are Shirley Wilkinson, president; Lois Vance, vice president, and Barbara Slocum, secretary. Purebred polled Hereford bull for sale. Harvey Smith, lone. 16. What are the only cases when the flag is flown at night? 17. On what occasions should the flag be displayed in all states and territories of the United States? 18. Describe in detail the proper way to raise and lower the flag. 19. How is the Flag of the United States carried: (a) In a procession with another flag? (b) In a procession with a line of flags? 20. What is the position of the I Flag of the United States when displayed with another flag against a wall, staffs crossed? 21. What is the position of the Flag of the United States in a group of flags of states, or cities or pen ants of societies, displayed from staffs? 22. (a) What is the position of the Flag of the United States when flown on the same halyard with flags of states or cities or penants of societies? , (b)Is there ever an exception to this rule? 23. When flown with flags of oth er nations what are the requirements regarding the height of all staffs and the size of the flags? 24. What is the position of the blue field when the flag is flown from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or from a building? 25. What is the position of the blue field when the Flag is display ed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, in a show window or elsewhere? 26. When displayed over the mid dle of a street, how is the flag sus pended and what is the position of the blue field? 27. When used on a speaker's platform, what is the position of the flag: (a) If displayed flat? (b) If flown from a staff? 28. What precaution must be tak en when the Flag of the United States is used in connection with the unveiling of a statue or monu ment? 29. What is the correct way for displaying the flag on an automo bile? 30. When carried in a horizontal position by a number of people, as is sometimes done in parades, what is the position of the blue field of the flag? POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of county com missioner subject to the will of the Republican voters of Morrow county at the Primary Election, May 17, 1940. L. D. NEILL, (Paid Ad.) Incumbent. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER: I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of county com missione subject to the will of the Republican voters at the Primary Election, May 17, 1940. Paid Ad. G. A. BLEAKMAN. FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce that I will be a candidate to succeed myself to the office of Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon, subject to the will of the Republican voters at the Primary Nominating Election, May 17, 1940. (Pd. Ad.) C. J. D. BAUMAN. FOR COUNTY CLERK I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the office of County Clerk, subject to the will of the Re publican voters at the Primary Nominating Election to be held May 17, 1940. If nominated and elected, I will continue to conduct the office in an honest, efficient and economical manner. CHAS. W. BARLOW, (Paid Adv.) Present Incumbent. r Buying your new or used AUTOMOBILE borrowing on or refinancing your present car WITH THIS BANK BUILD 5 TOUR BANK CREDIT IN YOUR OWN HOME TOWN'. and: saves time and inconvenience in sending payments cat of this community B. C. PINCKNEY, Manager beppier mmgb non iiiHiii bohb OF P0RTLAND-77ie First National Bank West of the Rockies' Vs EMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT IISUBA. HCE COB t.O tt U 1 tt