Heppner Oregon, Thursday, November 19, 1942
Volume 59, Number 34
Morrow County Wins .'$'1,000. Bomidl
Mustangs Earn
Fling at State
it
B" Championship
Leave for Valley
City to Meet Title
Holding Daytonites
Having cleaned up on the local
field of entries, Heppner's Mus
tangs left today for McMinnville
where tomorrow afternoon they
will attempt to turn back the
thundering herd from Dayton higs
school and capture the state "B"
class title.
The Mustangs outplayed Condon
on a windy gridiron Friday after
noon, winding up the home season
wfth a 26-0 victory. It was a post
season encounter and had no bear
ing on conference standings, but it
was all the same if it had for the
Heppnerites would have strength
ened their position by one more
game,
Dayton boasts the outstanding
"B" class title in the western part
of the state, having suffered but
one defeat and that by an "A"
school. The little valley school's re
cord is almost as impressive as
Heppner's and the contest on the
Iinfield college gridiron tomorrow
afternoon should be a classic.
Regardless of the outcome of the
Regardless of the outcome, Coach
Lyle S wen son has scheduled a
trip to Corvallis where he and the
squad members will witness the
annual civil war between the teams
cf the two big state schools Ore
yn and Oregon State.
The Mustangs will enter the con
test with a weight average of 165
pounds. The starting lineup prob
ably will be as follows: left end,
Kenny Shideler; left tackle, Claude
Drake; left guard, Hugh McLaugh
lin; center, Dee Jones; right guard.
Phil Cohn; right tackle, Ray Par
rish; right end, Mose Lovgren; left
helf, Jim Barratt; right half, Wade
Bothwell; quarterback, Jim Kenny,
and fullback, Bill Bucknum,
Scoring a total of 121 points to
opponents' 28 the Mustangs' season
shows the following results: Hepp
ner 26. Pendleton "B" 0; Heppner
12, Arlington 0; Heppner 12 Grant
Hi 0; Heppner 14, Hermiston ,22;
Heppner 6, Arlington 6; Heppner V
Hermiston 0; Heppner 26, Condon 0.
Local Wheat League
Committees Called
Morrow county Eastern Wheat
League committees will meet in
Heppner at the county agent's of
fice Wednesday, Nev. 25, to draw
up resolutions to present at the an
nual EOWL meeting to be held at
La Grande on December 3-4-5.
The county committee meetings
are all being held on the same day
this year to save on travel as some
farmers are on more than one com
mittee and it is expected that many
will wish to travel together.
All farmers in the county are in
vited to attend any of the meet
ings they are interested in.
Hours for the committee meetings
are as follows:
Land Use Henry Smouse, chair
man: 10:00 a. m.
Transporation and Labor Clyde
Denny, chairman: 1:00 p. m.
Legislation and Taxation Henry
Peterson, chairman, 3:00 p. m.
Federal Agricutural programs
Henry Baker, chairman, 7:30 p. m.
GUILD MEETING CANCELLED
All Saints Episcopal guild will
not hold its regular second meeting
of the month as it falls on Thanks
giving day. Next meeting will occur
Dec. 10. This will be the regular
business meeting.
Per Capita Average of 275
Pounds Leads Counties of State
Oregon Tops Entire Nation
- Once more Morrow county has
scored a triumph in giving assis
tance to the government to
promote the, campaign for democ
racy and freedom throughout the
world. This time the stakes were
a little higher and the people of
the county, responding to the re
quest of the government for scrap
iron and steel and rallied by the
calls of the local salvage commit
tee to "put 'er over the top" not
only outdistanced all other coun
ties of the state but played an im
portant part in placing Oregon at
the head of the nation in meet
ing the quota of 200 pounds per
person. ,
Morrow county delivered 1,194,
507 pounds of scrap iron and steel
during .the three weeks campaign
in October, topping all other coun
ties on per capita basis with an
average of 275 pounds. Second
county, strange to say, was our
next door neighbor Gilliam, with a
total of 616,412 pounds or a per
Gas Registration
Underway Today
Gas rationing is under way and
mary cat,-truck 'and tractor owners
are consulting with the various ag
enda i connected with the rationing
frogram. Farmers have been coni
ng to town all week in an effort to
get their classifications fixed up to
insure them enough motor fuel to
carry on operations without too
much of a handicap.
Motorists are wondering how
they will get along on four gallons
of gasoline a week but are taking
no chances on not getting even that
much. A generous amount af good
natured ribbing is the rule among
curbstone visitors but withal Mr.
John Citizen is taking the whole
matter seriously.
Charles Cox Rates
Sergeant's Stripes
Mr. and Mrs. W. Claude Cox
were elated to see a picture and
writeup of their son Charles in
the Oregon Journal. Charles had
written his brother, Clair, 831 S.
W. 6th avenue, Portland, that he
is now on duty in New Guinea
and that he has been raised from
private first class to sergeant.
Sergeant Cox enlisted at Port
land army air base in August, 1941
and was transferred to foreign
duty in November. He was sta
tioned in Australia until recently
when he flew to New Guinea for
active duty. Although in the air
corps, Charles doesn't classify as a
flyer, his parents state, although
his exact status is not known to
State college at time of his enlist
them. He was atending Oregon
ment.
EARLY MORROW RESIDENT
PASSED AWAY TUESDAY
Lotus Robison, in town Wednes
day afternoon on business, informed
the Gazette Times of the passing of
his mother, Martha Robison Neal,
at Condon Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Neal was past 88 years of age and
w?s well known in Morrow counly
where she was a resident for many
years. She first settled here in 1S83.
Funeral services will be held at
11 o'clock a. m. Saturday in Con
don, followed by interment in the I.
O. O. F. cemetery below Hardman
at about 2 p. m.
capita average of 213 pounds. Clat
sop, with a yield of 4.000,000 pounds
or 161 pounds per person, was
awarded third place.
The grand prize of a $1,000 war
bond captured by this county will
be divided among charitable insti
tutions, according to C. D. Con
rad, chairman of the county sal
vage committee, who expressed his
appreciation for the splendid co
operation accorded the committee
in collecting the scrap. "This is
just another case where Morrow
county cooperation and patriotism
has put the county out in the lead,"
he added, "and those people who
donated their time or trucks to
aid their neighbors and helped put
this drive across are to be espec
ially commended.
"We had so much help on the
drive that no attempt should be
made to list those people who
should receive special recognition
as some one would surely be left
out.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS
In order that the Gazette Times
family may enjoy their Thanksgiv
ing dinner it is the desire of the
editor to receive all correspondence
for next week's issue on Monday.
Due to the uncertainties of the av
erage civilian's mail these days we
urge you to heed this notice and get
your contributions in on time.
Lexington School
Aids Drive Funds
Pointing to ultimate success of
the county's USO war fund cam
paign, the Lexington public school
has turned in $34 according to T.
R. Burton, superintendent of the
school. This sum was the major
portion of a fund of $48.60 raised
by students and faculty to apply
to the USO, Salvation Army and
the Pendleton USO center and was
divided as follows: County USO
fund, $34; Salvation Army, $11.60;
magazine subscriptioti' to be sent
directly to Pendleton USO cen
ter, $3. "
Mrs. Lillian Turner's room con
tributed $10.01, second only to the
faculty subscripion of $27.
"If all organizations would re
spond like this enthusiastic group,
those who are charged with thc
responsibility of raising Morrow
county's $000 would have a very
minor task," Mr. Burton stated
when reporting the donation to the
Gazette Times.
FORMER RESIDENT PAYS
RESPECTS TO COUNTY
Portland, Ore.
Nov. 16, 1942.
Mayor J. O. Turner,
Heppner, Oregon;
Dear Sir:
A Portland newspaper of Nov. 15,
1942, says: "Morrow County placed
frst among the 36 Oregon counties
in per capita collection of unused
metal in the recent intensive nati
onal scrap metal drive, ad as a re
sult won the $1,000 war bond of
fered by the state salvage commit
ee." Congratulations!
During World War No. 1, Mor
row county made history in her
speedy "over the top" Red Cross
drives. Let the good work go on.
Sincerely
Addie Conlee Binns
21 S. E. 24th Ave., Portdanl, Ore.
"Everybody in the county should
feel proud of this record, not that
we outdid someone else, but that
we really helped in providing our
boys at the front with the mater
ials they need," he concluded.
Nearly $3,000 has been received
in the county for scrap shipments
thus far and returns on three car
loads are yet to come. Payments
for scrap iron receipts now are be
ing made in sequence according to
the date scrap was brought in, be
ginning with Oct 8 and going as
far as present returns will permit
Payments for later scrap deliver
ies will of necessity have to wait
until additional returns are re
ceived, Conrad advises. Eight dol
lars a ton for scrap steel and $15
a ton for cast iron are the amounts
being received.
A clean-up drive has been sched
uled for Nov. 27-28 to get in more
scrap and get it all loaded and
shipped before winter weather sets
in.
USO Fund Drive
Bringing Results
Evidence that the campaign to
raise Morrow county's quota of $600
for the USO is seen in the fact that
the contributions are coming in
daily, and while no checkup has
been made of amounts " received
thus far, indications are that the
sum will be raised' without a con
certed committee drive.
In the current campaign the
schools are taking an active part, as
in the case of the Lexington school
which turned over $34 to Chairman
Henry C. Aiken Wednesday. Oth
er schools are preparing to follow
suit and their contributions com
bined with other institutional and
private amounts will suffice to fill
the quota, Aiken believes. This
does not preclude the necessity of
every citizen taking his part, the
chairman stated, for if the current
quota is over subscribed the sur
plus will be held over for future
quotas.
Teen Age Youths
Get Questionnaires
Acting under advice from head
Morrow county board has been
quarters of the selective service,
mailing questionaires to the 18 and
19 year old group of registrants.
The work has been completed, cov
erng all registrants from order No.
10305 to 10360 inclusive.
These registrants were registered
on June 30, 1942, and all who have
previously attained the 20th anni
versary of their birth have received
questionaires.
A number of Morrow county's
young men of this registration
group have elready enlisted, vol
unteered or been inducted into the
armed forces.
MAKE SHORT VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. James Yeager and
daughter Beatrice spent a few
days here visiting Mr. Yeager's
father and other relatives the past
week. They were enroute to Med
ford from Couer d' Alene, Idaho,
where "Jim" was doing consruc
tion work on the naval training
station. A big snow storm spoiled
the outlook for him and he de
cided to seek work in the south.
After a short visit in Medford,
the Yeagers plan to go to Califor
nia where he hopes to engage in
construction work.
Clean-Up Scrap
Drive Scheduled
For Nov. 27 and 28
Salvage Committee
Aims Keep County
Out in Front
A cleanup scrap drive to get all
remaining scrap iron before winter
weather and1 gas rationing seta in
will get under way November 27 to
28 in Morrow county.
Morrow county already leads all
other counties in scrap iron collec
tions and this drive should put it
far enough ahead that no other
county can catch it
More than, a million pounds has
been delivered by Morrow county
since October 8. This can easily be
increased to two million. The scrap
is here and it is up to the people.
Millions of pounds of scrap iron
will be needed by our steel mills
and foundries before next summer
and everybody is urged to give an
other day or two towards getting
our remaining scrap into railroad
sidings now before weather condi
tions make it impossible. ,
Those who ha ve brought in all
their own scrap are asked to lend
a hand to their neighbor if he
doesn't have his all in.
Those who have scrap too large
for them to move should leave
wcrd with some member of the sal-
vage committee as soon as possible.
Personnel of the committee includes
C. D. Conrad, chairman, Rev. Mar
tin Clark, Gene Ferguson, Lucy
Rodgersrf Geo. Corwin, O. G.
Crawford, Ralph Leach, Walter
Bristow, H. J. Leckner and Fred
Houghton.
Neighborhood leaders throughout
the county who: have scrap metal ,
survey cards are urged to turn
them in as far ahead 6f this drive
High Winds, Ice
Interrupt Service
High winds, coupled with some
early winter ice; were responsible
for interruptions of electric service
in the Heppner area last week-end,
according to K. A. House, local
manager here for Pacific Power &
Lifht company.
House said that .the top wire on
the main line carrying electricity
into this area apparently was
loosened by ice. A high wind that
swept much of the area east of
The Dalles Saturday afternoon kept
whipping the loose wire into the
other two in the line and cutting
off service for short periods be
tween 2:30 and 5 p. m.
Meanwhile, after tests showed
the trouble centering somewhere
between Moro and Dufur, three
crews searched the line pole by
pole and located the loose wire in
rough country along the west bank
of the Deschutes river. It was re
paired and service restored at
10:35 p. m.
A 20-minute interruption oc
curred the next morning at 10:20
when high winds snapped two
poles between Dufur and the com
pany's White River plant at Tygh
Valley. The trouble was corrected
by cutting the power plant loose
supplying elscricity from Hood Ri
from the rest of the system and
ver and other plants until the
poles were replaced, House said.
LODGE ENTERTAINMENT
Appointive officers of the Rebek
ah lodge announce that they will
Friday evening, Nov. 20. An urgent
invitation has been extended all
entertain at the regular meeting
members to attend.