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Heppner Gazette Times, October 29, 1942-5 TONE NEWS Ry MRS. ELMER GRIFFITH The lone P. T. A. met Wednes day at the school house with the president, Mrs. James Warfield presiding Routine business was conducted and a resolution was a dopted, instructing the secretary to write the parents, irorrning them of the present insanitary, expen sive and unsatisfactory conditions with regard to the towels used in the shower rooms, and requesting that parents furnish two towels for each of their children or money to purchase same. It will then he pos sible to have the towels washed, and for each child to have a clean one each time he takes a shower. Bert Mason gave a very interesting talk on the early history of lone, At thrfJ.ose of the meeting refresh ments were served in the lunch room by Mrs. Ely, Mrs. Palmateer and Mrs. Griffith. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blake and Mr. end Mrs. Lloyd Morgan drove to Portland this week-end to attend the. Oregon-Washington foot ball game. Martin Bauernfeind of Morgan drove to Top Sunday to bring home Mrs. Bauernfeind, who has been vacationing at the home of her ne phew, Lyle Van Deusen and enjoy ing a successful deer hunt. The lone foot ball team defeated Lexington on the local field Friday afternoon by a score of 19-13. The game next Friday will be with Pi lot Rock on their ground. Ross Perry of Morgan seems to be continuing his "good neighbor" policy. Ths week Fayne Ely receiv ed a letter from a young boy of his own age in New Zealand who said that he had made the acquain tance of Mr. Perry and had been asked to write. Rev. and Mrs. J. Fred Stillwell enjoyed a visit last week from their son Emery Stillwell, ' who is a member of the R.A.F. in Canada. Roy W. Lindstrom who was in ducted into the army on Sent. 25 is in the hospital at Camp Callan Cal if., according to word received by his wife. Bert Mason and E. C. Heliker and Donald Heliker of Hermiston left Monday for a hunting trip in "the mountains, where they planned! to join Harry Yarnell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carlson are visiting in Portland and vicinity. They attended the foot ball game in Portland Saturday. The freshman class assisted by their sponsor, Miss Courier, enter tained the rest of the high school at a delightful party last Friday evening. The gym was cleverly decoraed and after the games de licious refreshments were served. Mrs. Harvey Ring made a week end trip , to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bergevin went to Walla Walla this week to attend funeral services for Mr. Bergevin's sister who was killed in an automobile accident in Alaska. Miss Ella Mason of Portland is here visiting her sister Mrs. Clara Kincaid and other relatives. The Union Missionary society will meet at the Congregational church parlors Nov. 5. Mrs. Frank Englcman will have charge of the program, and Mrs. Delia Corson and Mrs. Laxton McMurray will serve refreshments. Mrs. Inez Freeland left Monday for her home in Portland after a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Omar Rietmann Mrs. Riet mann entertained Mrs. Ella David son and Mrs. Delia Corson at din ner Sunday in honor of her mother. E. J. Bristow enjoyed a visit from his sister, Mrs. Mabel Hilary, and her friends Mrs. Myrtle Swit zer and Dr. Mary Campbell,, all of Vancouver, B. C. Another sister, Miss Blanche Bristow of Hood Ri ver, and Dr. C. C. Chick were al so guests. Mr. and Mrs. Lse Evans of Mo sier were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Rietmann recently. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Swanson and baby of Portland are guests of Mr. Swanson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swanson. The Social club of the O. E. S. will hold a carnival at the Masonic hall on Nov. 14. The P. N. G. club of the Re bekah lodge will serve dinner at the I. O. O. F. hall on election day. Mrs. Roy W. Lindstrom attended the Homecomir'- celebration at 0. C. E. in Monmouth Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eubanks of Portland were visitors this week end at the home of Mrs. Eu bank's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. McCabe. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Johnson and daughter Sandra of Enterprise vis ited Mrs. Ella Davidson on Sunday. They were on their way to visit Mr. Johnson's brothers. Kenneth, of Condon and Elwin, of Los Age les. Kenneth, Jr., is leaving for the army soon. The men are nephews of Mrs. Davidson. The Women's Topic club met last Friday at the home of Mrs. will be on November 6. Mrs. Raymond Lundell was hon ored with a shower at the Congre gational church on Saturday afternoon. OUR DUTY TO VOTE Heppner, Ore. Oct. 28, 1942 To Editor of Gazette Times: May I have space in your paper the voters of Morrow county to go this week to remind and urge all to the polls and vote. This is our duty and it is a great privilege. The people in this country I believe, are fighting on the home fronts to remain free, which, involves the right to vote as we please. I believe our two party system a far better way that the way of the Nazis, Facists and the Commu nists who believe that free voting is out cf style, because they be lieve there can only be one united government headed by one man If you believe that their way is best, then "stay home,'" do not vote. But if you believe in our form of American governments, then go to the polls and vote. Men have fought and died and are fighting and dying this very day to protect our right to do this. I would like to urge the voters throughout this nation to exercise their sovereign right more carefully than ever before. If you love your country, seek to know the men and their policies who are going to gov ern it for us. Let us not forget to vote Nov. 3. A voter who loves her country and who is deeply grateful for all the privileges we have. Alta Brown Mrs. America Meets the War Editors note: War touches every home and every citizen. This column, based on official government information and prepared by the Office of War Information, shows how the war will effect Mrs. America and her home. Pennies from heaven are not sought by the U. S. mint, al though the coppers stored away in your "piggy bank" will be more than welcomed. Turning your pen ny savings into war bonds and stamps will be helping save tons of metals vital to the war. In order to conserve -strategic materials, the government has curtailed produc tion of pennies. So the more one cent pieces that return to circula tion, the less demand for new coins. And the pennies add up. If each family were to return to use just 100 one -cent pieces, it is estimated that the increased national supply would save more than 1,000 tons of copper. Oh, lady, spare the can opener as a contribution to the war effort. The war production board is urg ing housewives to reduce purchases of canned goods by one container a week to make available tons of steel and tin for containers carry ing food to the armed forces and Allies. If every homernaker would participate in a "one-can-less-per week" drive, it is figured that nearly 190,000 tons of steel, over 2600 tons of tin and about 77 tons of rubber would be saved. Cutting down on the purchase of canned foods, should not mean less food for Mrs. America's family. While pantry shelves have fewer commercially canned foods, buy fresh vegetables and fruits when ever they are in season. And then to further increased foods avail able for civilian use this winter store, can or dry the fall season's surplus of fresh fruits and vege tables. And here's a thrifty sugges tion save imperfect fruits and ve getables too. These can be made into peach and apple butter, or canned as assorted cut-up fruits for salads and for fruit cups, or as mixed vegetables for winter soups. Mrs. America will be able to get three pounds of sugar on var ra tion stamp No. 9, but it must last her from November 1 through Dec embar 15. Stamp No. 8 will not be valid after midnight October 31. When figuring out the family's weekly quota of meat under the share-the-meat plan, don't count children in for tjhe regtular 2.5 pound per person allowance.- The food requirements committee sug gests that children under six re ceive three-fourths of a pound of meat, beef, pork, veal, lamb or mutton, in meals during the week. And the youngster between the ages of six and 12 should be allot ted 1.5 pounds of these meats regularly. Rent your spare room to war workers and you'll be helping to speed war production. The national housing administration reports that war production already is being af fected by the lack of decent liv ing quarters for workers. The de mand for housing has become so ungent that in more than 50 over crowded war production centers the government plans to lease pri vately owned homes and buildings or remodeling into accommodations for war workers. The converted properties will be rented and man aged by Uncle Sam for the dura tion, and then will be returned to their owners within a reasonable period after the end of the war. Remember, Mrs. America that you will not be eligible for gaso line when nation-wide rationing begins if you own more than five tires for any one car. And if this is the case, turn in the extra tires regardless of their condition, keep ing the best for your car. Just call the Railway Express nearest your home to have excess tires picked up. They may either be given or sold to the government. And it is important to note the serial num bers on the five tires you keep since these will be required on your application for a mileage ro tion. Serial numbers re indented in the tire wall, never raised. Our Men In Service Leo Perry has communicated with his sister, Mrs. E. E. Gilliam of Heppner, that he is safe at his home in Norfolk, Va., disregarding the report that he was among the missing from the carrier Wasp when it was downed in the Med iterranean. Leo was first musician in the Wasp's band.. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bisbee have re ceived word that their son Orrin was inducted into the army at Monterey Calif., last week. Paul Doolittle has notified his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle, that he has finished his course in aviation mechanics at the Ford school in Detroit and was headed for Jack sonville, Fla., for further training. . CorpL Vivian Niel White, former Lexington boy, writes his aunt, Mrs. Harry Duvall, that he is still station ed at Ford Ord, Calif. His address is Vet. Sec S. U. C. 1926. He does of fice work, being the first sergeant's assistant clerk. He likes his duties and says he looks forward to "mail call" and letters from home. Morrow county men leaving for the U. S. army induction station Monday night were Wamer Archie Medlock, Raymond Howard Turner Jr , Charles Algott Lundell, Forest Ellis Adams, Ellis Charles Saling, Oliver Perry Campbell, Arthur Lester Vance; Frank Marion Ad kins, Glen Lewis Gilchrist, Lau rence Donald Patterson, Thomas Ralph Everson, John Frank Mains and Eugene GrabilL. Frank Adkins was appointed leader of the group and Warner Medlock and Arthur Vance were named assistant leaders. Warner Medlock and Raymond Turner were volunteers. Since 1929 REMEMBER- These Two Things This is Oyster Season and The Elkorn Restaurant Is the Place to get Oysters Served to your taste Other Sea Foods Irt Season Follow the Crowd to ELKHORN RESTAURANT Ed Chinn, Prop. Oregon income tax rev enue has been used 100 to reduce taxes on YOUR property for State pur poses a direct benefit to Every Property Owner! Why Change That Fian Now? Diverting income tax cash to School Districts on "actual attendance" basis DOES NOT "equalize" revenue available per pu pil. Poor schools will still be relatively poor, and rich schools richer. 27 of diverted revenue would go to Multnomah County VOTE 313 x no AGAINST Income Tax Diversion Bill November 3rd Election (Pd. Adv.) Tax Stabilization CommlttM Fenton Bldg., Portland, Ore. E. B. Tanner, Chin. J. H. Young, Bee. VOTE X25 for HENRY PETERSON Candidate for State Representative from the 22nd Representative District A Native Morrow County Son A World War I Veteran and mem ber of the American Legion A Genuine Dirt Farmer Present Master of Rhea Creek Grange He lias been affiliated with the Eastern Oregon Wheat League from the beginning and knows the problems and needs of the entire district. Peterson was the unanimous choice of the four comity courts of the district in selecting a successor to E. Harvey Miller, resigned. VOTE FOR YOUR BEST INTERESTS!! VOTE FOR HENRY PETERSON-X25 Paid Advertising by Peterson for Representative Club From where I sit . . . ( ly Joe Marsh Last Saturday night we were set tin around Jeb Ciowell's house, and from upstairs we hear the squawks these Croweil youngsters put up while their Ma was dunkin' 'em in soap and water. Causes Jeb to comment: "Just shows how times change. Used to be a lav here in America that nobody could take a bath without a doctor's prescription!" . Then we got talking about the funny laws some people have put 'through in this country like the state where they made it against 'the law to wake a man up if he's sleeping on the railroad tracks. "Railroad law I once heard about," says Basil Strube, the sta tionmaster, "said when two trains meet at an intersection, neither can proceed until the other one has gone ahead." "How could that be a law?" asks Pete Swanson. "That just don't make sense." "Lots of laws don't make sense," says Jeb. "Why just think! We're livin' in a land where most folks hold for tolerance and understand-. ing. And yet it wasn't so long ago we had a law of Prohibition. Ac count for that, if you can." Well, he had us there. Here's America where we set so much store on secin' the other fellow's point of view havin such a law. Now that it's all over, it's hard to realize how people put up with a law like that, even as long as they did. From where I sit, a man's got i every right to enjoy a satisfyin' glass of beer when he wants to quench his thirst. Beer's a friendly drink. It's a drink of moderation, too. And most folks even the ones j that don't drink beer themselves are tolerant enough, nowadays, to respect the rights of folks who do. I reckon Jeb was right we've had some mighty strange laws in, this country. No. 52 of a Scries :i right, 1942, Bwwint Industry Foundation i