'VICTORY FOOD'
CONSCIOUSNESS
RISES IN COUNTY
That Morrow county people are
becoming increasingly nutrition
conscious was evidenced by reports
made by committee chairmen at the
monthly meeting of the Morrow
County Nutrition council held Sat
urday, January 31, at the office of
the council chairman, C. D. Conrad.
Schools within the county are co
operating 100 percent in returning
questionnaires on the school lunch
problems, reported Lucy E. Rodgers,
school lunch chairman. The report
showed that most of the schools are
already serving some kind of hot
lunch. Lack of cooking facilities and
lack cf milk, raw fruits and veget
ables, citrus fruits and tomatoes
were among the problems listed. The
school lunch committee will meet to
discuss these' problems and will of
fer help to each school individually
in solving their problems.
Mrs. Clara B. Gertson, surplus
commodity chairman, reported that
she had appointed the following
committee: Amanda Duvall, Lexirg
ton; Beth Hynd, Cecil; Myrtle Mark
ham, Irrigon; Ethel Adams, Hard
man; Grace Macomber, Boardman;
Elaine Rietmann, lone; Grace Nick
erson, Alma Green and Mildred
Clary, Heppner.
Mrs. Marjory Gordon, rural edu
cation chairman, reports that the
local chairman of the home econ
omics division of the granges in the
county are studying nutrition at their
home economcs meetings. They are
taking the "Study Course on Nutri
tion" by Julia Lee Wright as a text.
Mrs. Gordon is arranging a nutri
tion bulletin board for her own
grange in lone. She hopes the idea
will spread to the other granges.
Working with Mrs. B. C. Pinck
ney, Heppner chairman on educa
tion, will be representatives from
various social and business organ
izations in Heppner. Through this
committee, nutrition facts will be
disseminated. It is believed that
more people can be reached through
groups that are already organized.
Mrs. Frances Stewart, chairman of
the publicity and fact finding com
mittee, reported that a window dis
play, "Steps to Good Nutrition," is
being shown in Humphreys Drug
store window. Other publicity has
taken shape in the Food for Vic
tory column that appears in this
paper weekly. Home economics
trained women, and women who
have had nurses training have been
asked to attend a meeting Thursday,
February 5, at the county agent's
office to organize a speakers' group
to assist Mrs. Pinckney, and Mrs.
Gordon with their education pro
gram. Mrs. Sara Wertz, district home
management supervisor for the Farm
Security administration, will be
here to assist with the meeting.
Bruce Stewart, garden chairman,
plans to enlist the aid of the granges,
Smith-Hughes teachers and other
interested persons in carrying out
the garden program. ' Four-H groups
are already starting ' a garden pro
gram. Mr. Stewart says that he is
encouraged by the number of peo
ple who have never planted gardens
before that are planning gardens this
year.
C. D. Conrad, council chairman,
announced that arrangements have
been made for meetings in the var
ious centers within the county to be
conducted by specialists sent out
by the extension service from Ore
gon State college.
Marines Take Married
Men; Youth Enlists
Lee H. Pettyjohn of lone is the
lone Morrow county enlistment in
the Marine Corps since January 15,
reports Staff Sgt. Robert E. Lucas
of the Walla Walla recruiting sta
tion. Men between 30 and 50 years of
age may now enlist in the limited
marine reserves, according to Major
James B. Hardie of the Portland dis
trict office. Such men will be assign
ed to nearby naval stations as guards.
They will replace younger men
needed for combat duty. Also, mar
ried men under 30, previously re
stricted from the corps, are now
permitted to join if their wives will
waive need for dependency.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baldwin and
family of Umatilla were week-end
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs
HaroldBuhman.
Volume 58, Number 49
Boy Scout Week
Dinner, Honor Court
Coming Monday
Pot-Luck Event Set
With Council Lead
ers to Participate
The 32nd year of Boy Scout work
in the United States, and a revital
ized program for Troop 61 of Hepp
ner, will be feted with a pot-luck
dinner at 6:30 at the Church of
Christ, in observance of National
Boy- Scout week.
All scouts, prospective scouts, their
parents, brothers and Boy Scout
boosters are invited to bring their
food and participate. Coffee and ice
cream will be provided by the troop
committee.
Raleigh W. Smedley, executive of
the Blue Mountain council, has been
invited to attend, and Clifford J.
Hanson, assistant council executive
will be present to preside over a
court of honor following the dinner,
at which advancements will be
made.
Plans for the event were com
pleted this week when Mr. Hanson
met with Martin B. Clark, scout
master, and Kenneth A. House, Don
Woelfer and M. E. Cummings of
the local executive committee.
Troop 61 of Heppner is sponsored
by the Lions club and has been ac
tive for several years.
The national theme for the week
is "Strong for America." "Be Pre
pared" is the scout motto "Strong
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GOOD RESPONSE
TO PLEDGE DRIVE
Adverse road conditions have
hindered progress of the De
fense, Bond pledge card signing
campaign in the county, but good
response is being received every
where, reports P. W. Mlahoney,
county chairman.
' Workers are now busy in all parts
of the county, and if you have not
been contacted, you may expect to
be within the next few days as it is
the intention to bring the campaign
to a close in the shortest possible
time.
Workers started in Heppner last
Saturday, and have made good head
way, but totals have not yet been
made.
On every hand it has been found
that large purchases of stamps and
bonds already have been made, and
especially that many farmers have
purchased up to the limit of what
they felt they could afford from their
last year's proceeds. Generally, far
mers are signing to buy more bonds
when returns are received on next
year's crop, but uncertainty as to
what the income may be has pre
cluded stating exactly what amount
they can buy.
VAWTER PARKERS LEAVE
Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Parker and
Cecelia, and' Mrs. Parker's mother,
Mrs. Barry, departed Saturday, Mr.
Parker to report for servcie as a re
serve officer in the army. Other
members of the family expected to
locate in Florida for the time being.
The Parkers disposed of their resi
dence property to Mr. and Mrs. Ste
phen Thompson, and Elart Hult
grenn of the Federal Land Bank of
Spokane has taken over Mr. Park
er's work as secretary of local Na
tional Farm Loan association groups
until directors name a permanent
successor.
JOHN DAY, ST. JOSEPH SLATED
Two big games of basketball are
in store for Heppner fans at the lo
cal gym Saturday evening when
Grant County Union high school
meets the Heppner high "A" squad
and St. Joseph plays the local "B"
squad. Heppner's Mustangs contin
ued their victory march last Fri
day when they defeated Condon,
there, 29-27.
Men 20 to 45 Register
February 16 for Draft
Bert Johnson, chairman of Morrow
County Local Board of Selective
Service, announces that registration
for the Third Selective Service Reg
istration will take place on February
16, 1942. Registration places will be
open from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m, on
that date.
Every male -person who has at
tained the- twentieth anniversary of
his birth on December 31, 1941, has
not attained the forty-fifth anniver
sary of his birth on February 16,
1942, and has not heretofore been
registered under the Secetive Train
ing and Service Act of 1940 will be
required to register.
Following are the places of reg
istration in Morrow county and the
names of persons appointed as reg
istrar of their respective district:
Irrigon, A. C. Houghton, at the of
fice of Mr. Houghton in Irrigon.
Boardman, S. C. Russell. Shell
Paralysis Fund Upped
By Heppner Party
Sale of more than 200 tickets for
the President's Birthday bill spon
sored by the Elks in Heppner last
Saturday evening, brought a goodly4
sum into the campaign against in
fantile paralysis, reports Chas. B.
Cox, county chairman. A summa
tion of funds received had not yet
been made, but receipts from other
parties in the county along with the
"Mile of Dimes" receptacles, is ex
pected to make a favorable showing
for the county all told.
A bulletin from national head
quarters this week anounced that
50 percent of the monies would re
main in the counties where raised,
to be expended by county commit
tees in cases where needed at home,
the other 50 percent go into the
National Foundation in the Fight
Against Infantile Paralysis. Regula
tions were also announced for local
committees to aid men in the ser
vice from their district who may be
stricken by the dread malady.
Eugene Campbell Rites
Set for Tomorrow
Funeral rites will be held at 2:30
tomorrow afternoon from Case Mor
tuary chapel for Francis Eugene
Campbell, pioneer resident, who
passed away at Morrow General
hospital yesterday. Rev. Bennie
Howe will officiate and interment
will be in Masonic cemetery.
Francis Eugene Campbell was
born at Andover, N. Y., December
18, 1854. He married Olive William
son at Andover, N. Y., March 27,
1876, and to this union four children
were born. They came to Oregon
in 1879 and settled on a farm on
Balm fork, later moving to Heppner
where Mr. Campbell was for many
years connected with the old Hepp
ner Light and Water company.
Mr. Campbell is survived by two
daughters, Lela Anderson of Seattle
and Lula McCarty of Heppner, and
two grandchildren. Two sons, Louis
C. Campbell and Freddie Campbell,
are deceased.
STAGE P. E. R. NIGHT
Heppner lodge 358, B. P. 0. Elks
will place past exalted rulers in the
chairs this evening in observance
of the annual Past Exalted Rulers'
night. Exalted Ruler J. Gt Barratt
has released the following selections
of past exalted rulers to preside:
E. H. Miller, exalted ruler; P. W.
Mahoney, esteemed leading knight;
J. V. Crawford, esteemed loyal
knight; J. O. Turner, esteemed lec
turing knight; H. A. Cohn, esquire;
C. B. Cox, tyler; E. E. Gilliam, outer
guard; F. W. Turner, secretary;
Frank Roberts, J. G. Thomson, Jr.,
Kenneth Akers, trustees.
SLATED ON RADIO
Bruce Stewart, local FSA manag
er, is slated to talk over radio sta
.tion KUJ, Pendleton, at 2:30 next
Monday afternoon, speaking on
"Victory Gardens."
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, February 5, 1942
service station.
lone, Lee Beckner, American Le
gion hall.
Lexington, H. O. Bauman, I. 0. 0.
F. hall.
Hardman, Clarence Rogers, Mr.
Rogers' store.
Heppner, office of Morrow County
Local Board.
The office of Morrow County Lo
cal Board at Heppner will be open
for registration from 8 a, m. until
6 p. m. on February 14 and 15; and
fitom 7 a. m. until 9 p. m. on Febru
ary 16.
It is possible that other registra
tion places in the county may ' be
open the two days previous to Feb
ruary 16 for registration. This in
formation will be given, later, but
every registration place will be op
en from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. on Febru
ary 16, 1942.
HOSPITAL MOVE
MAY REACH VOTE
A new hospital for Morrow
county is out of the picture at
the present moment, according to
a recent ban on new building cit
ed at Tuesday evening's chamber
of commerce meetings, but dis
cussion at the meeting brought out
a strong demand for getting a
county hospital proposition on the
ballot for either May or Novem
ber. Such action was cited by F. W.
Turner, chamber secretary, as being
favored by members of the recently
appointed citizens committee on ways
and means as being the most feasi
ble method of obtaining the needed
hospital facilities.
Intention of interested parties to
investigate the county hospital law,
propose plans and specifications with
the needed amount to acquire fa
cilities needed is entirely in order
at this time, Mr. Turner believed.
The groundwork could thus be laid
for proceeding with actual construc
tion if and when building restrictions
are removed.
J. G. Barratt, a member of the cit
izen's committee said he strongly
favored the county hospital idea,
having observed successful operation
of such institutions in Montana as
well as the John Day county hos
pital at Prairie City.
Two Sentenced to Pen
In Short Court Session
J. A. Burnham, charged with em
bezzlement, and N. R. Streeter,
charged with obtaining money un
der false pretenses, were each sen
tenced to not more than one year
in the state penitentiary by Judge
C. L. Sweek at a short session of
circuit court here last week end.
A waiver of order and present
ment of indictment was entered in
the case of John Fred Miller, charg
ed with burglary not in a dwelling.
Default and decree was granted
Linda K. Smith in divorce proceed
ing against Thomas Franklin Smith,
and the plaintiff restored her mai
den name, Linda K. Taylor.
Filed was the case of Marjorie
Hams vs. Vester Hams, seeking di
vorce and restoration of maiden
name, Marjorie McFerrin.
Dismissed, Wayne Darbee vs. W.
C. Cox, doing business under firm
name of Morrow County creamery.
INAUGURATE PRAYER SERVICE
Prayers for boys of Heppner and
the Heppner district serving with
Uncle Sam's armed forces were in
augurated at All Saints Episcopal
church last Sunday by Ven. Eric 0.
Robathan, archdeacon.. A list of
names prepared by Josephine Ma
honey was read with silent interval
after each for individual prayers, at
the communion hour. The service
will be repeated at planned intervals.
Storage Jam, No
Sacks Seen At Start
Of Next Harvest
Livestock Feeding
Plan Told at Farm
ers' Meeting Here
Fifty million bushels of 1941 wheat
will still be in storage in the north
west at the beginning of this year's
harvest and sacks for wheat storage
are out of the picture unless unfor
seen changes take place, was the
information given by E. L. Ludwick,
noithwest commodity loan assistant,
at the agricultural meeting in Hepp
ner yesterday.
Ludwick said eighty-six million
bushels of wheat ari now in storage
in the northwest, which is nearly a
normal year's production. He fur
ther stated that Ihc wheat for feed
program whereby the Commodity
Credit corporation will make loan
wheat owned by them available for
livestock feeding will move about
ten million bushels. Loan wheat
which is turned to Commodity Cred
it can be purchased by farmers for
feeding purposes at 4 cents less than
the local loan value of No. 1 soft
white, or 90 cents per bushel which
ever is the greater. This would make
feed wheat available at Heppner for
90.2 cents as the loan value for No. ,
1 is 94.2 cents.
Any wheat under loan may be
turned to Commodity Credit now
but no assurance can be given that
the wheat will be moved before
harvest.
R. B. Taylor, chairman of the state
U. S. D. A. War board,, discussed
priorities that have been given for
the manufacturing of farm equip
ment and repair parts, but explained
that priorities for materials means
very little unless materials are avail
able and he urged all farmers to
contribute their scrap iron and place
their machinery and repair orders
early.
Taylor pointed out that in general
priorities are greater for those items
which are needed for producing the
products for which there was an in
crease asked for in the "Food for
Victory" program. Priorities for ma
terials for new machinery in most
cases is well below the normal am
ount used while for repair parts
priorities average about 140 percent
of the amount normally used. Prior
ities for dairy, poultry and haying
equipment are comparatively higher
than for wheat farming equipments
The labor situation was discussed
by Don Robbins from the Pendleton
office of the United States Employ
ment agency who said that the ag
ency is better set up now to make
labor available where it is needed.
He said requests for labor should
state the work to be done, wages that
could be paid, living quarters and all
other information which would help
them in selecting men fitted to the
job.
Possibilities now being considered
for relieving men for farm work in
clude training women to take men's
places in industry and a six-day
school week thus letting students
out earlier in the year.
PLAN CHORUS EVENT
Heppner Music Study club is lay
ing plans to present, the Pendleton
Male chorus, conducted by Ted Roy,
sometime in March if satisfactory
arrangements can be made. Pro
ceeds will go to the Red Cross. Com
mittee workers have been named as
follows: Leta Humphreys, tickets;
Josephine Mahoney, publicity; Vir
ginia Turner, supper; Elizabeth
Blankenship, decorations; Frances
Weaver, posters.
CANTATA SELECTED
"The Resurrection Song" by Roy
E. Nolte has been selected as the
cantata to be presented at Easter
by. combined singers of Heppner
churches. Miss Rose Hoosier is the
director, and Mrs. Virginia Turner,
accompanist.
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