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Mrs. Chester Brown has received
word that her son, Chester Chris
tian son, has been promoted from
lieutenant to captain in the ma
rines. Harry ODonnell, son of Mrs.
and Mrs. H. ODonnell, writes that
he is now attending gunnery school
at the navy base at San Diego where
he is stationed. He states that he
is enjoying the work a lot.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aiken have
received word that their son, Joe
who is with the Army Air Corps,
has landed safely on foreign soil.
Henry Stott has been notified that
his son, Henry, has been hospital
ized in Ireland for a slight operation.
He is with the Army.
Dean Gillman, of the Marine
Corps, won second place recently
in target shooting at his base in
San Diego.
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Joe Galeese, who was here re
cently on a few ' days' leave, has
been promoted to rank of sergeant.
Vestor Dallas "Stub" Ham, who
is with the Army at Little Rock,
Ark., will be joined there this
month by Miss Lorraine Bothwell,
who left here Sunday. They plan
to be married there.
Woodhouse Tucker of Stanfield,
who is stationed at Victorville, Cal
fiornia, was married on August 22
in Payette, Idaho, to Miss Edith
Brown of Portland.
John Bucknum, son of William
Bucknum, is now serving as direc
tor of the USO club at Christobal
in the Canal Zone. Bucknum re
ceived his early training in Oregon
at Mt. Angel Preparatory School
and Mt. Angel College. His first
job was as a teacher at St. Mary's
igh School, Phoenix, Ariz., where he
taught public speaking and . dram
atics. He was also athletic instruc
tor and football coach, and later
held the same positions at St. Paul
Union High, St. Paul, Ore.
Besides his teaching duties, Mr.
Bucknum was faculty advisor in
both schools to various student or
ganiaztions, and business manager
of some of the teams. During his
stay in Phoenix he acted as news
commentator for radio station
KPHO, and has always taken a
leading part in public speaking and
journalism when the opportunity
offfered.
Clarence W. Hayes, son of Mr
and Mrs. Glenn Hayes, who , has
been living in Corvallis with his
wife and daughter, Janis, left this
week for San Diego, Calfornia,
where he will serve with the Ma
rine Corps reserve. Mrs. Hayes
and Janis will join him later.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan of
Los Angeles , California, arrived
here Monday evening for a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morgan.
Milton has been employed at the
Douglas Aircraft company, but has
left to join the Navy.
Jack Merrill left Sunday from
Pendleton ,to start his service in the
Navy. From there he expected to
go to San Diego. y
FRANK NCKERSON INJURED
Frank Nickerson dislocated his
right shoulder and suffered bruises
when the horse he was leading
became frightened and pushed him
, against a fence. The accident took
place about half a mile from the
Anson Wright place. A Heppner
doctor treated him and he return
ed to his home.
GOES TO GRANTS PASS
John Wightman, accompanied by
his daughter, Mrs. Claude Graham,
drove to Grants Pass Friday, re
turning on Monday. They stopped
in Bend for lunch and while there
they saw Orville Smith, who is
spending the week there on busi
ness. -
Mrs. O. W. Bayless returned
Tuesday evening from Portland
where she had been visiting for a
lew days.
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Volume 59, Number 23
Morrow County
Men Are Inducted
Into Armed Forces
Selectees of Morrow county local
board who reported for induction
on August 26th and were accepted
for service in the Army are as fol
lows:, Conrad B. Hanson, Charlie
J. Marshall, Grattan L. Hoffmann,
Ivan N. Tunison, William B. Crum,
Charles D. Botts, James F. Bailey,
Lawrence E. Matteson, Cecil C.
oodwin, Robert E. Bruce, Hiram
E. Vinson, Ray M. Schenck. Ray
Schenck was appointed leader of
the group for the trip to the induc
tion station and he was made ac
ing corporal of he group that re
turned home on furlough before re
porting for active service.
Lyle Whealy, a registrant of
Morrow county local board, has en
listed in the U. S. Navy.
Local People Attend
Bond Sales Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Turner and
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth House were
among those from Heppner who at
tended the bond sales dinner held
last Monday evening in Pendleton
at the Junior High School gymnas
ium. Mr. House says that the
thing that impressed him about the
main speech of the evening., deliver -ed
by U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Wm. O. Douglas, was his declara
tion that, altho many were say
ing Ave " Americans were kidding
ourselves, and were not awake to
the situation, he felt we really were
and proceeded to prove his point.
He was introduced by Palmer Hoyt,
publisher of the Oregonian, . who
was first introduced by Guy John
son, bond drive chairman of Uma
tilla county. Very good music was
provided by two negro boys from
the airbase 'who seng, and Mrs.
Deye, wife of the band leader of the
school, who also sang.
County Schools To
Open September 14
At a special meeting of the board
of education of Heppner school dis
trict No. 1 of Heppner, held Friday
evening at the Heppner high school,
it was decided by the board to
postpone the opening of school for
another week. Therefore, the open
ing of school will be Monday, Sep
tember 14th, instead of the date an
nounced in the paper last week.
The board made this decision be
cause of the fact that the rain
and cold mornings will hinder the
completion of harvest throughout
the county, and the farmers need
the students' help.
LIONS CLUB MEETS
A meeting of the Lions Club was
held Monday noon at the Lucas
Place. Eight members were pre
sent 'for the luncheon and the
business meeting which followed,
conducted by Charles Barlow, pres
ident. It was voted to give $2.50
to the Red Cross for soldier kits.
The meeting for he following Mon
day was cancelled.
Lester E. Meadows, who was
born and lived in Heppner for
years, but has made his home in
California for many past years,
passed away on June 12 in Oak
land, California. He was a brother
of Mrs. Lorena Meadows Boyd, also
of Oakland.
Mrs. Effie Dunlap of Salem visit
ed recently at the home of Mrs.
Ray Drake. Mrs. Drake and Claud
ine accompanied her as far as Port
land, where they visited the new
baby son of Lieut. Donald Drake,
who is now stationed in Alaska.
Neighborhood Group
To Form Organization
To Combat Inflation
Every family in Morrow county
will soon be contacted and given in
formation on the national inflation
t control program if the Neighborhood
Leader organization now being or
ganized functions as it is expected
to. .
Explaining the background, meth
ods and purposes of the program to
control the cost of living and pre
vent inflation is the leaders' first
job. .
A man and woman leader have
been appointed for every neighbor-
hood in Morrow county and train
ing meetings for the leaders are now
under way. Leaders at Heppner
met at the county agent's office
Tuesday evening,' lone leaders met
in the Legion hall last night and the
Lexington leaders will meet tonight
a 8:30 p. m. in he high school.
The neighborhood leader plan is
the outgrowth of a request issued
to the extension service to organize
all farm and rural people so that
every family can be contacted in
the shortest possible time.
The major purpose of the plan is
to provide a means by which every
rural family can be reached
promptly with educational informa
tion vital to "the war effort and to
assist them in maintaining the farm
production plant so that it may
make the needed contribution to win
the war. Its purpose also is to as
sist farm and rural families through
neighborhood cooperation to over
- come some of the deficiencies which..,
are now apparent.
; C, D. Conrad, who is now busy
getting the plan into operation in
this county, states that the major
County Over Top
In Bond Quota
Morrow county exceeded its Aug
ust quota for bond sales. The quota
was set at $27,800, and the total
sales for the county last month were
$32,942.50, according to P. W. Ma
honey, chairman of the bond com- -mittee.
One well known Morrow county
farmer, who already had bought the
yearly limit of Series E bonds,
which is $5,000, also purchased this
month a $5,000 F bond. Others have
purchased a number of $1,000 and
$1,500 bonds. The local bond com
mittee feels that the farmers of this
county who have had bumper crops
should make heavy purchases the
next few months and lay aside a
nest egg for the years in which the
crops are apt to be short.
Swimming Pool
Closed In Heppner
A total of 3,769 swims was enjoy
ed by men, women and children in
the three months Heppner's fine
municipal pool was open. On June
8, Harold Buhman, as official Red
Cross life saver, opened the pool,
and continued its care until August
16, when he left for his new home
at Lakeview. Ray Schenck then
took its charge until the pool was
closed on August 26.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bisbeen, with
their daughter and son, Katherine
and Orrin, left Wednesday morn
ing for Diamond Lake, where they
will be some fishing. From there
Orrin will return to his home in
San Francisco, and Katherine to
her work in Oregon City.
The Eastern Star Social Club will
be held Saturday, Sept. 5, at the
Masonic Hall dining room, with
Mrs. 0. W. Bayless and Mrs. W. O.
Dix as hostesses. The party will be
a dessert bridge starting at 2 p. m.
and all Eastern Star members are
invited.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 3, 1942 o "
work of the leaders as now con
ceivecLamong other things, will in
clude such phases as what rural
families can do to assist in controll
ing inflation, farm transportation,
farm labor, salvage, rural fire con
trol, and rationing.
He adds that as time goes on, it
may be that this neighborhood lead
er system will provide the only ef
fective means of reaching a high
percentage of rural people.
The plan being followed is being
organized in every county in the U.
S. and was first submitted to the
County Agricultural Planning Com
mittees for their approval. The
committees in turn, divided the
counties into communities and ap
pointed a man and woman leader
for each community.
At a meeting of all community
leaders last month, the communities
were divided into neighborhoods
and a man and woman leader ap
pointed for each.
Quota Given By
Rationing Board
The local board has received the
tire quota for this month for Mor
row county. A warning has also
been issued by the tire commission
that the board must' be prepared
for a downward trend in the month
ly quotas.
Passenger and Motorcycle
New Tires 4
Class B Grade 2 18
(This is a class for defense workers)
Recaps ..:....75
New Tubes 51 r
Truck, Bus, Tractor, Etc.
, New tires .' 35
Recaps ' 58
New Tubes 59
New bicycles 2
New cars 2
Local Men Collect
Rubber for Shipping
A number of Heppner men donat
ed their time last Thursday after
noon and evening to loading the
scrap rubber collected recently on a
truck and transporting it to the
depot for shipment. Among them
were B. C. Pinckney, who organized
the mon, Howard Bryant, Jack Van
Winkle, Frank Turner, Burl Coxen,
Lee Sprinkle, Scott Furlong, Ed
ward Rice, Barney Doherty, Phil
Mahoney, Jimmy Driscoll, Bud
Hanlon, Elton Robinson, L. D. Tib
bies, Bob Pinckney, John Skuseski.
Roy McAllister, D H. Jones, Jr.,
Tom Wells, Stephen Thompson,
Luke Bibby, Alec Lindsey and
Logie Richardson.
Prospects Still Bright
For Big Rook Class
Oregon State College With high
schopl applications higher than last
year and those from transfer stu
dents slightly lower, total admis
sions for the fall term here are run
ning almost exactly the same as a
year ago, according to a mid-summer
report from Registrar E. B.
Lemon. Acceptance midway in Aug
ust showed the total from high
schools 3 per cent above the same
date a year ago.
Little information can be had on
return of old students, though re
servations at women's dormitories
and cooperative houses are practic
ally the same as last year. A few
vacancies remain in the coopera
tives where the girls, by doing most
of their ow nwork, cut living ex
penses drastically.
Young People of
Heppner Receive
Camp Honors
The Church of Christ held a spe
cial service last Sunday evening in
which a number of young people
were given special honor for hav
ing completed a required cturse of
study in their summer camps.
During July three young people
attended Ben Springs Christian
Service Camp south of Mt. Hood on
the Wapinitia cut-off, and they
were awarded their certificates at
this service. -
The Heppner group were Loma
Mae Jones, Betty Jepsen and Joe
Hughes. Loma Mae brought home
the honors by receiving the full
scholarship award to next year's
camp for being the best second
year student.
Six boys who attended boys'
camp at Anthony Lake just last
week were also honored. There
were a total of thirty -three boys
in this camp and of the thirty
three, sixteen made their decisions
for Christ and sixteen said that
they had prayed for the first time
in public.
Again our group brought home
the honors when Tom Hughes was
given honorable mention as be.-t
boy in camp. The decisions were
so close that Bobby Bennett also
was considered for that honor. Oth
ers who attended boys' camp were
Junior Hughes, Don Rippiee, Her
val Pettyjohn and Bobby Jepsen.
As a beautiful climax to this
service five of the young reople
were baptized into Christ.
Fine Exhibits In
4-H Garden Fair
Good quality vegetables of many ,
varieties can be grown in Morrow
county was evidenced by the ex-,
hibit of 4-H club garden produce
on display in Heppner last Satur
day. ,
Club , members from Irrigon,
Boardman, Lexington and Hardman
exhibited in the first 4-H club gar
den fair to be held in Heppner.
Many club members, however,
were away working and were un
able to exhibit. Fourteen members
of the twenty-six enrolled in the
county furnished vegetables for the
exhibit.
Audrey Majeske, of Lexington,
was awarded a 1943 summer school
scholarship lor having the best pro
ject exhibit.
The Lexington Garden club was
awarded $10 in defense stamps for
the community victory garden ex
hibit. The Lexington club was the
only club competing in this division
but their exhhit wheh included a
large variety of garden produce was;
very worthy of the award.
CROPS CONTROL WEEDS
Klamath Falls Successful control
of such perennial weeds as whitetop
has been obtained with fall-planted
smother crops here, reports C.A. Hen
derson, county agent. Considerable
land is being prepared by owners
for September planting with rye and
peas, following seasonal summer fal
low. Heavy seedins gave the best re
sult last year, with rye used at the
rate of 80 to 100 pounds per acre,
and peas at 90 to 130 pounds, seeded
together.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Isom and dau
ghter drove to Pendleton last Fri
day where they were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Struve. On Sunday
Mr? Isom drove to Eugene, where
he attended the funeral of his bro
ther, T. C. Isom, who passed away
there last Wednesday. He is a
cousin of Charles B. Cox, and El
bert and Charles Cox og this city,
Mr. Isom returned Monday even
ing to Pendleton, where Harriet
was operated on the following
morning for removal of tonsils and
adenoids. They returned to Hepp
ner on Tuesday morning.
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