Thursday, August 28, 1941
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Five
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bigelow and
Mrs. H. S. Taylor motored to Port
land Sunday, returning the same
day to bring Linda Taylor home.
Linda is reported as recovering
from injuries sustained in a recent
automobile accident and is learning
to walk again with the aid of crut
ches. Mrs. Herbert Wright of The Dalles
arrived yesterday to spend the week
end here. A joint celebration of the
birthdays of Mrs. Wright and her
son, Herb, will be held. Mrs. Wright
plans to leave Labor day to visit
relatives at Kinzua and Fossil. She
is an 1881 pioneer of the Fossil sec
tion. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Wightman at
tended the wedding of her niece,
Miss Cavell Abbott, to Eugene Frey
of Cincinnati, Ohio, in Portland
Monday evening. Margaret Wight-
man was a flower girl and Mr.
Wightman was an usher. The ser
vice was held in St. Michael's Epis
copal church.
Gerald Haddox was in Heppner
this week to meet his wife, the for
mer Neva Bleakman, who remained
here while he was in the army. M.
and Mrs. Haddox will live in Forest
Grove where he is manager of the
Safeway store.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell of Brush
Prairie, Wash., were in Heppner Tu
esday attending to property inter
ests in the Hardman area. Mrs.
Powell is the former Mabel Cum-
mings.
Mrs. Charles E. Long of Portland
arrived Monday evening to visit her
mother, Mrs. Olaf Bergstrom who
has been confined for some time
from a broken hip.
Miss Edith Wehmeyer of San
Francisco and Don Wehmeyer vis
ited their sister, Mrs. Bill Becket
and family, in Waitsburg over the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Conrad drove
to Imbler Saturday evening with his
sister, Jean Anne Conrad, who vis
ited them during Rodeo. .
Mrs. M. S. Corrigall, pioneer of
the Butter creek section, is under
going treatment at Heppner hospit
al, being quite ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Brown of Mor
ument have returned to Heppner
and are living in the Clarence Bau
man house.
Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spe
cialist of Pendleton, will be at the
HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES
DAY, Sept. 3rd.
Don Case, in the city Monday
from Hermiston, reported addition of
a second taxi in his taxi business
there.
Miss Dorothy Davolt, high school
home economics teacher, moved in
to the Halton cabins this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith of lone
are spending their vacation on tho
coast.
The Frank Tousley family has
rented the house of Mrs. Alta Cuts
forth on South Gilmore street.
Reclamation Group
Meets September 25
The 1941 meeting of the Oregon
Reclamation congress will be held
in Ontario Monday and Tuesday,
September 29 and 30, according to
the official call for this thirty-first
annual session just issued by Dr. W
T, Powers of O. S. C, secretary, on
authorization of President Frank
Morgan of Nyssa.
The Oregon session will be two
weeks in advance of the national
reclamation meeting at Phoenix,
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Ariz., and one week, oeiore xne
equalization hearings of the district
board and and fall session of the
circuit courts. Dr. Powers points
out. .
Plans are for one session to be
devoted to operation and mainten
ance problems, one to water re
quirements of irrigated crops, and
one to drainage and alkali problems.
Spwral out-of-state speakers of na
tional reputation have been invited
Heppner people in the Round-Up
dress parade in Pendleton Saturday
night were Queen Kathryn Thomp
son and her princesses Frances Wil
kinson, Colleen Kilkenny, Patty Em
ert, and Rita Robinson, Harlan Mc-
Curdy, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kistner
and Mr. and Mrs. Lee' Beckner.
Mrs. Rena (Meadows) Boyd drove
to Heppner last Saturday from her
home at Portland and spent a day
visiting old-time friends. She was
accompanied from the city by Mrs.
Earl W. Gordon who had been there
for a few days on business.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hale, former
lone residents, were callers in the
city today while visiting in the conn-1
ty from their home at Tangent. They
wanted to see how a bumper wheat
crop looked. Mr. and Mrs. Hale
moved from lone in 1936.
Miss Kathryn Parker has returned
from spending the summer at Ash
land normal school.
Father Peter, Duigan of Ontario
is visiting this week with his cou
sin, Father Francis McCormick.
F. E. Parker was taken to Port
land last week for specialized med
ical attention in an illness.
Former Resident Here
Passes At Albany
Mrs. Esther Bray, 57, wife of
Claude C. Bray, a resident of Al
bany for the last 33 years and of the
state 40, years, died at the lamily
home, 430 West Third street, Thurs
day, Aug. 14 following a prolonged
illness. She was bom Aug. 31, 1884
at Beardstown, HI., and from Illinois
came to Oregon, locating at Hepp
ner, from where she came to Albany.
She was married at Heppner Aug.
11, 1908 to C. C. Bray, who survives
her. She is also survived by two
children, Frances and Richard Bray,
both of Albany; her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Emma Bray, and two grand
children. Mrs. Bray was a member
of the Methodist church and a past
noble grand of the Rebekah lodge.
Funeral services were held from th
Fortmiller funeral home at 10:30 a.
m. Saturday, Aug. 16, with Di.
Thomas D. Yarnes officiating. Inter
ment was in the Riverside cemetery
with the Rebekah lodge in charge.
Albany Herald.
Mrs. Bray was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Leezer former
residents of Heppner.
LEXINGTON NEWS
Lightning Strikes
Twice Near Lexington
By MARGARET SCOTT
Lightning stuck near the Myles
Martin ranch early this week and
later in the week hit near Cutsforth
Corners where it cut out the supply
of electricity until service men re
paired the damage. The Frank Mun-
kers home was also out of lights
that evening until repairs were
made.
A new automatic washer has been
installed at the Elmer Hunt home.
Eileen Scott spent the week in The
Dalles and the week end in Port
land with her sister Doris.
C. C. Carmichael and Edward
Rice are spending a few days in
Portland.
Faye Ruhl and sons motored to
Stanfield Sunday taking Bobby
Gray to his home. Skippy Ruhl re
mained with him to visit a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Wlibur Steagall and
family motored to Spray Sunday to
visit relatives.
Charles Payne of Hermiston spent
the week end at the Robert Cutler
home.
The Ralph Jackson family is va-
cationing at Yellowstone park until
school starts.
Eldee Vinson and Wencell Dou
brava went to John Day Monday.
Homer Hensley left Monday for
his home in Ontario.
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. McMillan have
returned home from a vacation in
Portland and vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wickersham
and children of Portland spent the
week end at the Harry Duvall farm
Mrs. Tempa Johnson is now mak
ing her home at the Laura Scott
home and renting her small house
to Mr", and Mrs. McDonald who are
teachers in the local school this
year and her house on the hill is
New Car Sales Up
12,210 Units in Year
New car sales in Oregon during
the first seven months of 1941 ex
ceeded sales of the same period last
year by 12,210 units, or 47 percent,
it was announced today at the of
fice of the secretary of state.
Sales totaled 37,919 units during
rented to Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Burton
and family. Mr. Burton is super
intendent of the school.
The Carl Whillock family and the
Vernon Scott family spent Sunday
in Hermiston and vicinity.
George Tucker and Louis Semin
were in Hermiston Sunday.
Jerrine Edwards is assisting her
sister Edith in the Morrow County
Grain Growers office.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock spent
Tuesday at Walla Walla.
Miss Sylvia Severence has been
accepted to teach the fifth and sixth
grades in the local school this year.
that period, compared to sales of
25,709 units for the same period in
1940.
Motor vehicle registration in the
state for the same period total-.d
414,876 vehicles, the highest in ti-e
history of the state. Last year, reg
istration at the end of July totaled
379,774 vehicles, the increase this
year being nearly ten percent
Commercial vehicles showed the
highest percentage of gain in regis
tration during the first seven montlis
of this year. Registration of light
delivery trucks showed an increase
of 10.23 percent while registration
of heavier trucks showed an in
crease of 11.5 percent. Private pas
senger cars increased 8.9 percent.
Fees for motor vehicle transactions
during the period totaled $3,355,600.
The reason there seems to be w
few good people in the world is be
cause the newspapers have so little
to say about them, while the awful
bad folks are so darn well advertised.
SHIP BY TRUCK
The Dalles Freight Line, Inc.
SERVICE BETWEEN
PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER
AND WAY POINTS
Arrive Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Splckerman, Agent
STAR Reporter
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
TOPPER RETURNS
Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Billie
Burke, Patsy Kelly, Carole Landis,
Dennis O'Keefe, and "Rochester"
Topper's back with that Lovely
Ghost and up to his neck in Woman
Trouble!
Plus
WIDE OPEN TOWN
The latest of the Hopalong Cassidy
outdoor action stories.
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Si Formerly 16 years with Colum
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BEFORE
SCHOOL
STARTS
Bring your child in for a
thorough
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No Charge of Course
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Including A Mammoth
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Jf HORSE RACING
Pari-Mutuel Harness and Run
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Night Show at Raw
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Nite Horse Show
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Plus Many FREE Acts!
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SUNDAY-MONDAY
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Ray Milland, William Holden, Wayne
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The thrilling saga of America's fly
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Adults 20c; 2 Children 10c
FOR BEAUTY'S
SAKE
Joan Davis, Ned Sparks, Marjorie
Weaver, Ted North
Fun in a. beauty shop.
plus
"CRIME DOES NOT PAY" and a
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was and as it will never be again,
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
REACHING FOR
THE SUN
Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie
Bracken, Albert Dekker,
Billy Gilbert
Rollicking romance, roaring laugh
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