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Urge Quota Balloting Saturday Seeking a "100 percent turnout of eligible voters," Henry Baker, chair man of the county AAA committee, yesterday announced polling places and referendum committees for Sat urday's referendum on wheat mar keting quotas. The polls will be open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. at the following voting places: Alpine community, Alpine school; Eightmile community, Eight mile school; lone and Morgan commun ities, lone Legion hall; Lexington community, Leach hall; North Hepp ner and South Heppner-Hardman communities, county Triple A office. Each voter should cast his ballot at the polling place designated for his community, the chairman said. Referenum committees have been named for each community, and each , committee has been supplied with a list of eligible voters for the com munity. Any person who believes that he is entitled to vote but whose name is not listed on the register will be permitted to vote, and the legality of his ballot will be deter mined Monday, May 4, by the coun ty committee. Mr. Baker announced that refer endum committees have been ap pointed as follows: Alpine R. B. Rice, chairman; Rus sell Moore; Julian Rauch, C. Mel ville. Eightmile John Bergstrom, chair man; Walter Becket, Algott Lundell, Lawrence Redding. lone and Morgan Henry Gorger, chairman; Fred Mankin, Victor Riet mann, A. A. McCabe. Lexington L. A. Palmer, chair man; Burton H. Peck, Roy A. Camp bell, J. F. McMillan. North Heppner and South Heppner-Hardman E. J. Blake, chair man, John Lane, John Hanna, Ray K. Drake. ReemphasLzing the importance cf every eligible grower voting Sat urday, the chairman said: "Quotas give the wheat grower a chance to solve his problems dem ocratically, and give him an oppor tunity to play his full part in the nation's war effort. Every eligible voter should regard it as his patriot ic duty to cast his ballot Saturday." Henry Peterson Given Legislative Post Henry Peterson of lone was brought into the political spotlight this week when announcement was made of his appointment to fill the 22nd district legislative post left va cant by resignation of E. Harvey Miller to accept the position as field man for AAA in ten eastern Ore gon counties. Peterson's - appoint ment was made by members of the county courts of Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler counties at Condon on Wednesday last week. Miller's resignation from the state post came at too late a date for his party to bring out a candidate for the primaries. With two posts to be filled from this district, candidates whose names appear on the ballots are Giles L. French on the republi can ballot and Henry C. Aiken on the democratic. FORMER SCHOOL HEAD BACK H. H. Hoffman, for many years superintendent of the Heppner schools, arrived in the city this week "for an indefinite stay, or just as long as my friends will let me," as he put it. Mr. Hoffman ended an 11-year service with the local schools in 1918, holding various ed ucational positions since that time, the latest of which was at La Pine. He is now retired, and for the pre sent is making his home at Hotel Heppner. BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETS The county budget committee for the coming fiscal year, starting July 1, met at the courthouse yesterday. Those meeting with the court were Henry Baker, E. O. Ferguson, R. I. Thompson and C. W. McNamer. MAY TIRE QUOTA SET Morrow county's tire quota for May is given as folows: 4 passenger tires, 41 passenger recaps, 21 passen ger tubes, 27 truck tires, 44 truck recaps and 38 truck tubes. Volume 59, Number 5 County All-School Field Meet, Music Festival Tomorrow Athletic Events in Morning, Song Fest To Entertain Many Remember the spring festival, Fri day, May first. Everyone is invited to bring a basket lunch and come. The Lions club and chamber of commerce will furnish coffee, hot chocolate and cookies. The Red Cross rooms will be open all day Friday for the convenience of country people. The annual track meet will be one of the morning events. Afer the lunch at noon, there will be a number of colorful events. First the crowning of the May queen, fol lowed by the Maypole dance. To climax this there will be some col orful folk dances. From the lawn we go to the aud itorium where the following pro gram will be presented: Flag drill assisted by Boy Scouts, Heppner, upper grade girls; primary chorus, Miss June Yarnell, director, I Had a Little Doggy, Naming the Trees, Which Is the Way to Some where Town, Point Lightly Partner; special number, I Dream of Jeanie, girls' sextette, Boardman; intermed iate chorus, Mrs. Maude Kobow, di rector, The. Giant, Cedar Waxwing, A Pledge; special number, Sailor's Hornpipe, Lexington; upper grade chorus, Mrs. Ida Mae Starr, direc tor, Polly-Wolly-Doodle, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Midnight; special number, tap dance, Irrigon; high school boys' chorus, Mrs. Ra chel Dick, director, Hiking Song, Hallelujah; high school girls' cho rus, Miss Dorothy Davolt, director, Our Love, I Heard a Forest Pray ing, My Hero; special number, base ball clog, Heppner; High school mixed chorus, Mrs. Rachel Dick, director, Little Brown Church in the Vale, Just a Memory, Sing a Song of Sixpence; special number, Victory March, Irrigon; band ensemble, Mrs. Rachel Dick and Mr. Harold Buhman, directors, There's Something About a Soldier, Stouthearted Men, Desert Song, Strike Up the Band; combined cho rus and audience, Mrs. Ida Mae Starr, director, We Did It Before, My Own America; accompanists, Miss Rose Hoosicr, elementary, Mrs.. Juanita Carmichael, high school. WAR BOND GOAL SET AT $29,400 Morrow county has been assigned a War Savings bond quota of $29,400 for the month of May, which will be its share of the total $5,610,000 for the state, it was announced here by P. W. Mahoney, county chairman. The quota figure, it is pointed out in a communication received from Ray Conway, state admin istrator, is based partly on. aver age monthly sales for the past, and partly on the county's "ability to pay." Monthly quotas after June 1 will be upped, until a total of approxi mately $10,000,000 per month will be reached after July, it was stated. Ways and means of attaining these goals will be discussed at a state wide meeting of the Oregon War Bonds staff, to be held in Portland May 1 and 2. Ralph Jackson will represent the county committee at this session. Citizens of this county should realize first of all that every cent to be raised in this drive will go to provide guns, tanks, ships, planes and ammunition for our armed forces, so that we may win this war in the shortest possible time," said the county chairman. "However, no one is asked to 'give' anything. Pur chase of war bonds is an investment and a saving, every cent of which will return to the buyer with interest." Farm-Business Group Enjoy 'Neighbor' Meet More than a hundred farmers, businessmen and wives attended the "Know Your Neighbor" banquet in the basement of the Christian church Saturday evening and en joyed the program, banquet prepar ed by ladies of the church and gen eral sociability. C. J. D. Bauman was toastmaster. E. Harvey Miller spoke on the rea son for wheat marketing quotas; George N. Peek discussed the wheat, storage problem, and J. O. Turner told of steps taken or to be taken in the work of civilian defense in the county. Entertainment numbers included piano duet by Mrs. J. O. Turner and Marylou Ferguson; vio lin solos by Mrs. Tom Wilson, ac companied by Mrs. A. H. Blanken ship, and vocal solos by Miss Rose Hoosier, accompanied by Mrs. Blan kenship. Two talking movie reels, onedepicting defense work and the other depicting grain bulking, were shown. J. ' Max Schulz Faces Draft Evasion Charge Max Schulz was taken into cus tody by state police last Friday on order of the United States district attorney, for failure to report for induction as ordered by the local selective service board for the last draft call. Roger Thomas, state po liceman, made the arrest, and Schulz was taken to Portland Sunday to appear in federal court, by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman. Schulz returned to Heppner Tu esday, but it was not learned what disposition had been made of his case. The local board notified the federal attorney's office soon after Schulz' delinquency. He said he had gone to Monument on business, and was in town all week following the time for his report, until his arrest Friday. MERLE BAKER WEDS Merle Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker of lone, married Miss Marjory Dale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Dale of Bakersfield, Cal., at the latter city, Sunday, April 26. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker and daughters Betty and Helen Fay at tended. Merle is employed with the Lockheed Airplane works. HYND BROS. START SHEARING Shearing was started Wednesday at the Hynd Bros, ranch at Cecil. David Hynd, secretary, said the com pany's wool clip and lamb crop had been sold for this season, when in the city Tuesday evening. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 30, 1942 574 RESPOND TO 4TH DRAFT CALL Sign -up of 574 men in Morrow county in the fourth Selective Ser vice registration, the 45 to 65 year old group, was greater than expect ed, said Bert Johnson, chairman of the local board. The board ' members wish to thank all those who helped in this regis! ration. The chief registrars and their assistants gave their time without pay and !he places for the registration were given without charge. Those serving, and giving places included: Irrigon, A. C. Houghton, registrar and Marguerite Houghton and Iras Bunnell, assistants, place donated by Mr. Houghton; Board man, S. C. Russell, registrar and Alta Russell and Erma Hamblin, as sistants, place donated by Mr. Rus sell; lone, Walter G. Roberts, reg istrar and Ella E. Smith, assistant, place donated by lone American Legion; Lexington, H. O. Bauman, regsitrar and Mrs. Elsie M. Beach, Thelma Smethurst and Jeanette Browning, assistants, place donated by I. O. O. F.; Hardman, Clarence Rogers, registrar and Opal Adams, assistant, place donated by Mr. Rog ers; assisting the local board at Heppner were Rose Leibbrand, F. B. Nickerson and Mr. McGraw of the U. S. Employment service. When lone ran out of buff colored cards registration was continued on the white colored ones. Boardman ran out of cards and the Boardman school made cards on which the chief registrar was able to complete registration of all who presented themselves for registration, "This registration was most suc cessful, and it was made so by the efforts of those who gave their time to make it so," said Mr. Johnson. Major Frier to Speak To Chamber Tuesday Major Frier, stationed at the Pen dleton army air base, will be the speaker before the regular meeting of the chamber of commerce at the Parish House Tuesday evening. Dinner will be served at 6:45 by ladies of Rhea Creek grange. A spe cial musical program will also be given. Chamber members and wives are invited. 40 CHILDREN'S BOOKS AT LIBE A consignment of 40 children's books from the state library arrived at the Heppner Public library this week, an especially good selection, say the librarians. QfttttfH Sugar Consumers To Get Rationing Books In Week OPA Issues Informa tion to Asssit in Sign Up May 4, 5, 6, 7 Application for sugar rationing books will be taken at all schools in ' Morrow county next week, May 4, 5, 6, and 7, the hours being from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m., announces Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county school superintendent. Applicants for sugar rationing books are urged by the Office of Price Administration to study care fully the application card, and have the correct answers when they reg ister on May 4, 5, 6, and 7. A sep arate application must be made for every person for whom a ration book is issued, but only one mem ber of each family unit is to appear at the nearest elementary school to apply for all members of the family. This is the biggest registration job ever undertaken in so limited a time in the United States. Within four days the nation, 130,000,000 men, wo men and children will be registered and will receive their ration books. To accomplish so big a job in that short space of time, the Office of Price Administration, which admin isters rationing is urging every ap plicant for a ration book to come prepared with accurate information to all questions . which the regis trars will ask when filling out the application form. If you answer these questions promptly OPA estimates it will only take four minutes to fill out this form. One and a quarter million school teachers will serve as regis trars. 1. Applicants should come prepar ed with a list of the members of their families, giving the exact name of each. 2. An exact description of each member of! the family unit, giving the height, weight, color of eyes, color of hair, age and ix of each one. , ... . 3. The person who registers, for the family unit must state his or her exact relationship to each mem ber of it. 4. It is necessary to know to the pound just how much sugar is in the possession of the household. The amount of sugar will be divided by the number of people in the family units and stamps will be torn out by the registrar for all sugar in ex cess of two pounds per person.- If more than four stamps have to be removed, issuance of the book will be withheld until later. One and only one member of each family unit is to go to the el ementary school nearest to the per son's residence to register and to apply for ration books for the whole family, OPA emphasizes. Single peo ple not members of a family unit, even if they board with a family, must apply for themselves. A family unit has been defined by the Office of Price Administra tion as "A group of two or more individuals consisting of all per- " sons who are living together in the same household who are related by blood or marriage." A Capella Choir Pleases Audience The large a capella choir from Eastern Oregon College of Educa tion, La Grande, made its appear ance at the gym-auditorium last evening, under sponsorship of the Heppner Music Study club, and was well received by a large audience.. Members of the group were enter taind last night in local homes, and reports indicate an inspirational vis it generally. They departed by school bus and cars this morning to complete their itinerary on the pre sent tour, which included several other towns in this section. -0 O G 50 a a n o r d w o H O 2 r- S g u u w -j H O ;0 O 73 ?) ?3 m O G : r w o o m