SECOND SERIES
FOOD MEETINGS
ON TOMORROW
Planning the family food supply
and the family garden are the sub
jects for discussion at meetings be
ing held by the extension service
throughout the county starting to
morrow (Friday, March 13).
Kathleen Ball of the state col
lege discusses the year 'round food
supply of the family, including veg
etables, meats, poultry and dairy
products.
C. D. Conrad, county agent, dis
cusses the planning and planting of
Victory Gardens, including prepar
ation of the garden plot, types and
varieties of vegetables and fruits,
fertilizers, disease and insect con
trol. This is the second of a series of
four meetings being conducted by
the extension service in cooperation
with the national Food for Victory
program.
The schedule for the present group
of meetings is as follows:
Hardman, 2 p. m., Friday, March
13, high school.
Heppner, 7:30 p. m., Friday, March
13, high school gym.
Lexington, 10 a. m., Saturday, Mar.
14, grange hall.
lone, 2 p. m., Saturday, March 14,
Congregational church.
Boardman, 10 a. m., Monday, Mar.
16, high school.
Irrigon, 2 p. m., Monday, March
16, high school.
Everyone, including men, women,
and children, is invited to attend the
meeting most convenient for them.
Special emphasis will be given to
making the family as self-supporting
as possible as far as food is con
cerned during the war period while
prices are comparatively high and
shipping facilities are being over
taxed. A sound motion picture will be
shown at all meetings where elec
tric power is available."
Science Exhibition,
Star Gaze Slated
On March 19, 20 and 21 Dr. Chas.
W. Quaintance of the department
of science at the Eastern Oregon
' College of Education, with three
students from the college will be in
the county to conduct some demon
strations in the teaching of science
in the elementary school. These
demonstrations will be held in Hepp
ner, lone, Lexington, Boardman and
Irrigon. '
On Thursday evening, . March 19,
Dr. Quaintance will lead a star gaze
to study the constellations and plan
ets. Everyone who is interested in
the heavens is cordially invited to
attend this trip. Meeting will be at
the school house in Heppner at 8
o'clock in the evening. Come and
star gaze with us, invites Mrs. Lucy
E. Rodgers, county school superintendent.
Three Mustangs on
District All Star Team
Three members of the Heppner
Mustang basketball team were nam
ed on the all-star squad at the close
of the tournament at Arlington a
week ago Saturday night. They are
Jim Barratt, John Skuzeski and Bil
ly Padberg.
Other all-stars were "Buster"
Clough, "Dutch" Strahm, "Zeke"
Ferris, Arlington; L. Porterfield, Ko
ichi Uyeno, Parkdale; W. Hawkins,
Helix; Verne Root, Mosier. Arling
ton wound up in fourth place in the
state B tournament at Eugene last
week end with her Buster Clough
named on the all-star squad of six.
ARTHUR McATEE WEDS
Announcements received by local
friends this week told of the mar
riage of Arthur C. McAtee, son of
Mrs. Lucille McAtee and former
Heppner boy, who took as his bride
Miss Marilyn Angell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Angell, on
March 7 in the First Presbyterian
church at Grand Ridge, Jllinois.
GRANGE MEETS TOMORROW
Rhea Creek grange will have its
birthday dinner tomorrow evening,
Friday the 13th, at 6:30 p. m., for
the months of January, February
and March. All patrons are urged
by Henry Peterson, master, to at
tend as important matters will come
before the grange.
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Volume 58, Number 52
Robert W. Turner,
Long Prominent,
Finds Final Rest
Among First Sand
Hollow Settlers, Was
Community Leader
A tribute, effective in its simpli
city was paid one of the last of the
true pioneer settlers of Morrow
county when Robert W. Turner was
laid to rest here Sunday afternoon.
One of the first settlers in the Sand
Hollow district, a leader in church
and community affairs, and head of
one of the county's prominent fam
ilies, Mr. Turner passed away on
his birthday March 5at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Walter LaDusire,
in Eugene, being aged 81 years.
Rites were held in the church edi
fice, the Church of Christ, to which
Mr. Turner had been a heavy con
tributor in securing, in which he
had served as elder, and for many
years had worshipped. The synple,
effective tribute, was paid by the
pastor, Martin B. Clark, in the pre
sence of . rtiany friends of the fam
ily, who expressed tribute with many
flowers. Interment was in Heppner
Masonic cemetery beside members
of the family who had preceded him
in death.
Robert Willis Turner was born at
Mexico City, Missouri, March 5,
1861, the only son of Christopher C.
and Cyrena Boaz Turner.
At the tender age of two, in com
pany with his parents and baby
sister, Luella Turner McCarty, he
crossed the plains from Missouri to
California with a caravan of 48 wa
gons and some 200 head of horses,
mules and cattle.
He received his early training and
grew to manhood in and about El
mira, California, culminating in a
bachelor of science degree in agri
culture at Hesperia college at Wood
land, where he taught for a num
ber of years.
On August 13, 1884, he married
Mary May Sheppard and immediate
ly came to Morrow county, where
they endured the incessant hardships
of the early pioneers, rearing a large
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21 FIRST AIDERS
FINISH AT LEX
Bringing to 82 the number of
persons passing' the initial Red
Cross first aid course in Morrow
county, Harold W. Buhman, in
structor qualified 37 of 5(5 original
enrollecs at Lexington on March
2. They are:
Harvey Bauman, Jeanette Brown
ing, Margaret Browning, Gladys
Cutsforth, O. W. Cutsforth, Clyde
Denney, Mabel Denney, Ethel Dun
can, Jerrine Edwards, Mary Ed
wards, LaVerne Henderson, Bertha
Hunt, Edna Hunt, Louise Hunt. Mary
Hunt. Cecil Jackson, Whittmer Mac
Donald, Freda Majeske, Gene Ma
jeske, Bill Marquardt, Carl Mar
quardt, Ruth McMillan, Lorena Mill
er, Faye Munkers, Leonard Munk
ers, Helen Nieger, Patty O'Harra,
Trina Parker, Jack Miller, Emma
Peck, Faye Ruhl, Sylvia Severance,
Thelma Smethurst, Cora Warner
Joe Way, Emma White.
Five County Offices
To be Filled This Year
Five county offices will be filled
at elections this year by Morrow
county voters, those of treasurer,
judge, assessor, surveyor and one
commissioner, according to report of
the clerk's bffice. Of incumbents
L. W. Briggs, treasurer, has made
announcement that he will seek re
election. Those whose terms expire at the
end of this year besides Mr. Briggs,
are Bert Johnson, judge, Tom Wells,
assessor, George Peck, commission
er, and Harry Tamblyn, surveyor.
Time for filing for the May 15 pri
maries ends April 1.
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Jeep Performance
Seen In Mountains
Two feet of snow on precipitous
Matteson butte did not stop an army '
jeep from making the ascencion eas
ily recently, reports F. F. Wehmey
er local forest ranger. The vehicle
was in use by a Coast and Geodetic
Survey crew from Alaska transfer
red to the Blue mountains this win
ter that has been working between
Heppner and south of Baker.
The local forester reports 39.7 in
ches of snow with heavy water con
tent of 11.2 inches at Arbuckle sta
tion on north Jones, elevation 5400
feet.
A range survey has been complet
ed covering forage resources for the
south half of Umatilla forest and
every type of forage has been map
All But Two Teachers
Return Next Year
All the present teaching staff was
offered new contracts for the com
ing year by the board of education
of School District No. 1 when it met
Monday evening, and barring event
ualities all will accept excepting
two, reports Alden H. Blankenship,
superintendent.
Miss Virginia Humphreys ' is re
signing to take defense work, and
Miss Dorothy Gene Davolt declined
for personal reasons. Miss Humph
reys is commercial teacher, and
Miss Davolt has charge of home ec
onomics and music in the high
school. Because of the expected en
rollment condition next year, Mr.
Blankenship said the second grade
would probably be split into two
sections next year instead of the
first, as was the case this year, and
one of the primary teachers moved
into the second grade work.
P. P. fir L. Pays Taxes
Amounting to $2956
Real and personal property taxes
amounting to $2956.18 for the half
year levy due March 15 under new
state tax laws are to be paid to
Morrow county this week by Paci
fic Power & Light company, ac
cording to Kenneth A. House, local
manager. The company's total taxes
for 1941 jumped 11 percent over
last year, House said, to reach a new
high of $1,055,810.
In addition to state and local lev
ies, this total included payments to
the federal government of more than
$413,000, or enough money to pay a
year's interest charges on $13,600,
000 of U. S. defense savings bonds.
Demo Gubernatorial
Candidate Visits
"Increased war effort, slashing of
state and local taxes and creation of
a board of inquiry to study the
acute tax problem confronting the
people of Oregon," were advocated
by Howard Latourette, candiate for
the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor, in a radio talk given at The
Dalles, yesterday, reported by Mr.
Latourette while in the city this af
ternoon in company with R. W. Kelly
of Hood River. Mr. Latourette will
broadcast a similar speech from
Pendleton this evening.
He recommended emergency leg
islation that will coordinate tax laws
and reduce taxes to the lowest pos
sible level.
As to war effort, Latourette said
Oregon is in the forefront of all
states in the union in its support of
the administration. He traveled
throughout most of the state as
chairman of the governmental com
mittee of the Defense Savings staff.
On the present trip Mt. Latour
ette is on his. way to LaGrande, Ba
ker, Ontario, Burns and other east
ern Oregon points. ,
OUT FOR TREASURER
Leon W. Briggs, incumbent, is the
first announced candidate for local
office to present his name before
the May 15 primaries. He seeks to
succeed himself as a Republican
candidate to the office of county
treasurer.
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 12, 1942
ped and catalogued as to area, den
sity and value as feed to stock.
Tom Wilson, SCS man, with his
wife snowshoed into Opal last Sat
urday and Sunday and reported two
feet of snow onthe level; also that
the Opal station had been broken
into, stores taken and the station
left in a deplorable condition. No
ign of elk and very few deer.
John G. Clouston, in charge of
range management and wildlife for
Umatilla National forest, and Har
old Dobyns, chief of biological sur
vey for eastern Oregon, made a boat
trip down the north fork of the John
Day river from Dale to Monument
to make a survey of game animals
as to number, specie, sex ratio and
condition of the winter feeding.
JUNIORS IN PLAY
FRIDAY, MAR. 20
The junior class of Heppner high
school will present "Incubator
Husband," hilarious three-act
comedy, directed by Norbert Pen
vy, in the gym-auditorium on Fri
day evening, March 20, beginning
at 8 o'clock.
The cast follows: Mrs. Ellis, a
widow, Helen Fortner; Elaine, her
daughter, Vera McDaniel; Patsy
Dare, Elaine's chum, Dorotha Wil
son; Mrs. Honeywell, a distracted
wife, Patty O'Hara; Mrs. Updike, he
friend, Colleen Kilkenny; Mrs.
Mudge, a bewildered mother, Eunice
Hiatt; Anna, a Dutch servant-girl,
King.sley Chapin; Felix Mudge, be
set with a love problem, Phil Cohn;
Roy Honeywell, who helps him out.
Jim Barratt; Reverend Hooper, who
ties the knot, Hugh McLaughlin; De
tective Synder, Jim Kenny.
Action of the play centers around
the activities of a boy and a girl lit
erally married before they were
born by their parents and the com
plications resulting when the boy
changes identity with a friend of
his. Many amusing situations ensue
before affairs are finally untangled.
Prices (including tax), are 35
cents for adults, 25 cents for stu
dents, 15 cents for children.
Three Generations
Honored by Rcbekahs
Three generations of Rebekahs
were honored here Frid;iy evening at
a joint meeting of Rebekah lodge of
the county, at which Mrs. Myrtle
McAlpin, state president, was guest
of honor. Mrs. Lucy Rodgers made
recognition of the generations head
ed by Elizabeth Campbell, charter
member of Holly lodge who joined
in 1904, Mrs. Annie Keene, member
of Holly for 35 years and Ruth Mc
Cabe, member of lone lodge who
joined in 1941.
Heppner degree team conferred
degree work on three candidates,
one each from Hardman, Lexington
and lone. Heppner, lone, Lexington
and Hardman lodges were repre
sented. SIX SELECTEES REPORT
A group of Morrow county men
recently reporting for service in the
United States army included Peter
Lennon, Tilden H. Williams, Jr.,
James Patrick MlcNamee, Patrick
Lennon, David Wendell Ely, Marvin
Virgil Casebeer from Morrow coun
ty local board, and John Hamilton
Ray of the Gilliam county local
board. Patrick Lenon was the group
leader.
CHAPTER MEETS TOMORROW
Ruth Chapter No. 32, O. E. S., will
meet Friday, March 13, at the tem
ple. Balloting will be held and all
members are urged to be present,
announces Ella Benge, worthy ma
tron. For sale, two 5-gal. fresh Jersey
cows, double tested; one purebred
Aberdeen Angus bull; purebred OIC
gilts, old enough to breed. Ralph
Butler, Willows, Ore.
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Many Workers
Named lo Ration
Sugar In County
School Teachers and
Clerks Selected;
Procedure Outlined
Individual civilian consumers of
sugar will register in the elementary
schools in the impending rationing
program, reports Mrs. Lucy E. Rod
gers, county school superintendent.
In suspended school districts con
sumers will register with the school
district clerk.
Those having charge of the work
in the various districts were named
as follows, number indicating school
district:
1 Heppner, Alden Blankenship; 2
Lena, Mrs. Kathleen Hisler; 3 Hepp
ner, Mrs. A. T. Harris; 5J Morgan,
Mrs. Echo Palmateer; 6 Heppner,
Mrs. Pearl Wright; 8 Cecil, Mrs. Beth
Hynd; 10 Irrigon, Ladd Sherman; 11
Heppner, Miss Marguerite Glavey;
12 Lexington, Ted R. Burton; 15
Lexington, Mrs. Irene Padberg; 18
Lexington, Mrs. Irene Rauch; 19
Hardman, Mrs. Floyd Adams; 23,
Lexington, Mrs. Chas. Marquardt;
24 Lena, Charles Hirl; 25 Board
man George Corwin; 26J Echo, Mrs.
Faye Finch; 27 Lexington, Mrs. Pearl
R. Lindsay; 31 Heppner, Mrs. Oleta
Farrens; 34 Heppner, L. A. Florence;
35 lone, Erret Hummel; 36 lone,
Raymond Lundell; 38 Heppner, Mrs.
Aha Brown; 40 Hardman, Mrs. Lur
line McDaniel; 41 Heppner, Mrs.
Nora Turner; 42 Heppner, Mrs. Bet
ty Estberg; 49 Heppner, Mrs. Jessie
Lovgren; 50 Lexington, R. B. Rice;
53 Lexington, Mrs. Faye Ruhl; 59
Heppner, Mrs. Margaret O. Cason.
Registration will cover a period of
four days, but the dates have not
yet been set. In general the places
for registration will be open from
4 to 6 p. m. and from 7 to 9 p m.,
however, by. mutual consent be
tween the school, or the school clerk
and the rationing board these hours
may be changed to fit the local sit
uation. At the school registration site all
civilian consumers will be required
to file a standard application form.
Applications may b? made on a fam
ily ba.sis; that is one member of the
immediate family (father, mother,
husband, wife, son, daughter, sister
or brother) may apply for all fam
ily members provided they are res
idents under one roof and share a
common table. All other family
members (aunts, uncles, grandpar
ents, resident domestics, etc.) must
apply individually with certain ex
ceptions yot to be defined. Other
members of the family unit not res
ident under a common family roof
must apply individually. Applicants
for family units must file a separate
application for each member of the
family unit, since ration books will
be issued on a per capita basis. The
.serial number of each ration book
issued must be posted on the indiv
idual application.
In the organization set up, city
superintendents in districts of the
first class will be responsible for
putting the instructions into effect
in their school systems; superinten
dents and principals in districts of
the second class will likewise be re
sponsible in their school systems;
while county superintendents will be
responsible in all districts of the
third class.
A program of this scope, involv
ing every person in the state, calls
for the utmost cooperation of ev
eryone, said Mrs. Rodgerf.
LEGAL TROUT COMING
Morrow county will receive a
shipment of legal (six-inch or over)
trout Saturday, according to long
distance telephone information re
ceived this morning by Logie Rich
ardson, chairman Morrow County
Hunters and Anglers club, from the
state game commission.
O. E. S. Officers club food sale
Hughes store, Sat., 14th, beginning
at 1:30 p. m.
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