2 Heppner Gazette Times, April 16, 1942
IONE NEWS
Long lone Resident
Passes at Son's Home
By MRS. ELMER GRIFFITH
E. H. Turner, long a resident of
lone, but recently of Boardman,
passed away at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Albert Lindstrom,
near Morgan Friday evening. Fun
eral services were held at Board
man on Monday afternoon, and in
terment was made there. Mr. Tur
ner was 75 years old, and had lived
in Oregon since 1908, coming here
from Kansas City. Besides his
daughter, he is survived by three
sons, Alfred, who is in the army;
Leon of Summerville, and Ralph of
Sparta. The latter two, with their
wives, were here for the funeral ser
vices. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Eklebtrry have
disposed of their ranch on Willow
creek, near Morgan, and are mov
ing this week to Hermiston.
Mrs. P. J. Linn, who last week
suffered a painful burn when she
fell against the stove, is now a pa
tient in Emanuel hospital in Port
land. She was taken to Portland by
ambulance on Saturday and was
accompanied by Mr. Linn, her
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Howk of Con
don, and her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Linn
of Portland. Mr. Linn remained in
the city for awhile, and J. H. Bryson
attended his duties as marshal.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swanson
drove to Salem the last of the week
to take Mrs. Swanson's mother, Mrs.
Regina Miller and daughter, Miss
Lena, back to their home there.
The Women's Topic club was held
at the home of Mrs. C. W. Swanson
last Friday. Other hostesses were
Mesdames Henry Gorger and C. F.
Feldman. Mrs. C. F. Palmateer was
elected to membership. Mrs. Gor
ger reported on "To Sing With the
Angela' by Maurice Hindus. Those
present were Mesdames Clel Rae,
Frank Lundell, E. R. Lundell, A. W.
Lundell, J. E. Swanson, Geo Drake,
Milton Morgan, Jr., M. E. Cotter,
Dorr Mason, Harry Yarnell, Hugh
Smith, Victor Rietmann and Elmer
Griffith.
Fred M. Gatter of Portland was
attending to business matters in
lone Monday, and was a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Laxton McMurray.
Mrs. Omar Rietmann went to
Portland this week end to visit her
mother, Mrs. Inez Freeland.
Mr. and Mrs. Aley Peck of La
Comb visited this week at the home
of Mrs. Peck's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Buschke of Morgan. Mr. and
Mlrs. Max Buschke and family of,
Hardman were also Sunday guests
there.
Among lone folks who attendeJ
the church services at the Lutheran
church in Gooseberry Sunday, and
the pot luck dinner and missionary
meeting at the Henry Peterson home
were Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell,
Mr. and .Mrs, J. E. Swanson, Mrs.
Carl Allyn and Maxine, Mr. and Mrs.
John Troedson, Carl Troedson,
Claude Pettyjohn, Mrs. Henry
Smouse and Shirley, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Troedson and Carol Od
om. The H. E. club of Willows grange
will hold an all day meeting April
17 at the home of Mrs. Matthew
Gordon. Pot luck dinner will be
served at noon.
Willows grange will hold the reg
ular meeting Saturday evening, Apr.
18, at 8 at the hall. lone high school
girls will model dresses in a style
show which will be a feature of the
program.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
Morgan will meet on the same eve
ning hereafter, and the ladies will
do Red Cross work while the men
are having their meeting.
Mrs. Archer Rice and younger son,
Carlton, of Portland were calling on
old friends here Tuesday. They are
former residents of lone and this
was their first visit here since 1911.,
They were en route to Spokane to
visit Mrs. Rice's older son, Gerald.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn came
over from Hermiston Sunday, and
Mrs. Pettyjohn and the baby re
mained for a few days visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell.
"The Mummy and the Mumps,"
presented by the high school Friday
evening was reported to be excellent
by the large crowd attending. Those
taking part were Doris Palmateer,
Barbara Ledbetter, Alton Yarnell,
Pete Cannon,, Charlotte Sperry, Al
ice Nichoson, Ernest McCabe, Bob
LEXINGTON NEWS
Lex Grange Inducts
14 New Members
By MARGARET SCOTT
The local grange met Saturday
night and gave the first and second
degrees to twelve out of fourteen
new members. Those receiving the
degrees were Mr. and Mrs. Newt
O'Hara, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lindsay, Mr.
and Mrs. Armin Wihlon, Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Stewart, and Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Wilson. Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Denney were not present to
receive the degrees. There was a
total attendance of 51.
Margaret Miller and Laura Rice
visited in the local school Monday.
Mrs. Clary is teaching in the fifth
and sixth grade room taking the
place of Miss Severance.
Miss Dona Barnett was confined
to her' home several days this week
by an ulcerated tooth.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson took
their daughter Carol to a Portland
physician Wednesday. Mr. Jackson
returned home Saturday and re
ported that Carol and Mrs. Jackson
will remain for ten days or two
weeks. Word received the first of
this week stated that Carol was
much improved. .
Mrs. Ralph Scott and son Billy
visited here Monday and said that
Erma is in a Portland hospital for
further treatment and that she is
in good physical condition and is
gaining weight rapidly. They were
Monday supper guests at the Elmer
Hunt home.
F. M. Gatter of the Phil Gross
mayer company of Portland was a
business visitor here Monday.
Mr. Burton took a group of local
students to Heppner Tuesday to at
tend the clinic for those with eye
sight or speech handicaps.
C. W. Henderson, ohief clerk of
the railway mail service in Portland,
was a Monday business visitor here.
Sunday supper guests at the Ar
nold Pieper home were Lovall Mar
tin, Bunny Breshears and Douglas
Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton returned
from several days visiting in Spo
kane on Sunday. While in Spokane
Mr. Burton attended the school tea
chers conference.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock, Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Scott and Jim Mc
Cabe spent Sunday fishing at Mc
Kay Dam.
Father McCormack of Heppner
was visiting here Monday after
noon. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle
of Heppner spent the week end at
the William Van Winkle home.
Word has been received from Jim
Leach that he is now working in
the Portland shipyards...
Norman Ruhl spent several days
last week at the Laurel Ruhl home.
Marine Officers'
Training Available
Vacancies exist in officers' train
ing for marine corps privates and
privates first class. Commissions as
second lieutenants may be attained
through the ranks with greater speed
than ever before known, according
to Staff Sergeant Robert E. Lucas,
in charge of the marine corps re
cruiting station at Walla Walla, Wn.
All applicants for enlistment are
now being carefully questioned as
to educational background and ad
vised that such vacancies exist.
Qualifications for officers' training
are a college degree, or proficiency
in certain subjects, plus being suf
ficiently under 27 years of age to be
commissioned before the approach
ing birthday.
MCCARTY'S LEAVE
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McCarty dis
posed of their residence property
this week to Mrs. Rose Francis, and
are departing to live at The Dalles
where they also have residence prop
erty. Mr. McCarty who has held
the position of brakeman and mes
senger on ' the local Union Pacific
branch for several years, will take
a freight conductor's run on the
main line between The Dalles and
Reith. He has held conductor's rat
ing for several years. Well wishes
of many friends, and regrets for their
leaving, accompany the McCarty's
to their new, and old, home. F. W.
Turner was agent for the sale of
the residence property here.
Rietmann, Bob Everson and Freda
Ball.
BOARDMAN NEWS
E. H. Turner Rites
Held at Boardman
By SiRS. CLAUD COATS
Funeral services for E. H. Turner
were held at Boardman Monday at
2 p. m., Mlartin B. Clark, Christian
minister of Heppner officiating. Mr.
Turner was formerly a resident of
Boardman, but the last few years
had been spent with a son, Lee Tur
ner and family of near La Grande,
and daughter, Mrs. Albert Lindstrom
of Morgan. He also leaves two oth
er sons, Ralph of Sparta, Ore., and
Alfred who is in the army in Ar
kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Attebury mov
ed from Medford to Ontario Friday
and stopped a few hours with his
mother, Mrs. Olive Attebury of
Boardman. Chet is working with
WPA and transferred to Ontario.
Mrs. Ed Kunze, Ruth, and Irvin
Flock were shoppers in Walla Walla
Saturday. Mr. Kunze and Earl Cra
mer and John Partlow left for sheep
shearing camps Sunday. Donald
Ford is working at the Kunze place
during his absence.
Several young folks spent the
week end at home. Among them
was Lyle Tannehill of Seattle who
came home for a few days. He has
enlisted in the navy and has to re
port back Tuesday. Ted Wilson,
senior at E. O. C. E. and some friends
were at the Robert Wilson home.
Stanley Partlow of Fort Lewis, Wn.,
visited his parents, Paul Partlow and
family. Ester Jones spent Saturday
with her mother, Mrs. Blanche Jones.
H. E. C. is sponsoring a chicken
dinner Saturday evening, April 18,
at 6:30, followed by program. Eveiy
one come and treat yourself and
family to a real southern style chick
en dinner.
Mrs. Maude Kobow and Mrs. Art
Allen made a business trip to Rufus
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Wm. Lilly will leave this
week for Delta, Utah, to be with
her husband a few days. He is as
sistant foreman of an extra gang
on the railroad.
Z. J. Gillespie returned home
from Walla Walla where he had
been for a week.
PINE CITY NEWS
Mrs. Reid J. Buseick and chil
dren of Long Creek spent the week
end with Mrs. Buseick's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger.
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Abercrombie
and family spent Saturday evening
at the E. B. Wattenburger home.
Mr. and Mrs. Parks of Echo have
moved to the Henry Vogler ranch
to work. Mrs. Parks is to do the
cooking for the hired help while Mr.
Parks works on the ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ayers and
Mrs. Mary Ritchie spent Monday in
Pendleton.
Misses Helen and Rosetta Healy
and Miss Betty Finch from Heppner
spent the week end with their par
ents. The girls attend high school
in Heppner.
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school
superintendent of Heppner, called
Friday at the Pine City school.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ayers left Wed
nesday for Burbank, Cal., where Ray
was called to work in defense work
in an airplane factory.
Two new pupils hae enrolled in
the Pine City school. They are Bet
ty and Yvonne Parks, coming from
the Echo school.
Guy Moore left last week to work
in the Athena pea cannery, getting
things ready for the summer crop.
Henry Vogler was a business vis
itor in Pasco on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ayers spent
Monday night and Tuesday in Hepp
ner visiting Mrs. Ayers' parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pettyjohn,
before leaving for Burbank, Cal.
Mrs. Dora Moore and son Marvin
spent Sunday with Lila Myers while
Russell Moore and Jasper Myers
went to Echo for practice of the
state guard.
The Lena Home Economics ladies
met at the Lila Myers home Wed
nesday with twelve ladies present
and three visitors. Lovely refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
E. B. Wattenburger purchased the
James McCarty bees and is moving
them to a new location. Mr. Mc
Carty pioneered the bee industry
in eastern Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill attended
the wool growers banquet at the
Parish House in Heppner Monday
evening.
DflBCa P s .
General Electric men and women thousands of them! Four
typical scenes show the spirit with which they are tackling the
grim job of producing for war!
1. Thousands of employees, only
ten days after war declaration,
gathered in mass meetings in
most major G-E plants to pledge
all-out war effort t
3. A sign chalked by a G-E work
man on a big machine being built
for war. The sign carried this
challenge to fellow workers:
"Remember Wake Island!"
General Electric believes that its first duty as a good
citizen is to be a good soldier.
Genera Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
HARDMAN NEWS
Hardman Entertains
Boys Going to Service
By ELSA M. LEATHERS
Max Buschke has returned home
from Harlan McCurdy's ranch where
he has been employed for the last
six weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Buschke took
their small son Bobby to Portland
Saturday night to consult a physi
cian. Bobby is suffering from mas
toid trouble.
Mrs. Austin Devin and Jeanne
Leathers went to Portland Saturday
night to visit awhile with Mrs. Dev
in's son, Johnny McRoberts, who is
in the United States army.
A number of the boys leaving for
the army in this community were
honored Saturday night with a chic
ken supper. Dancing followed in
the I. O. O. F. hall, the music being
donated. Everyone reported having
a very good time.
These boys, who will probably be
in the army soon, are leaving be
hind a host of good friends and rel
atives who wish them lots of luck,
the best of good wishes, and a spee
dy return.
Mrs. Maud Hayden and son Mar
ion, formerly Morrow county resi
dents, were in Hardman one day
last week from Portland where Mar
ion is employed as a sheet metal
worker in the shipyards. They were
accompanied home by Mrs. Neal
Knighten and daughter LaDell who
intend to visit friends in Portland
for a few days.
Eva Robison was in town Satur
day from their ranch on Middle Fork
creek.
Fan Miller has returned home af
ter spending several weeks in Vale.
Iris Brannon was surprised Fri
day by the arrival of her mother,
Mrs. Morton, who motored up from
Portland with the Haydens. Mrs.
Morton spent the day visiting her
daughter.
Mi. and Mrs. Homer Davis and
Robert Rogers from Kinzua were
visiting friends and relatives here
over the week end.
Mrs. Stanley Robinson and daugh
ter Doris returned home last week. .
They have lived in Portland since
Christmas. Doris will re-enter the
Hardman school and resume her
studies.
Among the out-of-town people at
tending the dance here Saturday
were Bill Huddleston and Harvey
2. Almost 85 per cent of all Gen
eral Electric employees signed
up to buy U. S. Defense Savings
Bonds totalling more than
$20,000,000 a year!
4. And day and night around
the clock G-E workmen keep
steadily at the most important
job of building weapons and sup
plies for U.S. fighting men!
NMMU
jnmjlllise
"Conserve to preserve
Democracy!"
WHEN clothes go to the
cleaner, tell him what
caused the spots and stains if
you know. This will mean long
er life for the garment, bjr elim
inating experimentation with
various solvents.
Then put all the dollars youH
save into defbnsb savings
stamps. Also remind your hus
band to allot part of his salary
every pay day to his company's
Pay-Roll Savings Plan.
CHAS. COX IN AUSTRALIA
Cablegram communication to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cox,
last week end conveyed information
that Charles Cox is with Uncle Sam's
forces in Australia, and is safe and
well. He said he had received no
word from home for several months,
despite Mr. and Mrs. Cox's frequent
letters.
There will be an old-time dance
at Lexington grange hall, Saturday
the 18th of April, next Saturday.
Admission 50c per couple and supper
will be served.
Moore from the Lonerock section.
Owen Leathers was taken to
Heppner one day last week for
medical attention. It was discover
ed that he is suffering from a punc
tured lung. Owen is still in Hepp
ner where he will remain for sev
eral days. His many friends and
relatives in this community wish
him a very speedy recovery.