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Norman Nelson With Navy on Pacific Isle MJr. and Mrs. A .H. Nelson of Lex ington have received a letter from their son, Norman Nelson, with a naval construction battalion which shows him to be located on an island "somewhere in the Pacific." It fol lows: Dear Folks: I received my first mail today af ter having gone two months without any. There were nine letters and three bunches of papers, the Gazette Times and the Grange Bulletin. Thanks a lot for sending them. I am on an island in the Pacific ocean and that is about all I can say. Certainly have seen a lot of in teresting sights which I would never have seen if I had stayed in the States. It seems almost like a dream. I have been doing a number of dif ferent kinds of work since I have been here but have a good job now that I like. We certainly get all the bananas, cocoanuts, tangerines, etc., that we can eat. The natives often give us offerings of fruit. At one time we had seven bunches of bananas hang ing near our tent. Some times the natives' pigs come around and eat the lower ends of them. I broke a rib on my left side, so am taking it easy for a few days. This morning one of my tent mates and myself decided to go for a walk, and on the way we stopped in to. see a native friend of his. This friend showed us his banana and pineapple farm and gave us a stalk of bananas, and took us boat ing in his outrigger on a beautiful inland lagoon which of course is salt, but it looks like a lake. My mate and his friend went in swim ming but I couldn't on account of my ribs, but I had a lot of fun pad dling the outrigger. Oh yes, I must tell you that the native friend car ried the bananas back to our camp for us, which was about a mile and a half. We gave him little presents such as we had. They don't like to take presents from their friends, but otherwise they sure know how to. charge, one dollar being about the lowest price for anything. ' A number of the fellows would like to go back to Oregon with me after seeing my pictures, but I think if we ever get back they will head straight for home. Was just looking over the bulletin board and saw my name. There was a paper for me. It was an East Ore gonian which you had mailed to Norfolk. Was April 9 copy, but was quite interesting, especially Jose phine Mahoney's column. Well I guess I had better sign off for this time. Would like to hear from all of you and receive some pictures. How about trying out the new camera, Mom? I would like to take some pictures here but of course I can't. Hope you had enough moisture to finish up the crop, and I hope Dad and Fred don't find the combine in too bad condition after the big crop last year and my separator tending. Tell the folks around hello for me. Your son, NORMAN. Food for War Industry Workers Held Vital Oregon State College While Ore gon has made outstanding progress in its work in promoting nutrition for defense, the rapid growth in war time industries, particularly in Port land, presents a further challenge to those interested in this field, Dr. Helen Mitchell of Washington, D. C, told members of the state com mittee on nutrition for defense at a meeting held the last week in July. The meeting was called hurriedly by Dean Ava B. Milam, state chair man, upon receiving word that Dr. Mitchell, who heads the national program as chief nutritionist in the Federal Security agency, would be in the state with Miss Rae Rusell, regional nutritionist from San Fran cisco. Dr. Mitchell outlined the important place that nutrition is taking in keeping up a high level of wartime industrial production. Encourage men of better home lunches for workers, better selection of cafeteria food by workers, and better cooper ation of management in affording convenient and high quality food service add materially to the effi ciency of a workman, explained Dr. Circus on Its Way to Ease Tension of Times Bringing an interlude of joy and cheer to relieve the tension of trou blous times, Russell Bros.' Great 3 Ring Circus, one of America's larg est, will exhibit at Heppner Monday, August 17, giving an afternoon per formance only on the Cummings lot opposite the grain warehouses on Riverside avenue. Russell Bros., highly popular for the last decade in the East and Mid dle West, launched its 1942 tour to the acclaim of tremendous crowds in Los Angeles and Hollywood, and plans to visit all the leading cities of the Western states during the current season. Among the stellar features on the all-new star-spangled program are Winston's Equestrian Sea Lions which perform incredible feats of balance while riding horseback, Jorgen M. Christiansen's marvelous South American Criollo horses, the skyrocketing Escalantes, the Sensa tional DeWaynes, the Four Aceva dos, the Aerial Alexandros, the Bell Thazer Troupe, the Grace Orton Trio, the Clarkonians, and many oth er top-rank aerial, acrobatic and arenic artists. Additional trained animal features include performing elephants, out standing high school dancing horses, cunning military ponies, White's leaping Greyhounds, and the world's only troupe of trained Great Dane dogs. The performance opens with a great patriotic spectacle, "United for Victory." A special attraction in the menagerie is Congo, a gargantuan LOCAL ITEMS ... Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bededeard and two children of lone, Wash., and Charles Russell of Spokane, who is Mrs. Bededeard's father, were vis itors of Rev. and Mrs. Sterl D. Spiesz. Mr. Bededeard and Mrs. Spiesz went to grade school together in Spokane for several years. They were on their way to visit at Prine ville and California before return ing to lone. ' Mrs. Fred Rhode from Alabama, sister of Mrs. George Sanders, ar rived Tuesday for a visit. Mrs. San ders met her at Arlington. She has been visiting in Oregon for some time at Myrtle Point and coast points. Mrs. Edward Green departed Tu esday for her home at Portland af ter a week's visit with her mother, Mrs. Agnes Curran. B. R. Patterson accompanied her to the city for a few days' visit. Lloyd Segley, Chevrolet dealer of Ashland was a business visitor here Monday. He is the son-in-law of Mrs. O. G. Boyd of Caldwell, Idaho, former Heppner resident. Larry Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Moore of Pendleton, for merly of this city recently enlisted in the army air corps, according to announcement in the daily press. Gus Williamson was looking up Heppner friends Saturday while on leave from his work as a guard at Umatilla ordnance depot. Creed Owens left the end of the week for Hay, Wash., to visit his daughter, Mr. Fred Stark, and fam ily. ' Mitchell. More emphasis on the importance of maximum food preservation by individual families this summer was urged at the state meeting. Local sugar rationing officials can help greatly by encouraging maximum fruit preservation, it was brought out. liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I'liiw i NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HEPPNER Having been reclassified into class 1-A, it becomes necessary for me to sell Dickson's Variety Store in Heppner. Anyone interested in purchasing same, please inquire at the store. Gilbert C. Dickson In - t4 1 T' Z A PAIR OF JESTERS ape weighing upwards of 250 pounds. Doors open at 1 p.m. to allow time for the wild animal displays and horse fair in the menagerie be fore the' start of the big show at 2 o'clock. HARDMAN NEWS House on Greener Land, Hardman, Burns By ELSA M. LEATHERS The Hayden house, on the prop erty that William Greener purchas ed last year from Mrs. Maud Hay den, burned down one day this week. The contractor for hauling logs, Van Hubbard and family, lived in the house and lost all their household and personal belongings. Mrs. Hub bard was in Walla Walla with a small son in the hospital with mas toid trouble at the time of the fire. Mr. Greener was near by in a field but the house burned so fast noth ing could be saved. Raymond Pettyjohn has been in this community cutting weeds for the county. Weeds on the .J. B. Ad ams, O. H. Leathers and Guy Cha pin places will be cut. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Robinson and daughter Doris, and Mrs. Clar ence Rogers, all of Portland, visited here over Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas McDaniel and Joe Mahon went to Pendleton this week to visit an eye specialist. Mrs. Edna Sizemore of Seattle has been visiting the last two weeks with Mrs. Fred Reed. They are school girl friends. She will return home to Seattle this week. Miss Maxene McDaniel spent the week end at her home from the Lawrence Jones ranch where si e works. Mrs. Marvin Brannon and brother Donald Morton left Sunday evening for Portland where she will visit her parents a month before going to Mt. Vernon to teach school. Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel spent Saturday in Heppner visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McDonald. Carey Hastings is suffering from a very severe attack of the flu. He was taken to Heppner to a doctor Saturday evening. Claude Hastings is visiting this week end at home from Yakima, "in milium iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Heppner Gazette Times, August 6, 19425 where he is stationed in the army. Everett Hadley is home from Kin zua for a few days. He was work ing in the factory that burned this week, Mrs. Jessie Lovgren and family and Miss Betty Lovgren visited in Hardman over Sunday and visited Ed McDaniel at the John Day forest station at Parkers Mill. Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Adams and family of Kinzua visited over the week end with friends and rela tives. Mrs. Leon Chapin is visiting for two weeks in La Grande with her father, Theodore Byers, and grand mother, Mrs. Jennie Byers. Mrs. Ray Wright entertained Sun day, July 26, in honor of Mrs. Mary Coats, Mary Wright and Lois Keys. Fourteen persons were present. Grandma Coats was 87 years old July 28. Miss Jean Leathers returned home from Portland and the coast where she had visited the last six weeks. Miss Josephine Case returned home with her, and is visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. E. Leathers. Mrs. B. H. Bleakman and son Leslie and Mrs. Owen Leathers spent Monday and Tuesday of last week in Pendleton. Mrs. Bleakman was having dental work done, while Mrs. Leathers and Leslie Bleakman were consulting an optician. They vis ited at the Marion Saling home in Pendleton. Miss Ollie Hastings is. visiting this week from Kinzua, with Miss Alene Inskeep. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hams moved home Sunday from Kinzua where he will help through haying and har vest for his father, Jim Hams. Glen Farrens, who was kicked by a horse, on the leg last week, is slowly improving. Mrs. Foster Collins returned horn, from Klamath Falls where she has been doctoring for the last six weeks. Her brother, Ray Steers, underwent a serious operation while there. He is reported to be on the way to recovery again. G. W. Booher, post office inspec tor of Yakima, Wn., called at Hard man Friday evening, July 31, and installed Elsa M. Leathers acting as Mrs. Iris M. Brannon, successor to the postmistress-ship. Mrs. Mabel Wade of Cheyenne, Wyoming, visited her niece, Mrs. Neal Knighten, here the past week, and also accompanied Mrs. Knighten on the trip to Baker, Vale and other eastern Oregon towns, with the ce real. Delbert Osborne injured his back and neck while loading lumber and was not on the lumber truck for a day or two. Mrs. George Dean and daughter at A LUNCHEON PLATE That Hits the Spot o Our special hot weather plate is tempting to look at rousing to appetite! Full-flavored cold meats, extra-good potato salad it' a feast! Try it today. Also a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, in cluding good old-fashioned strawberry shortcake! ELKHORN RESTAURANT Ed Chinn, Prop. Leona returned from Boise, Idaho, where they have been visiting a bro ther of Mrs. Dean, who was home on furlough. Dewey Britt, Buster Bleakman and Walt Sibrel all turned out to help Bill Greener haul hay Sunday. Mrs. Greener took the dinner to the men and had a picnic dinner under the pines. Those present were Mai da Britt, Ella Bleakman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stewart, a niece of Mrs. Britt. The mill ladies, Mrs. Minnie Mc Ferrin, Ethel Robinson, Debbie Mc Daniel, Ella Bleakman, Jean Leath ers, Josephine Case, Maxene Mc Daniel, all made a quilt for the Van Hubbards, whose house burned. Mr. and Mrs. Al Lovgren, Minnie McFerrin, Debbie McDaniel and Frances and Carl Leathers all went huckleberrying to Happy Jack, Tu esday, when the mill wasn't oper ating. Ordnance Depot Wants More Workers Mien are urgently needed for vital war work at the Umatilla ordnance depot, Hermiston. All who qualify will be given appointments for the duration of the war and six months thereafter. The lowest these jobs pay is $5.92 a day, with time and a half for overtime. The work will be steady, and the pay totals over $160 a month for a six day week and $200 a month for a seven day week. The seven day week is general at the present time. Barrack and mess halls for single workers have been provided at the depot. The rate of pay was increas ed approximately twenty per cent on July 16. Workers have migrated from as far away as Minnesota, and large numbers have come from Washington, Idaho and Montana, but there is still an acute need for men. To be eligible, applicants must be American citizens, over 18 years of age, weigh at least 130 pounds, and have no serious physical disabilities. All those who are interested in working in this vital war establish ment should inquire at the nearest office of the United States Employ ment service where full information is available. STAR Reporter FRIDAY-SATURDAY Young America Hit the 4-H trail with Jane Withers! Jane's happiest hit, dedicated to the 4-H Army of young citizens recruit ed from the farmlands of the nation, pledged to help their club, their community, their Uncle Sam! pius South of Santa Fe Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Sons of the Pioneers Western musical with comedy. SUNDAY-MONDAY The Male Animal Henry Fonda, Olivia dcllavilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette He's a college professorbut in a class by himself with the gals. From the play that had a laugh for every light on Broadway. See it it will do your heart good! TUESDAY Adults 25c Bargain Night Children 10c The Girl from Alaska Jean Parker, Ray Middle ton, Jerome Cowan A Northern outdoor adventuie st:ry with lots of thrills and action. WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY Wild Bill Hickock Rides Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William There's a double-barrelled load of thrills in this mighty drama of the wide open spaces.