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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 12, 1942
Volume 59, Number S3o
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Direct Training
For War Service
Tendered Youth
NYA Offers Short
Cut to Well-Paying
War Work Positions
How to obtain intensified train
ing equipping themselves for war
Industries and other defense work
was told to a group of Heppner
high school students Tuesday eve
ning by a group of NYA instruct
ors from the Pendleton center. A
number of adults also were pres
ent at the meeting in the Elks hall
and learned something of the train
ing offered by the center as well
as the seriousness of the situation
now confronting us.
Headed by Henry Vorlicky, as
sistant state manager and manager
of the Pendleton center, the group
included Glenn Norton, field youth
personnel officer; Ruth Rossman,
and project youth personnel sup
ervisor; James Young, radio project
supervisor, and Violet Hagen, pro
ject supervisor. Accompanying the
instructors were Trainees Alice
McGraw, Stanfield; Delia. Meiners,
Milton; Erma Points, Adrian, and
Norman Ruark, Chewelah, Wash,
wui Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. Vorlicky and Mr. Norton
pointed to the fact that trained
workmen, those receiving NYA
center certificates, do not have to
look for a job the jobs are looking
for them. Only recently a group of
girl graduates were placed at the
Hermiston munitions depot, receiv
ing salaries that would be the envy
oi college girl graduates, and the
opportunity for advancement lies
solely with the individual. Pay in
creases also are better than those
obtained in normal times and pro
motion come rapidly.
For example: Boys who recently
have completed the three months
course at the Pendleton NYA cen
ter and are now entered in the U.
S. navy radar technical school as
radio technician 2nd class, are get
ting $96 a month plus clothing and
subsistence. Third class draws $76
plus clothing and subsistence. Girls
assigned to the army air base in
Walla Walla three weeks ago as
signal corps radio technicians, are
drawing $166 a month, while the
group assigned to the Hermiston
depot as electrical technicians are
receiving $142 a month.
There is one thing the center
instructors must know when a stu
dent applies for admission to the
school: is it his intention to see this
thing through to the end meaning
the war. An occasional student
drops out after a few weeks and
this type is avoided whenever pos
sible. Miss Ruth Rossman told of the
living set-up at the school and de
scribed her acivities in the course
of a 24-hour shift As youth per
sonnel supervisor she has the wel
fare of all enrolees in her charge.
James Young, radio supervisor,
dwelt upon the merits of that
course, not only for the immediate
need of technicians but from the
standpoint of peace time demands,
which he says will be greater than
ever before the war.
President P. W. Mahoney of
the chamber of commerce conduct
ed a quiz of the four trainees and
brought out the fact that none but
.serious minded young people
should seek admission to the cen
ter. All four stated emphatically
that they were in to stay until this
war business is settled and that
they hoped to go right on in their
respective vocations during peace
time.
The meeting was held under the
auspicies of Heppner chamber cf
.commerce.
DRIVE FOR USO WAR FUNDS
SCHEDULED TO OPEN FRIDAY;
2 WEEKS CAMPAIGN SLATED
Morrow county's participation in the USO war fund campaign, somewhat
overdue, is scheduled to get underway Friday, according to announcement made
Wednesday by Henry C. Aiken, chairman of the committee in charge of the
drive. Aiken has been busy this week selecting committee members and out
lining phases of the campaign which is expected to be completed before Thanks
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Dear Mother and Dad:
I certainly don't want to be neglectful again
so thought I'd drop a note while I had the oppor
tunity. ..... There was a time when I more or
less looked down on the USO, but no more. These
service organizations are a life-saver to the aver
age soldier, or any soldier away from home.
Some of these women in Manhatten work all day
seven days a week to make the USO here a suc
cess and they 'are doing a great job. If the money
isn't misdirected, any contribution to the USO
is cerainly worthwhile Will write again
soon.
Your son,
Don.
Date for Wheat
League Meeting
Set by Steen
Tk; Eartem Oregon Wheat lea
gue vill hold its fifteenth annual
meeting in La Grande December 3,
4, and 5, Will Steen, Umatilla
county wheat grower and presi
dent of the organization, has an
nounced. Plans for the sessio as
worked out by the executive com
mittee recently include a program
on which a series of unusually im
portant topics to the wheat grow
ers will be discussed, said Steen.
Speakers, including high national
agricultural officials, are now be
ing arranged for. Among subjects
to be discussed are converting
grain into alcohol and rubber, dis
posal of northwest wheat surplus,
growing war crops in the Columbia
basin and Blue Mountain area,
wheat feeding and livestock mar
keting, farm machinery and trans
portation outlook, farm nance
findings in tillage practice in- the
Columbia basin, and the farm labor
situation.
Four main committees have been
ommendations for ', the convention,
set up to prepare reports and rec
with members in each county to
meet in advance of the state ses
sion, says C. W. Smith, league sec
retary and assistant county agent
leader. Meetings of the state com
mittees will be held Thursday,
Dec. 3 in advance of the maim
sessions on Friday.
Vesper Service Slated
For Sunday Evening
A series of winter vespers will
get under way Sunday evening at
7:30 at the Episcopal church. The
Music Study club is sponsoring
the hymn-singing services and the
majority . of the ministers have
welcome the plan.
The service will be interdenom
inational and it is hoped the pub
lic will respond to the venture.
Famliar, well-loved old hymns will
be used and the audience is ex
pected to participate with the
choir."
Mrs. Ture Peterson will be in
charge of the program used Sunday
night and Mrs. J. O. Turner will
preside at the organ.
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IT IS NOW, "HIS
HONOR, THE MAYOR"
One of the four mayors elected
in the Wallowa valley last week
was Merle Beckett, former Hepp
ner man, who has been connected
with the bank at Wallowa for sev
eral years.
Other mayors elected included
Max Wilson, Joseph; I. E. Snyder,
Enterprise, and M. Crow, Lostine.
Beckett was the only one of the
four having competition in the
race.
All-Out Effort Seen
In Newest Move by
State Coordinator
Total organization for the war
effort is seen in the announcement
by Jerrold Owen, state coordinator,
that the block plan for civilian war
services is in course of establish
ment. While the new plan may not
directly affect Heppner and towns
of similar size, it is likely that a
more concerted effort toward get
ting everybody enrolled in one type
of activity or another will be made.
Towns of 2500 or more will be
segregated into block units and
each block leader will be respons
ible for the cooperation of every
one within his district, in such di
verse efforts as the salvage drive,
transportation, conservation, war
savings, nutrition, child care, labor
supply, housing and every other
facet of civilian mobilization for
total war under the direction of the
office of Civilian Defense.
County Coordinator J. O. Turner,
in response to urgent calls from
the state office, called a meeting
Monday evening to take up the
matter of more active organization
work here but there was a lack of
interest on the part of citizens and
another attempt will be made in
the near future.
HERE FOR WEEK-END
Driving up from Portland for a
week-end visit were Mr. and Mrs.
Norton King, who were guests at
the home of Mrs. King's mother,
Mrs. Hilma Anderson of Eight
Mile Norton is awaiting call to the
air corps, having made application
last spring. He is operating a ser
vice station in Portland and enjoy
ing a good business, he stated.
A general canvass of the county
will. be made in an effort to fully
subscribe the fund asked at this
time, $600, and to accomplish this
Aiken has named the following
district chairmen who may name
others to assist them in their re
spective areas:
Heppner: Rev. Bennie Howe,
Father Francis McCormick.
Lexington: Ralph Jackson.
lone: Rev. J. Fred Stillwell.
Boardman: Mrs. Minnie McFar
land, Jack Gorham.
Hardman: Mrs. Owen Leather
Eight Mile: Mrs. Clive Huston.
Lena: Mrs. Paul Hisler.
Each committeeman has been ask
ed to canvass his district thor
oughly and in additon the gener
al chairman will mail appeal let
ters to pave the way for solicitors.
Funds may be handed over to com
mittee members or sent to the
First National Bank of Portland in
Heppner.
Considerable publicity has been
given the USO and it is hoped1 the
people of the county understands
ts mission well enough that urgent
solicitation will not . be necessary.
Reports coming from local boys in
the service show how much these
"home" centers are doing for them.
A long ways from home and friends,
the lads find these centers the
most attractive spots of any recre
ational facilities offered. The cen
ters are "manned" by the leading
homemakers of their respective ar
eas, women who understand young
men, most of them having a loved
one in the service and desiring to
do for other mothers' sons what
they would have done for their
boys.
Local people who have visited
the USO at Pendleton, Portland,
Medford, Ashland and other points
will readily testily to the popular
ity of the centers. Nothing bu
wholesome recreation is provided.
Hostesses, both senior and junior,
are from the best homes and a
homelike atmosphere is maintain
ed as far as conditions permt
An argument in favor of sub
scribing liberally to this fund may
be advanced in this manner: We
of the districts remote from war ac
tivities have little conception of the
arduous life being ' led by people
near army camps. Aside from try
ing to carry on home duties, main
tain a semblance of church and
civic activities, and hours and
hours spent at the USO center,
these people , are contributing of
their funds just as heavily as we
in the back country. In other
words, they are carrying the prin
cipal load. Is it nothing more than
fair that we should dig a little
deeper and see that they have am
ple funds with which to spread
cheer among the boys in uniform?
To quote a young soldier re
cently home on furlough: "The
USO is more than half the social
and recreational life of a soldier.
It is our privilege to help main
tain this splendid organization in
a manner that it may carry on un
hampered. A travelling examiner of opera
tors and chauffeurs is scheduled to
arrive in Heppner Thursday, Nov.
19, and will be on duty at the City
hall between the hours of 10 a. m.
to 4 . m. according to a recent an
nouncement released from the
retary of state's office.
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Before. Power of
Mighty Mustangs
Heppner Rated "B"
Champion of
Wheatland Area
Heppner ' Mustangs succeeded in
upsetting the highly touted Her
miston Bulldogs in their'1 annual
Armistice day gridiron classic.
The game was played before a re
cord crowd at the Heppner Rodeo
field The final score was Heppner
12, Hermiston 0.
Entering the game as underdogs,
Heppner wasted no time getting in
to the spirit of the game. Hermis
ton received the opening kick-off
and was forced to give the ball up
on downs. Heppner then realized
their defensive power and held
Hermiston scoreless during the en
tire game.
Heppner' s first touchdown was
made in the first quarter by Both
well," Heppner's right halfback on
an off-tackle play from Heppner's
ten yard line. An attempted pass
from Kenny to Hoyt fell short of its
mark in the conversion try.
Hermiston succeeded in keeping
Heppner from scoring again until
the third quarter. After a 70-yard
drive up the field, Barratt, left half,
took the ball through the center of
the line for a 30-yard run and a
touchdown. Bucknum was tackled
behind the line on the try for
point.
Only once did Hermiston threat
en to cross the Heppner goal line.
The Bulldogs on Heppner's three
yard ine at the end of the first
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HEPPNER 13 JOHN DAY
In probably the best game played
on the local field this season, the
lighter but scrappier Mustangs
proved themselves capable claim
ants to the eastern and central Ore
gon "B" championship by defeating
a powerful Grant Union high elev
en by a 13 to 0 score.
Heppner received the opening
kick off and in just a few minutes
of the first period found them
selves in scoring territory. Bar
ratt scored on about a 30-yard run
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Judge Says Teen
Age Youth Makes
Best Soldier
Declaring that the. boys between
the ages of 18 and 21 make the best
soldiers, Judge Johnson stated to
the Lions club Monday noon that
he favors the teen age draft meas
ure. Boys of that age have greater
faith in what their superiors tell
them, have greater recuperative
powers, are more active and have
less regard for what lies head of
them than the man of 35 and up,
stated. Men in the jrpper brackets,
except when needed in the armed
service, should be withdrawn for
industrial work, while the younger
men and boys should be given the
task of confronting the enemy. The
judge was speaking unofficially,
expressing his personal opinions
and divulging nothing in connec
tion with the draft law or its op
eratia MRS. EMMA GARRIGUES
Funeral services for MJrs. Garri
gues, whose death occurred at
Heppner hospital Wednesday eve
ning, Nov. 11, will be held from
the Phelps Funeral Home chapel at
2 p. m. Friday, Nov. 13. Rev Mar
tin B. Clark wrill officiate and in
terment will be made in Heppner
Masonic cemetery.
Mrs. Garrigues, who was past 76
years of age, had been ill for some
time and only recently was re
moved to the hospital for care and
treatment ,
An obituary will appear in these
columns next week.
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