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8 Heppner Gazette Farm War News BUILDING RULES War production board regula tions on construction have been changed, and reports are that the building rules will be strictly en forced. Farmers are urged to con tact the county USDA war board before starting any building. The war board can supply information on the regulations and assist with preparing applications for neces sary WPB approval or priorities. FENCING FREED Farm fencing has been removed from rationing and now may be urchased from any dealer without a purchase certificate as formerly required FEED WHEAT PRICE Commodity Credit feed wheat will be sold in Morrow county for $1.04 a bushel during the month of April Orders for not to exceed a 90-day supply may be placed with the county AAA office, the Portland office of the Commodity Credit Corporation, or dealers. Farmers may redeem farm-stored wheat un der loan for use a"s feed at the feed wheat price. TIRES FOR TRACTORRS To speed movement of tractors in custom work a program has been developed to convert 20,000 farm tractors from steel wheels to rub ber tires.- The county farm trans portation committee will have the details soon, and will certify the need for conversion to OPA ration: ing boards. FARM BATTERIES Farmers who have experienced difficulty in obtaining "hot shot" batteries for electric fence control lers and for operating gasoline en gines will be cheered by news that an additional 200,000 of these dry cells are being manufactured. Also, wet storage batteries can now be purchased for farm use. Farmers may apply an A A -5 priority rating to obtain batteries for farm tele phones. LETTER WRITERS BUSY Morrow county high school boys and girls are working on Food for Freedom letters in the contest sponsored by the Elks lodge. Writer of the best letter will receive a $25 war bond, and a chance to compete for the $$100 war bond state prize. STAR Reporter Friday-Saturday, April 9-10 Boston Biackie Goes Hollywood Chester Morris, Constance Worth Fiction's slickest sooundrel rocks the glamour capitol with adventure, plus LONE PRAIRIE Russell Haydcn, Lucille Lambert A western chock-full of entertain ment. Sunday-Monday, April 11-12 The Black Swan Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Crcgar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders. Anthony Quinn Rafael Sabatini's most rousing story gloriously brought to the screen in thrilling TECHNICOLOR! Tuesday, April 13 Mountain Rhythm The Weaver Brothers and Elviry leave the dear old Ozarks for the Wild and Woolly West. It's their funniest hit! Wednesday-Thursday, April 14-15 Life Begins at 8:30 Monte Woolley, Ida Lupino A heart-warmfing and humorous picture that will prove refreshing and delightful entertainment for everybody. Times, April 8, 1943 Heppner Soys and Girls Enroll for Food Production Ninteen Heppner boys and girls signed up to help in the food pro duction program Monday evening by enrolling in 4-H food produc tion projects. Three 4-H clubs were organized by C. D. Conrad, county agent, in cluding a garden club, a rabbit club and a poultry club. Organizations of the clubs will be completed next week when local leaders and offi cers of the clubs are selected. Conrad states that an effort is being made this year to enroll ev ery available boy and girl in some type of project in which they can contribute to the home food supply and if possible furnish ad ditional supplies of meat, vegetables and dairy or poultry products for the market. Similar clubs will be organized soon in Lexington and lone and at Boardman and Irrigon. Patty Majeske of Lexington, has joined the . Morrow County Beef club, bringing the 'enrollment of that club to 13. Members enrolled in the newly organized clubs in Heppner include the following boys and girls: Garden: Frank Gentry, Glenn Coxen, Donald Gilliam, Lowell Rip pee Randall Peterson, Joe French. Poultry: Frank Christenson, Billy Ulrich, Tom Hughes, Carter House, Bob Mollahan, Rose Pierson, Jean Moulton, Pat Pierson, Rabbit: Tad Miller, Teddy Moul ton, Billy Lee Jack Ployhard, Jer ry Moulton. i Lorin Corwin was the only mem ber signed up for sheep club work at the Monday meeting but there will be others in this project as the sheep club will be an organ ization on a county-wide basis, the same as in years past, and most members in this project are boys and girls from outside of Heppner. HEPPNER'S CONTRIBUTION TO RED CROSS $977.16 Final returns on Heppner's sub scription to the recent Red Cross war fund campaign shows the town took $977.16 of the county's quota of $2100. Some of this amount came from nearby territory included in the Heppner area ,but in the main was raised by the chairman, Mrs. David Wilson, and her corps of as sistants here in town. Mrs. Wilson has expressed her thanks to the following group working with her :Mrs. William Bucknum,, Mrs. Peter DuFault Mrs. Floyd Jones, Mrs. Emery Cox en, Mrs. Oscar Rippee, Mrs. Ed Bennett, Mrs. Raymond Ferguson, Mrs. Ambrose Chapin, Mrs. Elbert Cox, Mrs. Frank Conner, Mrs. Orville Smith, Mrs.. Gene Fergu son, Mrs. K. A. House, Mrs. Harold Hill, Mrs. Burl Coxen, Mrs. Izora Vance and Miss Evelyn Youngberg. IN FROM IIARDMAN Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Burnside were transacting business in Heppner Wednesday from their ranch near Hardman. fed f rom where I sit . . . Li Joe After that Western thriller at the movies, Ben Ryder says: "You know, the West wasn't all like that. While the gun-play was goin' on respectable folks were weeding out undesirable elements . . . ved-eye saloons and gambling joints." And Ben's right. There's a spirit in America that's always working for a better commu nity. Take that "clean-up or close-up" program of the brew ing industry, for instance. Its whole purpose is to see that beer No. 56 of a Series RETURNS FROM CONFERENCE WITH STATE SUPERINTENDENT . Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school superintendent, returned to Hepp ner Wednesday evening from Sa lem where she attended a confer ence of county superintendents with the state educatioal department. Principal object of the meeting was discussion of and preparation for operation of the 'teachers' initi ative measure' which was passed at the November election and amend ed at the recent legislative session It was the job of the superintend ents to assist the state office in pre paring blanks for the operation of the new law which will use up to $5,000,000 of surplus funds held by the state to relieve taxpayers. The funds will be distributed on a ba sis of actual days attendance in bothv elementary and high schools and are applicabl to union high school and non - union school districts alike. The original bill called for a basis of 20 cents per pupil per day but the legislative amendment cut the amount to 17 V2 cents per day. This will give school district No .1, Heppner, approximately $5,000 an nually, according to tentative fi gures made by Mrs. Rodgers. DENNIS McNAMEE ILL . Dennis McNamee is seriously ill with a kidney ailment. He has been herding sheep and came to town over the week-end for medical as sistance. Examination revealed that his condition was serious and he has since been confined to his bed. His son James and daughter Ann have been notified of their father's condition. James is expected to ar rive from Texas this week-end if the Red Cross is able to arrange a furlough for him. Anne has noti fied the family that she will come if her father's condition grows worse. She is employed in the M-G-M distributing office at Seattle. AT PARISH HOUSE TONIGHT Mrs. W. P. Remington of Pendle ton, wife of the bishop of the east ern Oregon diocese, will address the young people of this community at a special meeting at the parish house of All Saints Episcopal church this evening. A pot luck supper will be served at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Remigton will be ac companied by the director of the USO at Pendleton who will also talk to the gathering. An invitation has been extended to the young people of all churches of the com munity to attend this meeting and hear these well-informed people. EQUALIZATION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, May 4, 1943, at 2:00 P. M., the Directors of the West Exten sion Irrigation District, acting as a Board of Equalization, will meet at the office of the District in Irrigon, Oregon, to review and correct the annual assessment for the period from July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1944, levied on Tuesday, April 6, 1943. A. C. Houston, Secretary. WANTED WHEAT LAND WANTED TO LEASE-Wheat land; will rent or buy farm equipment. Write C. W. Fox, Condon Ore. 3p Marsh is sold only in clean, respectable places. Everybody benefits from co operation like that-even folks who want Prohibition back. Be cause those beer folks nro work Ing for the same thing-a decent, law-abiding community. From where I sit - the way Isn't to pass more laws, but to enforce the ones we've got-and rely on America's spirit of tol erance and cooperation. 8 Copyright, 1943, Brewing Industry Foundation GARDEN CLASS COMPLETES COURSE MONDAY NIGHT The garden class finished its course of ten lessons under the guidance of Tom Wilson, last Mon day night. The study hours cov ered garden planning, preparation of land, planting, cultivation, in secticides, harvesting and storing. Class membership was small and the meetings were devoted mostly to informal discussions. Some mem bers were gardeners of many years' experience while others were no vices but all profited from the class. ATTEND CONFERENCE A group of Morrow county edu cators drove to La Grande Satur day to attend an elementary prin cipals' conference. Supt. Lucy E. Rodgers and City Supt George Corwin went from Heppner and were accompanied by Supt. Lovena Palmer of Gilliam county. Lexing ton school was represented by Prin cipal T. R. Burton and Mrs. Marie Clary, Mrs. Lillian Turner, Mrs. Edna Turner and Vernon Knowles of his teaching staff. CALLED TO PRAIRIE CITY ' D. M. Ward and Mrs. Ward's sister, Mrs. Karl Famsworth of The Dalles, left Heppner this morning for Prairie City where they were calld by the serious condition of Chance Wilson. At first reported jbxtj padojaAp j9bj ;i 'uoi;jDao getting along nicely following an Wilson's condition was net satisfac tory and developments Wednesday indicated he had definitely taken a turn for the worse. Ou: Men m 5cr"c MOPE TRAINING Jimmie Ledbetter, in training at Camp Farragut, Ida. has informed his parents, Mi;, and Mrs. L. B. Led better of Heppner, that he will re main at the camp another four months for additional radio training. William B. Tucker, recently hon orably discharged from Camp Kerns, Utah, is now engagged in defense work in the Portland area. NOW SERGEANT DOHERTY From one of America's strong iSfefei i "Soldiers of Service" Ls In wartime, America turns to its telephones. The daily volume of calling is the greatest we have ever .handled. The men and women of our company want to see these calls go through with the greatest satisfaction to everyone. Especially do they want to give the fastest possible service to those who need speed to help win thfc war. Since more switchboards and other telephone equipment are not being made due to military, , demands upon materials, the co-operation of our patrons is deeply appreciated. War-busy centers should be called by Long Distance only when absolutely necessary. The "Soldiers of Service" at the telephone switchboards, on poles, trucks, at desks or wher ever duty finds them, will continue to do their level best to see that you get friendly, courteous and efficient service. Buy War Bonds for Victory THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELE6RAPH COMPAHYl 4 West Willow St Telephone 5 holds somewhere in the south Pa cific came word this week of the promotion of Paul J. Doherty, Heppner Marine, to the rank of sergeant. Sergeant Doherty is stationed with the Leatherneck detachment standing guard against further Jap anese aggression in that sector of the world's battlefront. A veteran marine, he enlisted in Feb. 1939 and was a member of the Marine Iceland expedition in 1941 '42. ANOTHER CHANGE OF ADDRESS Heppner Gazette Times Dear Sir: Just a line to let you know that I have made a change in address and in order to get the home news sooner it should be sent to the new one. I have truly enjoyed the paper but lately it has been arriving about a month late. Am writing this by the light of a flashlight and am having quite a time so hope you can decipher some of the scratches. I arc stationed at Camp La Guna, Ariz., about 20 miles north east of Yuma in the breaks of the Arizona bad lands. It is a new camp under construction at the present and is of the toughest desert variety. To day it was 115 degrees in the cool est place you could find and that was hard to do because everyone else had the same idea. We have some pests to contend with, the most common is the ChurkawalH (Uzard) who rnjiys your Led in the day time and of ten, forgets to move out when the time ccni3j i:r all good soldi ars to be in bed. You get so you don't pay any attention to that after 1 a few experiences. Killing a rattle snake before getting out of bed in the morning is a very common fac tor at the present time. Sometimes I think they (rattlesnakes, scorpi ons and black widow spiders) took control of this country when the Indians left. Not having much to write about I will close hoping this reaches all my friends in good health and hpppy. TSgt Stanley A. Way.