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Volume 58, Number 44
1941 Brings War;
Moist Year Sees
Bumper Crop Here
Headlines Depict
Progress, Milestones
In Community Life
The unconscionable attack on
Pearl Harbor on December 7 by the
Japanese, and immediate declara
tions of war thereafter which threw"
the United States into war with Jap
an, Germany and Italy, eclipsed all
other news of the year, and will
henceforth be the foundation of all
reporting until the conflagration has
been extinguished to the liking of
Uncle Sam and his allies.
Reviewing the headlines locally for
the last year, however, it is found
that before the advent of war, Mor
row county was cooperating whole
heartedly with defense efforts. Ma
jor contribution was was a 3,000,000
bushel wheat crop, the largest in
the county's history, which, coinci
dentally came in the county's wettest
year since 1916, the total of Decem
ber first being 16.18 inches of mois
ture, to drop 1941 into third place
in rainfall in the thirty years that
records have been kept locally.
The past year, while recording
milestones in community life in the
passing of several prominent citi
zens, also saw progress in construc
tion of new homes and buildings.
Accidents marred the record at
times, but in the year Heppner re
ceived a plaque from the state safe
ty division for having been the saf
est city in which to drive in 1940.
A high spot of the year was the
Eastern Oregon Wheat League con
ference at the beginning of Decem
ber which placed Heppner in the
spotlight in state and nation. Head
lines for the year tell the story,
week by week:
Jan. 2 AAA organization in coun
ty all set for coming year. . . Edward
N. Gonty succumbs to illness. . . Joe
L. Wilkins dies at Areata, Cal. . . .
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Coleman, Mor
gan, parents of year's first baby.
Jan. 9 Mayor Turner takes office;
all city officers retained. . . Chicago
colored teams slated on Casaba bill
of fare. ... Heppner defeats Hermis
ton at basketball for the first time
in six years. . . Willows grange wins
Pomona competition. . . Uncle Tom
Barnett retires mayoralty (Lexing
ton). January 16 Chamber retains
Pinckney as head. . . 1940 wettest
year since '33; 15.62 inches Con
don and lone defeated by Mustangs.
. . . Seal sale shows slightly less than
'39. . . County school reorganization
plan approved by county committee.
. . lone to discuss community church.
Jan. 23 Annual birthday par-,
ty for President here February 1st
. . City investigating PUD possibili
ties for juice supply. . . Soil conser
vation district plan starts at farm
ers' meet . . Miss Effie Andrews new
manager of telephone office. . . Clair
F. Young (lone) passes CPA rating.
. . Lt Maurice Shepard leaves for
army service; also Gene Doherty.
January 30 Local women take
high offices in national group Mrs.
Ralph Thompson, president, and
Mrs. H. A. Cohn, secretary, National
Wool Growers association. . . Vital
topics face county outlook meeting,
Feb. 6. ..Percy Hughes, 58, dies at
Portland. . . Mrs. Lulu Rea spent life
in Morrow county. .. Mustangs win
from Fossil, Pendleton. . . Official
(1940) census gives county 4337;
Heppner, 1140.
Feb. 6 "Small town still Ameri
ca and will survive" Jas. M. Bur
gess at C. of C. dinner. , . First per
mits given under city's new live
stock law. . . Tag sale to assist band
with unif orms. . . Tax receipts for
1940 exceed roll; delinquencies drop.
. . Mustangs at league top by defeat
ing Honkers. . . Mrs. W. L. Copen
haver passes at Grants Pass.
Feb. 13 Hearing on soil conser
vation unit set for March 14. . , Car
stealers land in 'pen' in 24 hours
Continued on Page Four
Winter Arrives
With Red Snow
Snow starting Sunday, to bring
Morrow county its first real touch
of winter for the season, was painted
a dull red at an early hour this
morning when a high wind out of
the north carried a sand storm over
the upper country. Temperatures
as low as 12 degrees above zero
have so far been recorded here.
So far winter's advent has caused
little difficulty aside from freezing
up a few pipes and making travel
on highways more hazardous.
As for the red snow, the remark
was heard that the Japs might be!
blasting away at the "lower" coun
try. Concerted Red Cross
Drive Starts Soon
Christmas holidays and illness of
the county chairman, James Dris
coll, delayed launching the special
Red Cross drive in this county, but
Mr. Driscoll, promises a concerted
effort will be made in the immediate
future to raise the county's quota
of $1500.
Meantime voluntary contributions
have been coming in daily, and it
is urged that anyone wishing to
contribute to this special war relief
program, leave or mail contributions
to Mr. Driscoll at the postoffice.
WOULD JOIN AGAIN
Having a record of four years ser
vice with Uncle Sam's navy at the
time of the last world war, Arnold
Sharp, local baker, would like to
enlist again. He made application at
Walla Walla the end of the week
and the only thing they could find
the matter with him was one tooth
that he recently had pulled. He ex
pecs to learn the results of his "phy
sical" in the next couple of weeks.
SEEING 'ROSE BOWL' GAME
Telegraphic word from Scott Mc
Murdo received yesterday by his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMur
do, told of his arrival at Charlottes
ville, Va., on the 29th. He expected
to reach Durham, N. C, on the 30th
on his way to the transplanted Rose
Bowl game today. Having railway
transportation as far as Kansas City,
Scott hitch-hiked his way on east
from there.
LEAVING MEXICO
A card received this week from
Mr. and Mrs. Werner Rietmann of
lone announced that they were cul
minating a pleasant visit in the fed
eral district of Mexico and were
leaving there for Imperial Beach,
Cal., for a visit of some time. The
Rietmanns left lone about a month
ago for the south. '
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January
Wool Growers To
Scan War Needs
At Meet Jan. 8-10
State Association
! Plans Program for
La Grande Conclave
Pendleton. The relationship of
Oregon's wool producers to the all
out war effort will hold the center
of attention at the forty-fifth annual
convention of the Oregon Wool
Growers association scheduled for
La Grande January 8 to 10 accord
ing to Mac Hoke, president and
Walter Holt, secretary, of Pendleton.
As was the case last year, the ope
ning day will be devoted entirely to
committee meetings with the first
general session starting Friday mor
ning. The same officers are serving
this year as last, the third officer be
ing Wayne Stewart, John Day, vice
president. Wool growers have a double re
sponsibility in the victory drive, one
being to keep the maximum volume
of wool flowing to the nation's mills
for use of the armed forces partic
ularly, and the second is to produce
a maximum amount of lamb meat
for food, the officers point out.
Program details have not been an
nounced, but arrangements have
been made to have both the wool
and meat phases of the industry ad
equately covered, together with
some general topics of interest. In
the latter category is a scheduled
major address by Dr. O. R. Cham
bers, head of the psychology de
partment at Oregon State college on
"Maintaining Morale."
At least two other men from the
college staff will be on the program,
including E .L. Potter, head of the
division of agricultural economics
and former head of the animal hus
bandry department, and D. E. Rich
ards, superintendent of the branch
experiment station at Union where
most of the experimental work in
lamb fattening has been carried on.
This is the first time in many
years' that the wool growers con
vention has been held in La Grande.
Local committees are at work pre
paring adequate entertainment and
housing, the officers have been in
formed. Last year the convention
was held in Lakeview.
For Sale Cabinet size 11 tube GE
electric radio, 3 yrs. old, $35. J. O.
Turner.
Use G-T want ads to dispose of
your surplus stock.
1, 1942
Billy Barratt in East
For Big Gtfme, Finds
Hospitality Tops
A lot of Morrow county people
would like to be in Billy Barratt's
shoes today. He is sitting right
on the O. S. C. bench when he's
sitting back in Durham, North
Carolina, for Billy is junior foot
ball manager for Oregon State,
and next year will be senior man
ager. Billy was impressed with hos
pitality of the North Carolina
brand when he wrote his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Barratt, this
week:
"This is one time I really have
something to write home about
'scuse please if I leave out any
thing. Things have been happen
ing so fast, can t remember just
what has gone on.
"In the first place if there's any
better country than this in the
U. S., I don't believe it. The same
goes for the people as well as for
the good times they're showing us.
There's no such thing as being a
stranger around here; seen more
black people than white, and the
weather is just like a good old
Eastern Oregon spring, nothing
but sunshine.
"The U. of N. C. kind of puts
old O. S. C. to shame, but it would
almost any other school in the
country. It only has 4000 kids but
covers a square mile and has just
about everything it takes. Have
n't seen Duke yet, but it is sup
posed to be even better. Even the
Carolina Inn (Billy wrote from
there) is owned and operated by
the university.
"While in Chicago we made
quite an extensive tour and work
ed out in the U. of Chicago stad
ium. The next day we worked out
in Washington, D. C, at Griffith
field, home of the Washington
Senators and the Washington Red
skins. They really showed us
something in Washington. We were
there all day and most of the
night.
"Threw a Christmas party here
at the inn last night and tonight
we go over to Durham to a deal
the business men have cooked up,
with real Negro entertainers, etc.
Some wealthy tobacco grower has
turned his whole plantation over
to us and they've got a lot of other
Continued on Page Eight
County Pomona
Meets Irrigon, 3rd
Morrow County Pomona grange
meets at Irrigon, Saturday, Janu
ary 3.
Business meeting is called for the
morning, lunch at noon followed by
lecture hour at 1:30. Morton Tomp
kins, officer of the state grange,
will give talk, also talks by Mor
row County Pomona Master Minnie
McFarland and by county agent.
Installation of officers and initia
tion in the fifth degree will be on
the evening slate.
MAKES AIR TRIP
Harlan McCurdy, Jr., arrived
home Tuesday from Pendleton where
he landed at the end of an air voy
age from San Diego, CaL, by way
of Salt Lake City. He had been to
the Mexican border to spend Christ
mas with his brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gilman.
Mr. Gilman is serving on the U. S.
border patrol.
FATHER PASSES IN IRELAND
Word received on Christmas day
informed P. A. Mollahan, city police
chief, of the death of his father,
John Mollahan, at his home in Ire
land on November 11. Mr. Molla
han's mother and three brothers live
in Ireland, and a sister, Mrs. John
F. Kenny, resides here. Mr. Molla
han last visited the old home in 1933.
SELECTEES INVITED
A general invitation to selectees
and others intending to enter the
service from here in the near future
is extended by Heppner chamber of
commerce to attend the regular
chamber meeting at Lucas Place at
6:30 o'clock, Tuesday evening, Jan
uary 6.
Subscription $2.50 a Year
Tibbies, Beamer
To Instruct Wardens
In Air Raid Work
Vital Defense Effort
Studied by Local
Men in Portland
No community on the Pacific
coast is too large or too small to or
ganize intensively against air raids,
Dr. L. D. Tibbies told the Lions
Monday luncheon from messages
heard at a special school in Port
land last week end. Informed speak
ers were cited as saying that small
communities with non-military ob
jectives might not be intentionally
bombed, but in case enemy planes
were put to rout they might drop
bombs any place;
Dr. Tibbies and Ralph Beamer at
tended the school from here, and
immediately after the first of the
year will organize a course of in
struction for local air raid wardens.
Dr. Tibbies-said he was especially
enlightened concerning the work of
the wardens, whom he found to be
in complete charge should an air
raid occur. Their work is not only
hazardous, but carries heavy re
sponsibility in case a raid should
happen.
Detailed instruction was obtained
concerning the various types of
bombs and how to best protect
against them. For general public in
formation at this time. Dr. Tibbies
cited a few elementary rules. r
1. In case of a raid seek shelter
immediately. Only those who are
on detailed duty should be outside
of shelter.
2. In case a bomb should land in
the house or building you are in?
seek immediately to quench the fire.
Do not play a stream of water on
a bomb. To do so will cause it to
fly into bits, spreading fire and en
dangering life. Play a spray of water
upon it, after throwing sand all about
it and upon it. (The bombs in use
are extremely hot, melting through
iron rapidly. If they are moved the
action must be done gingerly.)
3. Do not call fire department un
til own efforts have proved futile,
for chances are the firemen are busy
combatting more vital conflagra
tions. These directions are for protec
tion against incendiary bombs, which
are released in large numbers when
used in raids and may land any
where. Only in rare cases do these
bombs, usually small in size, carry
explosives, in which case lethal pow
er is exerted to a distance of some
twenty feet.
Dr. Tibbies especially emphasiz
ed the importance of the air raid
wardens, who are not only respon
sible for blacking out their district,
but, in case of a raid, must locate all
bomb hits and direct the efforts to
overcome their destruction to the
greatest possible extent. They are
expected immediately to make a
personal survey of hits, to size up
the first aid and other help needed,
and in dealing with each situation
are in complete command. The ne
cessity of having capable people,
well trained, in these positions, was
a keynote of his message.
I Mayor J. O. Turner, county de
fense co-ordinator, announced that
immediate steps were under way to
perfect this part of the defense or
ganization locally.
CAROLS FETE ANNIVERSARY
It may have been just happen
stance, but it was real nice, reports
Lee Cantwell. He referred to the
singing of Christmas carols at his
home the evening of December 23
by nine girls, on the day and at the
hour of his and Mrs. CantweU's
wedding anniversary.
MUSIC STUDY CLUB TO MEET
The Heppner Music Study club
will meet at the home of Mrs. Lucy
Peterson Tuesday evening, January
6. Mrs. Margaret Blake is assistant
hostess. Mrs. Rachel Dick is in
charge of the program.