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10NE NEWS NOTES Mrs. Clara Newlin Seriously By Mrs. Elmer Griffith Mrs. Clara Newlin is seriously ill in the hospitial at Heppner. She was stricken at the Grange hall Wednesday night whole assisting other H. E. C. members and was taken to Heppner from there. Her son, Gene Newlin of Seattle and her daughters, Mrs. Beulah Davin of Sacramento, Mrs. H. V. Leffel of La Grande and Mrs. Mary Olson of Vancouver, B. C, are with her. Her grandson James McNamee of Seattle and her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Reith of Har rington, Wash., were here but have returned home. Mrs. Newlin is a sister of Mrs. Paul CMeara. The P. T. A. will hold a reception for the teachers on Oct. 9 at 8 p. m. at the school house. All friends of the school are invited to be pre sent Ladies of the Union Aid society will hold their annual Silver Tea and sale of fancy work at the Con gregational church Thursday aft ernoon, Oct. 15. Everyone is cordial ly invited to attend. James Warfield had word from his son,, Corp. Robert Warfield, that he is now stationed in England. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan of Echo were business visitors here on Saturday. The date of the 0. E. S. district ,: meeting at lone is Oct. 19, and not the date previously announced in this column. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Taylor of Oregon City were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Riet mann Wednesday. They had been to Pendleton to see their son, who is serving with the air corps there. Mrs. Inez Freeland of , Portland is ... visiting at the home of her dughter Mrs. Omar Rietmann. Mr. and Mrs. Clel Rae have named their infant son Francis Norman. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Emert and Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swanson mad? a trip to Seattle this week end. The October study meeting of the Wonan's Topic club will be held at the home of Mrs. Garland Swan son Friday, Oct. 9. Mrs. W. W. Sanderson of Beaver ton spent several days here last week. She has disposed of her wheat ranch to Franklin Lindstrom. Mr, and Mrs. Milton Morgan re turned Saturday from a trip to Cal ifornia. While in Los Angeles they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Norton Lundell, who are engaged in defense work there. They also had the pleasure of a vsit with Miss Opal Finn, now manager in an office of the Douglas airplane plant They al so visited Louis; and Henry Buschke, both serving in the armed forces. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morgan who have been visiting in Portand, re turned home with them. x lone teachers will attend teach ers' institute at Baker Oct. 16 and 17. The high school student body has issued the first copy of the "lone Cardinal." Ernest McCabe is editor, Alton Yarnell assistant editor, and Alice Nichoson, managing editor. The staff has been chosen and is as follows: class news, Darlenn Bid die; features .Maxine Allyn; society, Melba Crawford; sports, Gene Riet mann; typist, June Griffith; and art Marjorie Peterson. Mrs. John; Vorhees, (Ruth Craw ford), who is teaching in the Sell-' wood school in Portland, spent the week-end with her parents here. She came up with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell spent Saturday night in Hermiston and the next day accompanied their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn to Yakima where they visited their son, Rich ard, who is in the army, and all enjoyed a picnic lunch. Loren Hale of Albany is here visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Laxton McMurray is enjoy ing a visit from her nephew, David Howe, and his cousin, Carl Davis. The boys have been employed in an air plane plant in California and are planning to return to their home in Iowa soon. The H. E. of Willows grange will hold an all-day meeting at the hall on Oct. 16, with a pot luck dinner at noon. Mrs. P. C. Peterson, Mrs. Lewis Ball and Mrs. Paul O' Meara will be hostesses" for the af ternooji. The club is planing to hold a bazaar on Nov. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Rietmann are the parents of a baby son, born Sunday in Hood River. The Morrow county teachers met at lone last Wednesday evening and elected ofifcers, as follows: president, Norbert Peavy of Hepp ner; vice president, F. W. Harter and secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Nor bert Peavy. The ladies of the grange served a chicken dinner ; The high school students held a evening, at which time the fresh party at the school house Friday men completed their initiation by washing up the dishes. Arthur Steffani is about school on crutches as the result of injuries suffered in the ball game Thursday. PINE CITY NEWS By BERNICE WATTENBURGKR Pine City club ladies met last Thursday with a good attendance. Two quilts were tied out for Mrs. John Brosnan. Visitors were Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. Truman Setheric and daughter Phoebe of Seattle, Mrs. DeMille and daughter, Mrs. Charles Ploord of Hermiston and Mrs. Floyd Mathers of Echo. Betty and Frances Finch of Hep pner spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch. Mrs. Truman Setheric and daugh ter Phoebe left Monday for their home in Seattle. Mrs. Setheric had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew of Butter creek. Norse Rasmussen of Hermiston spent Saturday visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger and fam ily. ' Mr. and Mrs. Charky Morehead visited Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Watten burger Friday evening. Mrs. Russell Moore gave a pi nochle party Friday evening in hon or of Mrs. John Moor a of Seattle. High bccre went to Jasper Myers and A en Ab,.-rcrombie and low to Vashti Saling and Clayton Ayers. Mrs. Pearl Vaughn left Saturday for Seattle and Bellingham, Wash., for a vacation and visit with her daughter, Helen in Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Struthers vis ited Saturday evening at the A. E. Wattsnburgcr home. Mrs. Watten burger has been on the sick list and is not feelig very well yet. Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson of Hep pner has been hired to teach the first four grades at the Pine City school. Mrs. Ages Currin teaches the upper grades. ' . Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burks of Echo called Sunday at the A. -E. Watten burger home. To buy, sell or trade, use. the G-T Greenfield Grgnge Host: to Pomona By Mary Ludell Morrow County Pomona grange was guest of Greenfield grange at Boardman on Saturday, Oct. 3. Reports and discussions on fire laws, dairy situation and synthetic rubber problems, filled the business hours preceeding the' bounteous noon meal served by the ladies of the Home Economics club. Although war conditions effect to some extent the traveling facilities of farm folk, the subordinate re ports show that an average atten dance and membership still prevail over the county. ' During the lecture hour the fol lowing program was presented by the lecturer, Mrs. E. C. Heliker. Song, "Smile, Smile, Smile." ' , Article, Fire Prevention week, Mary Lindsay. Voval duets, "Any Bonds", "Gold en Tomorrow," Baker girls. Original reading, "A Cheerful Vi sitor", Mrs. Al Troedson. Talk, Scrap' Metal Salvage, Henry Baker. Scotch song, "We'd Better Bide a Wee," Mrs. McFarland. Talk, Generalities, Mr. Lechner, Future Farmers Instructor, Board man. Article, "Farmers Depend on Congress," Mary Lundell. Recitation, "Susie Entertains a Visitor," Dot HalVerson. Song, "God' Bless America." A discussion on the filing of sep arate income tax for husbands and wives resulted in the appointment of the following committee to con fer with the state grange executive committee and lead in study of the problem in. subordinate granges, a report to be made at the next Pomona: Marjorie Baker, chair man, Willows grange; Henry Baker, Rhea creek; Orville Cutsforth, Lex ington; Minnie McFarland, Green field. . As the officers, Pomona elected a year ago, had not qualified to fill the station, the office was declared vacant. A unanimous ballot named Mary Lindsay to fill the vacancy. Mrs. Lindsay will serve until the next election, Nov. 1943. Htreaiter and for the duration only, Morrow county Pomona will hold but two meetings a year, one to be the first Saturday in May and the other the first Saturday in November. Owing to the rationing of gaso line and tires, the membership felt that the eliminationi of two meetings would assist in getting a better at tendance. 0The next Pomona will meet at Rhea creek in May, 1943. The session will convene at 10:00 a. m. Dinner at noon, business meeting un til 3:30 to be followed by a lecture hour. Initiation in the degree of Po mona will also be a part of the day's business. A lunch in the eve ning will complete the meeting. No Heppner Gazette Times, October 8, 1942-3 Women's Work in War National Theme night session will be held. It it hop ed that this change will meet with the approval of members through out the county and assure good Po mona attendance. Schools Suffer in Wartime Crisis In times such as we are under going there is one phase of our na tional life which suffers visibly and that is our school system. It is appar ent on every hand and has school authorities worried to do something about it. This, in effect, was what Miss Florence Beardsley told the lions club in regulor meeting at the Lucas Place Monday noon. Oregon, which is noted for its lack of support to the public school sys tem, according to Miss Beardsley, is struggling to maintain schedules and keep schools in operation or provide educational facilities in re mote areas. It is not a bright pic ture, the speaker stated and one that is apt to grow more accute as the war progresses. Morrow county schools are view ed in a favorable light in the words of the speaker, who stated that while connected with the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth she hadl an opportunity to study re cords of the schools here and that graduates receiving contracts to teach here were congrtaulated by faculty members upon their good fortune. Some change in school financing and a higher teacher pay scale will have to be accomplished if Oregon is to keep abreast of the educational facilities offered by neighboring states, Miss Beardsley concluded. Guests besides Missi Beardsley in cluded Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, Mrs. O. G. Crawford and Evangelist Willie White. The theme for National Business Women's week, Oct. 11-17, is "Wo man's Work in the War." An inte gral part of the federation's war program for 1942-43 will be the ef fort of women through out the country to stress standards and performance in the battle for pro duction. National Business Women's week has become a national inst.tution. The first observance was in 1928, when Emma Dot Partridge was ex ecutive secretary. The national fed eration has grown in that time from 874 clubs and 50,000 members to 975 clubs and 76,000 members. It is now organized in every state in the nation, District of Columbia, Alas ka and Hawaii. Mrs. Robert Owens of Tacoma is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Moyer. KEEP FIT RETURN FROM VISIT Mrs. C. A. McDanieil, son Everett Hadley and granddaughter Marlene Fisk of Arlington, returned the first of the week from a visit at Willa mette valley points. At Jefferson they visited) Mrs. McDaniel's father, S. Emery. At Woodburn they visited her sisters, Mrs. Tom Ramsdell and at Portland another sister,' Mrs. F. D. Fuqua. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ritchie of Sa lem are guests this week of Mrs. Ritchie's mother, Mrs. Cassie Shaw. "Time out" from war duties! Bowl at The Heppner Alleys return to Uncle Sam's work refreshed and relaxed! 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