2 Heppner Gazette Times, August 20, 1942 LEXINGTON NEWS HARDMAN NEWS Hard man Folk Get First V-Mail Letter By ELSA M. LEATHERS Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel, Sr., were the first persons to receive a V-mail letter from Private Herbert Z. McDaniel, a nephew, stationed in the Hawaiian islands. The letter had been film-photoed, and was perfect ly legible. He stated that he was having a grand time and is quite anxious to get' over to Australia where he can get in actual combat. He said he'd have to send "Uncle Sam" a grass skirt, and asked in particular about Mrs. Ella Bleak man and sent her his best regards. He is the son of Ed McDaniel, and was gone only 19 days from Hepp ner when he landed in Hawaii- Air mail letters from him have arrived in four days. Carl McDaniel with Jim Firley stopped briefly in town Thursday on their way to the Nine Top sec tion to see the J. W. Maidment sheep. Mr. Farley bought the ewe lambs. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gilbert of Spokane spent the week end t Reeds mill. Mrs. Jay Stone went to Spokane Sunday evening to have her small son Dicky's- tonsils removed. J'-s. Stone is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed. John Hastings and sister moved to Kinzua this week where he will work as helper in the engine room. E. J. Merrill attended to business in Heppner Saturday. Miss Maxine McDaniel visited sev eral days in Heppner this week with her grandmother, Mrs. Maud Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Buschke spent the week at Bull Prairie with their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Max Buschke. They returned to their home Sunday evening in Heppner. Dallas McDaniel had his leg injur ed Thursday when he was caught by a log and thrown. He works on the landing for Van Hubbard. Upon visiting a doctor in Heppner it was learned that the muscles were torn loose, and will take some time to heal. Miss Josephine Case and Miss Jean Leathers are visiting in Heppner at the E. L. Case home this week. Miss Case is a grand daughter and is visiting here from Portland. Mrs. Robert Tetnpleton is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loy Mc Ferrin here a few days this week. Miss Lucille Reed and her friend Barbara Gunning of Portland, visit ed Miss Reed's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed, over the week end. Miss Reed is employed in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Dalzell of Dry Fork and Miss Shirley Collins oi Umatilla, guest of the Dalzell's, were visiting the A. D. Inskeeps, Sunday. Miss Clara Bell Adams returned home Saturday evening from Port land where she had been working .since school closed in the spring. 3fes. Minnie McFerrin entertain ed her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Keene, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel, Jr., Friday eve ning with a dinner. The occasion was Mrs. Keene's and Mrs. McDan iel's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carmichael and Mrs. Edna Turner of Lexington visited the Owen Leathers' on bus iness Sunday evening. Mrs. Ella Bleakman went to visit her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Reed, at the Scritsmier mill, Sunday. She will also visit Mrs. Raymond Mc Daniel before returning home. Mrs. Grace Adkins and Mrs. Clara Utter and son Dallas of Portland visited in Hardman this week. They visited also at the Jim Hams and Blaine Chapel homes. They will be remembered as Grace and Clara Bates. Carey Hastings was taken to a doctor again on Tuesday of this week for medical attention. He has been ill the last two weeks. He is still suffering from the flu and a severe attack of tonsilitis. Howard Cleveland trailed his old ewes this week to their home ranch above Heppner from their summer range near Burton valley. A farm laborer conscripted by the Nazis in Posen poisoned the chick ens and pigs of his "employer" by adding artificial fertilizer to their fodder. He was executed. Bridal Shower Given For Lexington Girl By MARGARET SCOTT May and Fay Rauch and Louise Hunt honored Mrs. Kemp Dick with a bridal shower Thursday afternoon at the Elmer Hunt home. Games were played during the afternoon and refreshments of light and dark cake and bride's cake and punch were served.' Mrs. Dick received a large number of lovely gifts. Doris Scott is visiting friends in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ferris are plan ning to move to Florence to make their home, the last of this week. Mr. Ferris has resigned as road boss for the state highway department. Many local' people attended the circus in Heppner Monday. Faye Ruhl and son and Maxene Gray and son were business visitors in Stanfield and vicinity Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock and daughters were week-end guests at the Everett Crump home in Hepp ner. Mrs. Frank Papineau and sons Ray, Wayne and Earl, spent the week end at their home in town from their work on Butter creek. Another son, Freddy, was home from Arlington. Mrs. June Schoonover and family are guests at the Dan Way home. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Scott and sons spent Sunday at the Lee Sprin kel home in Heppner. Mary Hunt and son Claire are in Portland and vicinity. The old Tom Beymer place burned Monday night. It is the place just above the Ted McMillan house. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gibson have returned here after vacationing for the last few days in Canada. IRRIGON NEWS Sale of Leicht Property At Irrigon Reported By MRS. J. A. SHOUN Miss Lavern Duus came home from St. Anthonys hospital where she is taking nurse's training. Her parents, the Herman Duus family, and herself went to Estacada to visit Mr. Duus' aged parents, Sunday. They planned to be gone' a week there and at Portland and wayside points. Mrs. Mary Stephens and two chil dren went to Arlington Wednesday to visit her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Stephens, and on to Rhea Sid ing to visit her brother, Dewey West, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bediwell and Mrs. Oscar Breeding left for Spray after several days in Irrigon. The Bediwells with his parents and Mrs. Breeding at the home of her bro ther, David Sleagall, and family. Frank Rider went to Pendleton Sunday to see the circus. "' Mrs. Harvey Warner and children went to Hermiston Thurday. John Voile doesn't think the far mers will make as much as the pub lic " thinks they will because the blight, melon bugs and grasshoppers all get more than their share. Frank Frederickson went to Hepp ner Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Arnberg went to Nolan to visit friends Sunday. -Tom Caldwell was a Hermiston visitor Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wilson went LUMBER TRUCK UPSETS Kenneth Dyreson, driver, escaped serious injury when a truck loaded with lumber overturned on the grade near the Bert Kane place on the Heppner hill road last Thursday morning. The truck cab was almost demolished. 1 "sra m I m M M I 1 i kxl U Svl rn JttU f U.S. PAT. 0. Sheaffer's new "TRIUMPH" Tuckaway pen set meets all U. S. Service requirements, and carries safely in ANY position in shirt, coat, or trousers pocket. It's the ALL-PURPOSE pen wearable in all climates, no matter how much or little clothing is worn. Give this newest fine set to your loved ones get letters back. Sheaffer pens, all colors, '2.75 to '20. See our selection. PETERSON'S to Freewater for tomatoes .Thursday. Cecil Goodman who is working at the Umatilla ordnance depot has been notified that he is to report to the army August 26. The Pente costal church is going to have a farewell dinner for him Sunday. He is their choir leader. The Sneiders of the Wilson Auto camp spent the week end in Yakima. Earl Terry cut off the forefinger of his left hand while doing carpen ter work at the ordnance depot Tuesday. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Allen has been quite ill but is improving. Frank Rider left for Ocean Lake Monday. He plans to spend his week's vacation there, Mrs. H. W. Grim met with a pain ful accident Sunday when she ran a splinter under her thumb nail the length of the nail. She had the doc tor at Hermiston remove it. It is reported that Mrs. Frank Leicht sold her store and other pro perty Tuesday. Earl Stewart, a soldier from Ok lahoma, is home visiting with his mother for a short time. He came Tuesday. James Shoun is in welding school, taking a course in welding. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Caldwell who have spent several weeks in Chicago, spent Thursday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Caldwell. They took Claire Louise back to Portland with them. She stayed with her grandparents while her aunt and uncle were gone. Dick Gau is home after spending the summer on a Vancouver boat. Mrs. Roy Bediwell is back from Pendleton after spending two days there. Father Sprague of Pendleton has been officiating at St. Patricks Cath olic church here while Father Fran cis McCormack is on vacation in California. IMPORTANT NOTICE Heppner Bakery will be closed next Monday and Tuesday while we are moving to our new location on Main Street. We will be open for business on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sanders, Proprietors. RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Miss Rose Leibbrand, with the women's army auxiliary corps at Des Moines, Iowa, has received ap pointment in photographic work for which she applied, according to word received by Heppner friends. To make one pound of aluminum requires the use of as much electric current as is used in the average American home over a period of more than three days. RIGHT DRESS ! LISTEN, BOSS, WHEN MY COILS ARE ALL COVERED WITH HEAVY FROST I CAN'T COOL YOUR FOOD PROPERLY. .J USE MORE ELECTRICITY THAN NECESSARY ...I WEAR OUT FASTER. ALWAYS DEFROST YOUR REFRIGERATOR WHEN THE FROST IS ONE-FOURTH INCH THICK. MAKE YOUR REFRIGERATOR LAST! . . . so PP&L's cheap electricity can keep on pro tecting your food. YtPi SEE YOUR DEALER FOR APPLIANCE FIRST-AID! When any appliance is damaged or out of adjustment, no matter how slightly, v consult your local electric dealer at once. He's equipped to make thorough repairs. His charges are reasonable. When you "put it off" you invite larger repair bills later and possibly permanent damage. 32 WsoM fuMic fewcc& BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS 1